WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

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Hope's women's roster is up.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/wbb/wbbrost.html

Not much to find on the Fr.

Autumn Anderson  --also plays softball

Maura McAfee -- Avg 13 pts,  10 rebounds in the Saginaw Valley League and named the league MVP.  I don't know if the SVL has the same reputation as the boys side.

Here's Maura making a jumpshot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YZYJk_jBTc&feature=relmfu

[jspiii]

Missing from last year's Hope roster, Anna Kaufman & Katie Overway. Surprised on Overway, know she played summer ball. Is she injured?

[Roundball999]

Missing from last year's Hope roster, Anna Kaufman & Katie Overway. Surprised on Overway, know she played summer ball. Is she injured?

Heard that she chose not to play this year; not injured.

[bballforever]

Agree on Overway, she was a good player, especially toward end of year

[oldknight]

Calvin's women's roster is up. No surprises that I see but a third Verkaik (Kally) graces the roster.

http://www.calvin.edu/sports/womens/basketball/roster.htm

[Pat Coleman]

The D3hoops.com women's basketball preseason Top 25 is out:

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2012/10/womens-preseason-top-25

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The D3hoops.com women's basketball preseason Top 25 is out:

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2012/10/womens-preseason-top-25

Going back to 2002, its the first MIAA squad to have the pre-season #1. Hope was #2 two years ago with a couple other top 5's along the way.

[oldtimer1937]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

[bballforever]

I agree - a lot of pressure.  Everyone wants to beat #1, just ask Hope about that when they came into Calvin in 2010.  It's so tough being on top.

[bballforever]

Read also that Calvin is the only team to have a returning All American first teamer, that explains #1 ranking also.

[KnightSlappy]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

Because teams really want to beat #1, but don't really care to beat #2-#25?

[Flying Dutch Fan]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

Because teams really want to beat #1, but don't really care to beat #2-#25?

Who said that #1 was the only bullseye - but it does indeed come with the #1 ranking - and it's a bigger bullseye than any other.

[KnightSlappy]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

Because teams really want to beat #1, but don't really care to beat #2-#25?

Who said that #1 was the only bullseye - but it does indeed come with the #1 ranking - and it's a bigger bullseye than any other.

Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number one team in the country tonight, let's play at 100%!"
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Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number three team in the country tonight, let's play at 98%!"
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Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number 25 team in the country tonight, let's play at 79%!"
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Coach: "Okay team, we're up against an unranked team tonight, let's play at 57%!"
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The implication for "bullseyes" and "getting up for big games" is that teams otherwise dog it and don't play their best.

[Roundball999]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

I don't think anyone suggested that teams "dog it" against non-#1 teams.  But to suggest that opponents don't view a game against a #1 team slightly differently is to deny long-held sports lore and human nature.

Because teams really want to beat #1, but don't really care to beat #2-#25?

Who said that #1 was the only bullseye - but it does indeed come with the #1 ranking - and it's a bigger bullseye than any other.

Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number one team in the country tonight, let's play at 100%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number three team in the country tonight, let's play at 98%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number 25 team in the country tonight, let's play at 79%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against an unranked team tonight, let's play at 57%!"
---

The implication for "bullseyes" and "getting up for big games" is that teams otherwise dog it and don't play their best.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

lot of pressure comes with bulls eye on your back.

Because teams really want to beat #1, but don't really care to beat #2-#25?

Who said that #1 was the only bullseye - but it does indeed come with the #1 ranking - and it's a bigger bullseye than any other.

Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number one team in the country tonight, let's play at 100%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number three team in the country tonight, let's play at 98%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against the number 25 team in the country tonight, let's play at 79%!"
---
Coach: "Okay team, we're up against an unranked team tonight, let's play at 57%!"
---

The implication for "bullseyes" and "getting up for big games" is that teams otherwise dog it and don't play their best.

This is not a personal attack, but that response is simply ridiculous.  Have you ever been invovled in playing in a game against a highly ranked team?  Following your logic, a team playing in game 1 of the season approaches that game with the exact same intensity as they would a national championship game.  Throw all the stats you want at that one - humans are affected by emotions - and it does have an impact on performance.