MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[KnightSlappy]

https://twitter.com/coachmitch44/status/1522709517070262272?s=10&t=1XWsMHBKShH-q7ymSpV6Uw

Is this someone from DII

It was someone calling about his vehicle's extended warranty.

[Greek Tragedy]

https://twitter.com/coachmitch44/status/1522709517070262272?s=10&t=1XWsMHBKShH-q7ymSpV6Uw

Is this someone from DII

It was someone calling about his vehicle's extended warranty.

Nope, that's Gruber Law offices. One call. That's all.

[Dutchman17]

That Coach Mitchell call appears to have been from East Lansing PG Marcus Wourman.  Marcus was recruited by Hope last year, but took a year at a Mt Zion prep school instead.  Had a D2 offer as well.  Great addition

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That Coach Mitchell call appears to have been from East Lansing PG Marcus Wourman.  Marcus was recruited by Hope last year, but took a year at a Mt Zion prep school instead.  Had a D2 offer as well.  Great addition

Marcus Wourman Jr.   5-11  PG   East Lansing/Mt. Zion Prep  will attend Hope
(His prep academy listed him at 6-0, EL says 5-8, 5-9 ,5-10 , 5-11 his years there so he'll be 6-4 when he leaves Hope)

Dad, Marcus Wourman  played at Albion in the early 90's.   He runs a very good AAU program in Lansing and has been an assistant for the great East Lansing girls program.

Last I was able to see Marcus he was a Fr/So up and coming prospect at East Lansing.  It was obvious as a Soph he had great potential unfortunately the pandemic ended any chances of me seeing him develop so I can't really speak of the player he's become.  I just know he was the PG of a couple very good East Lansing teams and won a regional championship.  Marcus had some D1/D2 interest, but I don't think D1 offers went more than preferred walk-on.  I can only find one confirmed D2 offer, USC-Aiken.   He went to Mt. Zion Prep in Maryland last year,  there's almost nothing about the kind of year he had.  Overall I think this is a great pick-up for Hope basketball.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Updated recruit list (corrections appreciated).  Up to 42 on the list: Avg is 6-4, 18 guys over 6-5, 2 guys under 6-0, and two guys who carry the III suffix - does that carry extra weight in DIII 

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
Jake Slezinger	6-3	SG	Gibraltar Carlson (MI)	Adrian
Andrew Tiemeyer	6-3	G	Allendale (MI)	Adrian
Ethan Krueger	6-7	PF/C	Mona Shores (MI)	Adrian
Nate Childers	6-2	PG	Benzie Central (MI)	Albion
Phil Ragan III	6-2	G	UD-Jesuit (MI)	Albion
Nathan Steinman	6-2	G	Clarkston (MI)	Albion
Cooper Bright	6-3	G	Alpena (MI)	Albion
Jerod "Beck" Willems	6-3	G	Bethany Christian (Goshen IN)	Albion
Michael Calhoun	6-6	F	Riverview Gabriel Tichard (MI)	Albion
Dray Chase	6-0	PG	Okemos (MI)	Alma
Dylan Cragg	6-4	G	Grayling (MI)	Alma
Josh Elliott	6-5	G/F	Freeland (MI)	Alma
Brock Broderick	6-3	G	Traverse City Christian (MI)	Calvin
DeJuan Potts-Heard	6-3	G	Cookeville HS (Cookeville TN)	Calvin
Luka Ressler	6-3	G	GR Catholic Central (MI)	Calvin
Michael Morris	6-4	F	West Catholic (MI)	Calvin
Trevin Winkle	6-4	G	Northern MI Christian (MI)	Calvin
Owen Varnado	6-6	F	Western MI Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brady Ewing	6-7	PF	Petoskey (MI)	Calvin
Jalen Overway	6-9	PF/C	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Sam Leppien	6-10	C	Alma (MI)	Calvin
Marcus Wourman III	5-11	PG	East Lansing/ Mt. Zion Prep (MI)	Hope
Justice Mims	6-2	PG/SG	Rochester Adams (MI)	Hope
Ethan Crabtree	6-5	PG/SG	Coldwater (MI)	Hope
Blake Pistro	6-5	F	New Albany (OH)	Hope
Carson Sanders	6-5	SG	Hanover-Horton (MI)	Hope
Nic Stump	6-5	SF	Grand Haven (MI)	Hope
Andrew Leeper	6-6	PF	Homestead (Ft Wayne IN)	Hope
Carter Bandemer	6-2	G	Howell (MI)	Kalamazoo
Caleb Caul	6-2	G	Grayling (MI)	Kalamazoo
JJ Stevens	6-6	G/F	Sturgis (MI)	Kalamazoo
Hayden Garrison	6-8	C	Gull Lake (MI)	Olivet
J.J. Marshall	5-11	G	La Lumiere Prep (LaPorte IN)	Trine
Drew Cwik	6-1	G	South Elgin HS (Elgin IL)	Trine
Evan Lumbrezer	6-1	G	Evergreen HS (Metamora OH)	Trine
Mason Gladieux	6-2	G	Crossroads Christian (Henderson NC)	Trine
Jackson Jannsen	6-2	G	Carmel (IN) / Manchester Transfer	Trine
Ryan Schroeder	6-3	G	Central Noble  (Albion IN)	Trine
Nate Tucker	6-5	G/F	Marshall (MI)	Trine
Troy Cicotte	6-6	G/F	Arbor Prep/Divine Child (MI)	Trine
Logan Gard	6-7	PF	Central Noble  (Albion IN)	Trine
Logan McKenzie	6-7	F	Byron Center (MI)	Trine

