MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[northb]

Chicago Trib article about future Knight, Connor VanderBrug. One comment that jumps out is that of his high school coach who is quoted as saying this about Connor: "He's going to have a great college career. He could play at a bigger place if he wanted."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-26/news/ct-tl-0327-sports-elmhurst-20140326_1_timothy-christian-hoops-caps

The comment I like is his: "We had a great season as a team," VanderBrug said. "We had a lot of new guys on varsity without a lot of experience. As the season progressed, we came together as a team and everybody found their roles."

[HollandKnight]

Chicago Trib article about future Knight, Connor VanderBrug. One comment that jumps out is that of his high school coach who is quoted as saying this about Connor: "He's going to have a great college career. He could play at a bigger place if he wanted."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-26/news/ct-tl-0327-sports-elmhurst-20140326_1_timothy-christian-hoops-caps

He's 6' 7" . . . blocks like a center . . . shoots the 3 like a wing guard . . . and has the agility to play point?  A Calvin men's team version of Carissa Verkaik?

I wouldn't plan on him breaking any NCAA all time scoring records, but you never know. He hasn't shot the ball at a collegiate level and hasn't quite signed up for classes yet but I would definitely say he will make an impact.

[oldknight]

Chicago Trib article about future Knight, Connor VanderBrug. One comment that jumps out is that of his high school coach who is quoted as saying this about Connor: "He's going to have a great college career. He could play at a bigger place if he wanted."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-26/news/ct-tl-0327-sports-elmhurst-20140326_1_timothy-christian-hoops-caps

He's 6' 7" . . . blocks like a center . . . shoots the 3 like a wing guard . . . and has the agility to play point?  A Calvin men's team version of Carissa Verkaik?

They are cousins.

[sac]

Gainesville, Fla tv station WCJB and their "highlight" package of Florida's win Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBYYp3BrLo

[almcguirejr]

As a Michigan fan this article sums up the season pretty well:  http://michigandaily.com/sports/sportsmonday-column-how-much-fun-was?page

[HollandKnight]

Chicago Trib article about future Knight, Connor VanderBrug. One comment that jumps out is that of his high school coach who is quoted as saying this about Connor: "He's going to have a great college career. He could play at a bigger place if he wanted."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-26/news/ct-tl-0327-sports-elmhurst-20140326_1_timothy-christian-hoops-caps

He's 6' 7" . . . blocks like a center . . . shoots the 3 like a wing guard . . . and has the agility to play point?  A Calvin men's team version of Carissa Verkaik?

They are cousins.

Are those facts? If so well done.

[oldknight]

Chicago Trib article about future Knight, Connor VanderBrug. One comment that jumps out is that of his high school coach who is quoted as saying this about Connor: "He's going to have a great college career. He could play at a bigger place if he wanted."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-26/news/ct-tl-0327-sports-elmhurst-20140326_1_timothy-christian-hoops-caps

He's 6' 7" . . . blocks like a center . . . shoots the 3 like a wing guard . . . and has the agility to play point?  A Calvin men's team version of Carissa Verkaik?

They are cousins.

Are those facts? If so well done.

Connor VanderBrug's dad and Carissa Verkaik's mom are siblings.

[gordonmann]

How about that. Pretty cool.

[sac]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

[Happy Calvin Guy]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

Mr. Hugan must have missed the recent posts on the MIAA page of d3boards.com, otherwise he'd realize that he just signed up for 4 long painful years of being completely dominated by Connor VanderBrug.

[sac]

I wasn't sure I was going to do season reviews this year but it would feel incomplete if I didn't.  It might take me awhile to get through these.

Adrian

[ziggy]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

Mr. Hugan must have missed the recent posts on the MIAA page of d3boards.com, otherwise he'd realize that he just signed up for 4 long painful years of being completely dominated by Connor VanderBrug.

