2014 Season in Review: Olivet

2014:   5-20,  3-11  7th place
2013:  11-14,  6-8  5th place
2012:  4-21,  2-12  8th place


Best Win of the year:  at Kalamazoo 72-69
Worst Loss of the year:   Adrian 67-69

Seniors:  Jared Kacmarczyk

Hard to believe Blake Krum will be a Senior next year

I didn't expect a lot out of the Comets this season, this is in my opinion anyway, a bit of a rebuild job for coach Chris Coles.  Olivet really didn't do itself any favors by playing a difficult non-conference schedule that included Mt. Union, Grand Valley State and NAIA II National Champion Indiana Wesleyan.  When league play rolled around the Comets had two wins to their credit over lowly Lawrence Tech and Illinois Tech.

Within the MIAA the Comets were much more competitive than you might think or even realize.  Half their games were decided by single digits and all 3 league wins occurred on the road.  Interesting to note Olivet went 6-1 at home in the league last year, 0-7 this year.  Things fell apart at the end as injuries and disciplinary issues took their toll and they lost their last 5 without being very competitive.

Given this was the youngest and pretty close to the shortest team in the league and the very low numbers of players in the program last year (18 total at the end I think), things went about as well as you might expect with so many new faces.

2014 Season in Review: Adrian

2014:  5-20,  1-13 8th
2013:  18-8,  7-7  3rd tie
2012:  17-9,  9-5  2nd

Best Win of the year:  at Concordia 74-63
Worst Loss of the year:   at UM-Dearborn 45-54

Seniors:  Drew Torrey, Wesley Reed

After two of the best seasons in Adrian's history the Bulldogs simply fell off the cliff in 2014.   Adam Meier didn't return from his late 2013 knee injury and when Eric Lewis went down with a knee injury 2 games into this season the Bulldogs had lost 4 of 5 starters from the previous year and well over half their offensive output.  Combine that with the 'other' attrition throughout last year and this summer and Adrian was a mere shadow of the program they've been under Mark White.

Adrian was one of the many young MIAA teams this past year and struggled on both ends of the floor.  The usually sound, tough defense that Mark White teams have been known for was barely present and didn't hold a single MIAA opponent below 1 point per possession in efficiency.  Consequently the Bulldogs spent a lot of 2014 looking up at double digit deficits with an offense not equipped to make up that kind of ground.

This season was a step backwards for a program that had made pretty significant competitive strides the last few years. 

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