2027 recruits now up to 15 total:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
				Adrian
				Albion
Ashlyn Flint	5-5	PG	Kenowa Hills (MI)	Alma
Grace Gaudard	5-6	G	Holt (MI)	Alma
Jaynie English	5-8	G	De Witt (MI)	Alma
Jessica English	5-8	G	De Witt (MI)	Alma
Savanna Scarlett	5-10	F	Okemos (MI)	Alma
Bailey Allison	6-0	F	Lawton (MI)	Alma
Caroline Paluk	5-11	F	Farmington Hills Mercy (MI)	Calvin
Mady Hayes	5-10	G	Lowell (MI)	Hope
Lucy Moyer	6-1	F	Buckley (MI)	Hope
Georgia Reinecke	5-7	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Kalamazoo
Mady Rabe	5-11	C	Novi (MI)	Kalamazoo
				Olivet
Madisyn Douglass	56	PG	Caston (IN)	St Mary's
Rian David	5-8	G	East Noble HS Kendallville (IN)	Trine
Leigha Roberson	5-11	C	Portland (MI)	Trine
Elle Lorente	6-0	F	Eaton Rapids (MI)	Trine

Quote from: ziggy on August 20, 2026, 06:36:02 PMBrennan Elling has flipped from Kalamazoo to Calvin.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcRpS9JPO2K/?igsi=MTZydmg3cG9rajlmYw==

So Calvin has 10 incoming FR recruits plus 3 transfers.  Be intereseting to see who ends up on a roster (Trine also has 13 - 12 FR and 1 transfer)

Kaden Bareman    5-10    G    Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)
Malachi Hooser II    6-0    G    Grand Rapids Christian (MI) / Albion transfer
Jonny Ingalls    6-0    PG    St Ignace (MI) / Northern Michigan transfer
Will Plummer    6-1    G    Grand Haven (MI)
Kyler Berghuis    6-2    G    Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)
Jack Kamminga    6-4    G/F    Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)
Milo Barangan    6-5    F    Mona Shores (MI)
Cole Charter    6-5    G    Clarkston (MI)
Brennan Elling    6-5    F    Oxford (MI)
Matthew Elderkin    6-6    F    Calvin Christian (MI) / GVSU transfer
Owen Vander Waal    6-7    F    Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)
Marc Gamble    6-8    F    Timothy Christian Elmhurst (IL)
Luke Tubergen    6-9    C    Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)

Full non-con schedule eval for known games. FYI two of Albions games will not "count" for NPI - Purdue Ft Wayne (D1) and St Francis (reclassifying to D3 year 1).


                 

Team	MIAA PY NPI	Known D3 Games	Opp PY W/L	Opp PY NCAA Tourn	Average of PY NPI	PY NPI Top 50	Opp w better NPI
Adrian	333	11	0.493	2	194	0	9
Albion	194	7	0.528	2	165	0	4
Alma	341	9	0.408	2	231	1	6
Calvin	91	9	0.454	1	185	2	2
Hope	78	11	0.636	4	108	5	6
Kalamazoo	381	11	0.46	3	213	2	9
Olivet	127	11	0.613	4	122	2	7
Trine	82	10	0.704	3	68	4	6

MIAA Schedules posted - COMPLETE

Adrian: https://adrianbulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Albion: https://gobrits.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Alma: https://almascots.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Calvin: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Hope: https://athletics.hope.edu/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Kalamazoo: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mbball/schedule
Olivet: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2026-27/schedule
Trine: https://trinethunder.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Still waiting on Ablion, but here is some eval of non-con opponents (for known games) thus far:


                 

Team	MIAA PY NPI	Known D3 Games	Opp PY W/L	Opp PY NCAA Tourn	Average of PY NPI	PY NPI Top 50	Opp w better NPI
Adrian	333	11	0.493	2	194	0	9
Albion	194	0		0		0	0
Alma	341	9	0.408	2	231	1	6
Calvin	91	9	0.454	1	185	2	2
Hope	78	11	0.636	4	108	5	6
Kalamazoo	381	11	0.46	3	213	2	9
Olivet	127	11	0.613	4	122	2	7
Trine	82	10	0.704	3	68	4	6

Feels like Hope might have hit a sweet spot - roughly 1/2 of your non-cons were "better" than you last season, and half "worse" - could be the same for Trine and Alma depending on their TBD opponents

Quote from: ziggy on August 07, 2026, 11:33:39 AM

Quote from: sac on August 07, 2026, 08:55:39 AMHope schedule
https://athletics.hope.edu/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Pretty solid.

