MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[AlwaysHope]

I went to Hope's last trip to Chicago U, 2003 I think........I know Overbeek was on that team.  I loved their old gymnasium, the first thing you saw when you walked in the door was a display case of the Heisman Trophy.  What made Chicago unique to me from other D3 locals was of course the multiple Big Ten Championship banners hanging from the rafters. 8)

Chicago has since built a new gymnasium.

Speaking of Don Overbeek, did anyone see his photo in Sat.'s Grand Rapids Press, Religion section D.  On page 2 it shows "The Diesel" in class at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids.

I am wondering if he was doing penitence for breaking Jeremey Veenstra's nose at the MIAA semi-finals at Albion in 2003.  To add insult to injury (literally), it was Veenstra's last college game.

As I can best recall, they cleared out the Kresge gym between games that night so that as many fans (remember them?) as possible could enjoy college basketball.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I went to Hope's last trip to Chicago U, 2003 I think........I know Overbeek was on that team.  I loved their old gymnasium, the first thing you saw when you walked in the door was a display case of the Heisman Trophy.  What made Chicago unique to me from other D3 locals was of course the multiple Big Ten Championship banners hanging from the rafters. 8)

Chicago has since built a new gymnasium.

Speaking of Don Overbeek, did anyone see his photo in Sat.'s Grand Rapids Press, Religion section D.  On page 2 it shows "The Diesel" in class at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids.

I am wondering if he was doing penitence for breaking Jeremey Veenstra's nose at the MIAA semi-finals at Albion in 2003.  To add insult to injury (literally), it was Veenstra's last college game.

As I can best recall, they cleared out the Kresge gym between games that night so that as many fans (remember them?) as possible could enjoy college basketball.

Actually I think it was an eye injury (detached retina??) not a broken nose that Jeremy suffered in that game.

[AlwaysHope]

I went to Hope's last trip to Chicago U, 2003 I think........I know Overbeek was on that team.  I loved their old gymnasium, the first thing you saw when you walked in the door was a display case of the Heisman Trophy.  What made Chicago unique to me from other D3 locals was of course the multiple Big Ten Championship banners hanging from the rafters. 8)

Chicago has since built a new gymnasium.

Speaking of Don Overbeek, did anyone see his photo in Sat.'s Grand Rapids Press, Religion section D.  On page 2 it shows "The Diesel" in class at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids.

I am wondering if he was doing penitence for breaking Jeremey Veenstra's nose at the MIAA semi-finals at Albion in 2003.  To add insult to injury (literally), it was Veenstra's last college game.

As I can best recall, they cleared out the Kresge gym between games that night so that as many fans (remember them?) as possible could enjoy college basketball.

Actually I think it was an eye injury (detached retina??) not a broken nose that Jeremy suffered in that game.

My error.  It was an eye injury.  Don't mean to make fun out of such a serious injury, but he did keep playing until the very end.

[Gregory Sager]

What's there not to believe? The haves get first choice and the have nots (that's people like me) get squat. It's who you know and it's the American way. You can't expect From each according to his ability, to each according to his need in a capitalist society. [Karl (not Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo or Zeppo) Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, 1875].

I thought that that was the inscription on the doormat of the Kronemeyer sisters' apartment.

[Gregory Sager]

I went to Hope's last trip to Chicago U, 2003 I think........I know Overbeek was on that team.  I loved their old gymnasium, the first thing you saw when you walked in the door was a display case of the Heisman Trophy.  What made Chicago unique to me from other D3 locals was of course the multiple Big Ten Championship banners hanging from the rafters. 8)

Chicago has since built a new gymnasium.

Jay Berwanger's Heisman Trophy is now in the rotunda of the Ratner Center, right at the entrance of the building. Anyone visiting the Ratner to see a Maroons basketball game can get a nice long look at it. However, the Big Ten banners have been retired to the Ratner hallway. The only banners in the gym itself are those of the eight UAA member schools.

Chicago's old basketball venue, Crown Field House, is still there. As far as I know, it was the only D3 basketball arena that sat atop squash courts. That's squash, not raquetball. They're decidedly old-school about sports down there in Hyde Park.

[Gregory Sager]

Calvin is already selling their tickets? I wonder if as an alumnus of Calvin I can buy one through them.

Definitely. As a neutral fan, I get playoff tickets through schools I'm not a part of all the time. Heck, you guys could probably get tickets through Aurora... if you were willing to pick them up.

I am still trying to figure out if I can use a free flight I have coming to make it there this weekend. The X factor is whether I can get tickets from all the way over here in Cali, and whether I think I can make it to Aurora in the 1.5 hrs I would have from the time my theoretical plane would land... hmm...

If you're coming, I'll do my best to save you a seat. People like OS and I have to stake out neutral territory, anyway. You can be part of Switzerland with us.

