NJCAA Region II leaders meet at Seminole State College to review policies

NJCAA Region II leaders met at Seminole State College on July 14 to review policies and procedures for the 2026-27 cycle, a summer session with direct implications for how junior-college basketball is organized across the region. The gathering pulled together the people who steer the men’s and women’s sides of the sport, putting administrative decisions ahead of the next season’s scheduling, postseason logistics and compliance.

The SSC photo from the meeting identified Leslie Sewell, Chris Parker and Jerod McCormick among those in attendance. Sewell serves as Seminole State College’s athletic director and as Region II Women’s Director, while Parker is the NJCAA Region II Commissioner. McCormick, listed by Region II as an athletic director and identified in the SSC caption as the Region II Men’s Director, represented the men’s side of the governance structure that keeps the region’s basketball calendar moving.

That structure matters because Region II does more than publish a schedule. Its official athletics site separates men’s basketball and women’s basketball pages, and its 2025-26 championships calendar listed the DII basketball championships for February 25-28, 2026, at North Arkansas College. Those dates show how much summer policy work feeds into winter and spring outcomes, from tournament staging to the standards programs must meet to stay eligible for the bracket.

For coaches, the review sits closest to the decisions that affect regular-season scheduling and the path into the postseason. For players, it shapes the framework around travel, eligibility and championship access. For fans tracking the conference race, it is the unglamorous administrative layer that helps determine whether a contender gets the right games, the right dates and the right postseason setup when February arrives.

The July 14 meeting also underscored how active Region II’s basketball governance remains between championship cycles. With Sewell, Parker and McCormick all pictured together at Seminole State College in Seminole, Oklahoma, the region signaled that the men’s and women’s programs are being managed in tandem, with the next season already framed by the policies that will guide it.