The scorers' table has been told 7pm Saturday.  I assume that is correct.

Hope womens' games are postponed for Saturday, no makeup yet announced.  Thus, the mens' games are being moved to the afternoon.  JV at 12:45, varsity at 3pm.

Hope men's game vs Trine and women's game at Alma cancelled for Wednesday the 5th.  Women's game against Illinois College scheduled for the 6th cancelled.  No makeup dates yet.

Kalamazoo I believe.

Hope vs. Kalamazoo game is cancelled for tomorrow due to Covid protocols.  Game may perhaps be rescheduled for a later date but not known at this time.

Hope's game against Alma has been moved from Wednesday to Friday at 6pm.  There will be no JV game.

So as I look at the schedules, I see that only 7 games are starred as being conference games on each teams' posted schedule.  I assume this means that the conference season (and thus seeding for the tournament) would be based on these 7 games and the other 5 games against conference members are non-league standing games?

Speaking of being shorthanded I noticed in the box score that Trine's Shay Herbert did not start or play at all last night.  It will be huge if we get into the trournament if she is hurt.  We depend on her for defense and rebounding in the post so much.  Does anyone who attended either Friday or Saturday's games know what happened?  Was she in street clothes on the bench for the game last night?

Sources at the game last night indicated she banged her knee quite hard on the scorer's table.  There is hope though that it is just a bruise and she may be available for next weekend if Trine's season continues on.

The Adrian/Hope JV game is cancelled for today.  At this time, varsity is still on for 3pm.

Ryan Gamm also out today with a concussion.  No timetable on his return.  Jake Honor played a lot and quite well tonight.  Mason Oppel also with an extended appearance.  Height will be an on-going issue.  Got 20 rebounds out of Dykehouse, Thomas, and George.  Everyone needs to crash the boards.

Interesting addition to the Hope roster.  When is the last time Mason Oppel played basketball?  And does anyone remember his high school career?

Nice to host.  Wartburg will be a tough test.  They are ranked 19th in the AFCA poll (Hope is unranked).  It appears they put up a lot of points.  Hopefully a great crowd will come out and support the Dutchmen!

Obviously a long way to go with the league tournament still looming, but if Hope were able to win out you have to wonder if they might be looking at hosting.  Just for information, the men's teams get preference this year for hosting the first 2 weekends.

I attended Friday night and I think Hope did a first rate job. I didn't see or experience anything that merited criticism. Kudo's to Tim Schoonveld, Brian Morehouse and everyone at Hope who had a part in the week's activities. Having experienced many games at DeVos Fieldhouse with Calvin in the building, I feared the atmosphere might be too subdued and a bit sterile, but it wasn't. While the size of the crowd was less than half of what we normally see for a Hope men's game, the assembled were very energetic and created a lot of excitement. Of course, the excitement and quality of two close games helped a lot.
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Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the time.  Just to be clear though, while Schoonie and the other 70 plus volunteers and staff at Hope played a HUGE part in making the tournament enjoyable, the person that does most of the planning is tournament director and co-athletic director Eva Dean Folkert.  Course for her it is getting old hat after doing now 4 bball national championships and 1 volleyball and 1 swimming.  Looking forward to the volleyball national championship again in the fall as well.

Get your Whitewater reservations and tickets folks.  I'm sure the ticket office will have info forthcoming.