Thanks TU, excellent update!  Here is our recruit list for Trine:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
Danny Flood	5-11	PG	Valley City (OH) / Marietta transfer	Trine	x
Trevon Thomas	6-0	G	Bridgton Acad (ME) / Franklin Pierce transfer	Trine	x
Elisha Jones	6-1	G	Little Miami (OH) / Mt St Joseph transfer	Trine	x
Landon Lybarger	6-1	G	Monroeville Heritage (IN)	Trine
Adam McBride	6-1	G	Ossian Norwell (IN)	Trine
Ayden Dirschell	6-2	G	Coldwater (MI)	Trine
Elias Lewis	6-2	G	Olentangy Orange (OH) / Walsh transfer	Trine	x
Montell Johnson	6-3	G	Indianapolis Park Tudor (IN)	Trine
Michael Roberson	6-3	W	Knightstown (IN) / Marietta transfer	Trine
Nick Ryan	6-3	G/F	Warren JFK (OH)	Trine
Jayden Bradshaw	6-4	W	Blanchester (OH) / Marietta transfer	Trine	x
Jess Roller	6-5	G	Batavia (OH) / Bethany transfer	Trine	x
Nolan Fedak	6-6	F	Westerville North (OH)	Trine
Paxton Crane	6-7	F	Ft Wayne Carroll (IN)	Trine	x
Drew Panning	6-9	F	Hilliard Darby (OH) / Heidelberg transfer	Trine	x

Olivet has Varsity and JV rosters posted.  17 on Varsity including 3 FR - 2 from our recruit list plus Sean Shenker 6-2 Willoughby (OH).

Olivet rcruits from our list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
Tarren Calvert	5-11	G	Wyoming (MI)	Olivet	jv
Levi Stambaugh	6-0	G	Mason (MI)	Olivet	V
Warren Williams	6-1	G	Wyoming (MI)	Olivet	jv
Adam Devalaar	6-2	G	Holland (MI)	Olivet	jv
Hayden Cross	6-2	F	White Lake Lakeland (MI)	Olivet	jv
Alex Genuise	6-2	F	Allendale (MI)	Olivet	V
Gavin Ort	6-4	F	Waterford Mott (MI)	Olivet

Olivet V Roster: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26/roster

Olivet jv Roster: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26jv/roster

Calvin has a roster posted - 18 total players.  3 newcomers - 2 Fr and one Transfer (all from our recruit list).  There is a 4th freshman - Tuna Teksen great name) 5-8 G from Turkey.  He was on the JV roster last year, so maybe he is actually a So?

Calvin recruits from our list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
Zion Ruckard	6-0	PG	Aurora (CO) / St Thomas Aquinas transfer	Calvin	x
Kade Clayton	6-1	G	Prolific Sports Prep Calgary (AB)	Calvin
Michael Dekuiper	6-1	PG	Rockford (MI)	Calvin	x
Jayden Keefer	6-5	F	Ann Arbor Huron (MI)	Calvin	x
Dylan Trobetsky	6-5	F	Bend Valley Catholic (OR)	Calvin
Ben Elzinga	6-8	C	GR Covenant Christian (MI)	Calvin
Ryan Wind	6-10	C	Denver Christian (CO)	Calvin

Roster: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2025-26

Kalamazoo has a roster posted - 15 total players.  4 newcomers - all Fr, including the 3 "known" recruits from our list, plus Caleb Coates - 6-4 G from McEwin (TN).

Kalamazoo recruits from our list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
John Kaul	6-3	G	Clarkston (MI)	Kalamazoo	x
Ben VanSumeren	6-5	G/F	Midland (MI)	Kalamazoo	x
Zander Nash	6-7	G/F	Imlay City (MI)	Kalamazoo	x

Roster: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Alma has a roster posted - 26 total players (assume JV and V together).  4 newcomers all Fr (half of our recruit list).

Alma recruits from our list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
Elijah Sykes	5-10	G	Sacramento Sheldon (CA)	Alma
Jaxon Jurmu	6-0	PG	Marquette (MI)	Alma	x
Ben Beetham	6-1	PG	West Ottawa (MI)	Alma
Darrion Sardo	6-1	SG	Sandy Spring Friends School (MD)	Alma
Ryan Mossburg	6-2	G	Tecumseh (MI)	Alma	x
Maxx Ladd	6-3	SG	San Jose St Francis (CA)	Alma	x
Jayden Hanson	6-5	W	Bellaire (MI)	Alma
Waylon Sales	6-6	F	Gwinn (MI)	Alma	x
Tamarion Kindle	6-8	F	Saginaw Heritage (MI)	Alma

Roster: https://almascots.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2025-26

Albion has a roster posted - 24 total players (so assume JV and V in one).  9 newcomers - 8 Fr (all from our "known"  recruit list) plus a So transfer - 6-4 Matt Blanton from Chelsea (MI) and formerly Concordia U Ann Arbor.

