MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Alma Roster:

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

All but one of our known recruits is on the roster.  Roster also includes Jr Derian Williams - transfer from Alpena CC

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Calvin's roster is posted:

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

All 13 of the known recruits/transfers (10 FR and 3 transfers) are included in the 22 man roster.  One additional FR that was not on our recruit list is 6-0 guard Kade Clayton from Vancouver BC. 

6 underclassmen from last years roster did not return (5 who logged less than 40 minutes total), most notably Brady Ewing who appeared in all 27 contests.

[Happy Calvin Guy]

Calvin's roster is posted:

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

All 13 of the known recruits/transfers (10 FR and 3 transfers) are included in the 22 man roster.  One additional FR that was not on our recruit list is 6-0 guard Kade Clayton from Vancouver BC. 

6 underclassmen from last years roster did not return (5 who logged less than 40 minutes total), most notably Brady Ewing who appeared in all 27 contests.

Brady Ewing finished his four years as a Calvin student, was honored as a senior, and was not expected to return to the roster, even though he had one year of eligibility remaining.

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Calvin's roster is posted:

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

All 13 of the known recruits/transfers (10 FR and 3 transfers) are included in the 22 man roster.  One additional FR that was not on our recruit list is 6-0 guard Kade Clayton from Vancouver BC. 

6 underclassmen from last years roster did not return (5 who logged less than 40 minutes total), most notably Brady Ewing who appeared in all 27 contests.

Michael DeKuiper, Bryce O'Mara, Luke Riebel, Andy Spoelman and Tuna Teksen are the guys who were listed on last season's varsity roster who do not appear on the new roster. DeKuiper is playing football now while the other four were seldom-used sophomores a year ago with Riebel, Spoelman and Teksen also appearing on the listed JV roster.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Kalamazoo roster is posted:

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

16 man Roster, with 7 FR - 6 known recruits plus 6-3 Eric Noblin from Orlando FL and two JR transfers from Montcalm CC (Big Rapids HS) - 6-3 Dawson Dunn and 6-4 Mason Dunn (presumably brothers).

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Olivet roster is posted:

https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2026-27/roster

17 man roster, with 3 FR - Blake Schuch from our known recruit list, plus 5-10 Drew Floyd from Detroit MLK, and 7-0 355lb Jayden Kenney from Holly. 



RANT - I really dislike the Olivet website - the ads make it extremely slow and are constantly in the way of seeing the actual content

[KnightSlappy]

Calvin's roster is posted:

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

All 13 of the known recruits/transfers (10 FR and 3 transfers) are included in the 22 man roster.  One additional FR that was not on our recruit list is 6-0 guard Kade Clayton from Vancouver BC. 

6 underclassmen from last years roster did not return (5 who logged less than 40 minutes total), most notably Brady Ewing who appeared in all 27 contests.

Michael DeKuiper, Bryce O'Mara, Luke Riebel, Andy Spoelman and Tuna Teksen are the guys who were listed on last season's varsity roster who do not appear on the new roster. DeKuiper is playing football now while the other four were seldom-used sophomores a year ago with Riebel, Spoelman and Teksen also appearing on the listed JV roster.

Kade Clayton was with the program last year but spent the season injured in a boot, so he's a sophomore standing but has not used a season of participation. I expect he will be a JV guy.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

So 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

[Happy Calvin Guy]

So 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

[TUAngola]

Trine roster is now posted.  https://trinethunder.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster  18 guys listed on varsity.  Trine even has a 11 guy JV roster posted which is something they typically haven't done in the past. 

It appears all of the freshmen on FDF's list have enrolled except for Brogan McNiece.

The big news is that Jayce Cusack is back on the roster after taking a year off.  That is huge as he was an important rotation guy both as a freshman and sophomore, even garnerning several starts.

It's confirmed Adrian transfer Darius Welch is on the roster.

The other name not known about on the varsity roster is Chase Kuzma.  Not sure of his story, it's possible he is a JV move up.

A couple of the sophomores that were previously listed on varsity now appear on the JV roster.

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So 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. 

[Flying Dutch Fan]

So 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. 

Curious if anyone knows what happened to last years Jr class. We all know Parker Hovey transferred to Indiana Weslyan, just curious about Bultsma, Ihme, and Neuhaus (who played in nearly every game the last 2 years)

[Flying Dutch Fan]

So based on the rosters posted, here is an quick look at returning stats as a percentage of the total for last season:

Team	Returning	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Adrian	11	0.475	0.425	0.377	0.66
Albion	11	0.353	0.37	0.285	0.352
Alma	14	0.81	0.855	0.807	0.863
Calvin	8	0.34	0.277	0.251	0.221
Hope	12	0.544	0.546	0.498	0.485
Kalamazoo	7	0.596	0.525	0.535	0.662
Olivet	11	0.929	0.946	0.902	0.921
Trine	8	0.423	0.376	0.419	0.355

Olivet gotta be expected to repeat their MIAA Championship from last season

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Calvin lost their exhibition at Ferris State 83-77 last night. The box score seems to have disappeared off the Ferris website but they do have a basic recap here: https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/sports/mbkb/2026-27/releases/20261022vg0ckq

Seems like an overall good sign for a very new look Calvin team. When the box score was available, it showed a lot of the things I like to see in a D3 vs. D2 matchup. Calvin didn't get killed on the boards (I think it was a -3 margin), turnover margin was only -1, they did get down double-digits in the second half but were able to battle back within striking distance instead of getting buried. They also had the game's leading scorer (Parker Swartz, 24 pts)

They did this without Owen VanderWaal in the lineup, one of their newcomers I expect to play a big role. He was in street clothes but apparently no obvious sign of anything indicating a major injury so hopefully it was just precautionary.

Ferris St. was picked fourth out of 11 in the GLIAC coaches poll.