Oakland University athletic director Steve Waterfield presented Keisha Newell with a Golden Grizzlies jersey to a round of applause, a ceremonial gesture the likes of which the OU Credit Union O’rena hadn’t seen in more than a decade before Friday morning.

Greg Kampe, the head coach of Oakland University’s men’s basketball team, recently joined me on Sports Final Edition to discuss the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket.

Oakland University men's basketball is on the verge of an extraordinary run. With just two more wins, they're on the brink of punching a ticket to the big dance.

A proposed new NCAA transfer rule is turning college basketball upside down. There are currently 1,000 players in the transfer portal with more to come. “I predicted 2,000 at beginning of the year,” said Greg Kampe, head coach of Oakland University men’s basketball team. Kampe and his staff are constantly checking the NCAA transfer portal. You’re going to see a new kids every year, and really, you’re gonna have to cheer for your school,” he said.

Gretchen Whitmer is expected to announce that Michigan youth contact sports will be allowed to resume with COVID-19 safety measures in place, Local 4 has confirmed. UPDATE: Michigan youth contact sports can resume Monday -- here are all the rules, specifics and detailsParents, coaches and athletes involved in contact sports that are currently shut down due to the pandemic have voiced their desire to return. Ad“To be direct, winter ‘contact’ sports need to start,” Vitti wrote. “The continuing suspension of winter ‘contact’ sports contradicts the message that it is safe to return to in-person learning,” Vitti wrote. Their lawsuit is asking a judge to grant an injunction, sending high school athletes back into action, not just practice.

LANSING, Mich. – A group of high school parents is preparing to sue the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director, demanding indoor sports be reinstated by next week. The health department has not indicated it’s interested in reinstating indoor sports. READ: Detroit schools superintendent urges Whitmer to resume high school contact sportsThe group, Let Them Play, Inc. sent a letter to new MDHHS director Elizabeth Hertel. It’s promising a lawsuit unless winter high school sports are reopened by next Monday. Kampe tweeted that he wanted to see high school sports opened back up.

(Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images)ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University basketball coach Greg Kampe is the latest prominent figure to call for Michigan high school sports to resume. “I ask that the latest order be reconsidered and high school athletics (be) reinstated immediately,” Kampe wrote. Michigan high school contact sports ban: What Whitmer said about possibility of resumingKampe, 65, has been a constant in the state’s basketball scene for decades. “They lose the year and the benefits of sport -- team building, memories, physical activity, learning how to win and lose,” Kampe wrote. “Please take a step back and remember that radical statements and radical ideas at a time of crisis never turn out well,” Kampe wrote.

DETROIT – If you’re a professional basketball fan, it can be fun or frustrating to see a former member of the Detroit Pistons playing in the NBA finals. Michigan and Oakland basketball fans already know Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn. Now, thanks to the NBA Finals, so does the rest of the world. “When your’e a basketball player or grew up playing, you laid in bed at night dreaming of playing in the NBA Finals,” Kampe said. That was the gist of the tests.”Former Detroit Pistons first-round pick Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is also playing in the Finals, for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Benched: Oakland University’s Greg Kampe discusses getting creative since the NCAA put in-person recruiting on holdPublished: March 29, 2020, 6:36 pmTwo weeks ago, the NCAA announced a moratorium on all on-campus and off-campus recruiting through April 15th. Oakland University’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach Greg Kampe said that makes it really tough to get players for next season.

DETROIT - Here's what is coming up on Local 4 News at 5:Dayton mass shootingTwo American tragedies in the span of 13 hours that left 33 people dead and dozens more injured after lone gunmen opened fire in El Paso and Dayton. Mass shooting safetyA security expert says thinking differently could be the key to surviving a mass shooting. Shots firedA shooting happened early Saturday morning at Tiremen and Livernois Avenue on Detroit's west side. Fill the bootFirefighters will hit the streets for the 16th straight year to help children with muscular dystrophy. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. Michigan State Police confirmed three people died in a wrong-way crash that happened Saturday morning on the eastbound lanes of M-14 just outside Ann Arbor. PRIOR COVERAGE: 2 women, 1 child killed in wrong-way crash on M-14 outside Ann ArborHoward Moore, an assistant basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin, and his son survived the collision. Moore's wife and daughter were killed when the family of four was struck by a 23-year-old woman from Ann Arbor just after 2 a.m. on M-14 near Ford Road. ORIGINAL STORY: 2 killed, 4 injured in wrong-way crash on M-14 near Ford RoadThe investigation is ongoing. Everyone here in Ann Arbor -- our staff, our players and family has you & your family in our minds.