KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association hosts its 2026 Basketball Media Day presented by Seigfreid Bingham on Tuesday, October 6, at the College Basketball Experience in downtown Kansas City.
 
MIAA basketball coaches from all 14 member institutions will travel to Kansas City, Missouri, to participate in the Association’s annual media day. The invite-only event will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6. Following Commissioner Mike Racy’s opening remarks, MIAA head coaches will participate in 15-minute press conferences to speak on the upcoming season and take questions from media representatives in attendance.
 
Emmy Award-winning basketball broadcaster Brenda VanLengen returns as the media day emcee. VanLengen has worked as a women’s college basketball analyst for the ESPN networks since 1996 and as a play-by-play announcer since 2010. She’s also the creator and executive producer of a groundbreaking documentary series on the origin story of women's college basketball titled If Not For Them.
 
Four MIAA men’s teams (Central Missouri, Missouri Western, Rogers State and Washburn) and three women’s teams (Central Missouri, Fort Hays State and Washburn) advanced to the 2026 NCAA Division II postseason. Washburn is the league’s defending regular season and tournament champion on the men’s side. Central Missouri captured the women’s 2025-26 regular season crown, but it was the Washburn women who claimed last season’s tournament title.
 
The official press conference schedule for the 2026 MIAA Basketball Media Day presented by Seigfreid Bingham is listed below. MIAA fans can watch all the action live, for free, exclusively on The MIAA Network.
 
2026 MIAA BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY
PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
9:00 AM – MIAA Commissioner, Mike Racy

SESSION I
9:15 AM – Arkansas-Fort Smith, Ryan McAdams and Zane Gibson
9:30 AM – Missouri Southern, Ronnie Ressel and Sam McMahon
9:45 AM – Pittsburg State, Amanda Davied and Jeff Boschee
10:00 AM – Break
10:15 AM – Nebraska Kearney, Drew Johnson and Marty Levinson
10:30 AM – Fort Hays State, Talia Kahrs and Mark Johnson
10:45 AM – Northeastern State, Keith Ferguson and Ja Havens
11:00 AM – Rogers State, Heather Davis and Justin Barkley
11:15 AM – Break

SESSION II
11:45 AM – Central Oklahoma, Hannah Moeller and Bob Hoffman
12:00 PM – Newman, Amy Briggs and RJ Allen
12:15 PM – Emporia State, MJ Baker and Tom Billeter
12:30 PM – Washburn, Lora Westling and Brett Ballard
12:45 PM – Break
1:00 PM – Northwest Missouri, Austin Meyer and Matt Keeley
1:15 PM – Missouri Western, Luke Scheidecker and Brooks McKowen
1:30 PM – Central Missouri, David Slifer and Adam Bohac