Cool to see St. Thomas making a trip up.

They are also playing at Kalamazoo - who now has a schedule posted:

https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mbball/schedule

Crazy wide mix of opponents for the Hornets.  Using last seasons NPI (Kazoo was #381 last season):

- 0-100 - St Thomas #3. Chicago #5, Loras #61, and Case Western #95
- 100-200 - Wabash #119
- 200-300 - Capital #235
- 300-404 - Bluffton #305, Messiah #363, Manchester #369, Earlham #390, and Dominican #398

Their last 2 non-con games are those top two - St Thomas & Chicago

Bunch of recent 2027 commits on the women's side.  Here is what I have collected thus far (seems strange to be doing that before the 2026 season begins):

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
				Adrian
				Albion
Grace Gaudard	5-6	G	Holt (MI)	Alma
Jaynie English	5-8	G	De Witt (MI)	Alma
Jessica English	5-8	G	De Witt (MI)	Alma
Caroline Paluk	5-11	F	Farmington Hills Mercy (MI)	Calvin
Mady Hayes	5-10	G	Lowell (MI)	Hope
Georgia Reinecke	5-7	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Kalamazoo
Mady Rabe	5-11	C	Novi (MI)	Kalamazoo
				Olivet
Madisyn Douglass	56	PG	Caston (IN)	St Mary's
Rian David	5-8	G	East Noble HS Kendallville (IN)	Trine
Leigha Roberson	5-11	C	Portland (MI)	Trine
Elle Lorente	6-0	F	Eaton Rapids (MI)	Trine

Quote from: ziggy on July 16, 2026, 12:28:04 PMTrine will play Redlands in Las Vegas. It's a tournament format so their other opponent will be determined by what happens between Elmhurst and Emory.

WOW

MIAA Schedules posted - Updated

Adrian: https://adrianbulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Albion:
Alma: https://almascots.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Calvin: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Hope:
Kalamazoo:
Olivet: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2026-27/schedule
Trine: https://trinethunder.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Adrian has 13 non-con games listed, so I am assuming the Manchester game on Oct 31 is a scrimmage, and the Ferris game on Nov 10 is an exhibition

For the 4 known schedules:
 

Team	MIAA PY NPI	Known D3 Games	Opp PY W/L	Opp PY NCAA Tourn	Average of PY NPI	PY NPI Top 50	Opp w better NPI
Alma	341	9	0.408	2	231	1	6
Calvin	91	9	0.454	1	185	2	2
Olivet	127	11	0.613	4	122	2	7
Trine	82	8	0.665	1	83	2	4

MIAA Schedules posted - Updated

Adrian:
Albion:
Alma: https://almascots.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Calvin: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Hope:
Kalamazoo:
Olivet: https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2026-27/schedule
Trine:

26-27 Schedules Posted

Adrian:
Albion:
Alma: https://almascots.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Calvin: https://calvinknights.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Hope:
Kalamazoo: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Olivet:
St Mary's: https://belles.saintmarys.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Trine:

MIAA Schedules posted

Adrian:
Albion:
Alma: https://almascots.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Calvin: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Hope:
Kalamazoo:
Olivet:
Trine:

Stumbled across this - Albion has a 26-27 roster posted.  Includes 13 FR (and all 6 of our "known" recruits):

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

Trine also has one posted, but it only contains those returning from last years squad

Quote from: sac on June 17, 2026, 09:46:52 PMFormer Grandville boys basketball head coach Ryan Wade will be joining the staff at Hope College.

Some additional details on Coach Mitchell's former player:

https://athletics.hope.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/ryan-wade/1221