MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[sac]

it is pretty  nice for jesse and  young to make the 1st team all great lakes region team and jesse is the player of the year to  thats really good

Congrats to both
http://d3hoops.com/all-region/09/glakemen.htm

No McClary?

I haven't seen any of those centers play.  Can anyone tell me how they compare to John Mantel?  I could look up the stat lines, but those don't always tell the whole story; the reason I had DY on my MIAA second team.

The stats.

Andrew Bene, Bald-Wall  6-6, 220--   18.0 pts, 9.8 rebs shot 54.6% on the year
Josip Lucic-Jasek, W & J  6-8, 240--   15.5 pts, 8.8 rebs shot 55% on the year
Andy O'Keefe, Grove City 6-6 220--   12.8 pts, 4.6 rebs shot 59% on the year

John Mantel, Calvin 6-8 240--  13.6 pts, 7.3 rebs shot 48.7% on the year

JM was the only one of the four to attempt a 3, 31 of them, his 2 pt avg was 50%

[goodknight]

Here's one from the "I didn't know they did that" department, courtesy of Jeff Febus, Calvin's SID:

VAN NOORD ARENA FLOOR HONORED

The floor in Calvin's new Van Noord Arena has been honored as the Robbins
Sports Surface of the Year for 2008 in the College/Athletic category, one of
five categories in this year's competition.

The floor, the first of its kind to be installed at a college or university in
the United States, has a "sandwich layer" of foam between two layers of wood
and was designed to cushion the pounding ankles, knees, hips and backs absorb
in sports such as basketball and volleyball, the primary sports housed in the
new arena.

"The research that has gone into developing this floor is impressive and I'd
expect that this will become the floor of the future in most major basketball
and volleyball arenas," said Glen Van Andel, chair of the committee that
planned the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, of which the arena is a part."

Calvin's floor was installed by Michigan-based Foster Specialty Floors, which
also installed an award-winning surface at Davenport University.

[goodknight]

Insert Van Noord scoreboard joke here.

[ACHOOPS-00]

Congrat to Desmond Young on 1st team all region.  He joins Brian Shaffer as the only 2 players in Adrian College history to be named 1st team all great lakes.

Any updates on the coaching situation at Adrian?

[sac]

Here's one from the "I didn't know they did that" department, courtesy of Jeff Febus, Calvin's SID:

VAN NOORD ARENA FLOOR HONORED

The floor in Calvin's new Van Noord Arena has been honored as the Robbins
Sports Surface of the Year for 2008 in the College/Athletic category, one of
five categories in this year's competition.

The floor, the first of its kind to be installed at a college or university in
the United States, has a "sandwich layer" of foam between two layers of wood
and was designed to cushion the pounding ankles, knees, hips and backs absorb
in sports such as basketball and volleyball, the primary sports housed in the
new arena.

"The research that has gone into developing this floor is impressive and I'd
expect that this will become the floor of the future in most major basketball
and volleyball arenas," said Glen Van Andel, chair of the committee that
planned the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, of which the arena is a part."

Calvin's floor was installed by Michigan-based Foster Specialty Floors, which
also installed an award-winning surface at Davenport University.

I have three questions..........How did they win an award for 2008? Do they know Calvin did not hold any sports competitions on that floor in 2008?, and what award did Davenport win? 

There's also an RV and Motorhome Hall of Fame outside Elkhart, Indiana.........I have many questions on how one gets in that Hall.

(ps ....relax.......I'm not equating Calvin's floor with an RV or Motorhome, its just a very curious thing to me.)

[almcguirejr]

Here's one from the "I didn't know they did that" department, courtesy of Jeff Febus, Calvin's SID:

VAN NOORD ARENA FLOOR HONORED

The floor in Calvin's new Van Noord Arena has been honored as the Robbins
Sports Surface of the Year for 2008 in the College/Athletic category, one of
five categories in this year's competition.

The floor, the first of its kind to be installed at a college or university in
the United States, has a "sandwich layer" of foam between two layers of wood
and was designed to cushion the pounding ankles, knees, hips and backs absorb
in sports such as basketball and volleyball, the primary sports housed in the
new arena.

"The research that has gone into developing this floor is impressive and I'd
expect that this will become the floor of the future in most major basketball
and volleyball arenas," said Glen Van Andel, chair of the committee that
planned the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, of which the arena is a part."

Calvin's floor was installed by Michigan-based Foster Specialty Floors, which
also installed an award-winning surface at Davenport University.

I have three questions..........How did they win an award for 2008? Do they know Calvin did not hold any sports competitions on that floor in 2008?, and what award did Davenport win? 

