BallinMichigan is looking for an editor

June 21, 2013 in Cover Story, Site News

By Patrick Hayes OK, so it is has been about six months since BallinMichigan’s content, which had been churned out at a ridiculous rate since I launched the site last [...]

Hoop Convos: John Girdwood discusses ‘Our Dreams’ film

December 10, 2012 in Cover Story, Hoop Convos, Professional, Video

There are few things better than getting philosophical about the game of basketball. In ‘Hoop Convos,’BallinMichigan will do just that, engaging in (hopefully) meaningful, free-flowing conversations with compelling writers and thinkers [...]

Flint native Morris Peterson: basketball standout, movie star

December 5, 2012 in Cover Story, Professional

By Patrick Hayes I’d wondered what former Flint Northwestern and Michigan State star and longtime NBA player Morris Peterson has been up to since we lost saw him on a [...]

1999 Michigan Mr. Basketball Remix

November 27, 2012 in Cover Story, High School, Mr. Basketball Remix

Regularly, BallinMichigan.com will look back at the yearly Mr. Basketball award with the benefit of hindsight. These posts will look back at the top five finishers at the time, provide [...]

BallinMichigan College Power Rankings, Week 1

November 21, 2012 in Cover Story, Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, Power Rankings

By Patrick Hayes Welcome to the first edition of our college basketball power rankings. We’ll keep the format pretty simple — top five teams at each level of college ball [...]

Madonna’s Naubert is WHAC Player of the Week

November 20, 2012 in Cover Story, NAIA

By Patrick Hayes Madonna junior guard Bobby Naubert has been named this week’s Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Player of the Week. From the news release: A 5-10 guard Naubert averaged [...]

MTU’s Ali Haidar named GLIAC Player of the Week

November 20, 2012 in Cover Story, Division II

By Patrick Hayes Michigan Tech senior big man Ali Hadair is this week’s GLIAC North Player of the Week. From the news release: Michigan Technological University senior forward Ali Haidar scored [...]

Adrian’s Eric Lewis is MIAA Player of the Week

November 20, 2012 in Cover Story, Division III

By Patrick Hayes The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) named Adrian sophomore guard Eric Lewis its Player of the Week this week. From the news release: Lewis, a sophomore from [...]

WMU’s Nate Hutcheson is MAC Player of the Week

November 20, 2012 in Cover Story, Division I

By Patrick Hayes Western Michigan senior forward Nate Hutcheson was named both the MAC West Player of the Week and the overall MAC Player of the Week after strong performances [...]

Basketball restart officially complete at Lawrence Tech

November 19, 2012 in Cover Story, NAIA

By Patrick Hayes Considering Lawrence Tech hadn’t had a home basketball game on its campus in 48 years, looking back on the program’s past was obviously a key part of [...]