What I noticed last night was that Trine seemed to throw in the tower quite early. With 3:43 left in the game, Trine pulled their starters. I understand they were down by 16 at that point, but a couple of big shots and they could've been back in it, or at least made a good run at it. But they pulled their starters.

I understand the odds were vastly against them, but it just doesn't mesh with the "never give up, never surrender" attitude that you usually see from teams of this caliber.

Why is the Hope/Calvin game not being played at Grand Valley?

Lubbers stadium seats 36,000, is conveniently located, and is not being used tomorrow.

CONGRATULATIONS TRINE!!!

Hope will be at UW-Whitewater.

Hope was eligible to host, being 495 miles from UW-Stout.

What time are the selection shows tomorrow?

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Quote from: sac on March 01, 2023, 10:31:04 PM
Brett Bultsma  6-4 G   Wayland Union will attend Hope.

Without knowing anything else about him, I do like the idea of a 6'4" guard.

According to Google, he is Also a F-16 pilot.

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Quote from: gordonmann on February 27, 2023, 03:37:21 PM
Hope, CNU, Tufts and Trinity would make a really good national final four.

Hope would play Christopher Newport in the third round.

that's Gordon's point.

Ah, okay. I'm busy making  maple syrup and apparently didn't read it correctly.

Quote from: gordonmann on February 27, 2023, 03:37:21 PM
Hope, CNU, Tufts and Trinity would make a really good national final four.

Hope would play Christopher Newport in the third round.

Quote from: maroonandgold on February 24, 2023, 05:26:28 PM
I'm a little confused by the way the tickets are listed.  Are there separate tickets for the first game and second game, or do the tickets work for both games?

The tickets are good for both games.

Does anyone know what the formula used to rank teams in the regional rankings is?

I know it is based on Win%, Win% over Regionally ranked opponents, and Strength of Schedule. But what is the exact formula used?

New regional rankings are out.

In spite of the fact that Hope is 22-2, Ohio Northern (20-4) and Baldwin Wallace (20-4) are still both ranked above Hope. Both teams do have slightly better S.O.S. than Hope, so I accepted them being ranked higher last week. But both lost last week and now have a two-game worse record than Hope.

Quote from: HOPEful on February 20, 2023, 05:18:14 PM
I will also admit that my opinion is skewed in part by all the times the Hope and Trine have been co-champions and the 1 and 2 seeds have been determined by second half of conference schedule. The right to host the semis for both teams just feels like a huge reward for a co-champion while giving the other co-champion very little. I feel like this season, Trine has more than earned the right to host the semis. Hope gains little to nothing hosting the Trine v. Calvin game and would probably prefer the winner didn't have the ability to watch their game from the stands.

Would it be better for Trine or Calvin to have to travel to Holland after an evening game the night before or to play an earlier game and go to a hotel earlier and get a good night's sleep without additional travel time added in? A lot of travel can be taxing in and of itself.

As too watching from the stands? I feel these teams know each other well enough by now that there isn't any real advantage to be gained from watching the second game from the stands.

Quote from: sac on February 19, 2023, 12:53:34 AM
I believe Josh Decker broke Kalamazoo's single season 3-point record this week.  He has 75, old record 69 by Mark Ghafari in 2013

The career record is 210 by Dirk Rhinehart and Decker already has 138 with two years left.  I don't know the MIAA record for total or league games but he's going to be close to setting it if he stays healthy.

I believe the record for 3-pointers in a single season in MIAA games is 56, set last year by Bryce Williams of Trine. He holds the record for 3-pointers per game in league play in a season at 4.0 and it shows him having 56 of them in league games last year.

Josh Decker has 44 3-pointers in league games this year.

Quote from: Roundball999 on January 30, 2023, 06:22:26 PM
Just noticed that Hope is leading the nation in team FG % and also in team 3pt %.  Quite impressive!  I must admit it makes me a little nervous not to see the Dutch among the team defensive leaders as has been the case in recent years, but I guess at the end of the day the team that scores the most wins.

Hope doesn't just lead the nation in FG% (48.7%) and 3pt FG% (38.9%), but they are also number 6 in 3-pointers per-game (9.4 per game).

Nocek did play. He went had 2 points and 3 rebounds against Albion last night.

I have ADHD, so l keep score during the games, it helps me stay focused. I remembered tallying points for him.