Quote from: Happy Calvin Guy on October 15, 2026, 03:27:19 PM

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on October 14, 2026, 12:29:47 PMSo waiting on Trine (they've had a roster posted for some time, but it is only 12 returning players, so I assume this will be updated with incoming guys) and ahem Hope - refresh, refresh, refresh ....


Once they are all posted, I will repost the recruit list including who is on a roster

Hope's roster is posted
https://athletics.hope.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster

I cannot think of a Hope roster that had zero Seniors. 

The MIAA conference massey ranking seems a little weird and I think its because Adrian 2-3 Alma 1-4 and Albion 0-5 have played schedules Massey ranks in the top 50.

The league hasn't won many big games outside the conference.  vs top 100 which is slightly less than half the division 4-9, 3 of those belong to Hope, vs top 50 2-4, Hope and Adrian. 

The league has played 24 non-conference games, 13 vs top 100 teams.  Three teams account for 9 of those matchups  Hope, Albion, Alma.

Adrian Jr.  Isaiah Foster, Holt started out at D2 Davenport, spent last season at Lansing Comm College.

Maddox Newburg 6-5 SF Grand Ledge will attend Hope


Made the Lansing State Journal Dream Team as a Jr. which is usually no small thing.  Younger bro was the starting PG as a Freshmen.   


Whispers GL is going to have a pretty good team this year, tough league and District though.  Also a possibility of a couple other Grand Ledge players heading to the MIAA.

Seems a little harsh given Albion's schedule.  But, the trend has been way down since year 2 after "Ashabi" left for Northwood.

....who by the way is 4-0 and just knocked off D2 #9 Findlay as they attempt to qualify for the D2 tournament for a 2nd year in a row.

Hope schedule
https://athletics.hope.edu/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Pretty solid.

2027 Elle Lorente 6-0 F Eaton Rapids will attend Trine.  Had a few MIAA and other good D3 program interest.

Go Greyhounds.

Former Grandville boys basketball head coach Ryan Wade will be joining the staff at Hope College.

Ken George sort of announced on the twitterz he has stepped away from Hope basketball.

https://x.com/kengeorgebball/status/2063754169022869912

Friday bored

In this quarters "News from Hope College" magazine, Spring 2026 or Volumne 57 No 3.  Way in the back on page 45 at the top is a picture of a bunch of young students running in front of the Capital in Washington.  The caption mentions Hope graduate Lee Bechtel '77, the photo is celebrating Hope's 50th year of the Washington Honors Semester  (something I was very very far from).

I mention this only because I got a call this afternoon from my uncle who some present and past posters have met. He worked in admissions at Hope for not much more than a year or two in the very early 70's.  It might have even been Ray Smith's first year as the head football coach.  He was with the group I'd call the 'old guard' of Hope College many of their names grace various facilities.  Bultman, Smith, Van Wieren, Bob DeYoung etc.  He left Hope and took a job in admissions at Michigan State which is where he stayed for the rest of career and where he met Bob DeYoung, who later returned to Hope. He remained in close contact with those folks for decades.  He mentioned more than once over the years had Hope had today's facilities then he would have stayed and that lack of campus facilities was the primary reason he left.  It worked out ok, he did some cool things at MSU.

So the phone call.....

He calls me today and points out this picture, but not for Lee Bechtel.  No, he points out the senator smile looking man right in front.  That man is former Indianapolis Mayor and Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana.   

Why was this important to my uncle.  Well my uncle was a classmate of Mr Lugar at Denison University in the 50's, and as he goes on in his story, Lugar was one of two students (both Freshman btw) selected by the University to debate a couple traveling students from Oxford University in England.  What about, he can't remember but he's sure the two Denison students won the debate.  Mr. Lugar went on to study at Oxford Universtiy and later entered politics serving almost 40 yeas in the US Senate.

This whole interaction is an improvement for my Uncle as it wasn't to long ago I would have received a letter in the mail containing a cutout of the photo and a hand written note describing everything above. 

He lives 8 miles away.


Cool Story bro!


As a bonus I forgot I did receive a newspaper cutout article not even 3 weeks ago from my uncle about the new MSU football coach.  It was an article printed in the Chicago paper about the scandal at NW and his redemption.

 and bonus........ it was sent to my uncle by his former colleague in Evanston.

Bonus, Bonus.  They actually sent the exact same article to each other at the same time.

Adrian has hired Tecumseh High coach and former Adrian Bulldog Jamison Webster.

Webster graduated in '16

Want to feel old.  Look up how long ago it was Rockford's Ryan Majerle played at UWGB.


If you're ever up in Sheboygan, WI, check out Majerle's Black River Grill.

Good luck to Jaylen.

Quote from: GusD on March 31, 2026, 06:25:15 PMWhen someone is willing to bet all the corn in Manito it's pretty much of a given that they've assessed the situation correctly. 😉

There it is!

Jake Bagley  Trine to Hope
Pete Smith Hope to Trine
Older Morrison Hope to Calvin
Jason Beckman Alma to Hope

Just a few more that popped in my head

There have been a handful in recent years that started at one and finished at the other.  Hope's current AD is probably the most notable to transfer to the other though he's an old guy now.





Didn't a couple of Calvin's early 90's teams basically have Grand Rapids Christian's starting 5?