Quote from: AlwaysHope on January 20, 2022, 08:11:17 PM
From SAC:  12.3 second left, Adrian ball, 3 point Hope lead.  Please just witness the mastery of this play, then laugh because I did.   
https://youtu.be/5kprwrQnyX8?t=8207"

Great steal by Tanner Wiegerink, who then drives the length of the court but decides to not shoot an uncontested layup with no Adrian player nearby.  He then hands out the ball to Clayton, who did not expect it.   Announcer says that Tanner decides to "run some clock" but realistically only maybe two seconds went off the clock before Clayton got fouled.

Wouldn't it be a better strategy to shoot the easy layup for a five point, two possession lead with about 6 seconds left in the game. The way it turned out, Clayton missed the 1st free throw, but made the second for a 2 possession lead.

Ya I think you take the lay-up there. Unless you know you can dribble out the entire clock, I would take the layup. A 5 point lead pretty much seals the win. It did work out for them though.

Quote from: ziggy on January 08, 2022, 04:59:18 PM
Calvin did a much better job dictating tempo. It was nice to see them use some full court pressure and take advantage of some mismatches on offense to turn a comfortable game into a laugher before halftime. As oldknight noted, a 15-0 run closed the half for Calvin and the lead only continued to grow in the second. Thad Shymanski used a size advantage to do most of his damage with 17 first half points. Shymanski finished with a game high 19 in only 19 minutes. Bill Sall was able to start emptying his bench with eight or nine minutes to go. Nice to get some more guys some experience without using more energy than necessary today.

Funny play of the game came when Emmett Warners found himself with the ball but on the floor with the shot clock running down. He got the shot up from his backside and it was enough to get rim, Calvin collected the offensive rebound and Warners then found himself the recipient of a pass to drain a three pointer. That's a quick reward for the effort! Not sure I have ever seen a play like that before.

This was from a few years back:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJoxGpEswOI

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on January 06, 2022, 08:38:45 AM

Quote from: Goknights2017 on January 05, 2022, 07:43:14 PM
Olivet @ Adrian - 4
Trine @ Hope - 1
Kalamazoo @ Alma - 2
Calvin @ Albion - 3

Goknights2017 - maybe you are aware but you will get a "no pick" for the Olivet @ Adrian game, since you submitted it 43 minutes after the tipoff of that game.  Sorry

Ya I thought they started at 8. That's fine.

Olivet @ Adrian - 4
Trine @ Hope - 1
Kalamazoo @ Alma - 2
Calvin @ Albion - 3

According to Twitter, Luke Scheffers will attend Calvin.

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 03, 2020, 03:51:16 PM

Quote from: HOPEful on March 02, 2020, 07:09:13 AM
I would be interested the amount of times that the result of the MIAA tournament increased the number of MIAA teams in the NCAA vs. the amount of times the results left the outright regular-season winners home...

Did a "quick" look at the last 20 years (00-01 season through 19-20).  There have been a total of 6 pool C awards to the MIAA over that time:

Albion in 05
Calvin in 06
Hope in 07, 14, 16, & 17

For all 6 of those, the Pool C went to the team who won the regular season championship, but lost in the MIAA tournament. So my first thought was - 6 times it increased the number of tournament teams. 

But then I looked a bit deeper, and I actually think that 4 of those MIAA tourney winners (who weren't regular season champs) would have potentially gotten their own Pool C had they not won the MIAA tourney (Calvin in 05 & 14, Hope in 06, and Alma in 16).  That leads me to say 2 is the actual increase due to the MIAA tournament winner not being the league champ. 

On the other side of that coin - there have been 7 league champs over the same 20 year span who did not make the NCAA tournament due to a loss in the MIAA tournament.

Thanks for doing some research on this FDF! I assume you mean the 2013-2014 Calvin team? I'm not so sure that team would have gotten a pool C bid despite the fact that they made it to the sweet 16. That team was not ranked in the final regional rankings. Two or three teams, that were ranked in the same region as Calvin, did not make the NCAA tournament. This finally ranking also would have to take into account that Calvin had not beaten Hope in that years MIAA championship game, making it even less likely they would get a pool C.  Your thoughts?

Quote from: arena on February 15, 2020, 05:15:12 PM

Quote from: calvin_grad on February 15, 2020, 04:47:10 PM
You can't guard him!!  Clap.Clap.  Clap-Clap-Clap.

Derrick DeVries with 37 points, 16 boards and 5 assists in 30 minutes of PT.  Calvin wins 87-76 over Alma.

And he gets every whistle.

