WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[wwjjdd]

Go to this link for a very nice video on the Flyilng Dutch basketball team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANEnsTc_2Zw

I received this link in the latest of Coach Morehouse's " Women's Basketball Email Update" , which he sends out several times a week.
If you are interested in being on the mailing list, send an email to wbb@hope.edu and request to be added to the list. 

Great game last night.  Thanks to Liz Ellis, it did not wind up being such a cardiac case as last year's game. 

[GoKnights68]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

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Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

Just a touch of hyperbole.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

I dare say there may be some young ladies in Amherst and Bloomington who might not concede the issue!   (Perhaps in Kenosha also, since they beat both Calvin and Hope - albeit when Snikkers was injured.)

[Erm Schmigget]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

I dare say there may be some young ladies in Amherst and Bloomington who might not concede the issue!   (Perhaps in Kenosha also, since they beat both Calvin and Hope - albeit when Snikkers was injured.)

If things continue to work out the way they have the last 5 weeks for Hope, there will be about 30 young ladies in Bloomington who will learn to concede the issue.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

I dare say there may be some young ladies in Amherst and Bloomington who might not concede the issue!   (Perhaps in Kenosha also, since they beat both Calvin and Hope - albeit when Snikkers was injured.)

If things continue to work out the way they have the last 5 weeks for Hope, there will be about 30 young ladies in Bloomington who will learn to concede the issue.   

Could be - that's why they play the games!

I just hope the Titans will be there to defend home court.  And if they are there, Mr. Ypsi will be too!

[They haven't even selected the teams yet, much less played the first few rounds, and the FF trash-talkin' has already begun - gotta love it! ]

[Erm Schmigget]

LOTS of ball to be played, for sure.  I know Hope still has some kinks to work out, as I'm sure other teams do, but hopefully with Carrie back in they can be up to their full potential by tournament time. 

I'm not sure if I really saw some new things in Hope's offense the other night, or if it was just a different perspective, sitting closer to the court than usual.  But I did like how well Coach Mo and his ladies responded to Calvin in certain game situations, especially in the last 5 minutes, stepping up both their offense and defense when the game started slipping away.  They certainly showed resolve in measures you would expect from a national contender.

[Dark Knight]

Carissa Verkaik took both of the MIAA block records today--most blocks per game and most blocks in a season. Carissa now has 50 blocks in the MIAA season with 13 games completed (and three games remaining). Previous records were 45 blocks in 16 games and 2.9 blocks per game in 12 games.

Congrats.

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

I dare say there may be some young ladies in Amherst and Bloomington who might not concede the issue!   (Perhaps in Kenosha also, since they beat both Calvin and Hope - albeit when Snikkers was injured.)

If things continue to work out the way they have the last 5 weeks for Hope, there will be about 30 young ladies in Bloomington who will learn to concede the issue.   

Could be - that's why they play the games!

I just hope the Titans will be there to defend home court.  And if they are there, Mr. Ypsi will be too!

[They haven't even selected the teams yet, much less played the first few rounds, and the FF trash-talkin' has already begun - gotta love it! ]

My one concern for Hope would be the competition to date. They've played four games against teams getting votes. Beat Chicago and Calvin twice, lost to Carthage without Snikkers. Hope is an incredibly talented team but I worry a bit about what happens when they have to play a really good team that is not Calvin again. It's great Hope has beat them but I don't trust those games as a measuring stick quite as much just because it is Hope-Calvin.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Calvin's Coach Ross had some praising comments to say about Hope, calling them the best team in division 2 and 3, and saying they could beat some division 1 teams.  Woo!

I dare say there may be some young ladies in Amherst and Bloomington who might not concede the issue!   (Perhaps in Kenosha also, since they beat both Calvin and Hope - albeit when Snikkers was injured.)

If things continue to work out the way they have the last 5 weeks for Hope, there will be about 30 young ladies in Bloomington who will learn to concede the issue.   

Could be - that's why they play the games!

I just hope the Titans will be there to defend home court.  And if they are there, Mr. Ypsi will be too!

[They haven't even selected the teams yet, much less played the first few rounds, and the FF trash-talkin' has already begun - gotta love it! ]

My one concern for Hope would be the competition to date. They've played four games against teams getting votes. Beat Chicago and Calvin twice, lost to Carthage without Snikkers. Hope is an incredibly talented team but I worry a bit about what happens when they have to play a really good team that is not Calvin again. It's great Hope has beat them but I don't trust those games as a measuring stick quite as much just because it is Hope-Calvin.

If the Titans don't make it this year, it certainly won't be due to weak scheduling.  They managed what seems to have been an unprecedented feat - they have beaten EVERY other team ranked in the Central region!

[Calvinhoops]

Who are the Titans? I'm not good with the school nicknames.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

The Titans are Illinois Wesleyan University aka IWU

[Erm Schmigget]

Who are the Titans? I'm not good with the school nicknames.

Illinois Wesleyan, host of the women's Final Four this year and next, currently ranked #3 in the d3hoops top25 poll.  Having hosted the Final Four the past 2 years, but not playing in it, Hope people understand Mr. Ypsi's implied concern ("If the Titans don't make it...").  There seems to be a host curse, whereby the host school misses out on the Final Four experience.  

While IWU had a strong team last year, but lost in the sectionals to eventual runner-up Washington Univ. (St. Louis), they seem to have tested their mettle this year, as Mr. Y stated above.  If they are the team to break the curse and they do it this year, that would be fine with me.  I just HOPE they don't have to get past Hope to do it...and by that I mean, I HOPE they don't meet until the Final Four.  The Dutch haven't had such luck in their host years, with the selection committee seeing fit to pair them up with the eventual champs at the sectionals level.  But then, the best team wins, no matter the stage of tourney process.

I would say the Dutch have proven themselves well lately (final 5 min. of the 2nd Hope-Calvin game), grown as a team, and will show themselves quite prepared for the competition they might face in the national tournament.  Jenny Cowen seems to be finding her shot, Carrie Snikkers is dominating in the post again, and the rest of the team is fitting together and filling their roles well, among other things.  The low number of quality opponents has got to be of some concern, but that was also true 4 years ago.  

I think the Dutch will go far.  Hopefully they will get to host some regional and/or sectional games, and Hope Nation travels well, so they will find even more support in Bloomington than they did in Mass, should they get there.  But as has been said already, there's lots of basketball to be played before worrying about all that.

Go (far) Hope!

[Erm Schmigget]

The Titans are Illinois Wesleyan University aka IWU

You and your short answers!   

[Flying Dutch Fan]

The Titans are Illinois Wesleyan University aka IWU

You and your short answers!   

Yup