I'm setting the over/under on league MVP awards at 4.5

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

Mr. Hugan must have missed the recent posts on the MIAA page of d3boards.com, otherwise he'd realize that he just signed up for 4 long painful years of being completely dominated by Connor VanderBrug.

I'm setting the over/under on league MVP awards at 4.5

Happened to be at Van Noord yesterday (a work thing I couldn't get out of) and I see they already have Connor's picture up with the other Calvin All-Americans.  It also appeared they were stenciling something on the playing surface - looked like VanderBrug Court.  And lastly I hear he has contributed the funds for a proper scoreboard that includes a means of tracking fouls on each team.   

[almcguirejr]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

Mr. Hugan must have missed the recent posts on the MIAA page of d3boards.com, otherwise he'd realize that he just signed up for 4 long painful years of being completely dominated by Connor VanderBrug.

I'm setting the over/under on league MVP awards at 4.5

Happened to be at Van Noord yesterday (a work thing I couldn't get out of) and I see they already have Connor's picture up with the other Calvin All-Americans.  It also appeared they were stenciling something on the playing surface - looked like VanderBrug Court.  And lastly I hear he has contributed the funds for a proper scoreboard that includes a means of tracking fouls on each team.  

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Jason Hugan  6-8  F/C Milford will attend Kalamazoo College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRes1WiSTSA

In an interview last fall he listed these schools as having interest.  Albion, Alma, Grand Valley, Central (Michigan?), IUPUI, Washing(ton?) University, Toledo, Arkon, Cleveland State.

Mr. Hugan must have missed the recent posts on the MIAA page of d3boards.com, otherwise he'd realize that he just signed up for 4 long painful years of being completely dominated by Connor VanderBrug.

I'm setting the over/under on league MVP awards at 4.5

Happened to be at Van Noord yesterday (a work thing I couldn't get out of) and I see they already have Connor's picture up with the other Calvin All-Americans.  It also appeared they were stenciling something on the playing surface - looked like VanderBrug Court.  And lastly I hear he has contributed the funds for a proper scoreboard that includes a means of tracking fouls on each team.  

My mistake - meant to say a players points and fouls::

Last night I took in the first ever game at Van Noord, won by the Calvin JV. I think I spent more time scoping the new arena than I did watching the game. I expected the facility to be spectacular and I wasn't disappointed.

We had barely entered the arena when my wife insisted on checking out the restroom accomodations to count stalls. For the record, Mrs. OldKnight reports there are 18 stalls in the concourse level women's restroom on the near side of the arena. That may be more information than you need to know but one of her pet peeves at Knollcrest was the inadequacy of the ladies' restroom which always seemed to have a long line. She then dispatched me to make a similar count in the men's room and after giving her the numbers, Mrs. OK provided Calvin with her Title IX seal of approval. I'm sure Henry DeVries is now breathing a sigh of relief.

I visited several seats to check out the viewing and the sight lines are mostly excellent. The only goofy thing I noticed was at the two corners of the upper bowl where the curved portion meets the seating against the flat wall. At that point there is a railing which requires the first couple of people seated in the curved area to view a portion of the floor through the railing, a situation which isn't ideal. However, goodknight noted that these seats are (pre)destined for Hope fans anyway so it really doesn't matter.

It's amazing how much smaller Calvin's national championship banners appear in this larger arena. If they hadn't placed them around the American flag I wouldn't have even noticed them. Speaking of Old Glory, it looked like they had just unpacked it from the box minutes before the game because fold marks were embarrasingly apparent during the National Anthem. I would suggest that Calvin get a larger American flag because the one they have now is simply too small for an arena the size of Van Noord.

I also had the opportunity to take in Van Noord Arena for the first time on Monday and it lived up to all of my expectations.  The place is big but it still gives the feeling that it could get really loud inside when (if?  ) it is sold out.  If the Calvin students come out in force this year VNA could provide a great homecourt advantage.

The only negative thing I took away from my first visit to "The Noord" was the lack of a "Player/Points/Fouls" scoreboard.