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Mason Woods   5-10 PG East Lansing will attend Albion

I believe Mason will also play football, had a D2 offer from Northwood in that sport.  Wide Receiver

Mason willed his team to a District win over Grand Ledge I happened to be watching.  Grand Ledge had struggled this year after some big injuries, finally got a mostly healthy team and were kind of punking the heavily favored Trojans all over the gym.  Mason wouldn't let his team lose and led a huge second half comeback. 

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There is almost no video of Marcus Wourman out there but I did find these game highlights from an East Lansing/Okemos games from 2020.  This was a game that made the league standings a tie at the top between these two with about a week of league play to go, Okemos had beaten them a month earlier handily.  East Lansing lost the next week to Everett handing Okemos the outright title.  Marcus hits the game winning shot.

The pandemic shut things down that first week of high school districts.  Okemos and East Lansing both were in their respective district final and I think would have had real good shots at meeting in the Regional final the next week.

https://youtu.be/vxa82BMGs7U?t=536

Besides future Hope player Marcus Wourman I think current Albion guard Jonathan Wilkerson's brother is #23, future Albion guard Mason Woods #11, Michigan wide receiver Andrel Anthony #3, 6-10 Ethan Dunn #40 went to prep school and will likely end up in NAIA, Brevin Jackson #20 going to Sienna Heights for football, 6-8 Ethan Boyd #33 is an OT at Michigan State, Malakei Matthews #15 went to IMG prep looking for a football scholarship.  Okemos PG Noah Pruitt #21, went to CC now looking for a home, his brother went to Albion, Will Young #24 likely ending up at a smaller school but MIAA's would love him.  I think there are two current Hope students on both benches and if you look closely after the shot you can catch a glimpse of Olivet assistant head coach Brian Snyder in the crowd.

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Jordan Love  5-11 G  Wyoming HS will attend Adrian.

[TUAngola]

Uh oh...a slew of under 6 footers recently committing.  What's this going to do to the avg height of 2022 incoming class? 

[TUAngola]

There is a tweet today from @TrineThunderMBB thanking assistant coach Drew Lehman for his commitment and loyalty to Trine Basketball and wishing him the best of luck.  I can't find any more news on Drew but if I am reading between the lines in the tweet it appears he is leaving Trine.  I am assuming he has a head coaching gig lined up somewhere.  He deserves it, been a great asset to the coaching staff for several years now.

Has Alma filled their head coaching position yet?

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Joseph Hayes  6-1 G  Shelby will attend Hope


Paul Gadde 6-3 G/F Alma, will transfer from Albion to Alma
He will be a Sophomore, but I'm not sure if he gets the extra year or not?

