2017-18 Preview Guide

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Team Name: Bellarmine University Men's Club Basketball

Mascot: Knights

Location: Louisville, KY

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Captains - Ben Thompson and RJ Perkins Coach- Dylan "Memphis" Long

2016-17 Performance:  Record: (Out of NCBBA) 12-3  Tournament Rankings/Results: n/a  Notables: 3rd place in EKU Tournament (2017)

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 9; RJ(Starter), Jaylen, Nic, Logan, "Business" Ben(Starter), Brad, Matt P., Troy "TWhite" White, Blake

Players to Watch: RJ Perkins Garret Scaman Logan Riehn

New additions: Seth "Frank The Tank" Short

Garret Scaman

John Michael

Matt Simon

Kyle "Special K" Hook

Houston Buckley

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Biggest Rival:

Best Player Nickname: RJ " Smirkin' " Perkins

2017-18 Season Outlook: With losing two star players from the previous year, we look to rebuild and depend on leadership and basketball IQ. Knowing we will be under sized, we have to find a way to play our game, not our opponet's game. With each game we will learn. The ultimate goal is to win and grow as men, basketball players, and a team.

Head Coach Quote: Good Offense better Defense, Free throws are important, Win the Last Game.Ytrust your teammates and have fun.

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Team Name: Central Michigan University

Mascot: Chippewa

Location: Mt. Pleasant, MI

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Nate Meinke, Robert Loy, Michael Greenwood, Jake Walters

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 9-9  Tournament Rankings/Results: -  Notables: -

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): Nathan Meinke, Robert Loy, Michael Greenwood, Jacob Walters, Andrew Etienne

Players to Watch: Andrew Etienne

New additions: Travis Tahaney, Darrius Thompson, Brandon Sorokin, Camren Barden, Corey Sheltrown, Mitchell Kubiak, Josh Denning, Nate Jankowsky, TJ Baker

Biggest Rival: Western Michigan

Best Player Nickname: Andrew "I jump very high" Etienne

2017-18 Season Outlook: Championships, lots of them.

Head Coach Quote: "We don’t have a head coach, but what we do have is a lot of grit"- Robert Loy

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Team Name: University of Dayton

Mascot: Rudy Flyer

Location: Dayton, OH

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Captains - Connor Pisco and Jackson Jabir

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 11-7  Tournament Rankings/Results:  Notables: Second Place in Great Lakes South

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): Chris Topp, Tyler Grile (Johnny Wallace, Mark Milligan, EJ Bouie)

Players to Watch: Johnny Wallace and Jackson Jabir

New additions: Jackson Jabir, Connor Pisco, Jack Parsley, Jason Hessel, Zack Burneka

Biggest Rival: Purdue

Best Player Nickname:

2017-18 Season Outlook: Strong guard play starting with Johnny Wallace and Jackson Jabir with a team focusing on getting defensive stops.

Head Coach Quote:

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Team Name: University of Kentucky WildCats

Mascot: Wildcats

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Lamar Smith (Head Coach) Peter J Scott(Captain)

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 10-8 Conference Record  Tournament Rankings/Results: finished 3rd in conference which is Great lakes South  Notables: The only team in the conference to beat Ohio State.

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 5 returning Players, (Wes Averill, Peter J Scott, Caleb Murphy, Dallian Burnett, Rasheen Turner)

Players to Watch: Peter J Scott. (Scored 56 points against Ohio State game 2 of last Season)Rasheen Turner. (Great defender, pressures the ball full court) Carson King, (great scorer has a High IQ)

New additions: Laurence Smith, Logan Cook, Chris Bennett, Alex Chen, Noah Forrey, Cameron McNeil, Sean Campbell, Carson King, M. Dawson, David Burnett.

Biggest Rival: Ohio State

Best Player Nickname: Peter J Scott (Mr.StepBack)

2017-18 Season Outlook: Great returning players with a strong bench coming behind the starting five. Players are passionate, hustle hard, and are ready to play defense.

Head Coach Quote: "It's not the size of the dog, It's the size of the fight in the dog."

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Team Name: Miami University

Mascot: Redhawks

Location: Oxford, OH

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Robert Underhill, Parker Bernhold, Warwick Reider

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 10-10  Tournament Rankings/Results: N/A  Notables: N/A

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 7 Underhill, Bernhold, Reider, Combs, Kohlan, Lemon, Kromer. (no true starters)

Players to Watch: Parker B with the stroke from way downtown, Tristan "LaMelo 2.0" Lemon

New additions: A few freshman and some incoming sophmores/ big seniors

Biggest Rival: OSU

Best Player Nickname: Parker "Back of the Carmel Bus" Bernhold

2017-18 Season Outlook: Some new faces and new leadership should change the overall style and commeraderie of the team.Heavily guard focused and looking to put up a lot of points.

