In regards to the Bryan Powell dunk, I think that was the second best play I have every witnessed of Calvin basketball.  The first being Caleb Veldhouse's game-winning 3-pointer top beat Hope his freshman year.  Still, that dunk was a big-boy dunk from our point guard.

Maybe it's just my biased opinion as a Calvin fan, or maybe because my parents trained me to think this way, but Geerlings has always seemed like a ref who has given Calvin terrible calls.  But perhaps he is a) just a terrible ref in general, b) he just likes Hope better and those are the game I notice better, or c) he is actually a decent ref and I hate all calls that go against Calvin

If my calculations are correct (which they usually are) Tom Snikkers hit exactly 1000 career points today.  If anyone wants to double check I would love to have that verified, but if it is indeed correct then congratulations to Tom!!!

Terrible/Sad news:  Calvin player Mitch Vallie broke his arm this morning and is most likely out for the season.  Mitch is a great guy, a great teammate, and has improved so much since last year.  I can only hope that his recovery is faster than anticipated.

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Congratulations Joe!

http://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/12/kalamazoo_colleges_joe_prepole_2.html

I believe Prepolec is the only active 1000 point scorer in the MIAA right now.  I'm not sure if there's an easy way to get a ranking of the rest, but I'm sure Bunn/Krombeen/Snikkers are all near the top of the list for the next grouping of players that have a chance to get to the 1k mark.

Carissa Verkaik -- 1282 as junior.

I had to double-check, but the MBB at the top of the page does stand for men's basketball.

Someone needs to tell VanArendonk...

I am eager to be there when you take that upon yourself.

Me too, but if you need help telling him KS just let me know

Not that I really care about the whole karma thing, but do people just give or take karma points based on how they feel about your particular post?  I noticed that I lost a couple of karma points.  Is the point of this board to state one's opinions for discussion based on things he or she has seen, or to state one's opinions and then agree with a person as soon as they disagree with your original post?  Isn't this a DISCUSSION board? 

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NVA is a FRESHMAN 6-10 Division 3 college center. 

Look, I'm not here to "rip" on anyone in particular.  All I'm saying is he looked bad IN THE GAME I SAW, for any level of college player.  What I saw would have been bad for a junior or senior in high school.  He is 6-10 and could not even finish easy put backs IN THE GAME I SAW.  And if you want to play the freshman card, he is also a D-1 transfer who was with CMU last year.  He is the same age as Tyler Kruis.  But, regardless, I wish him the best and Hope (pun intended) that he continues to develop his game!

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2) Nate VA is very very bad.  When Hope plays calvin I sincerely hope that he stays on the court as much as possible.  It's a bad sad to say, but I think their' guard/wing Billy Seiler is a better inside player than Nate.

Welcome to the board. I have to say, that is an extremely bold claim to make. But I agree on this: when Hope and Calvin play, I hope to see Nate on the floor as much as possible.

Maybe a bit bold, but Nate is a 6-10 Division 3 college center, and in the game that I saw he was 0-7 from the field, with 4 fouls and 5 turnovers.  To be honest, he looked like one of those kids who is gigantic for his age in the seventh grade, but still doesn't know how to play the game or finish a simple lay-up.  Just my observation.

As a Calvin fan I will obstain from commenting on their play this weekend, as the thought of their collapse saturday will only anger me further.  I did manage to get out to see the Hope-Wheaton game on Friday though, and have some random thoughts from the game:

1) David Krombeen is very very good.  He has been good his first three years at Hope, but he absolutely dominated Wheaton on Friday.

2) Nate VA is very very bad.  When Hope plays calvin I sincerely hope that he stays on the court as much as possible.  It's a bad sad to say, but I think their' guard/wing Billy Seiler is a better inside player than Nate.

3) Hope plays very well and fluently as a team.

4) Not sure why Logan Neil was playing more than Peter Bunn was at the end of the game, but either way it didn't make sense to me.

5) I don't know where Billy Seiler came from, but he I loved how he played.  Very good rebounder for his size, and seemed to understand the game very well.

I look forward to seeing this version of Hope play again this year, at least two more times.  Although, hopefully with different results than Friday.