https://x.com/parkerswartz3/status/1791904466427326937?s=46&t=zoS57uOdd3tVFuTfqJsVdw
Huge pickup for Calvin's MBB. Parker Swartz, who will be a third-gen Knight, will transfer in after spending his freshman season at D2 Ohio Dominican. Coach Bill Sall heavily recruited Parker during his days at GR Northview. He's an athletic 6-7 and he'll arrive at the campus where his grandfather Ed Wiers was all All-MIAA basketball player in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as was his mother Stephanie Wiers in the mid-1990s on the Calvin women's squad. Parker will be a sophomore with three years of eligibility remaining.

Cool Story:

I was walking out of Van Noord ahead of Parker and his dad on a recruiting trip last season so overheard their post game thoughts.  Parker was pretty quiet but dad was putting the full court press on about Calvin.  Parker had alot of D2 interest and also interest from West Michigan's small school big 3 of Hope, Calvin and Cornerstone

Good luck to Parker, good player a really nice pickup for Calvin basketball.

FYI, younger brother Brady is a basketball stud as well.

Alphonse Sanders - 6-0 G - GR Ottawa Hills to Olivet

First MIAA schedule posted for 24-25 season by Kalamazoo (seems to be a game short in the non-con):

https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mbkb/2024-25/schedule

Calvin's '24-'25 schedule is now posted as well: https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2024-25

I'm led to believe the schedule for the Sikma Invitational at IWU is not yet finalized so it remains to be seen which two of Cal Lu, UW-Platteville and Illinois Wesleyan will see opening weekend.

The Knights will once again face a dense conference stretch with at Hope, at Trine and vs. Hope within an 11 day window from late Jan. to Feb. 1. 

So their trips to Wisconsin, are they saving an hour of driving and taking the ferry to Oshkosh and La Crosse? Are they actually going to travel to Oshkosh for Thursday's game, return home and then travel to La Crosse for Saturday's game? That's a lot of time on a bus.

Current recruit list - corrections welcomed:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
Curtis Dell	6-4	F	Howell (MI)	Adrian
Bryce Plesha	6-6	F	Frankfort (MI)	Adrian
Malachi Hooser II	5-10	G	Grand Rapids Christian (MI)	Albion
Noah Vanlaningham	5-10	G	Mattawan (MI)	Albion
Mason Brodi	6-0	G	Utica (MI)	Albion
Jacek Haight	6-0	G	Allendale (MI)	Albion
Robbie Wynn	6-0	G	Livonia Franklin (MI)	Albion
Ryan Hatcher	6-1	G	UD-Jesuit (MI)	Albion
Craig Hureskin	6-1	G	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (MI)	Albion
Clay Shoup	6-1	G	Mason County Eastern (MI)	Albion
Kendall Bentley	6-2	G	River Rouge (MI)	Albion
Mekhi Wingfield	6-3	G	Concord (M)	Albion
Mustapha Muhammad	6-5	G	Benton Harbor (MI)	Albion
Miles Pritchett	6-6	F	Benzie Central (MI)	Albion
Anthony Hutter	6-8	F/C	Milford (MI)	Albion
Duncan Moffitt	5-10	G	Jackson NW (MI)	Alma
Joss Bradley	6-2	G	Saginaw Heritage (MI)	Alma
Luke Riebel	6-0	G	GR Aviation Academy (MI)	Calvin
Noah Swope	6-3	PG	Portage Central (MI)	Calvin
Justin McIllwain	6-4	G/F	Hamilton (MI)	Calvin
Ben Heagel	6-6	F	Byron Center (MI)	Calvin
Andy Spoelman	6-6	G/F	Illiana Christian (IN)	Calvin
Luke Michmerhuizen	6-7	F	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Bryce O'Mara	6-7	F	Grand Blanc (MI)	Calvin
Parker Swartz	6-7	F	GR Northview (MI) / Ohio Dominican transfer	Calvin
James Felton	6-10	C	Lansing Christian (MI) / Davenport transfer	Calvin
Mason Roquet	6-2	SG	Middleton (WI)	Hope
Brady Miller	6-3	PG	Forest Hills Central (MI)	Hope
Quinton Willis	6-3	G	Grand Rapids Christian (MI)	Hope
Luke Bakker	6-5	F	Zeeland West (MI)	Hope
Alex Beachnau	6-5	F	Portage Central (MI)	Hope
Charles Howell	6-5	F	Cadillac (MI)	Hope
Drew Kozel	6-5	G	L'Anse Creuse North (MI)	Hope
Orion Yant	6-5	F	Zeeland West (MI)	Hope
Carter Goodyke	6-6	F	Grand Rapids Christian (MI)	Hope
Kyle Blauch	6-7	PF	Boulder (CO)	Hope
Nelson Sompa	5-11	PG	Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Bradley Eziuka	6-4	G	Canton (M()	Kalamazoo
Alphonse Sanders	6-0	G	Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (MI)	Olivet
Sam Howard	6-2	G	Detroit Catholic Central (MI)	Olivet
Porter Kretschman	6-3	F	Coopersville (MI)	Olivet
Eli Keifer	6-1	G	Delta Evergreen (OH)	Trine
Cam Smith	6-1	PG	West Lafayette (IN) /Anderson transfer	Trine
Max Greenamoyer	6-2	G	Zionsville (IN) / Hanover transfer	Trine
Cade Brenner	6-3	G	Archbold (OH)	Trine
Tommy Marshall	6-3	G	Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (MI)	Trine
Jake Mosemann	6-3	G	Greenwood (IN)	Trine
Kieran Tewari	6-3	PG	Muncie Yorktown (IN)	Trine
Izaak Wright	6-3	G	Wabash (IN)	Trine
Keeghan Combs	6-4	F	Ft Wayne South Side (IN)	Trine
Trevor Montiel	6-5	F	Lake Park (IL) / Benedictine transfer	Trine
Preston Malpass	6-7	F	La Porte La Lumiere (IN)	Trine

