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 summer, came to an abrupt halt. I wish I had an elaborate explanation for what that happened, but the reality is it was simply a [...]
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 who love the game as much as we do. By Pardeep Toor John Girdwood is a PhD candidate at Michigan State University where his research [...]
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 NBA court in 2011. Turns out, he’s acting. Or at least acting in one movie. Peterson had a small part in the above film by [...]
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 updates on what they’ve done since and, for the fun of it, let readers re-vote to see if the results would be different if we [...]
December 20, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes Eastern Michigan hosts Oakland University on Saturday in what should be an interesting matchup — Eastern as the school with a rich basketball history, Oakland as still [...]
December 19, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes Former Western Michigan guard Brian Snider is now an assistant coach at Otsego High School and Scott DeCamp of the Kalamazoo Gazette has a great feature on [...]
December 19, 2012 in NAIA
By Patrick Hayes As the team’s top player, No. 6-ranked Davenport obviously depends on Javontae Ford‘s statistical production. But the Panthers also rely on Ford for his energy and leadership, [...]
December 19, 2012 in High School, Video
By Jay W. Jensen Highlights of a game between Detroit Community High School and Detroit Frederick Douglass last week. Follow PrepHoopsTV on Twitter and subscribe to the YouTube channel. BallinMichigan.com runs highlight videos of [...]
December 19, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes Southfield Lathrup‘s Jon-Jon Williams, a Mr. Basketball contender who will play for Toledo next season, is one of the state’s most explosive scorers, averaging more than 30 [...]
December 18, 2012 in Division I, NAIA
By Patrick Hayes Three college basketball players in Michigan this week won player of the week honors in their respective leagues. Michigan‘s Trey Burke won the award in the Big [...]
December 18, 2012 in Division I
By Patrick Hayes In a nationally televised game on ESPN, the University of Detroit nearly denied Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim his 900th career coaching win on Monday after mounting a [...]
December 18, 2012 in High School, Video
By Jay W. Jensen Highlights of Trevor Manuel, a class of 2015 player from Lansing Sexton. Follow PrepHoopsTV on Twitter and subscribe to the YouTube channel. BallinMichigan.com runs highlight videos of high school players [...]
December 18, 2012 in High School
By Patrick Hayes Iowa State-bound Beecher senior Monte Morris is far from a shoe-in to win the Michigan Mr. Basketball Award this season, but he’s definitely established himself as a [...]
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 [...]
