The amazing tale of former Wayne State player and Harlem Globetrotter Earnest Wagner Jr.

December 21, 2012 in Division II, Professional

By Patrick Hayes Justice B. Hill of SB Nation has an incredible, in-depth story on the life of former Wayne State basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter Earnest Wagner Jr.: Their [...]

Weekend Highlights: Rochester College, Henry Ford Community College among teams with impressive wins Saturday

December 17, 2012 in Division II, JUCO, NAIA

By Patrick Hayes Saturday was a good day for college basketball among the state’s smaller programs, including a couple of notable upsets. Henry Ford Community College traveled to No. 5 [...]

NCAA Division II Basketball Rankings: Wayne State, Michigan Tech receive votes, but no Michigan teams ranked

December 15, 2012 in Division II, Rankings

Each Saturday, look for posts showing national rankings for each level of college basketball in Michigan. RANK SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS 1 West Liberty (12) 8-0 393 1 [...]

BallinMichigan College Power Rankings, Week 4

December 12, 2012 in Division I, Division II, Division III, JUCO, NAIA, Power Rankings

Our weekly Division I, II, III, NAIA and JUCO power rankings, which run every Wednesday. By Patrick Hayes It’s still a little bit early for any team to be running away [...]

Latvia natives both contributing to Grand Valley basketball team

December 12, 2012 in Division II

By Patrick Hayes Ernijs Ansons and Kristers Zeidaks both hail from Latvia and both have fit in as parts of the Grand Valley State basketball team this season. Kelly Hill of [...]

Weekly Awards: Detroit’s Juwan Howard, Madonna’s Bobby Naubert, Wayne State’s Mike Hollingsworth honored this week

December 11, 2012 in Division I, Division II, NAIA

By Patrick Hayes Three college basketball players in Michigan received Player of the Week honors this week from their respective conferences. The University of Detroit‘s Juwan Howard Jr., a transfer [...]

Flint Central grad Demetrius Miller has big night for Metro State basketball team

December 10, 2012 in Division II

By Patrick Hayes Demetrius ‘Meechie’ Miller, a former standout guard at Flint Central and Mott Community College, is now a senior at Metro State, one of the top Division II [...]

NCAA Division II Basketball Rankings: Wayne State receives votes, but no Michigan teams ranked

December 8, 2012 in Division II, Rankings

Each Saturday, look for posts showing national rankings for each level of college basketball in Michigan. RANK SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS 1 West Liberty (12) 6-0 393 1 [...]

BallinMichigan College Power Rankings, Week 3

December 5, 2012 in Division I, Division II, Division III, JUCO, NAIA, Power Rankings

Our weekly Division I, II, III, NAIA and JUCO power rankings, which run every Wednesday. By Patrick Hayes It’s still a little bit early for any team to be running away [...]

Wayne State’s Chene Phillips is this week’s GLIAC Player of the Week

December 4, 2012 in Division II

By Patrick Hayes Wayne State‘s Chene Phillips has been named this week’s GLIAC North Division Player of the Week. From the news release: Wayne State University junior guard Chene Phillips [...]