MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Ryan Skowronek had a pretty serious back injury last year - the kind of injury that could be career ending which might be the case here.

Coach Mitchell at the Hope sports luncheon today said they had decided to keep all the freshman together to give them plenty of playing time and opportunity to adjust to the college game and each other.  IMHO that's a great approach considering you will have 5 seniors to replace a year from now. Hope has been extremely successful with developing kids in their JV program in the past.

[sac]

Alma is playing Cornerstone in an exhibition tonight at Cornerstone.    C'stone season starts Friday against Indiana Wesleyan.

Infrequent but helpful updates here:  https://twitter.com/AlmaScotsBball

[KnightSlappy]

Alma is playing Cornerstone in an exhibition tonight at Cornerstone.    C'stone season starts Friday against Indiana Wesleyan.

Infrequent but helpful updates here:  https://twitter.com/AlmaScotsBball

Cornerstone came out on top 84-69. Not a bad showing from the Scots who are likely far behind in practice hours and the like.

[maroonandgold]

Tallest Players
Jimmy Paprocki, Kalamazoo  -  6'9
Josh Miller, Kalamazoo  -  6'9
Brock Benson, Hope  -  6'8
Michael Welch, Calvin  -  6'8
Jason Hugan, Kalamazoo  -  6'8
Matt Launstein, Alma  -  6'8
Adam Abraham, Alma  -  6'7
Kevin Gamble, Alma  -  6'7
Chris Chrzan, Olivet  -  6'7
Nick Goeglein, Calvin  -  6'7
Cameron Denney, Calvin  -  6'7
Brooks Hyble, Alma  -  6'7
Doug Bradfield, Alma  -  6'7
Cody Stuive, Hope  -  6'7
Ellis Cummings, Trine  -  6'7
Max Meehan, Trine  -  6'7


Heaviest Players
Chase Baysdell, Kalamazoo  -  240
Nick Goeglein, Calvin  -  235
Brock Benson, Hope  -  230
Cameron Denney, Calvin  -  230
Brooks Hyble, Alma  -  230
JR James, Alma  -  230
Seth Van Engen, Calvin  -  225
Jimmy Paprocki, Kalamazoo  -  220
Josh Miller, Kalamazoo  -  220
Michael Welch, Calvin  -  215
Quinton Cook, Alma  -  215
Jordan Herron, Albion  -  215
Jacob McKiddie, Alma  -  215
Harrison Blackledge, Hope  -  210
Zach Littleson, Hope  -  210
Gus Meriwether, Alma  -  207

These stats are really interesting in that it seems as if Hope and Calvin have had the tallest and possibly the heaviest players in much larger numbers than the rest of the league for years.  Now Kalamazoo and Alma seem to have that distinction.  It will be interesting to see how that impacts the result, but I think the league will be much more competitive for a variety of reasons, including the size  comparisons.

[Stinger]

Ryan Skowronek had a pretty serious back injury last year - the kind of injury that could be career ending which might be the case here.

Coach Mitchell at the Hope sports luncheon today said they had decided to keep all the freshman together to give them plenty of playing time and opportunity to adjust to the college game and each other.  IMHO that's a great approach considering you will have 5 seniors to replace a year from now. Hope has been extremely successful with developing kids in their JV program in the past.

I imagine he'll work some Frosh in when he can.  You don't adjust to the college game by only playing JV ball.

[sac]

Alma is playing Cornerstone in an exhibition tonight at Cornerstone.    C'stone season starts Friday against Indiana Wesleyan.

Infrequent but helpful updates here:  https://twitter.com/AlmaScotsBball

Cornerstone came out on top 84-69. Not a bad showing from the Scots who are likely far behind in practice hours and the like.

Cornerstone is NAIA II's pre-season #1, Indiana Wesleyan is #2.  Nice first game of the year match-up at IWU when these two meet Friday.
http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=210457019

Davenport is #3

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Albion roster is up, so we now have them all:

http://www.gobrits.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster

Looks like one transfer, Jibreel Hussein from KVCC

[sac]

Albion roster is up, so we now have them all:

http://www.gobrits.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster

Looks like one transfer, Jibreel Hussein from KVCC

Sean Kelly was on the Dickinson State roster in 2013-2014:  http://www.dsubluehawks.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/roster
Dickinson State is NAIA I

[maroonandgold]

Albion roster is up, so we now have them all:

http://www.gobrits.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster

Looks like one transfer, Jibreel Hussein from KVCC

Sean Kelly was on the Dickinson State roster in 2013-2014:  http://www.dsubluehawks.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/roster
Dickinson State is NAIA I

The Albion roster seems to continue this year's trend toward more size around the league.  I notice one player is 6' 11" and 325 pounds. and another 6' 8".   The question is--are they players or just big bodies?

[GreatScot!?]

Alma is playing Cornerstone in an exhibition tonight at Cornerstone.    C'stone season starts Friday against Indiana Wesleyan.

