The Concordia men's basketball team started 2012-13 with the proverbial target on their back.  They were the reigning NAIA National Champions, had won five of the last six GSAC Championships, and were preseason #1.  To boot, the Eagles did not return a single starter from their championship squad.  Concordia finished the season ranked #20, after their second round loss in the NAIA Tournament.

Cameron Gliddon, a five-year Concordia basketball player and 2012 Concordia graduate, was recently voted the  2012/13 NBL Rookie of the Year Award of Basketball Australia. 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced Monday that 60 Division I men's basketball student-athletes have been named 2012-13 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Westminster (Utah) leads all institutions with six individuals on the list.

Culver-Stockton knocked out the defending national champions with a 97-85 win over Concordia (Calif.) at the 2013 Buffalo-Funds NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship. The Wildcats will advance to the quarterfinals and play Georgetown (Ky.) on Saturday at 4 p.m. CDT. The event is held at Municipal Auditorium.

Concordia (Cal.) University's Peter Smith inherited everything from his father but his height.

BY RANDY COVITZ

The Kansas City Star

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