Following the brief road trip, the team gets a finals break before they have their final four games during winter break. Three of these games are at home with one on the road. At home the Jackets will face Florida A&M (345th), Wright State (164th), and Coppin State (343rd).WSU’s Davis ready for new basketball venture--Dayton Daily News
At this stage, Hayes has scholarship offers from Butler, Northern Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State, Purdue, TCU, Texas and Xavier, plus a majority of the schools in the Horizon League and MAC. With interesting mounting, Hayes is now starting to set up official visits.Beverly begins to emerge--Scout.com
According to Beverly schools such as Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Detroit, Cleveland State, and Toledo have all shown interest in him.
An athletic combo guard from Detroit, Harlond Beverly showed his major upside at the NY2LA Swish N Dish. He has big time athleticism, good size, and a fairly solid understanding of how to play the position. Beverly needs to keep improving as a jump shooter, but the class of 2019 prospect is making strides in that area.
Recruiting: Detroit, Xavier, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Western Michigan, Buffalo -- Brian Snow
#6. Kameron Chatman-Detroit
Some outlets had Chatman as a 5-star prospect coming out of high school. While he didn’t live up to that hype in his two seasons at Michigan, he will get a chance to redeem himself the next 2 years, and that’s bad news for the rest of the Horizon League. Chatman is a beast of a wing who struggled with his jump shot while with the Wolverines. However, with a redshirt year to improve his game and the drop in competition level, Chatman should be able to to impose his will off the bounce and in the post. If the shooting has improved, Chatman is one of the most talented players in the Horizon League.
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#1 Kendrick Nunn-Oakland
Oakland won 25 games last season and brings back 4 starters. That would be scary enough for most teams. However, Greg Kampe’s squad adds Nunn to the mix too, an extremely talented guard who scored over 15 ppg at Illinois before being kicked off the team. Nunn is one of the best players in all of mid-major basketball, and elite scorer who can get buckets from anywhere on the court. His strength and size allow him to be an excellent defender as well, and Kampe mentioned in an interview on the Marching to Madness podcast with Blake Lovell and Ken Cross that Nunn is getting already getting looks from NBA teams. Nunn may be the piece that helps Oakland put their recent Horizon League Tournament struggles behind them and get the Golden Grizzlies back to the NCAA Tournament.
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Banner Boys no match for Scarlet & GrayPair Of Panthers Named To NABC Honors Court--mkepanthers.com
Scarlet & Gray advanced with a 72-58 win, despite committing 19 turnovers against a pesky Banner Boys team. Jon Diebler led all scorers with 21 points, while Miles McKay paced the Milwaukee alumni with 14. In terms of names you might remember, Jared Sullinger had four points, eight rebounds, and six assists, and Craft had seven points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Banner Boys never led, as Scarlet & Gray used an early 10-0 run to take control.
Banner Boys come from behind to advance
The Milwaukee alumni also faced a tough challenge in their first-round contest, sneaking by the Jackson Tennessee Underdawgs, 61-59. Ronald Davis hit the game winner for Banner Boys, corralling a blocked shot and converting with just over a second to play. Davis finished with 13, while Dylan Page had a team-high 16 points to go with 11 rebounds. Jeremy Weddle led all scorers, posting 19 points for the Underdawgs on 7-12 shooting. Banner Boys advances to face Scarlet & Gray, the Ohio State alumni team, on Sunday.
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The Banner Boys took home a close one in this #TBTMoneyMoment 💰💰💰 #TBT2017 pic.twitter.com/r8ju2dyagj
— TBT (@thetournament) July 15, 2017
■ There’s still no definitive word from Detroit Mercy whether Jaleel Hogan will be on the basketball team this fall. He tweeted out a while ago that he was leaving, but that tweet was quickly deleted. The 6-foot-7, 260-pound forward would be a big loss for a young team. He led the Titans, averaging 15.2 points.
* Former Oakland basketball player Ryan Hoover has joined the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks as vice president of global scouting. He comes from the Pistons, where he was director of corporate partnerships and contributed on TV and radio broadcasts.
With the NBA Draft now in the rearview mirror, it’s time to turn our attention to 2017 NBA Summer League, as dozens of players battle it out in Orlando, Utah, and Las Vegas to try and earn their way onto NBA rosters.
It all starts on July 1 in Orlando and continues through the 17th. Over the next few days, all 30 NBA teams will release their rosters, and most will include at least a couple mid-major alumni.
We’ll track them all for you right there.
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Los Angeles Lakers:
Alec Brown — Green Bay
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Portland Trail Blazers:
Keith Benson — Oakland
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Toronto Raptors:
Alfonzo McKinnie — Green Bay
11. Oakland Golden Grizzlies, November 20IUPUI joins Horizon, may fight Detroit for tourneys--Detroit News
Oakland was 25-9 last season, and nearly made it to the NIT quarterfinals (hey, samesies!). They’ll be a tougher test than many of the teams listed above them here, so it’s probably worth reading up on the Grizzlies a bit more than your average “lesser” non-conference foe.
Nearly a year ago, Northwestern was in the same place. Milwaukee had an open coaching job and Pat Baldwin got the call to see if he would be interested. Ultimately, LaVall Jordan would leave his job at the University of Michigan to take the job.Nothing makes sense anymore: Part One--PantherU
A year later and Milwaukee was in the same place again. LaVall Jordan was leaving Milwaukee to take the head coaching job at his Alma mater, Butler, after Chris Holtmann’s departure for the head coaching job at Ohio State.
This time, Pat Baldwin was linked with the job almost immediately. After another year of being an assistant coach under his belt, and playing an important role in Northwestern’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, his name was linked to the job again.
This time, Northwestern knew it was inevitable. After a historic career at Northwestern as a player and as a coach, it was time for Pat Baldwin to take his first head coaching job.
Any time an assistant coach receives the opportunity to become a head coach for the first time and it is the right fit for them, it is exciting. Chris Collins had the opportunity to help Pat Baldwin strengthen his coaching experience and continue to build his resume in order to become a head coach.
Northwestern basketball wouldn’t be where it is today without the help of Pat Baldwin. He played an important role in the development of the backcourt, including Bryant McIntosh, Scottie Lindsey and Vic Law.
