MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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I've been reading the posts the last few days and getting quite a chuckle, but now I'm confused.  When I go to the MIAA pick 'em site, do I list the team that wins the game and wins the score, or can I also get credit if they win the game and lose the score?  Please help me.

only if they weren't supposed to win

I know I quoted this one but its directed at the whole board

This has carried on long enough..........haha funny now move on.  These constant smart remarks have made this a pretty unwelcoming place for just about everyone.   You may not like that I put a little extra thought and time into some of what I write but I enjoy doing it, its an excercise of the mind.  For the last week a group of posters has taken one word out of about 1000 and changed its meaning, mocked it repeatedly and have carried on like a bunch of 13 year olds.  Dressed down a coach's comment, as always, and have generally carried on like a bunch of jack-asses (sic).  A few of you couldn't even let Hope enjoy one week in the sun last spring and you spent a whole week with sarcastic smart remarks.

You may notice a few regular posters have been absent this week, and there's a good reason.  Who wants to participate when everything they post looks like it will be  mocked .........my god we still have posters who mock a post about a dunk from THREE years ago. T-H-R-E-E........ even Vanilla Ice moved on eventually.  I've seen spelling mocked, grammar etc.  Thats high school stuff.

I'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to pithy remarks, most are in good fun, but learn when to stop, when your making people feel unwelcome.

Give it a rest and start posting like adults with degrees.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Amen and Amen!

[scottiedawg]

I was just looking for info on VanNoord arena on Calvin's website and came up empty.  Am I missing something?  The box office still lists the Fieldhouse(and leads to an empty link).  I was hoping for a layout of the arena or the athletic complex, but found nothing.  So either I've completely missed the information, or Calvin PR is lacking.

[CalvinChelseaMom]

I was just looking for info on VanNoord arena on Calvin's website and came up empty.  Am I missing something?  The box office still lists the Fieldhouse(and leads to an empty link).  I was hoping for a layout of the arena or the athletic complex, but found nothing.  So either I've completely missed the information, or Calvin PR is lacking.

I have found it hard to find information too. Here are a few links. First, http://www.calvin.edu/map/sfc/ for a description of the Spoelhof Center. Then http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/web_extra_video/Calvins_new_Spoelhof_Fieldhouse_opens for a news segment that has a pretty nice video tour. Hope that helps.

[AlwaysHope]

My son made what I thought was a unique observation about Hope basketball and its history.

"Do you realize that Hope has had two basketball coaches since 1948, over 60 years ago."  The first one, Russ DeVette, was the first MIAA MVP in 1947, and the second, Glenn Van Wieren, was one of his prize players from 1960-64.  GVW took over from DeVette in 1977.

DeVette's teams won 11 MIAA Championships, while GVW's teams have taken the title 17 times.  Both figures include shared championships.

Now that is continuity in a program!

[arena]

My son made what I thought was a unique observation about Hope basketball and its history.

"Do you realize that Hope has had two basketball coaches since 1948, over 60 years ago."  The first one, Russ DeVette, was the first MIAA MVP in 1947, and the second, Glenn Van Wieren, was one of his prize players from 1960-64.  GVW took over from DeVette in 1977.

DeVette's teams won 11 MIAA Championships, while GVW's teams have took the title 17 times.  Both figures include shared championships.

Now that is continuity in a program!

You crazy conservatives.  Don't you know change has come???

[oldknight]

My son made what I thought was a unique observation about Hope basketball and its history.

"Do you realize that Hope has had two basketball coaches since 1948, over 60 years ago."  The first one, Russ DeVette, was the first MIAA MVP in 1947, and the second, Glenn Van Wieren, was one of his prize players from 1960-64.  GVW took over from DeVette in 1977.

DeVette's teams won 11 MIAA Championships, while GVW's teams have took the title 17 times.  Both figures include shared championships.

Now that is continuity in a program!

You crazy conservatives.  Don't you know change has come???

And I suppose that's another way of understanding the mantra "Hope we can believe in."

[realist]

Eerie silence has taken over this most popular board. 

Quoting from Webster:
Main Entry: ee·rie 
Variant(s): also ee·ry  \ˈir-ē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): ee·ri·er; ee·ri·est
Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) eri
Date: 14th century
1chiefly Scottish : affected with fright : scared
2: so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine <a coyote's eerie howl> <the similarities were eerie> ; also : seemingly not of earthly origin <the flames cast an eerie glow>

[goodknight]

I think another word applies here more appropriately:

re·vul·sion    (rĭ-vŭl'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   
A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
A withdrawing or turning away from something.
Medicine Counterirritation used to reduce inflammation or increase the blood supply to the affected area.

[Gregory Sager]

dev·a·sta·vit
Pronunciation: "de-v&-'stA-vit
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin, he/she has spoiled (someone's property)
1 : mismanagement or waste of the assets in the estate of a deceased person by the fiduciary in charge of the estate (as the executor)
2 : a common-law writ seeking a remedy for devastavit

(Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law)

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I think it might actually be more of an Erie silence - shallow, highly polluted body of water, with very rocky shores

[HopeConvert]

Main Entry:
    chary
Pronunciation:
    \ˈcher-ē\
Function:
    adjective
Inflected Form(s):
    chari·er; chari·est
Etymology:
    Middle English, sorrowful, dear, from Old English cearig sorrowful, from caru sorrow — more at care
Date:
    15th century

1archaic : dear , treasured2: discreetly cautious: as a: hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks b: slow to grant, accept, or expend <a person very chary of compliments>

[KnightSlappy]

Main Entry: 1win  
Pronunciation: \ˈwin\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): won  \ˈwən\ ; win·ning
Etymology: Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan to struggle; akin to Old High German winnan to struggle and probably to Latin venus sexual desire, charm, Sanskrit vanas desire, vanoti he strives for
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1: to gain the victory in a contest : succeed

(Merriam-Webster Online)

[oldknight]

dev·a·sta·vit
Pronunciation: "de-v&-'stA-vit
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin, he/she has spoiled (someone's property)
1 : mismanagement or waste of the assets in the estate of a deceased person by the fiduciary in charge of the estate (as the executor)
2 : a common-law writ seeking a remedy for devastavit

(Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law)

Nicely done GS. I prefer Henry Campbell Black's more comprehensive definition of what is now more commonly known as breach of fiduciary duty:

Devastavit  Lat.  He has wasted.  The act of an executor or administrator in wasting the goods of the deceased; mismanagement of the estate by which a loss occurs. A breach of trust or misappropriation of assets held in a fiduciary character; any violation or neglect of duty by an executor or administrator, involving loss to the decedent's estate, which makes him personally responsible to heirs, creditors, or legatees.

Black's Law Dictionary, West Publishing Co., Fifth Edition (1979).

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