Happened to go visit https://miaa.org/ and there is obviously some updating going on to the site (long overdue).  Looks like a work in progress as the Media links on the MBB page has the 2018 All MIAA team.

Poking around a bit more, I found the MIAA Sports Network:  https://www.miaasportsnetwork.com/

Made me nervous at first thinking the league was taking over streaming athletics, but it appears to be a "one-stop shop" for all streaming, which is still done/managed by each school. 

Trine's 2024-25 MBB schedule has been announced on their Twitter account:

Non-conference schedule:

H 11/8 - Mary Hardin Baylor
H 11/9 - Wabash
A 11/15 - Baldwin Wallace
H 11/21 - Anderson
H 11/23 - Elmhurst
A 11/30 - Ohio Wesleyan
A 12/1 - Capital
A 12/7 - UW-Stevens Point
A 12/16 - Franklin
H 12/29 - Illinois Tech (not 100% sure as teams are listed by logo only)
H 12/30 - Manchester

MIAA conference schedule - as uneven as ever!!  First 6 of 8 games at home, next 5 of 6 games on the road.  10 day turnarounds against both Adrian and Hope.  They must use a dart board or something to devise the conference schedules.  Sheesh!

Hope's schedule it out:

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

Open at home with a rematch from last years NCAA opened vs Anderson, followed by 7 in a row on the road or "neutral court" (the two at the GLI @ Calvin), then end the calendar year with 3 at home.

Non-con opponents:
Anderson
Wilmington
Wittenberg
St. Johns (GLI)
Marietta (GLI)
Wheaton
UW Whitewater
UW Platteville
Ohio Wesleyan
Rose-Hulman
DePauw

Quote from: ziggy on May 21, 2024, 11:26:56 AMThe Knights will once again face a dense conference stretch with at Hope, at Trine and vs. Hope within an 11 day window from late Jan. to Feb. 1. 

Yeah, it appears the MIAA schedule makers simply used last year's schedule and flipped the home/away part.  I guess cause last years schedule was so good?  Hope again has a 5 game stretch from Jan 22- Feb 5) of Calvin, @Trine, @Albion, @ Calvin, Trine   

Olivet schedule is out:

https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/schedule


Pretty tough schedule for the 8 known games with 3 TBD - @Elmhurst on a Wed and Dubuque (@Wheaton Pfund Classic) the following Friday.  Only 1 home game out of the 11 at Home for the Comets!!  They also have 2 exhibitions @ NW Ohio (NAIA) and @ Findlay (DII)

Got our first (that I know of) class of 2025 recruit commitment:

Sean Wesolek - 6-6 PF from Bay City John Glenn will attend Hope

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on July 08, 2024, 02:16:05 PMOlivet schedule is out:

https://www.olivetcomets.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/schedule


Pretty tough schedule for the 8 known games with 3 TBD - @Elmhurst on a Wed and Dubuque (@Wheaton Pfund Classic) the following Friday.  Only 1 home game out of the 11 at Home for the Comets!!  They also have 2 exhibitions @ NW Ohio (NAIA) and @ Findlay (DII)

While the Olivet schedule shows the games at the Loras event as TBD Nov. 8 and 9, the Loras schedule page shows:
Olivet vs. Simpson - Nov. 9
Olivet at Loras - Nov. 10

I'd mark Olivet down as the underdog in both of these to add to what already looks like a difficult schedule for them. Not what the rest of their conference-mates would like to see for their SOS under the previous ranking/selection system but maybe less of a concern with NPI.

1 home game in the non conference schedule? That's insane. There's four tournaments in there, so it's not like you're getting those as home games next season. That's a crazy schedule.