MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[AndersDY]

Perhaps some of you remember this Michael Jordan voiceover from one of his Nike commercials:

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Thanks Greg, I do recall that commercial and thought of it when I saw the previous post, but certainly did not recall the quote verbatim to be able to post it.

[scottiedawg]

Let me begin by saying that, even though I am a stout Hope fan, I cannot and will not dispute the fact that Kevin VandeStreek is a great coach.  (He does have one more national championship than Glenn)  However, that does not excuse him from critique or criticism.  For the third straight time while I have been closely following it, Calvin's season will hinge largely, if not entirely on whether they win the MIAA tournament and the automatic NCAA bid.  Their talent is unquestioned, evidenced by the beating of a Washington University squad that had Sean Wallis, and is clearly one of the best teams in the country. IMHO, the logical connection I make is if an extremely talented team loses eight games (and not playing a UAA type schedule) the blame falls on something other than the players themselves, namely the coaching staff, and specifically the head coach.  You can mention Griffin's ankle, Mantel's partial stagnation, Veltema's sophomore slump, Veldhouse's illness during the Hope game, etc, but I see inconsistent effort, especially defensively, lack of leadership, and poor ball movement, which would all point to the coach.  If I were a Calvin fan, I would be frustrated knowing that by the end of the year my team would be playing well enough to make a legitimate NCAA run, but their early and mid season play gave them a small chance of even making the tournament.  Yes, teams take a while to gel, but 3/4+ games into the season?  Something is amiss here.  Thoughts, questions, comments to put me in my place, docking of my karma?

[sac]

Calvin 52 Kzoo 32  half

Heck of a first half for Griffin.......22 points on 8-10 shooting 5-7 from 3.  Completely overshadowed Caleb Veldhouse's 15 points and 4-5 from 3.

Olivet 31 Tri-State 29 half

Albion 33 Adrian 27  half......Mocini keeping the good vibes going with 10, Young and Gallus have combined for 21 for Adrian.

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Interestingly with UConn up by one against South Florida Jim Calhoun had a 6'10" player guard the man making the inbound pass. There were only .2 seconds left so odds were against USF to begin with but the inbound pass was certainly not nearly as well aimed as Albion's on Wednesday.

[sac]

drama in the Albion/Adrian game

tied win under 2 to go at 50

www.miaa.org

update:  Drew Yancy ties it for Albion with :04 left to send it to OT

[Hopester]

Game going into OT at Adrian 52-52. Yancey hits a shot with 4 seconds left to tie it up.

[sac]

Olivet 72 TSU 65  Benford with 24

Cal 86 K 61  Griffin 24, Veldhouse 23........both played just over 20 min.

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Go Bulldogs! Its looking like OT is going to come down to the last possession as well.

[Hopester]

Double OT. Wow this is exciting.

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Adrian and Albion remained tied after the first OT. 60-60.

[sac]

Classic stuff.

[Hopester]

Albion looks like they have it 67-62. Livestats has been stuck on 15 seconds for me. Working for anyone else?

[sac]

Livestats pooped out but through individual stats I believe Albion won 67-64 in 2 OT.  Awsome game.


Young played 48 min, VanHoessen and Gallus played 46 for Adrian

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Big win for Albion! It would have been great to see Adrian pull that one out though as a Hope fan.

[wiz]

There's no talk about the upcoming game from our Calvin posters.  Could it be that the loss to Albion has made our friends from River City forget that there is another game tomorrow?  Kalamazoo is coming to town, and I'm sure the Hornets will be looking for revenge.  Wednesday night's win in Angola was a big one...and by a big margin.  They were able to hold the Thunder to only 48 pts--same as Calvin did at home, and 20 pts less than when Calvin played at Tri-State.  The Hornets are also the only team to break 90 pts against Albion this year.  If I had to pick an upset game for tomorrow, it would be Kzoo over Calvin.

Calvin by 11.

So much for that prediction.  Calvin wins it in a cakewalk by 25.  Griffin had 22 in the first half.  Everyone played.  Thought they could come out down after Wednesday's heartbreaker but they stepped up and played like they have something to prove.  Can't wait until next Wednesday!