Infrequent but helpful updates here:  https://twitter.com/AlmaScotsBball

Cornerstone came out on top 84-69. Not a bad showing from the Scots who are likely far behind in practice hours and the like.

Cornerstone looked like the Scots on steroids, very effective offense and played good defense as well. Having four 40% plus 3 point shooters makes them really dangerous to defend, along with size to defend the inside. Just about 60 three pointers shot combined in the scrimmage.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

With all the rosters out, here is a summary of the teams based on returning players.  Overall the league appears to have significantly more upper classmen (Jr & Sr) than I can remember in a long time.  Last season there were 35 Jrs and 25 Srs in the league.  This season it's 45 Jrs and 29 Srs.  Let's hope that leads to a better non-conference record for everyone!!!

Team	Returning	Varsity Min	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Minutes
Adrian	8	4591	0.539	0.508	0.441	0.458	0.491
Albion	8	5613	0.703	0.688	0.641	0.644	0.601
Alma	13	8247	0.96	0.942	0.949	0.942	0.948
Calvin	10	4427	0.438	0.478	0.507	0.429	0.505
Hope	13	10152	0.947	0.975	0.949	0.906	0.949
Kalamazoo	11	5166	0.631	0.618	0.569	0.57	0.579
Olivet	6	3113	0.354	0.36	0.31	0.338	0.363
Trine	9	6197	0.681	0.602	0.764	0.545	0.62

[sac]

Cornerstone looked like the Scots on steroids, very effective offense and played good defense as well. Having four 40% plus 3 point shooters makes them really dangerous to defend, along with size to defend the inside. Just about 60 three pointers shot combined in the scrimmage.

[scottiedawg]

Tallest Players:

NAME	HT INCHES	COLLEGE	Roster Type	NOTE
Ryan Lowe	83	Albion	Varsity
Jimmy Paprocki	81	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Josh Miller	81	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Brock Benson	80	Hope	Varsity
Sean Kelly	80	Albion	Varsity
Michael Welch	80	Calvin	Varsity
Jason Hugan	80	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Matt Launstein	80	Alma	Varsity
Chris Chrzan	79	Olivet	No Distinction
Nick Goeglein	79	Calvin	Varsity
Brooks Hyble	79	Alma	JV
Cameron Denney	79	Calvin	Varsity
Kevin Gamble	79	Alma	Varsity
Adam Abraham	79	Alma	Varsity
Doug Bradfield	79	Alma	Varsity
Cody Stuive	79	Hope	Varsity
Max Meehan	79	Trine	Varsity
Ellis Cummings	79	Trine	Varsity
Chase Baysdell	78	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Seth Van Engen	78	Calvin	Varsity
Sam Knoechel	78	Olivet	No Distinction
Gordon Post	78	Albion	Varsity
Harrison Blackledge	78	Hope	Varsity
Ben Kill	78	Adrian	Varsity
Jake Whitney	78	Kalamazoo	Varsity
R.J. Haas	78	Olivet	No Distinction
Griffin Lewis	78	Olivet	No Distinction
Keith Brushwyler	78	Hope	Varsity
Michael Gold	78	Adrian	Varsity
Jared DIshop	78	Trine	Varsity
Joel Zwiers	78	Trine	Varsity

[scottiedawg]

Shortest Players

NAME	HT INCHES	COLLEGE	Roster Type	NOTE
Arshawn Parker	67	Albion	Varsity
Robert Ryan	67	Albion	Varsity
Chad Carlson	67	Hope	Varsity
Carlos Amoros	68	Calvin	Varsity
Bryan Hines	68	Alma	Varsity
Matt Donley	68	Calvin	JV
Matt Subject	70	Olivet	No Distinction
Keegan Scott	70	Alma	JV
Jordan Kreglow	70	Trine	Varsity
Tarvis Malone	70	Trine	Varsity
Jared Minderhoud	70	Calvin	JV
Ben Wolford	70	Calvin	JV

[scottiedawg]

Heaviest Players:

NAME	WEIGHT	COLLEGE	Roster Type	NOTE
Ryan Lowe	325	Albion	Varsity
Chris Chrzan	250	Olivet	No Distinction
Logan Merrick	250	Adrian	Varsity
Chase Baysdell	240	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Nick Goeglein	235	Calvin	Varsity
Brock Benson	230	Hope	Varsity
Brooks Hyble	230	Alma	JV
Cameron Denney	230	Calvin	Varsity
JR James	230	Alma	Varsity
Seth Van Engen	225	Calvin	Varsity
Sam Knoechel	225	Olivet	No Distinction
Jason Zahran	225	Albion	Varsity
Jimmy Paprocki	220	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Josh Miller	220	Kalamazoo	Varsity
Sean Kelly	220	Albion	Varsity
Kevin Gamble	220	Alma	Varsity
Blake Siersema	220	Olivet	No Distinction
Lee Gardner	220	Olivet	No Distinction
Chad Mossing	220	Adrian	Varsity
Aurelius Marshall	220	Olivet	No Distinction