[arena]

I went to Hope's last trip to Chicago U, 2003 I think........I know Overbeek was on that team.  I loved their old gymnasium, the first thing you saw when you walked in the door was a display case of the Heisman Trophy.  What made Chicago unique to me from other D3 locals was of course the multiple Big Ten Championship banners hanging from the rafters. 8)

Chicago has since built a new gymnasium.

Speaking of Don Overbeek, did anyone see his photo in Sat.'s Grand Rapids Press, Religion section D.  On page 2 it shows "The Diesel" in class at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids.

I am wondering if he was doing penitence for breaking Jeremey Veenstra's nose at the MIAA semi-finals at Albion in 2003.  To add insult to injury (literally), it was Veenstra's last college game.

As I can best recall, they cleared out the Kresge gym between games that night so that as many fans (remember them?) as possible could enjoy college basketball.

He also almost blinded him with a finger to Jeremy's eye.

[oldknight]

Hmmm, it seems that page 650 loads normally. Its just some odd problem with page 649, although the post a reply page still isn't working right.

I wonder what happens when we get to page 666?

You get to look at a picture of the 10 Kronemeyer sisters.

[Civic Minded]

Hmmm, it seems that page 650 loads normally. Its just some odd problem with page 649, although the post a reply page still isn't working right.

I wonder what happens when we get to page 666?

You get to look at a picture of the 10 Kronemeyer sisters.

All right, all right.  Let's drop the sister thing.  There really are Kronemeyer sisters, and now I'm feeling guilty for bringing it up, since they are being used as the butt of way too many jokes.    Let's give them, and the dead horse, a break, please.      (If necessary, change the name and continue on.)   

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Tickets in hand 

[HopeConvert]

Tickets in hand 

I thought they didn't go on sale until noon. How long was the line?

[Hoop Dreams]

Thought I'd drop by and give you MIAA guys a scouting report on Chicago.

The Maroons are in the dance for the first time since 2001, when they reached the Elite Eight with Derek Reich.  Chicago had been a middle-of-the-pack UAA team for three years prior to this season.  UC's success in 2006-07 is even more surprising considering their starting center, Tim Reynolds, has been out since December with a broken foot or ankle.

The Maroons are undersized and have overachieved, but they are still a dangerous team.  To earn the W, Hope will have to come into Illinois and take this game from the Maroons -- Chicago will not beat themselves.  The Maroons consistently put points on the board (8 straight games with 74+) and take care of the basketball (only 10.5 TO per game).  They play hard, they play smart, and they play together.  This is an experienced team that is well-coached by Mike McGrath.

Brandon Woodhead (6'2" Sr.) moved to the off-guard this season and averaged a career-high 15.8 ppg.  Woodhead is creative with the basketball and can score from anywhere on the floor.  He has even been known to post up on occasion.  In my opinion, Woody's development in his senior year is the main reason Chicago is in this tournament.  He is a candidate for UAA Player of the Year.

Jesse Meyer (6'3" Sr.) is Chicago's all-time leader in three-point field goals -- and we've had some great long-distance shooters on the South Side over the years.  Jesse had been on fire from downtown before going 1-12 in UC's last two regular-season games.

Drew Adams (5'10" Sr.) stepped into a much larger role as the starting PG in his senior year.  Adams has turned the ball over only 20 times from the point all season and shoots 42% from three.

Nate Hainje (6'5" Jr.) is Mr. Do Everything for the Maroons.  Hainje fills up the stat sheet every night out with points, rebounds and assists and also is one of Chicago's better defensive players.

Jason Vismantas (6'4" Sr.) holds it down for the Maroons in the paint.  He has improved over the course of the season and has helped Chicago take down some much bigger teams, such as Rochester and NYU.

Jake Pancratz (6'1" Fr.) was so highly regarded when he stepped on campus that he was in the starting lineup for his first career game.  Since then, Pancratz has become a sixth man, often spelling Drew Adams at the point.  Jake's father played at DePaul, and he has two older brothers that went Division I.  The kid can play.

What's the word on the Flying Dutchmen?

[SKOT]

Tickets in hand 

I thought they didn't go on sale until noon. How long was the line?

They had already started selling tickets when I arrived at 10:30.

[veragrace]

Got my tickets as well.  I was 16th in line and my tickets were #45 & #46.  There were only about 35 people there.  Students were starting to show up as I left.

[AndersDY]

I had to look it up just to double check my memory, but another U of Chicago bit of history:

"In 1898 the football team won its first conference championship by scoring one more point than the Chicago Maroons, then the heaviest team in college football history. So impressed was Louis Elbel that after celebrating with other U-M fans in Chicago's streets, he realized that the University did not have the "right" celebration song. On the train back to Ann Arbor, Elbel took his original melody jottings and turned them into a march. An arrangement for 23 instruments resulted."

It would probably be too obscure, but the Hope fans who do get to make the trip to Illinois could potentially taunt the Chicago fans with a little rendition of The Victors