Quote from: Grutte Dirk on March 18, 2024, 07:03:11 PMQuote from: monsoon on March 18, 2024, 05:41:44 PMFinal Top 25 is out.So, Holland beats #6 Calvin and #1 Trine in the MIAA tournament, loses to #11 Case Western in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament, and drops three spots? I'd like to see Holland O'fer for a season, and I think that's ridiculous.
#1: Trine
#6: Calvin
#25: Hope
https://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2023-24/final\
Hope made the round of 32, you'll get some variance in where voters placed them among those 32 teams. Some higher some lower. They needed to win the Whitewater and Platteville games to stick in the top 25 poll most of the season. They really weren't in that conversation until the MIAA tournament. A few noticed an 18 point win over someone in late January but that was some brief votes.
They played Platteville very tough and probably should have won that one in early December. Otherwise the non-conference schedule did not have much of a take notice factor.
There wasn't much difference between Trine, Calvin, Hope and Platteville and a number of other teams by years end. Play that tournament 10 times you probably get 6 or 7 different winners this year. That's why the tournament is fun.
All three MIAA teams got some trophies, fun year overall. Some surprises, some not.