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Detroit Mercy Men’s Basketball Newsletter #OurTurnOurCity
We Are Detroit Mercy And it is Time to Return Coach Bacari Alexander and his staff have been relentlessly striving to advance Titans Basketball every day in the Detroit Mercy Way. There are a lot of big things happening involving our Men’s Basketball program, and we are only getting started. This newsletter will hit on some of the key events that have taken place within the Titans program, and some that are currently in motion. We are in the process of building a special, and sustainable program, congruent with the rebuilding of the city of Detroit itself. It is always a great time to be a Titan, but the best is yet to come. GO TITANS!
An aerial view of the new Little Caesars Arena under construction
Our Senior’s gifts on display at the 1st Annual Titan Farewell Senior Roast
Welcome to the Detroit Mercy Family!
Incoming Freshman Point Guard, Jermaine Jackson Jr.
Incoming Freshman Forward, Jack Ballantyne
The University of Detroit Mercy Men’s Basketball Program is ecstatic to welcome the newest Titans for this year’s recruiting class. Two local products and high school teammates from Macomb Dakota High school, Jermaine Jackson Jr. and Jack Ballantyne, will bring an immediate impact on the hardwood next year. Alongside those two will be 5 th year Graduate Transfer, Roschon Prince, from Long Beach, California, who will bring versatility to the Titan’s roster next season. Coach Alexander, his staff, and all of the Titan fans out there can’t wait to get these young men on campus!
Incoming 5th year Senior combo wing, Roschon Prince
Breaking in The New Little Caesar’s Arena
Match-ups for the doubleheader at Little Caesars Arena
Coach Alexander along with his colleagues Greg Kampe, Tom Izzo and John Beilein,
With the brand new, state of the art, Little Caesars Arena only months away from completion, a major announcement in the college basketball world just took place involving your Detroit Mercy Titans. A doubleheader has been scheduled for December 16 th, 2017 and the Titans will be the first college basketball game ever played in the new Little Caesars Arena. Their opponent, the University of Michigan. Our game will be followed by Michigan State University squaring off against Oakland University. This is a great event not only for our program, but the city of Detroit, and we’re looking forward to partnering with Little Caesars Arena now and in the future.
Coach Alexander speaking at the press conference, announcing the double header
The construction crew was present during the announcement of the doubleheader
Wise Words from Titan Great Eli Holman Former Detroit Mercy standout, Eli Holman, met with our current Titans to share his experiences from his college days and now from playing professionally overseas. He truly connected with our players and gave them a clear understanding what it takes to be great. Eli is currently playing in China, and recently donated the new StudentAthlete Academic Center in Calihan Hall.
Detroit Mercy Men’s Basketball Camps Are Back! Detroit Mercy Men’s Basketball Summer Camps are right around the corner and filling up fast! We are running a High School Team Camp, June 19th-21st, having both a morning and evening session for those three days. Elite Camps will run June 15th and August 9th, from 5pm-8pm. We look forward to having a large number of student-athletes, coaches and families on campus this summer! Visit UDMbasketballcamps.com for more information.
1st Annual Titan Farewell Senior Roast To honor our graduating seniors, the Men’s Basketball team had a private team gathering at Granite City in downtown Detroit for one last meal together. The night revolved around a Roast and shared many memories from their time at Detroit Mercy. Chris Jenkins, Pat Robinson, Matt Grant, Jarod Williams, and Kal Riebau, THANK YOU!