Calvin's tournament at Wooster in the end of December has 3 of the top 8 teams (Wooster #2, Ohio Northern #5, and Calvin #8)! Not to mention UW-Lacrosse recieved the most votes for a non- top 25. Should be a great year!

Quote from: devossed on October 22, 2006, 09:20:11 AM
It's official! Now released to the public:

http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mbasket/roster.htm

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/mbb/mbbrost.html


Tall rosters, too!!! Maybe the tallest in recent memory for both? With the exception of 2 PGs @ Hope and 1 @ Calvin (who used to be @ Hope), everybody is 6-2 or over...Those create great mismatches when the Madonnas and Grace Bibles pop up on the schedule.

WOW! Calvin has 9 sophomores and no juniors and all three seniors are post guys. Looks they have quite the backcourt for the next three years. As for Hope, I've never seen so many freshman in their program, don't they know they'll get cut for transfers next year? haha.

DIII News 2006-07 MENS Preseason Top 25

1. Virginia Wesleyan
2. Amherst
3. William Paterson
4. Baldwin-Wallace
5. Wisconsin Whitewater
6. Wooster
7. Mississippi College
8. Widener
9. St. Thomas
10. Tufts
11. Ursinus
12. Randolph-Macon
13. Scranton
14. Hope
15. Augustana
16. WPI
17. Coe
18. Lawrence
19. Claremont
20. Wittenberg
21. Lincoln (Pa.)
22. Maryville (Tenn.)
23. Occidental
24. Gordon
25. St. John Fisher

Quote from: KnightSlappy on August 03, 2006, 02:59:15 PM
Does anyone know who is playing for Calvin this summer?

I think everyone except that one guy who hit that one shot against hope last year.

Quote from: KnightSlappy on July 21, 2006, 09:46:29 AM
That tourney is stacked.  I am interested to see how they will pair them up.

Wooster was top five all last season, Calvin won the MIAA, and Lacrosse and Northern were in and out of the top 25 all season. Ridiculous, but very exciting!

Quote from: sac on July 09, 2006, 12:38:30 PM
Article about Hope transfers Zach Osborn and Tim Dykgraaf

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/070906/localsports_20060709035.shtml

....it also mysteriously jumps into a paragraph about a Freshman named Dustin Miller from Marshall

So it looks like GVW did have something up his sleeve even though he lost his prized recruits of Veltma and Mantel to Calvin. I wonder if GVW spoke at Dustin Miller's hs basketball banquet?

Quote from: Shareef23 on April 26, 2006, 05:27:18 PM
Unless, Calvin gets another kid in, I bet Veltema starts. He is better than Draayer right now. He is faster and thus will have a much easier time getting his shot off. He is much tougher to defend, because of this. That is some back court right there. I wouldn't mind hearing, Veldhouse and Veltema, for the next 3 years. Has a nice ring to it, eh?

Yes, Veltma is very good, but to say he is better right now than the guy who set the all-time 3 point record at Calvin? Easy with your words there. It's scary to think what Draayer would do against a bunch of high schoolers. The next few years should be interesting, but nothing is ever handed to anyone as proved with Calvin stealing a conference title from Hope this year. The select bank classic can't come soon enough.

I just found out today that Hope and Calvin's prized recruit John Mantel has committed to Calvin. Apparently GVW's speech at his high school basketball banquet wasn't enough for the 6'8 forward. 

Quote from: knightmoves on March 03, 2006, 10:16:49 AM
Be very thankful Calvin & Hope fans. Fans of most teams never get to experience the exilleration of the NCAA tournament.

Kind of like Hope last year. 

Any word on all-conference selections? I think the voting was today.

It sure seemed like hope had more fans at the fieldhouse tonight. Especially at one point when Calvin's pep band continued to play a song during a time out that Hope's fans cheered "Let's Go Hope" to. At some point I expected the pep band to stop, but it was as if they were wearing orange and blue!

Anyone know the likelihood of Hope or Calvin getting a bye in the first round of the NCAA (assuming both make it)?

Quote from: randomthoughts on February 25, 2006, 02:21:24 PM
And finally, any non calvin fan has to be HATING the idea of Veldhouse for 3 more years.  That kid is just special, especially for a freshman.

Unless he decides to leave early for the league...