Head Coach Quote: "If nobody will help you, do it alone."

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Team Name: Michigan State

Mascot: Spartans

Location: East Lansing, MI

Captain(s)/Coach(s): N/A

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 17-1 Conference 20-2 Overall  Tournament Rankings/Results: GLC North Champs, GLC Regional Champs, 2017 National Championship Final Four  Notables: Paul Zwemmer (Forward) 1st Team All GLC, 2nd Team All American; Robert Ray Jr (Point Guard) 2nd Team All GLC, TJ Morris (Shooting Guard) 2nd Team All GLC

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): N/A

Players to Watch: N/A

New additions: N/A

Biggest Rival: N/A

Best Player Nickname: N/A

2017-18 Season Outlook: Has forfeited the entire 17-18 Season

Head Coach Quote: N/A

Team Name: The Michigan Club Basketball Team

Mascot: n/a

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Captain(s)/Coach(s): President Bryan Polan VP Jeremy Goodman Treasurer Charles Kanter

2016-17 Performance: • Record: • Tournament Rankings/Results: n/a • Notables: n/a Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 15

Players to Watch:

Parker Chmiel, Jojo Himmelman New additions:

Biggest Rival:

MSU

Best Player Nickname:

Thomas “Slim” Logue Oliver “The Snake” Scherick Lucas “Furious” Fioretti

2017-18 Season Outlook:

Senior-laden team looking to make nationals. Lot of size and shooting.

Head Coach Quote:

“This is going to be a big year.”

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Team Name: The Ohio State University

Mascot: Brutus

Location: The Rpac

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Eddie Days, Jeremy Browning, Jared Kurz, Oliver Peric

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 33-7  Tournament Rankings/Results: Lost too early  Notables: Won NIRSA Regional

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 5

Players to Watch: Marquis Gravy Train, Nick MOE $$,

New additions: Jalen, Jansen, Derrick, Darik, Matheus, Ricky, Steve and Trevor

Biggest Rival: MSU

Best Player Nickname: The Walking Bucket

2017-18 Season Outlook: Looking to bounce back after a early departure from the NCBBA tournament last year.

Head Coach Quote: "This team has a unique mixture of returning players and new talent. On paper and at first, we have a solid guard, wing, and post play. If we commit to rebounding the ball, we can be very good. We have started practices with a great sense of urgency, leadership, accountibility, energy, and competitiveness. If we maintain that at a high level and enhance it as the season goes on, this team has a chance to be very good!"

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Team Name: Purdue Black

Mascot: Boilermakers

Location: West Lafatette, IN

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Coachs-Lamont Lane and Scott Chemma

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 5-10  Tournament Rankings/Results: none  Notables: Wisconsin

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 2 returning players (Azariah Smith and Jake Boender), looking to rebuild and get their team back on a successful path

Players to Watch: Gabriel Prestamo, Matt Vawter, Jaed Martin, Austin Kocken, Kimon Economou, and Jordan peters

New additions: Freshmen-Konnor Wilson, Jordan Peters

Biggest Rival: Indiana State

Best Player Nickname: Jordan "Big Country" Peters

2017-18 Season Outlook: After a disappointing 5-10 season last year, Purdue Black has an almost entirely new roster built around quick athletic guards surrounded by shooters, and strong big men which could be a recipe for success…

Head Coach Quote: "Please be there on time"

Team Name: Western Michigan University

Mascot: Buster Bronco

Location: Kalamazoo MI

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Tyler Bassler, Marcus Moore

2015-16 Performance: • Record: 1-14 • Tournament Rankings/Results: 5th • Notables: Only played in the Purdue tournament in 2015

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 3

Players to Watch: Trey Seajustice

New additions: 22 players on roster

Biggest Rival: MSU or CMU

Best Player Nickname: Rod

2016-17 Season Outlook: Win Win Win

Head Coach Quote: Go big or get out of my gym

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Team Name: Wittenberg University

Mascot: Tigers

Location: Springfield, OH

Captain(s)/Coach(s): Coach: Kaiden Evans

2016-17 Performance:  Record: 6-9  Tournament Rankings/Results: N/A  Notables: N/A

Number of Returning Players (Include starters): 9

Players to Watch: N/A

New additions: Ryan Gallimore

Garrett Dorfman

Jaeden Bailey

Jalen Camper

Biggest Rival: N/A

Best Player Nickname: N/A

2017-18 Season Outlook: Hoping to have a successful season with the returning players and a lot of new talent.