An Eli Holman update

Former Richmond High big Eli Holman is playing in Israel right now for Hapoel Eliat and through seven games in averaging 13 points and 10.8 rebounds a contest, shooting 55% overall and 67% at the free throw line.

Holman signs with Israeli team

Former Richmond High big Eli Holman has landed his initial paying gig with a squad in Israel.

An Eli Holman update

Detroit athletics has announced that Eli Holman will be a Houston Rocket in summer play.

An Eli Holman update

Eli Holman has worked out for the Detroit Pistons. Can he get into the second round? Free agency is actually better.

Gordon, Holman and Johnson in NBA Draft Combine

Per Adam Zagoria, Drew Gordon, Eli Holman and Orlando Johnson are participating in the annual NBA draft Combine on May 19 and 20.

An Eli Holman update

Eli Holman participated in three games over the weekend as part of the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. His numbers: 8.3 points (48% shooting) and 4.7 rebounds a game. He measured out as 6-foot-7 and a half and 258 pounds with an 88 inch and a quarter wingspan.

Eli Holman, horse whisperer?

Who would have thought Eli Holman was a horseback rider? Here's a Reed Nelson feature on the former Richmond High star.

McKines and Holman playing in front of the NBA scouts

Wendell McKines and Eli Holman will be participating in the Portsmouth Invitational tournament running April 11-14. The former will be wearing the uniform of the Norfolk Sports Club and the latter that of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, which we are guessing is a law firm. We have been unable to verify if the mascot nickname of the Cherry, Bekaert & Holland squad is the Sharks.

Kansas 65, Detroit 50

Kansas was simply too much for Detroit, ending the Titan season and closing out the collegiate career of senior Eli Holman, who totaled 10 points and 11 boards.

Press for Eli Holman

Ben Enos contributes a feature on Detroit senior Eli Holman as the Titans open up in the Big Dance today.

An Eli Holman feature

From the Detroit News and written by Tom Markowski comes this feature on Eli Holman, whose Detroit Titans face Kansas on Friday.

More on Eli Holman

Eli Holman is in at least one of the photos in this article plus he appears in the video -- check out the Titans celebrating winning the Horizon League tournament.

Detroit five better than Valparaiso

Detroit topped Valparaiso tonight 63-58 to win the Horizon League tournament championship. Former Richmond High center Eli Holman contributed six points and six boards for the Titans and will be going Big Dancin' in this his senior season.

Detroit's Eli Holman honored

Eli Holman has been honored as the Horizon League 6th Man of the Year.

An Eli Holman update

Detroit faces Butler today -- on Thursday, the Titans fell to Valparaiso 73-71 despite Eli Holman's 17 points, seven boards and two blocked shots in 25 minutes of play.

An Eli Holman update

In 17 minutes of play, Eli Holman totaled 12 points, nine boards and a pair of blocked shots in Detroit's 80-75 loss to Mississippi State.

Eli Holman is back

Eli Holman got back on the court last night in Detroit's 92-81 victory over Western Michigan. In 19 minutes, he scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked four shots.

An Eli Holman update

Here's the latest on the status of Eli Holman, the senior at Detroit:

... Senior Eli Holman returned to team activities following an indefinite leave of absence in September. He did not dress, and [Coach Ray] McCallum didn’t offer a reason. “Everything’s still being evaluated,” he said.

More on Eli Holman

Here's more on Eli Holman's situation in Detroit.

One thing we will go to out grave trying to correct is an incident mis-reported when Holman met with Indiana Coach Tom Crean and asked to be released from his letter-of-intent.

It's the 'threw a potted plant' situation.

From a 5/2/2008 USA TODAY story is the truth:

IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger confirmed that his department was called to the Assembly Hall lobby at 3:40 p.m. Thursday and told Holman had thrown a potted plant.

"It was first reported that he threw a potted plant, and later the secretary said he knocked it off as he was leaving," Minger said.

"He was upset and our officers arrived and talked with him," Minger said. "Within about a minute, athletic director Rick Greenspan arrived and began talking to the subject and he calmed down, and they went into an office and spoke. They talked for about an hour, and there were no other problems after that."

Minger said no arrest was made because "it didn't involve a threat and no one felt like there were any hazards or harm that was going to come from the subject."

Google the parties involved and most reports -- say 95% -- still have Holman playing football with the plant. Maybe it is not all that big of a difference but facts are facts.

The reaction by the Indiana basketball folks is also overwrought as Coach Crean is embellishing.

Let's just hope that the media report the facts here and not turn this into another Al Gore inventing the internet fable that too many still believe today to the political detriment of Gore.

Bottomline, we wish the injured party well and that justice be done. That's an easy call.

Let's hope this isn't true

The University of Detroit student newspaper is reporting that Eli Holman's leave from the basketball team is related to an altercation.