Scots Chosen Eighth in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
ALBION, Mich. - The annual MIAA coaches pre-season
tele-conference was held Thursday, Nov. 4. Hope was unanimously voted
to finish first in the conference with seven first place votes while
the Scots were selected to finish eighth in the league standings.
1. Hope
2. Albion
3. Calvin
4. Adrian
5. Tri-State
6. Olivet
7. Kalamazoo
8. Alma
Head coach Ed Kohtala's opening statement follows:
"I think the situation with our team is that we'll be young again, but
not as young as we have been for the last two years. For the second
half of last season, our rotation was mainly freshmen and sophomores.
Though we are still young by league standards we've come a long way.
The development of our perimeter play will help us match up with the
excellent guards we face in the conference.”"
Kohtala regarding recruiting challenges and competing against larger schools
that award scholarships:
"There is obviously a challenge. One of the things - and this is a
generalization that recruiting at the Division III level - that kids
who think they can play Division III level turn out to not be good
enough to play at this level. In some cases, you just have to be
patient while kids are evaluated by larger schools and hope to get
lucky that maybe a kid is overlooked. In our program right now, Anthony
Jones is that type of player. Because of the type of high school team
he was on [at Detroit's Martin Luther King] and the talent he played
with, he was probably overlooked. It really comes down to lots and lots
of hard work and understanding that recruiting truly is the life blood
of what you do.”"
News & Notes From Around the MIAA
- Tri-State joins the MIAA as an official member this season after receiving NCAA provisional status after last season.
- Kurt Soderberg takes over at the helm of the Olivet basketball team.
Posted: Thu, November 4th, 2004 at 11:46AM
