WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

MIAA Commissioner Penny Allen Cook is retiring July 1, 2022:

https://www.miaa.org/miaaheadlines/AllenCookRetirement

[OC_SID]

Driving up from Florida to Pittsburgh on the way home to Michigan. Got a room 2 miles from the arena for Thursday night. If Hope wins, might be a problem getting a room for Friday night. Just realized Division I Men have a sectional on Friday less than 1/2 mile from the women's arena.

One of the reasons why the women's semifinals was moved up one day to Thursday!!

[Roundball999]

Driving up from Florida to Pittsburgh on the way home to Michigan. Got a room 2 miles from the arena for Thursday night. If Hope wins, might be a problem getting a room for Friday night. Just realized Division I Men have a sectional on Friday less than 1/2 mile from the women's arena.

One of the reasons why the women's semifinals was moved up one day to Thursday!!

Also heard the broadcaster didn't want to rustle up the necessary technical staff to televise a Friday women's game given the D1 men were playing on the same date.  Unfortunately it will cause fewer women's fans to be in the seats and more watching the broadcast.  Hmmm

[Pat Coleman]

I think "couldn't" is probably more accurate than "didn't want to."

[pointlem]

Driving up from Florida to Pittsburgh on the way home to Michigan. Got a room 2 miles from the arena for Thursday night. If Hope wins, might be a problem getting a room for Friday night. Just realized Division I Men have a sectional on Friday less than 1/2 mile from the women's arena.

One of the reasons why the women's semifinals was moved up one day to Thursday!!

Also heard the broadcaster didn't want to rustle up the necessary technical staff to televise a Friday women's game given the D1 men were playing on the same date.  Unfortunately it will cause fewer women's fans to be in the seats and more watching the broadcast.  Hmmm

Sounds like not a great idea to schedule DI and DIII playoffs for the same city at the same time?

[NW Hope Fan]

I see the video link still on the Women's page. Is that still where to catch the game, or after reading above about CBS, is there a different service to watch the games this weekend?

[Pat Coleman]

Driving up from Florida to Pittsburgh on the way home to Michigan. Got a room 2 miles from the arena for Thursday night. If Hope wins, might be a problem getting a room for Friday night. Just realized Division I Men have a sectional on Friday less than 1/2 mile from the women's arena.

One of the reasons why the women's semifinals was moved up one day to Thursday!!

Also heard the broadcaster didn't want to rustle up the necessary technical staff to televise a Friday women's game given the D1 men were playing on the same date.  Unfortunately it will cause fewer women's fans to be in the seats and more watching the broadcast.  Hmmm

Sounds like not a great idea to schedule DI and DIII playoffs for the same city at the same time?

D-III had this spot claimed in April 2017, but I don't think that's enough to keep D-I men from doing whatever they want, whenever they want.

[NW Hope Fan]

I see the video link still on the Women's page. Is that still where to catch the game, or after reading above about CBS, is there a different service to watch the games this weekend?

Just had my question answered by Alan Babbitt.
Thursday on NCAA.com with the link on the Athletics website. Saturday is on the CBS Sports Network. They are working to confirm if will be available to live stream.

[TUAngola]

Listened to a little bit of the Hoopsville podcast tonight that aired yesterday.  They had snippets of each post-game press conference of the winning teams from last Saturday. Interesting sound bite from Coach Morehouse stating that NYU was the best team Hope has played all year.  A jab at Trine? Or just caught up in the moment of a big win?  I doubt it made it to Trine's bulletin board though.         

[Roundball999]

Listened to a little bit of the Hoopsville podcast tonight that aired yesterday.  They had snippets of each post-game press conference of the winning teams from last Saturday. Interesting sound bite from Coach Morehouse stating that NYU was the best team Hope has played all year.  A jab at Trine? Or just caught up in the moment of a big win?  I doubt it made it to Trine's bulletin board though.         

I don't think Coach Mo and the team have anything but the utmost respect for Trine.  Suspect it was just caught up ion the moment or, most likely, just paying respect to the team they just beat.

[pointlem]

D-III had this spot claimed in April 2017, but I don't think that's enough to keep D-I men from doing whatever they want, whenever they want.

Well, that would explain it (and it also means the unfortunate Thursday scheduling wasn't b/c they couldn't find staff to televise a Friday women's game with the D1 men playing nearby).

[Pat Coleman]

Actually, I believe it was nonetheless.

D-III had its location picked out in 2017. That doesn't mean it couldn't flex the date if it had to based on availability of a TV crew on Saturday. (What we've been told is the issue is Saturday, that the 2 p.m. timeslot was the one they could get from CBS Sports Network, and that playing the title game that early meant either playing Friday semis at 2 and 4, or Thursday at a normal evening time.)

[AlwaysHope]

Is it asking too much that Hope College could possibly win two NCAA D-3 Championships in four days:

For the second year in a row, the Hope College hockey team is champion of the Division III club hockey world. The Flying Dutchmen defeated Michigan 2-1 in the ACHA Division III Tournament championship game on Tuesday in St. Louis to claim  their second consecutive ACHA title. And they accomplished it with a freshman goalie.  They ended their season with a record of 34 - 1.

But first, a very strong foe for the ladies:  Trine! 

[Pat Coleman]

I mean, yes, because the ACHA Division III championship is not an NCAA Division III championship -- but that hockey tournament is pretty impressive!

[HOPEful]

I mean, yes, because the ACHA Division III championship is not an NCAA Division III championship -- but that hockey tournament is pretty impressive!

Hope's club hockey team gets quite a bit of support, evidenced by their back to back national titles. With all those resources, I really wish they'd go varsity with it.

As is often the case though, one of the biggest hurdles would be adding a women's hockey or equivalent team. And lets not diminish the massive leap that moving from ACHA Division 3 to NCAA Division 3 would be. Perhaps a more realistic hope would be moving to ACHA D2 or D1.