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Men鈥檚 basketball advances to HL Championship game; plays Tuesday on ESPN
Monday March 09, 2026
The Titans are one win away from the NCAA Tournament.The No. 3-seeded 海角大神 men’s basketball team erased a three-point halftime deficit Monday night and nailed its free throws late to top No. 2 Robert Morris, 70-64, in the semifinals of the Horizon League Championship from Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Titans trailed at the halftime break, 36-33.
Senior guard Orlando Lovejoy had a game-high 21 points and made 11-of-12 free throws. Freshman guard Lance Stone added 16 points as three Titans scored in double figures in the victory. Freshman Tyler Spratt had 10 points and senior Legend Geeter added 10 rebounds.
The red, white and blue were 17-of-22 from the free throw line, including 10-for-12 in the second half to help seal the triumph over the Colonials. 海角大神 shot 52% in the second half and forced 15 Robert Morris turnovers in the win.
Detroit Mercy (17-14) plays No. 1 Wright State for the title game 7 p.m. Tuesday in Indianapolis. The game will be televised on ESPN.
The winner of the contest automatically advances to the NCAA Tournament. It’s 海角大神’s first championship game appearance since the Titans won it all at Valparaiso in 2012.
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Author Alfred Babo to speak on academic impact of being a professor in exile
Monday March 09, 2026The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) will welcome Alfred Babo, professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Fairfield University, to speak about his experiences as a researcher and teacher living in exile.
The conversation will take place on Thursday, March 26 at 4 p.m., in the Bargman Room of the McNichols Campus Library.
The event will also feature an introduction to Babo’s recently published book, Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?, which presents experiences of scholars residing in exile and how they experience a paradox of inclusion and exclusion.
In his talk, Babo will highlight how academics and intellectuals are often among those who must flee their home countries and are rescued during times of crisis. He will explore how those who seek asylum or exile in the United States face challenges of acceptance in ways that shift their research and practice.
Currently serving on the board of Scholars-at-Risk (SAR), Babo also co-founded the initiative called Share the Platform, which advocates for refugees’ self-representation and expertise. He received the Fairfield University 2023 Martin Luther King Vision Award for his engagement with refugees and vulnerable individuals. Babo is also a member of several professional organizations.
This talk is sponsored by CHASS and African American Studies and is free and open to the public.
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Cushing Distinguished Lecture series features Ruben Habito, April 8
Monday March 09, 2026
Ruben Habito
The Detroit Mercy presents the 2026 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series, featuring Ruben L.F. Habito. The lecture is set for Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m., in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union.
Habito‘s lecture is titled, “Contemplation in Action: Emerging from Helplessness to Being of Some Help amidst our Wounded and Troubling World.”
Living in the midst of our deeply divided, demoralizing and deteriorating world, one tends to ask: How may I be of help in alleviating this situation? This important talk will offer guidelines for contemplative practice that may inspire and empower one to active engagement toward healing our collective woundedness on many fronts.听
Habito is professor emeritus of World Religions and Spirituality at the Perkins School of Theology (Southern Methodist University) and founding teacher of Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas. He is the author of听Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World,听and many other titles.
This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided. Please contact Todd Hibbard for more information at 313-993-1088 or hibbarja@udmercy.edu.
The Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by the generous endowment of Drs. Ralph and Barbara Cushing, alumni of the graduate program in Religious Studies at Detroit Mercy.
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Award-winning author Jim Daniels to read at 海角大神, March 17
Sunday March 08, 2026The Detroit Mercy English Department will host a reading and conversation featuring author Jim Daniels, recipient of the 2025-26 Michigan Author Award for lifetime achievement from the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Center for the Book.
This event will take place on Tuesday, March 17, at 12:45 p.m., in the Bargman Room, 2nd Floor of the McNichols Campus Library.
Daniels’ newest book, Late Invocation for Magic: New and Selected Poems, will be available for sale at the reading.
A native of Detroit, Daniels has authored more than 30 collections of poetry, seven collections of fiction and four produced screenplays. His collection of essays, An Ignorance of Trees, published in 2025, was recently named a Michigan Notable Book. He has also edited many anthologies, including RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music.
Daniels is a recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and numerous writing awards including five Michigan Notable Book Awards and three Gold Medals in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. His films have won awards in film festivals around the world. His work has been published in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize volumes.
This event is free and open to the community.
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Men鈥檚 basketball hosts Horizon League playoff game 7 p.m. Wednesday
Tuesday March 03, 2026March Madness is here! After , the Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team hosts a first-round playoff game at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 inside of Calihan Hall on the McNichols Campus.
The Titans, the No. 3 seed in the Barbasol Horizon League Championship, will host eighth-seeded Milwaukee in Detroit. . Detroit Mercy students can gain FREE entry with their student ID. Doors of Calihan Hall open at 6 p.m.
The red, white and blue finished the regular-season winners in five of their last six contests and are 15-14 and 12-8 in the Horizon League entering postseason play. Detroit Mercy won both regular-season meetings with Milwaukee (12-19) in 2025-26.
will culminate with second round, semifinal and championship games March 8-10 at the Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis, Ind.
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