Good, aggressive players are usually the ones that get deserved whistles. 

In reference to the decision to foul or not foul, a 6 second difference is tough. With an 8 second difference, you obviously don't foul. With a 4 second difference, you obviously foul (not enough time to get down the floor and get a decent look at the hoop, you're limiting yourself to a half-court heave to tie it). 6 seconds is enough time to get the rebound, call a timeout, and then get down the floor to get a shot up. It would be tough but doable. If you foul, you're hoping they miss free-throws. Alma, is 78% from the line as a team and their main ball-handlers are all above 80%. Hoping for multiple missed free-throws is a bit of wishful thinking. Like an earlier poster mentioned, the score makes a huge difference. If it is a 1 point game, and probably a 2 point game, you foul with 36 seconds left; However, in a 3 point game, I think you have to let your defense try to get a stop and keep it a 1 possession game, especially against a good free-throw shooting team. Coach Mitchell tried to put it in his teams hands, which I certainly can respect.

It's worth mentioning that if this were a high school game, I would likely foul with a 6 second difference (assuming this is a state that has a high school shot clock, which they all should but that's a different argument). There is a lot more variation and potential for missed free-throws and possible turnovers in the high school game that adds to the variation and potential for a comeback.

1/18
Albion - 4
Calvin - 3
Hope - 2
Alma - 1

Albion - 4
Trine - 3
Calvin - 2
Kzoo - 1

Jan 8:

Trine  4
Albion 3
Hope 2
Alma 1

After a good start last night, the knights fell to a very beatable Wheaton team. Other than the lack of depth that has been mentioned already, the defense was particularly bad. Wheaton shot nearly 50% from the field. There also were countless back-cuts that led to uncontested layups or fouls and free-throws. If this team wants to win the MIAA, they have to improve the defense.

Quote from: Medicated Pete on December 06, 2019, 09:10:33 PM
These announcers.....

I thought they did fine. Keep in mind they were on air for like 12 straight hours. Not sure many people would sign up to do that. Thanks to them for being willing to roast their voices for several hours. Also, your Karma shows just how much people really value your opinion.

On a separate note, Congrats to Coach Souders and the entire Knights soccer program on another very successful season. This team/program lost 9 seniors and had to replace several All-Americans, yet still made it back to the final four. The Seniors on this team compiled an 88-8-2 record in their time at Calvin. Well done! Hoping the national title is in the near future. (For the record I did not compile these stats. I found them on various Calvin social media posts but thought they should be shared here.)

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Quote from: sac on December 01, 2019, 08:13:05 PM
Albion 69  Rose Hulman 64

Little different Albion team than last year.  More post depth, less guard depth but maybe better in both areas.  Albion didn't have its best night shooting but they outworkd RHIT for loose balls and rebounds and that was a pretty large reason they walked away with this W.  Albion was pretty tough down the stretch and pulled away a bit in what was a pretty close game throughout.  Caden Ebeling had some first half foul trouble that limited his night. 

MJ Barnes is coming off the bench the last couple games, noticed he had a brace on his left wrist which disappeared at halftime.   I believe Fr. Josh Palo has moved into a starting role.

If you don't have good PG play you're going to have a hard time beating the Brits.  Jamezelle Davis was so smooth tonight, exactly 1 turnover and really good command of his role, absolutely lethal on the few fast break opportunities this game afforded.

At this point d3hoops.com needs to do an expose on Davis's incredible ability to hit the big shot, yet another buzzer beater this one a 3 at the end of the first half.   


Albion is off until the 17th when they play DePauw at Transylvania , then they get Marietta or Transylvania.  Either one a really good Great Lakes pairing.  They could certainly have no more than 2 or 3 losses by MIAA play.

Looked at his games played this year, and shots he has taken with less than 30 seconds left till the end of the period (half, game, OT).  He is 3-5 from the field including 2-4 from 3!!

The MIAA tournament was heartbreaking last year (for OC fans at least), but I'm starting to feel less bad about it. At the time I thought Davis hit a fluke shot, but he's proving he's just a superior player in the last 30 seconds. And losing to a guy who has the 'X' factor in the last 30 seconds hurts a lot less than a guy who just made a fluke shot.

Not to take away any of his accomplishments, but half court shots are pretty much always flukes. Obviously, he has a knack for hitting the big shot, but if I were Olivet, I would like my odds letting him shoot that same shot again. (Talking of the MIAA tournament shot).

Couldn't you just leave the games up for no charge, or is that a copyright infringement with Turner? If the games are available to the general public the same that they are available to players and/or their families, is that still a violation.