MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[sac]

Interesting high school player news:
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6132424236035193662/basketball-standout-xavier-tillman-to-transfer-to-grand-rapids-christian/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How diverse is Grand Rapids Christian?

[KnightSlappy]

Interesting high school player news:
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6132424236035193662/basketball-standout-xavier-tillman-to-transfer-to-grand-rapids-christian/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How diverse is Grand Rapids Christian?

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of reporting 'diversity' as the percentage of minority students, but GRCHS says their 'diversity' rate is 23%.

http://www.grcs.org/netcommunity/document.doc?id=3272

15% African American
5% Asian American
2.5% Hispanic or Latino
77% Caucasian

I would actually say they're 38% diverse, which would be the probability that any two random students fall into different ethnicity population buckets given the above sample.

[sac]

Thanks, I was genuinely curious.  It was an odd statement.   So "diversity" lies somewhere between 14% and 23%.

[wiz]

Interesting high school player news:
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6132424236035193662/basketball-standout-xavier-tillman-to-transfer-to-grand-rapids-christian/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How diverse is Grand Rapids Christian?

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of reporting 'diversity' as the percentage of minority students, but GRCHS says their 'diversity' rate is 23%.

http://www.grcs.org/netcommunity/document.doc?id=3272

15% African American
5% Asian American
2.5% Hispanic or Latino
77% Caucasian

I would actually say they're 38% diverse, which would be the probability that any two random students fall into different ethnicity population buckets given the above sample.

Difficult to know from this article exactly what Tillman is referring to.  In one paragraph he talks about both ethnic diversity and cultural diversity.  Not necessarily synonymous.  If he is merely referring to African-American population, then it could be argued that Christian High's 15% is seven times more diverse than FH central's 2%.  In any case, GR Christian is more diverse this week than it was last week.  He should be a nice addition to the Eagles roster.

[MaroonKnighty]

Great read.  I especially enjoyed the part about the WNBA's Mystics.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/06/indianapolis-colts-afc-finalist-banner-2014-pathetic-andrew-luck-deflategate

[HopeConvert]

Interesting high school player news:
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6132424236035193662/basketball-standout-xavier-tillman-to-transfer-to-grand-rapids-christian/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How diverse is Grand Rapids Christian?

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of reporting 'diversity' as the percentage of minority students, but GRCHS says their 'diversity' rate is 23%.

http://www.grcs.org/netcommunity/document.doc?id=3272

15% African American
5% Asian American
2.5% Hispanic or Latino
77% Caucasian

I would actually say they're 38% diverse, which would be the probability that any two random students fall into different ethnicity population buckets given the above sample.

This is the kind of stuff that makes my head hurt.

[sac]

Sad news out of Alma

http://www.goalmascots.com/general/2014-15/Mike_Hanson_Loss
http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/sports/college/montana/article_f86e4d6f-5a39-565c-9090-46513bec050c.html#.VYP_A_oZQv0.twitter

[almcguirejr]

Trine 2015-16 schedule is out: http://www.trinethunder.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

[oldknight]

Interesting high school player news:
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-6132424236035193662/basketball-standout-xavier-tillman-to-transfer-to-grand-rapids-christian/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How diverse is Grand Rapids Christian?

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of reporting 'diversity' as the percentage of minority students, but GRCHS says their 'diversity' rate is 23%.

http://www.grcs.org/netcommunity/document.doc?id=3272

15% African American
5% Asian American
2.5% Hispanic or Latino
77% Caucasian

I would actually say they're 38% diverse, which would be the probability that any two random students fall into different ethnicity population buckets given the above sample.

This is the kind of stuff that makes my head hurt.

I'm old enough to remember when diversity in one of the Grand Rapids Christian schools meant being having an ethnically non-Dutch student in the mix. Given the fact that my mother was Hungarian (100% Magyar she would proudly say) I guess that means my family was a trendsetter at Oakdale Christian School.

[Gregory Sager]

Sad news out of Alma

http://www.goalmascots.com/general/2014-15/Mike_Hanson_Loss
http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/sports/college/montana/article_f86e4d6f-5a39-565c-9090-46513bec050c.html#.VYP_A_oZQv0.twitter

That is sad. I enjoyed working with him last year in the press box for the NPU @ Alma football game. Seemed like a very nice guy.

Trine 2015-16 schedule is out: http://www.trinethunder.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

Great Lakes Christian?

[oldknight]

Apparently Xavier Tillman's transfer to GR Christian is not a done deal. Looks like a judge gets to decide.

http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/6233000714729835605/basketball-star-xavier-tillmans-school-transfer-subject-of-court-dispute/

[KnightSlappy]

Trine 2015-16 schedule is out: http://www.trinethunder.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

Great Lakes Christian?

Also I think this will be Chatham's first year with a Men's program. They're full D3, but it will be interesting to see the quality of their team. I'm betting they bring up the PrAC average. 

[sac]

Hope makes a trip to Orlando again this year.  Their opponents have been revealed on this schedule:   http://gomessiah.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Trine 2015-16 schedule is out: http://www.trinethunder.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

Great Lakes Christian?

Great Lakes Christian is just down the road from me.  I don't know much about them but I get the impression they're trying really hard to be better at the five sports they sponsor.  Relatively new basketball gym, new soccer field, just hired a new basketball coach.  Every year I look at their schedule to see if anything interesting pops up and nothing ever does.  Pretty sure Trine will be their first crack at a D3 since I've lived here.

[Gregory Sager]

I'm just stumped as to why Trine had to go outside the D3 fold for an opponent. The Thunder aren't stuck on a peninsula like the rest of you good folks, and there's plenty of D3 opponents within a three-hour bus ride of Angola, IN. Even if for some reason there was no D3 opponent willing to take on the Thunder, both southern Michigan and the state of Indiana are chock-full of NAIA schools that always seem to need games.

Giving Coach Miller the benefit of the doubt, my guess is that he was stuck with a recent cancellation, mid-June proved to be too late in the off-season for another viable D3 or NAIA opponent to be able to offer him a date, and he was therefore forced to take potluck in the form of Great Lakes Christian.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I'm just stumped as to why Trine had to go outside the D3 fold for an opponent. The Thunder aren't stuck on a peninsula like the rest of you good folks, and there's plenty of D3 opponents within a three-hour bus ride of Angola, IN. Even if for some reason there was no D3 opponent willing to take on the Thunder, both southern Michigan and the state of Indiana are chock-full of NAIA schools that always seem to need games.

Giving Coach Miller the benefit of the doubt, my guess is that he was stuck with a recent cancellation, mid-June proved to be too late in the off-season for another viable D3 or NAIA opponent to be able to offer him a date, and he was therefore forced to take potluck in the form of Great Lakes Christian.

A late cancellation is certainly a likely possibility.  But I also wonder if there is some connection between the Trine coach and the new coach of GLC and the Trine coach wanted to do him a favor.  Personal coaching relationships are sometimes the explanation for games that otherwise seem to make little sense (that seems to nearly always be the case when a D1 schedules a D3).