Agape/NAIA Championship

Agape Hoops has partnered with the NAIA for their upcoming NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship tournament.  This event is has been hosted in Kansas City since 1937 and is a great chance for you and your teams to see colleges from across the country compete for an NAIA National Championship.

The partnership between the NAIA and Agape Hoops is to help provide you and your team with even MORE opportunities for attendance, participation, and access to this great event.  Each year 32 teams from across the country come to Kansas City to compete.  While here, they participate in many community and character building activities.  We look to bring you closer with these athletes during their stay here through various activities.

• Your team has a chance to get FREE Tickets to the NAIA Championship Finals
• Reserved court side and baseline seating-close to the players!
• Meet College Coaches & Players at Special Agape Hoops NAIA Youth Presentation night
• Win a Champions of Character Award at  half time of the Championship game!
• Win the Championship Spirit contest by rooting for a team in the Championship game-Get on TV with CBS!
• Play special full exhibition games at Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium

Agape Hoops Harvesters Tournaments (March 8-10 weekend)

Play in either of our Harvesters Tournaments on March 8-10 to earn a chance to participate in a special exhibition game at Municipal Auditorium DURING THE NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.

During these events, we will be hosting another one of our Team of the Month contests benefiting Harvesters.  The Top 8 teams in the tournament will be given an opportunity to play at Municipal on the weekend of March 16-17.  You will be able to select your opponent for this game from any team that participates in the Harvesters food drive.

• March 8-10 Hit the Court for Harvesters  |  Fieldhouse of KC
• March 8-10 Harvesters Shootout Kid Hunger  |  KC Sports Lodge

NAIA Champions Weekend Tournaments (March 15-17 weekend)

We will have two events on the weekend of the NAIA Championship weekend.  The winners of these two events will be given reserved court-side tickets to the NAIA Championship Game on Tuesday, March 19th.  The only way to access these seats will be by winning a division in one of these two events!

• March 15-17 NAIA Champions Weekend – KS  |  Fieldhouse of KC
• March 15-17 NAIA Champions Weekend – MO  |  William Jewel College

NAIA Youth & Parent Champions of Character Presentation

Monday, March 11th 6pm-8pm

The Fieldhouse of Kansas City
12140 W 135th St. Overland Park, KS

NAIA Champions of Character Program promotes values for players to embrace on and off the court and equips parents to reinforce and support these core principles.

• This FREE workshop is part of the NAIA’s Division 1 National Championship week in Kansas City!
• Players & Parents can attend for FREE.
• Meet College Players competing in the NAIA National Championship
• NAIA’s Champions of Character Youth Presentation
• NAIA’s Champions of Character Parent Presentation
• Autograph session with youth players and college team

Agape Hoops Night/Championship Game

For the Championship Game on Tuesday, March 19, Agape Hoops will be giving away FREE TICKETS!  To be eligible for these tickets, you will need to contact Natalie Moultrie at natalie@agapehoops.com.

• Lower level – Premium Seating
• Wear your Team Jerseys
• Join the Spirit Competition:  Choose a team to support, bring your signs and facepaint, and show the biggest teams spirit for your adopted squad and WIN!
• Game will be Televised on CBS Sports

NAIA Champions of Character Award

Download a Nomination Form:  WORD  |  PDF

Submit to:  Natalie@agapehoops.com

Agape Hoops wants you to nominate a coach, player and or parent/fan for the NAIA Champions of Character Award.

The nominees should be people who demonstrate the NAIA’s five core values on and off the court. Please complete the form below and write a brief paragraph on how this person is a NAIA Champion of Character!

All nominees will be invited to attend the NAIA Div. 1 Men’s National Championship final on March 19th and winners will be announced at half time of the Championship game at the historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.

Criteria — Award nominees should consistently showcase these five core values and reflect the true spirit of competition.

• INTEGRITY — Positive internal traits that guide behavior.
• RESPECT — Treating others the way you want to be treated.
• RESPONSIBILITY — The social force that binds the individual to the good of the team.
• SPORTSMANSHIP — Following the rules, spirit and etiquette of athletic competition.
• SERVANT LEADERSHIP — Serving the greater good while focusing on the team’s mission and purpose.