Congrats to Hope and best of luck in the NCAAs.

Reflecting on the end of the Calvin seniors' careers...I note that those listed as Freshman on the 2022-23 Calvin roster (8 listed, but only 5 received significant playing time) combined for 4,593 points in their Calvin careers. Top two scorers on that list only played three seasons. Not sure if that point total is some kind of record, but what a class.

Overway to enter portal?

Behind paywall so I can't view the full article

Great win for the Knights in Holland. One note...as the final seconds ticked down, Wourman missed a shot, and Luka Ressler grabbed the rebound. This happened with ~4 seconds remaining in the game. However, Hope's official scorer inexplicably credited it as a "team rebound," leaving Luka with 9 rebounds--one shy of his first career double-double.

I'm sure Luka doesn't care about individual stats in light of the win over Hope but given how he's put his body on the line for the team these last few games, it would have been nice for him to get the double-double he earned.

Quote from: wiz on March 20, 2025, 02:06:09 PMDoes anyone have a list of Calvin players that have ever been named NABC 1st team All American?

2024-25 Uchenna Egekeze (1st team)
2023-24 Jalen Overway (1st team)
2022-23 Jalen Overway (3rd team)
2019-20 Derrick DeVries (3rd team)
2014-15 Jordan Brink (2nd team)
2001-02 Jeremy Veenstra (2nd team)
1999-00 Aaron Winkle (1st team)
1992-93 Steve Honderd (1st team)
1991-92 Steve Honderd (2nd team)
1989-90 Bill Sall (3rd team)
1976-77 Mark Veenstra (3rd team)

Congrats to Uchenna Ugekeze who was selected to play one more game:
https://calvinknights.com/news/2025/3/17/mens-basketball-calvins-uchenna-egekeze-selected-to-play-in-nabc-division-iii-all-star-game.aspx

He will suit up as a teammate with two Calvin killers who bookended our season: Logan Pearson (UW-Platteville) and Ryan Broeckel (Wisc Lutheran).

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 10, 2025, 03:45:00 PMThat was actually in the semi-final @ Trine in 2024 - part of a great weekend in Angola for Hope. 

FDF, thanks for the corrections, I must have blocked out the details of the bad memories. I just know the memory was triggered in a painful way this past weekend when Wisc Lutheran's big man hit four threes against us.

Thanks also for the list of recruits and your work to compile it. It seems a little shorter than usual. Are recruits still deciding up until the normal college decision day of May 1? Or is there just less info out there?

Fun season. 20 game win streak, 14-0 in MIAA, MIAA tourney champs, 3-0 sweep vs Hope, overall enjoyable team to root for. A too-soon exit from NCAA tourney but still a memorable season in many ways.

Regarding prior post about Quillan, terrific career. My (least) favorite memory is the 7 threes he hit in Grand Rapids in the 2024 MIAA tournament championship game.

Any news about 2025 incoming freshman, or transfers in/out?

Per Massey:
Calvin 56% probability to beat Wisconsin Lutheran in opening game. Most likely score 74-72.

Platteville pod probabilities:

UW-Platteville 61.6%
Calvin 19.5%
Wisconsin Lutheran 14.0%
Grinnell 4.9%

As of this afternoon, I believe Calvin has the nation's longest active winning streak

Quote from: Dark Knight on February 26, 2025, 07:40:18 AMHmmm. I hadn't really thought about the fact that that there is a tradeoff between going for steals and solid defense, that a high number of steals may also result in a higher opponent field goal percentage. Nice observation.

Maybe we need some combination stat that includes both factors. Or would that just be defensive efficiency? From D3Datacast, Calvin 86.3 (#4), Trine 89.7 (#15).

Calvin's opponents' points per game:
First 7 games: 78.0 ppg
Next 18 games: 57.9 ppg

It would be interesting to see how Calvin ranks nationally in defensive efficiency during the 18-game win streak.

Congrats to Calvin on being only the fourth team in MIAA men's basketball history to go 14-0 in conference play, joining 1959-60 Hope, 1999-2000 Calvin, and 2011-12 Hope.

A year ago yesterday Olivet beat eventual national champion Trine by double figures. Coach Hargraves brings his team ready to play every game. Kretschman seems to be emerging as one of the top freshman in the MIAA--I thought he was impressive in the game at Van Noord and he has had other great games recently (e.g. 17/17/9/5 steals vs Alma). Calvin is playing well lately but they can't take Olivet lightly tomorrow night. Hope's victory over Trine gave Calvin the gift of a 2 game lead in MIAA and it sure would be nice to maintain that.

Great to see James Felton and Daane Harvey back seeing game action after injuries. Hope to see Trevin Winkle return soon too. Any word on the severity of his ankle?

Also glad that Parker Swartz was not injured after the dirty foul by Adrian today. It was good that the ref issued some sort of technical/flagrant foul to signal that type of dangerous play is not acceptable.

A key moment from last night's Hope-Albion game. With about 2 min left, Hovey hit a three to give Hope their first lead since the first minute of the second half. Wourman immediately stole the inbounds pass and Mims smartly backed the ball out to kill clock, maintain momentum, and be patient for a good shot. But the shot clock was erroneously set to 20 seconds instead of giving Hope the full 30 on change of possession. No one seemed to notice this--Hope coaches, players, refs, announcers, anyone. As a result of the erroneous shot clock, Hope never got into their offense and Mims (a 26% three point shooter) had to force up a three as the shot clock ran down. He missed, Hope fouled on the rebound, and Albion tied the game from the line with 1:34 left. Hope did not score again and lost by two on Albion's buzzer beating putback. In any loss you can point to a million things, but in hindsight 10 more seconds of clock usage and one more potential quality shot attempt loomed pretty large.

Calvin and Hope have momentum going in different directions right now, but it's been a real fine line and Calvin would do well to not take Hope lightly on Saturday.

Roster posted
https://calvinknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

It appears Jordan Scott is not on the roster. All other potential returnees with significant minutes are back.