There's also an RV and Motorhome Hall of Fame outside Elkhart, Indiana.........I have many questions on how one gets in that Hall.

(ps ....relax.......I'm not equating Calvin's floor with an RV or Motorhome, its just a very curious thing to me.)

It looks to me to like Robbins Floors sends out a press release saying their own floors won an award.  It recognizes the distributor who sold/installed it.  I think if your project had a Robbins Floor installed in 2008 there was category in which you won an award.

http://www.robbinsfloor.com//news.asp?page=184

[sac]

I think its interesting they make a distinction between Calvin and Daveport......one is an athletic facility, the other a recreation facility.

I can hear the students now   "Recreation..........Recreation"



I'm checking for scoreboard awards. .........

[hope1]

I think its interesting they make a distinction between Calvin and Daveport......one is an athletic facility, the other a recreation facility.

I can hear the students now   "Recreation..........Recreation"



I'm checking for scoreboard awards. .........

sac you  want to menards   to give  if they the scoreboards  awards   people keep on telling me that there they bought the score board

[Dark Knight]

Rumor has it that there are only three floors like Calvin's in existence at this time: besides Calvin's, one is Michael Jordan's personal gym and one is some NBA floor I think -- I can't remember exactly. 

However, the prediction I heard is that this type of floor will become the standard in the NBA and major college programs in the next decade or two.

It's supposed to reduce jarring on joints and make athletes feel fresher and less tired after a game.  No word on what it does to jump height. (I wonder if it affects players' shots?)

[sac]

The d3hoops.com all-region awards in chronological form


Player of the Year
09 Jesse Reimink, Hope
08 James Cooper, Wooster
07 Tom Port, Wooster
06 Tori Davis, Baldwin Wallace


First Team
09 Jesse Reimink, Hope
09 Desmond Young, Adrian
08 Marcus Vanderheide, Hope
07 Stephen Cramer, Hope
06 Brandon Crawford, Albion
05 Brian Schaefer, Adrian
05 Travis DePree, Albion
02 Jeremy Veenstra, Calvin


Second Team
08 Caleb Veldhouse, Calvin
05 Michael Thomas, Albion
04 Andy Phillips, Hope
03 Steve Brooks, Adrian


Third Team
07 Caleb Veldhouse, Calvin
06 Caleb Veldhouse, Calvin
06 Andy Phillips, Hope
05 Brandon Crawford, Albion
04 Brian Schaefer, Adrian
04 Dan Aultman, Calvin
03 Jeremy Veenstra, Calvin
03 Dan Walter, Adrian
03 Don Overbeek, Hope


Coach of the year
09 Mike Moran, John Carroll
08 Glenn VanWieren, Hope
07 Steve Moore, Wooster
06 Tony Wingen, Carnegie Mellon

[sac]

Bill Harris of Wheaton has announced his retirement.

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/

[ziggy]

I think its interesting they make a distinction between Calvin and Daveport......one is an athletic facility, the other a recreation facility.

I can hear the students now   "Recreation..........Recreation"



I'm checking for scoreboard awards. .........

sac you  want to menards   to give  if they the scoreboards  awards   people keep on telling me that there they bought the score board

Yeah, but they got a good deal.  There was a coupon in the weekly circular and they used their Menards BIG card.

[realist]

Out of 43 votes in the 2010 possible league champion forecast above I see that Hope has a sizeable lead.  Granted Hope has a ton of talent, and potential coming back next year, but personally I do not understand the disparity in the number with Calvin.  My forecast has the 2010 race going much like 09, and Calvin has strenghts where Hope has possible weakness, and Hope has strenght at guards, but it's front line is inexperienced.  Am I missing something? 

[arena]

Out of 43 votes in the 2010 possible league champion forecast above I see that Hope has a sizeable lead.  Granted Hope has a ton of talent, and potential coming back next year, but personally I do not understand the disparity in the number with Calvin.  My forecast has the 2010 race going much like 09, and Calvin has strenghts where Hope has possible weakness, and Hope has strenght at guards, but it's front line is inexperienced.  Am I missing something? 

More hope fans have responded.

[sac]

Out of 43 votes in the 2010 possible league champion forecast above I see that Hope has a sizeable lead.  Granted Hope has a ton of talent, and potential coming back next year, but personally I do not understand the disparity in the number with Calvin.  My forecast has the 2010 race going much like 09, and Calvin has strenghts where Hope has possible weakness, and Hope has strenght at guards, but it's front line is inexperienced.  Am I missing something? 

More hope fans have responded.

.......or maybe the voters have been swayed by realists insistance that Hope has "a ton of talent"