WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[mjfasteenwolf]

ACTION ALERT:
All or most of you are aware that Hope College is hosting the NCAA
Division III Women's Basketball Championship next weekend.  Hope has
been chosen to do this because of the quality of our institution.
However, the quality of our institution is degraded when a few decide
to mar its reputation.  Today, it was noticed that three NCAA Welcome
banners had been stolen from the lamppost in the front circle of
DeVos.  This is HIGHLY disappointing!!  We ask that those who may know
the whereabouts of these stolen banners, please find them and return
them to the DeVos Fieldhouse, no questions asked. We are trying to put
our best feet forward for our visitors and the NCAA.  Actions like
this do not allow that to happen.  Please help!!

Eva Dean Folkert (folkert@hope.edu)
Director of Women's Athletics

This is too bad, HOPEfully whoever took those will decide they should represent Hope with a little more class.

[hope1]

that is to bad some stole the banners no class at all

[Civic Minded]

gohope, any thoughts?   

[sac]

Not the first time those rowdy Hopesters have stolen banners.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Some food for thought.  A comparison of Hope and HPU, should they meet

Offense	% 2pt	% 3pt	% FT
Hope	47.9	33.2	63.5
HPU	50.2	33.5	75.8
Defense	% 2pt	% 3pt
Hope	34.8	27.2
HPU	34.6	23.3
Rebounding	Team	Opp	Margin
Hope	46.7	36.1	10.6
HPU	41.2	31.9	9.3
Scoring	Team	Opp	Margin
Hope	78.0	55.4	22.6
HPU	76.8	47.1	29.7
3 point shooting	Attempts	Made	Made/game
Hope	413	137	4.7
HPU	361	121	4.2
Blocks	Total	per game
Hope	183	6.3
HPU	101	3.5
Steals	Total	per game
Hope	418	14.4
HPU	447	15.4
Turnovers	Total	per game
Hope	536	18.5
HPU	501	17.3
Assists	Total	per game
Hope	473	16.3
HPU	371	12.8
Assist/Turnover
Hope	0.88
HPU	0.74

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Not the first time those rowdy Hopesters have stolen banners.

Where's the banner (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)...

[oldknight]

Personally I think Hope has the depth to be able to handle HPU, should that game come to pass.  The point the Schreiner guy was making is HPU has had considerable success in forcing other team's ball handlers into making bad decisons.   On several occassions posters have mentioned the turnovers the Hope team has had in some games.    His feeling was turnovers could very well be a telling factor should the two teams meet.

It is true that Hope turns the ball over at a fairly high rate - averaging 18.5 turnovers per game.  A big reason for this is how hard they push the ball up the court. 

Another factor to look at is that although they average 18.5 turnovers per game, they are forcing their opponents to turn the ball over 23.9 times per game.  Hope is also averaging 14.4 steals per game.

That's a good analysis by FDF. Hope's women average nearly 65 shots taken per game. That's a lot of shots, and a lot of possessions per game.  HPU has played the same number of games as Hope and has taken 265 fewer shots than has Hope so the two teams obviously play at different paces. By contrast, Calvin's women average 53 shots per game and Hope's men (whose offense I consider to be pretty high octane) average about 60 shots. IMO, Hope's women do a good job of taking care of the ball and if any opponent thinks they have an advantage in the TO department I think they will find that assumption to be quite mistaken.

[JACKET84]

HPU isn't looking past DeSales.  It will be tough to beat them, just like it will be hard for Hope to beat George Fox.  At this point of the tournament, anybody can win.

[gohope]

gohope, any thoughts?   

NOT ME This time!!!  The thought NEVER even entered the noggin!

[Civic Minded]

Just went to see the ladies off -- they all seemed really excited, and thought it was cool that there were people there to wish them well before they headed on their way.  While many of the fans there were comiserating with them about the "unfortunateness" of them having to play away from home, they seem to have a pretty good attitude about it.

Go get 'em, ladies!  We'll be cheering you on from home!

[hope1]

yes good luck it would be nice if hope went 4-0  this weekend  then i  dont know whitch final 4 i would go to it would be tuff 

[WWWRHH]

I have reviewed the stats of HPU's games at Chapman and vs Redlands in California and then the games versus the Top 4 teams in the ASC-East (UT-Tyler, UT-Dallas, Mississippi College and Louisiana College and the next four teams in the ASC-West, (McMurry, Hardin-Simmons, UMHB and Concordia TX) whom I consider the creditable opponents for this analysis.  All teams in the analysis have winning in-region records.

Five more rebounds, three fewer turnovers and 5 more steals per game for HPU than their best opponents..

This should be interesting.

I have become more optimistic.  Over the Christmas holidays I needed a basketball fix and went to Kalamazoo to see their holiday tournament.  Redlands barely escaped Kazoo with a 2 point win over the worst team in the MIAA and beat Rose-Hulman, a very average team, by 6.  Perhaps it was the cold weather or the travel (why would a CA team come to MI in late December).  but Redlands looked like a team that Hope's third string would have made a very early entrance against.  I would not characterize them as quick.

[HopeCSO]

Just went to see the ladies off -- they all seemed really excited, and thought it was cool that there were people there to wish them well before they headed on their way.  While many of the fans there were comiserating with them about the "unfortunateness" of them having to play away from home, they seem to have a pretty good attitude about it.

Go get 'em, ladies!  We'll be cheering you on from home!

The ladies left Devos parking lot at 3:14pm with a nice fan base to send them off.  I was glad to be there to see their smiling excited faces.  May God's right hand be upon you ladies as you travel, play, and come home to your Hope family.

[sac]

Ed says Go Hope..........and recycle!

[sac]

Hope women at the airport, in one of those "are they really makeing us do this" kind of moments.