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Colin Shriver  6-5 F Holland West Ottawa will attend Trine

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Updated recruit list (corrections appreciated).  Up to 47 on the list: Avg is 6-4, 19 guys over 6-5, 4 guys under 6-0

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
Jordan Love	5-11	G	Wyoming (MI)	Adrian
Jake Slezinger	6-3	SG	Gibraltar Carlson (MI)	Adrian
Andrew Tiemeyer	6-3	G	Allendale (MI)	Adrian
Ethan Krueger	6-7	PF/C	Mona Shores (MI)	Adrian
Mason Woods	5-10	PG	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Nate Childers	6-2	PG	Benzie Central (MI)	Albion
Phil Ragan III	6-2	G	UD-Jesuit (MI)	Albion
Nathan Steinman	6-2	G	Clarkston (MI)	Albion
Cooper Bright	6-3	G	Alpena (MI)	Albion
Jerod "Beck" Willems	6-3	G	Bethany Christian (Goshen IN)	Albion
Michael Calhoun	6-6	F	Riverview Gabriel Tichard (MI)	Albion
Dray Chase	6-0	PG	Okemos (MI)	Alma
Paul Gadde	6-3	G	Alma (MI) / Albion Transfer	Alma
Dylan Cragg	6-4	G	Grayling (MI)	Alma
Josh Elliott	6-5	G/F	Freeland (MI)	Alma
Brock Broderick	6-3	G	Traverse City Christian (MI)	Calvin
DeJuan Potts-Heard	6-3	G	Cookeville HS (Cookeville TN)	Calvin
Luka Ressler	6-3	G	GR Catholic Central (MI)	Calvin
Michael Morris	6-4	F	West Catholic (MI)	Calvin
Trevin Winkle	6-4	G	Northern MI Christian (MI)	Calvin
Owen Varnado	6-6	F	Western MI Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brady Ewing	6-7	PF	Petoskey (MI)	Calvin
Jalen Overway	6-9	PF/C	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Sam Leppien	6-10	C	Alma (MI)	Calvin
Marcus Wourman Jr	5-11	PG	East Lansing/ Mt. Zion Prep (MI)	Hope
Joseph Hayes	6-1	G	Shelby (MI)	Hope
Justice Mims	6-2	PG/SG	Rochester Adams (MI)	Hope
Ethan Crabtree	6-5	PG/SG	Coldwater (MI)	Hope
Blake Pistro	6-5	F	New Albany (OH)	Hope
Carson Sanders	6-5	SG	Hanover-Horton (MI)	Hope
Nic Stump	6-5	SF	Grand Haven (MI)	Hope
Andrew Leeper	6-6	PF	Homestead (Ft Wayne IN)	Hope
Carter Bandemer	6-2	G	Howell (MI)	Kalamazoo
Caleb Caul	6-2	G	Grayling (MI)	Kalamazoo
JJ Stevens	6-6	G/F	Sturgis (MI)	Kalamazoo
Hayden Garrison	6-8	C	Gull Lake (MI)	Olivet
J.J. Marshall	5-11	G	La Lumiere Prep (LaPorte IN)	Trine
Drew Cwik	6-1	G	South Elgin HS (Elgin IL)	Trine
Evan Lumbrezer	6-1	G	Evergreen HS (Metamora OH)	Trine
Mason Gladieux	6-2	G	Crossroads Christian (Henderson NC)	Trine
Jackson Jannsen	6-2	G	Carmel (IN) / Manchester Transfer	Trine
Ryan Schroeder	6-3	G	Central Noble  (Albion IN)	Trine
Colin Shriver	6-5	F	Holland West Ottawa (MI)	Trine
Nate Tucker	6-5	G/F	Marshall (MI)	Trine
Troy Cicotte	6-6	G/F	Arbor Prep/Divine Child (MI)	Trine
Logan Gard	6-7	PF	Central Noble  (Albion IN)	Trine
Logan McKenzie	6-7	F	Byron Center (MI)	Trine

[northb]

So with several of the new additions, which team would you wise people think has "won" the recruiting contest this year?

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So with several of the new additions, which team would you wise people think has "won" the recruiting contest this year?

Much like the season we just saw, I'm confident calling the recruiting battle a "top four, bottom four" situation. Beyond that, time will tell.