WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

All MIAA awards are out:

https://www.miaa.org/sports/wbkb/2019-20/releases/AllMIAA2020

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Women's third regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-third

[Roundball999]

Good to see Trine move up in the latest Regionals.  Have to think the Thunder will be in the NCAA field even if they don't win the MIAA tourney.

[TUAngola]

Good to see Trine move up in the latest Regionals.  Have to think the Thunder will be in the NCAA field even if they don't win the MIAA tourney.

I hope so.  They really deserve it as they had to prove that this is a program that can lose a lot of talent from 3 consecutive NCAA tournament teams and still be a darn good team this year.  They beat some decent teams in the nonconference season; Ohio Northern and Hanover are both ranked in the top 10 in the Great Lakes region.  They also beat a good Denison team.  4 of our losses are to Hope (twice) and Baldwin Wallace who are the top 2 teams in our region, and Chicago who is number 2 in the Central region.  The only 'bad' loss was to Ohio Wesleyan who is just a .500 team.

I might try to get to Holland Saturday if Trine advances to the championship.  But if the Trine men make it to the championship on Saturday night I'll probably go to it over the gals game for 2 reasons:  the Trine men will graduate a lot of seniors and I'd like to see them play one more time, and Albion is a heck of a lot closer than Holland. 

[TUAngola]

Couple of relatively easy wins for Trine and Hope last night in the tournament semifinals to set up another MIAA championship game between the 2 squads.  This is the 5th straight year for Trine in the championship game and 4th against Hope. 

Good luck to both the Thunder men and women in the championship games tonight (the MBB team upset #1 seed Albion in the semifinals).  I'll be in Albion tonight to watch the men take on Adrian.  Both are looking for their first NCAA tournament berth.

[Roundball999]

Both women's teams should be reasonably well rested considering the back to back games.  Big leads in the first half.  No one from the Dutch played more than 18 minutes and the entire roster played at least 9.    Key Trine players played a bit more but still appear to have gotten decent rest.  Here's hoping for a well played game where both teams can feel proud of their effort.  I'm convinced they're both in the NCAA regardless of tonight's outcome.

[scottiedawg]

10 @HopeCollegeWBB players have played at least 40 cumulative minutes over the past 3 games:
Kenedy Schooneveld
Lauren Newman
Olivia Voskuil
Kasey DeSmit
Ashleigh Thomas
Courtenay Barnes
Jess Moorman
Arika Tolbert
Claire Baguley
Meg Morehouse

Uncharacteristically, Voskuil is 6/31 from the floor (19%). Tolbert has also not shot well: 1/7 (14%). Newman is 7/27 (26%).
Morehouse and Baguley have both shot very well, on limited attempts. 64% and 58%.
Schooneveld has been the offensive stalwart, 18/30 from the floor. 60%.
Thomas has been great too, 10/19 (53%).

From 3PT, no player has made more than 3 over the past 3 games. Voskuil is 0/7. Probably stop shooting those.
Morehouse and Baguley are both 3/5. Sneaky good. They've both been rock solid.

Voskuil has been amazing from the line, 15/19 (79%). That and her defense have been her redeeming factors.
No other player has made more than 4.

Barnes leads the team with 15 rebounds. Voskuil 13. Thomas 12. Newman 11.

Tolbert leads with 7 assists. DeSmit 6. Barnes 5.
Tolbert also leads with 9 steals. Voskuil has 9 as well. DeSmit 7. Barnes and Thomas 5.

Voskuil leads with 7 blocks. Barnes has 2.

Barnes has committed 8 turnovers. Yikes!   Voskuil and Tolbert with 6.

DeSmit has committed 7 fouls. Voskuil and Tolbert with 6.

Schooneveld leads with 43 points. Voskuil with 27. Thomas with 26. Morehouse with 21.

Adding up the "good" counting stats (PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK), subtracting the "bad" stats, and dividing by Minutes:
Meg Morehouse, 0.81
Olivia Voskuil, 0.72
Kenedy Schooneveld, 0.71
Ashleigh Thomas, 0.60
Courtenay Barnes, 0.53
Jess Moorman, 0.43
Lauren Newman, 0.41
Claire Baguley, 0.40
Arika Tolbert, 0.22
Kasey DeSmit, 0.22

Awesome production while on the floor from Morehouse!!

Tolbert and DeSmit have been very underwhelming.

"Floor" (Non FT) Points / Floor Shots:
Meg Morehouse, 1.42
Claire Baguley, 1.35
Jess Moorman, 1.23
Kenedy Schooneveld, 1.15
Ashleigh Thomas, 1.07
Kasey DeSmit, 0.67
Courtenay Barnes, 0.67
Lauren Newman, 0.57
Arika Tolbert, 0.56
Olivia Voskuil, 0.32

** To be fair, Morehouse, Moorman, and Baguley all padded their stats against Calvin when the game was already a blowout.  In general the 5 starters are facing a stiffer defensive test.

Trine really pushed Hope these last 2 matchups, but Hope got it done.

[pointlem]

10 @HopeCollegeWBB players have played at least 40 cumulative minutes over the past 3 games:

Nice (and amazingly quick) analysis ScottieDawg. Yes, Meg Morehouse has been outstanding--on offense as well as defense. Her minutes are rising at the season's end, and deservedly so. She and Claire Baguley show increasing confidence and great promise. And great to see Arika Tolbert concluding her career with so many minutes, and such great defense.

Even with her normally reliable layups strangely missing, Olivia's free throw shooting has shown an amazing improvement. And Hope is such a better team when she is in the lane on defense.

Empathy goes out to TUAngola for two tough loses tonight . . . but Trine women will deservedly play on . . . and who knows--they could dream of a 4th game with Hope . . . as far down the road as possible, I'd hope.

[scottiedawg]

...such great defense.

Yep, my analysis is devoid of defense. :-)  Would love to see +/- or something to tease that side of it out.

[scottiedawg]

Muller on crutches; I know nothing, but assume she is indeed out for the year and Hope hasn't announced anything to maximize hosting and seeding probabilities. #KenyonMartin

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Muller on crutches; I know nothing, but assume she is indeed out for the year and Hope hasn't announced anything to maximize hosting and seeding probabilities. #KenyonMartin

Injuries have no part of hosting or seeding.  Likely they release very little information because they have HIPAA requirements that prevent it.

[scottiedawg]

Perhaps, but who knows what is considered in a black box selection process. For example, it's not explicitly stated that late wins/losses carry more weight than early ones, but I bet it's considered to some degree, especially if teams are very equal after all primary criteria are considered.

"Additionally, input is provided by regional advisory committees for consideration by the Division III men's and women's basketball committees."

That could mean anything.

And sure HIPAA, but everyone knew pretty immediately when Jake Honor was our for the year. Idk.

[sac]

And sure HIPAA, but everyone knew pretty immediately when Jake Honor was our for the year. Idk.

Probably because Jake told anyone who asked the night of the injury he thought he tore his ACL and was done.

[scottiedawg]

Fair enough!

Am I learning that generally season ending injuries are not either disclosed or widely known by fans, across D3?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Fair enough!

Am I learning that generally season ending injuries are not either disclosed or widely known by fans, across D3?

There's a difference between saying, "we don't expect ______ back this season" and saying "________ will have surgery on her torn ACL tomorrow."  That's all.