Albion Recruits from our list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College	On roster
Cameron Essell	5-11	PG	East Lansing (MI)	Albion	x
Tyler Davis	6-0	PG	Grand Rapids Christian (MI)	Albion	x
Aaron Lauer	6-1	PG	Novi (MI)	Albion
Bowen Moore	6-4	G/F	Holly (MI)	Albion	x
Kaleb Brown	6-4	G	Ann Arbor Huron (MI)	Albion	x
Colin Whalen	6-4	F	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (MI)	Albion	x
Austin Miller	6-5	G/F	Marshall (MI)	Albion	x
Henri Maye	6-7	C	Tindley (IN)	Albion	x
Vincent Salmon	6-8	C	Brighton (MI)	Albion	x

https://gobrits.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Quick question - is it at all typical fro D3 schools to play D1 in soccer (and not as an exhibition game)?   Was surprised to see Hope played at #23 Notre Dame on Tuesday, losing 3-2 on an ND goal at the 82:36 mark. 

With all the schedules posted (and only a few TBD tournament games), here is a breakdown of MIAA teams non-con opponents (using last years records and NPI):

Team	MIAA PY NPI	Known D3 Games	Opp PY W/L	Opp PY NCAA Tourn	Average of PY NPI	Sum of NPI top 50	Opp w better NPI
Adrian	317	9	0.404	1	252	1	5
Albion	286	10	0.351	0	279	0	4
Alma	401	11	0.493	2	186	2	11
Calvin	31	9	0.55	1	129	1	1
Hope	131	11	0.596	3	111	3	6
Kalamazoo	297	11	0.454	2	202	1	7
Olivet	241	11	0.676	4	79	5	11
Trine	43	10	0.481	1	178	1	1

Hope 26 Alma 29 in OT is the official score. Actual score is Hope 26 Alma 23. Why?  Well Alma ran the hook and ladder play, and the lateral from the receiver to his teammate was fumbled and recovered by Hope - game over!!!  Somehow the officials met (with the Alma coaches prompting) and called it an incomplete pass. How can it be incomplete if the receiver possessed the ball enough to lateral it??

Hansen Ratings predicitons for this week:

@Hope 35.0 Alma 29.8
@Albion 28.6 Trine 29.3
@Calvin 35.2 Kalamazoo 19.5
@Olivet 12.7 Adrian 37.9

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on September 25, 2025, 10:32:51 AM

Quote from: WUPHF on September 24, 2025, 06:21:28 PM

Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on September 24, 2025, 04:01:49 PMBut it only has about 6,500 undergrads, which is certainly small in the grand scheme of things.

If you are going for the grand scheme of things, you have to look at overall enrollment.  In terms of resources and reputation, the University looks very different without a major medical school, law school and so on...

Still not large even when considering that.

12k is pretty small for an R1 research university.

See Illinois and Houston (both R1 schools with medicine, law, etc) for reference.

I suspect your arguments might carry a little more weight and promote more discussion if you would stick to only discussing D3 schools.  This entire system of websites (D3hoops, D3football, etc.) and this discussion board exist for that purpose - to discuss and promote D3.  It's really not that hard to stick to D3 here!!

Week 3 predictions (from HansenRatings: https://hansenratings.github.io/) are for a 7-1 week for the MIAA.

@Adrian 51 Manchester 0
@Albion 32 Rose-Hulman 20
@Alma 37 Hanover 18
Calvin 29 @Heidelberg 35
@Hope 44 Mount St Joseph 16
@Kalamazoo 31 Anderson 2
@Olivet 31 Bluffton 29
@Trine 32 Franklin 20

League is currently 11-5.  Last season's preconference record was 18-6

Adrian has finally posted a schdedule - although it currently shows 11 non-con games and with 9 MIAA women's teams that is 2 too many.  I suspect the exhibitions are Lourdes on 11/1 (since that predates when "real" games can be played), and likely Ohio Dominican (D2) on 12/30.  Of note - Hardin-Simmons will be playing @ Adrian (2/13) two days after they play @ Hope (2/11).

https://adrianbulldogs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule

Quote from: D3fanboy on September 17, 2025, 12:42:16 PMCalvin is only in their 2nd year of football (this time around)

This time around??

Quote from: Whitecarrera on September 16, 2025, 02:15:00 PMMaybe I'm just a bit of a purist, but my suggestion is that if a field would not be approved/suitable to start a game, then it shouldn't somehow become suitable to finish the game.

Who says a high school field would not be suitable for an entire game.  There are schools that have played entire seasons of their home games on HS fields.