WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[almcguirejr]

Calvin up by 2 at the half, but my worst fear has occured.  Turnovers one after the other.

19 TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST HALF 

[hope1]

the hope  girls played pretty good tonight a big test  sat  night at  7.00

[fannie]

Game time at Hope is 7:00pm, not 7:30.

[MaroonKnighty]

calvin down by 5 with just over a minute to go.

[MaroonKnighty]

Calvin fouls, down by 9, 29 seconds to go, the hay is in the barn.

[almcguirejr]

Calvin loses 78-67

[MaroonKnighty]

St. Norbert's sweeps the MIAA.

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Really surprised Calvin lost last night. I expected to see them in the second weekend.

[realist]

CHN   Like you I really expected more of Calvin.  Sadly they reverted to a problem that has plaqued them for sometime now, turnovers.   It didn't help matters that the officals interpreted the rules relating to what is traveling on the step through move which is a large part of CV's game different than what Calvin was used to seeing.  Hopefully Calvin will bring in some players that can handle pressure, and avoid turnovers.

[sac]

Hope 68  DePauw 54

DePauw scored the first 9 of the second half to tie it, but Hope pulled away and win their 60th consecutive home game at DeVos Fieldhouse.


Hope will play Marymount, Va in the Sweet 16, location to be determined.  Marymount is ranked #7, is 27-1 on the season and has given up 60 points just once this season.

Stevens Point, Wi is the 3rd team in the sectional ranked #23.

The fourth team will be the winner of #3 Illinois Wesleyan and Simpson, Ia.  IWU seems most likely to host this sectional with a win.


This will be Hope's 4th trip to the Sweet 16 in the last 5 tournaments.  Go Dutch!

[almcguirejr]

Hope 68  DePauw 54

DePauw scored the first 9 of the second half to tie it, but Hope pulled away and win their 60th consecutive home game at DeVos Fieldhouse.


Hope will play Marymount, Va in the Sweet 16, location to be determined.  Marymount is ranked #7, is 27-1 on the season and has given up 60 points just once this season.

Stevens Point, Wi is the 3rd team in the sectional ranked #23.

The fourth team will be the winner of #3 Illinois Wesleyan and Simpson, Ia.  IWU seems most likely to host this sectional with a win.


This will be Hope's 4th trip to the Sweet 16 in the last 5 tournaments.  Go Dutch!

IWU is up 32-16 at the half.

[Mr. Ypsi]

al beat me to it.  Both teams shooting abysmally - 26% for IWU, 21% for Simpson (and flat out zero for seven from long range).  Currently the Titans have given up 16 points and forced 14 turnovers - come on, you can do the defensive slam!

FWIW, I still expect the sectional to be in Holland.  While there appears to be no written rule against it, I just don't think the NCAA would allow a team to stay home the whole tourney.

[HopeConvert]

I agree with Mr. Y. Hope didn't get to host the sectional the last two years, for what seems to be precisely that reason. I expect it to be in Holland also.

[sac]

I agree with Mr. Y. Hope didn't get to host the sectional the last two years, for what seems to be precisely that reason. I expect it to be in Holland also.

I don't think 2008 or 2009 was because Hope was hosting the final four........Howard Payne was the top team in the bracket the whole way in 2008.......it was a sectional that required flights one way or another, so Howard Payne hosted.  Remember Hope wore their road blues, which suggest HP was the higher seeded team.

Last year the top team in the bracket was George Fox, them hosting would require 3 flights.........Hope hosting last year would have required 2 flights...........Thomas More 1, so Thomas More hosted.

This year IWU is the top team in the bracket, only Marymount Va would be a flight (I think) for any of the other hosts.  If the NCAA is going to make a statement about not having homecourt all the way through, having Hope host would be their statement.


But Hope certainly hasn't caught many breaks in the hosting and pairings department during this run of tournament years.


*  by top team in the bracket I mean literally the team at the top of the bracket, which signifies the highest seed in each 16 team sectional.

[HopeConvert]

Here's what I thought was a big moment in the game:

                                                              08:19  49-40  H 9     GOOD! JUMPER by Katie Aldrich [PNT]
                                                              08:19                      ASSIST by Brooke Osborne
MISSED 3 PTR by Liz Ellis                          08:05
REBOUND (OFF) by Carrie Snikkers            08:05
GOOD! JUMPER by Carrie Snikkers [PNT]    08:00  51-40  H 11
GOOD! FT SHOT by Carrie Snikkers            08:00  52-40  H 12  FOUL by Katie Aldrich
BLOCK by Meredith Kussmaul                     07:47                     MISSED JUMPER by Ellie Pearson

I mention this because a Hope player, I think it was Kussmaul, was pretty clearly over the back of a DePauw player on the rebound, which got tipped directly to Carrie, who got the putback and the foul. Had the refs called it - and they should have- it would have been a one-and-one the other way for DePauw. Instead of maybe a 7 point lead, Hope had a 12-point lead and never looked back. Not sure it would have altered the final outcome, as I think Hope was the better team, but it was a difference maker.