WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[sac]

... in home games at DeVos Fieldhouse were 63-0.

speechless

[Civic Minded]

Almost forgot.  Congrats to Ms. Verkaik on reaching the 1,000 point mark after only two seasons. 

An amazing stat.  Congratulations to her!

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Almost forgot.  Congrats to Ms. Verkaik on reaching the 1,000 point mark after only two seasons. 

An amazing stat.  Congratulations to her!

The feat got some ink from the GR Press: http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2011/02/calvins_carissa_verkaik_joins.html

[Out_Of_My_Kitchen]

During senior day at Hope, unless I heard wrong,  the announcer said Carrie Snikkers is playing basketball overseas after graduation.

You heard right.

Also, from the Hope Athletics website:
Coach Brian Morehouse's Dutch are MIAA co-champions with rival Calvin. Both teams finished 15-1 in the conference after splitting their head-to-head games. In a coin toss after the games, Calvin gained the top-seed for next week's conference tournament. Hope's senior class -- Erika Bruinsma, Miranda DeKuiper, Lauren Geers, Rachael Kutney and Carrie Snikkers -- posted an amazing 62-2 record against MIAA opponents during their careers and in home games at DeVos Fieldhouse were 63-0.

There you have it.   

Looks like a big win on that coin flip for Calvin.  I didn't like there chances of going into Devos and doing something that hasn't been done in years!

[realist]

Technically all the coin toss did was determine the seedings.  Yes, Calvin won the toss, and is # 1.  However, the rules read all games after the first are at the higher remaining seed in each bracket.  I don't think any team can afford to "look past" any opponent, and that includes both Calvin and Hope.    I would agree that the odds they might meet again on Sat. are pretty good, but than I think Hope is a decided favorite.  At most the coin toss means the folks from Holland may get to enjoy a road trip. 

[realist]

Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 52 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

edited to correct minutes played error on initial post

[gohope]

Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 45 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

Maybe they considered total minutes for each player's stats:

CV = 52
CS = 41
KM = 50

Just a thought.

[Dark Knight]

Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 45 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

Maybe they considered total minutes for each player's stats:

CV = 52
CS = 41
KM = 50

Just a thought.

CV would still have more points, rebounds, and blocks per minute and a better shooting percentage...

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Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 52 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

edited to correct minutes played error on initial post

Perhaps this is one last tip of the cap to a great senior and foreshadowing that MVP honors are reserved for someone else...

[bballfan13]

Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 52 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

edited to correct minutes played error on initial post

Perhaps this is one last tip of the cap to a great senior and foreshadowing that MVP honors are reserved for someone else...

Let's sure hope not.  Nothing against CS, but she is obviously not the MVP this year.  Without CV, Calvin is still a very good team, but not the same.  An MVP does not only play 15 minutes a game for their team.

[bballfan13]

Last week;
Verkaik had:    48 pts, 16 rebounds, shot 20/24 for 83%, 8/9 ft's.
Snikkers had:  34 pts,  12 rebounds, shot 13/20 for 65%, 6/8 ft's.
Murphy   had:  39 pts,  20 rebounds, shot 14/29 for 48%  11/12 ft's.

Verkaik had 12 blocks, and played 52 minutes.  What does she have to do to get POW consideration?

edited to correct minutes played error on initial post

Also, I agree with realist here.  What does it take?  CV's stats show the better week and she too helped her team clinch the conference title.  Plus she reached the 1,000 point mark as a sophomore this week.

[sac]

Is anybody sure she was nominated?

[realist]

Is anybody sure she was nominated?

When I made my initial post yesterday I wasn't sure what the selection process is.  Thanks to several poster I now know more than I did than.  Looking at the selections for the year I sort of assumed (I know very dangerous) a committee of some sort looked at the stat sheets, and determined worthy receipients. 

Considering the week she had I don't understand why she wouldn't have been nominated.

[sac]

#2 Hope 103, #7 Adrian 42

http://www.miaa.org/wbb/stats/1011/0222adri.htm

Yeesh!!!!

[realist]

Other than #6 Trine defeating #3 St. Marys no real surprises tonight.  Looking at the box scores it looks like both Hope and Calvin pretty much had their way with Adrian and Kalamazoo.