Hope schedule is I think potentially sneaky good or potentially just a little above average.  Four of those teams won 20 games, at least 2 have to retool a bit.  Wheaton was on the low end of the wins with only 7 but expect them to be better this year and will for sure score points before Hope hits 27 this time.  The rest were all within a game or 2 or 3 of .500.  Some strong to  strongish D3 programs that have had some kind of success at different times over the years. 

Useless trivia, Hope will play 7 programs that have won a D3 National Championship, total games 9.
10 that have made at least one trip to the Final Four, total games 13.

No one is 100% new to Hope, but Hope and Franklin haven't played since 1921 (c'mon man).  Muskingum only once in a 1988 NCAA game in New Concord, Oh, so first trip to Holland for the Muskies.  Will be meeting #4 with WashU, all 3 previous were in the NCAA.

Quote from: KnightSlappy on June 26, 2025, 11:25:33 AMRichaud Pack of Adrian ended up playing at Maryland, if I remember correctly. But that is not the same thing

Richaud is still playing professionally in Europe, most recently in the Israeli league.  He's led his league in scoring with 4 teams among various leagues.

Still one of the most curious MIAA players to pass through the league imo.



edit--  I see he's apparently signed with a pro team in the Cape Verde Islands.  (but that might be a summer thing?)

 congrats  d3db

Very cool honor for Steve.

Avery Sanchez 6-2 PG  Turlock, CA (Pitman HS) will attend Hope

He was the Modesto Bee Player of the Year.

Quote from: TUAngola on April 29, 2025, 06:06:58 PM

Quote from: KnightSlappy on April 29, 2025, 05:48:13 PMPer Ryan Whitnable, Jon VanderWal will leave Marietta to take the Trine job.

VanderWal is a West Michigan native and played his college ball at Albion.

https://x.com/OACBBallShow/status/1917333656126816709?s=19

That's a really good coach that Trine is getting.  I know he's had tons of success at Marietta, getting into the NCAA tournament 9 of his 16 seasons with the Pioneers, including a final 4 berth in 2022.  Curious as to why he would be leaving a great program like Marietta, other than to get back closer to home and compete in the MIAA.

Interesting fun fact, Trine and Marietta will be playing against each other in the Great Lakes Invitational this coming November.

Jon is from Cadillac, played college basketball at Albion. 

Great hire for Trine. 

Justin Fisher 6-3 G  Hudsonville will attend Hope

This transfer stuff isn't very fun.

Brendan Cargill 5-11 G Forest Hills Central will attend Hope

Tucker Walther 6-4 G  Schoolcraft will attend Hope

Vincent Salmon 6-8 C Brighton will attend Albion  (some say 6-9)

Missed a good chunk of his Sr season to a foot injury.  Was top 100 pre-season by the Detroit Free Press.



I've watch East Lansing a couple times the last 2 weeks and came away very confident Albion committ Cam Essell will contribute to their program right away.   But I am also pretty terrible at predicting such things. <shrugs>

Its always hard when a guy is pretty good but plays on such a talented team, EL has 1 D1 committ, a future D1 committ, both sons of MSU Spartans and 2 college football guys and probably a couple other future college bballers.  But Cam just seems to settle them sometimes, strong Luka Ressler type vibes with him. 


 

Quote from: wiz on March 03, 2025, 02:00:58 PMSuperor coaching confirmed

https://calvinknights.com/news/2025/3/3/calvins-bill-sall-named-miaa-mens-basketball-coach-of-the-year.aspx

Now they both have one.

Quote from: calvin_grad on March 02, 2025, 01:24:06 PMNot a D3 guru by any stretch. What are the chances Calvin will host the first weekend?

Illinois Wesleyan cannot host, so this part of the country will need a replacement, however there are about 3 teams rated higher in the latest NPI that could easily host.

Slim, but its out there.

Quote from: wiz on March 01, 2025, 10:25:34 PMComing from behind and controlling the second half is an indicator of superior coaching.

"Superior coaching" is now 7-8 overall and 1-3 vs Hope in the MIAA Tournament while being the favorite 3 times. 



Have fun in the tournament, well deserved.  Calvin had a great conference season. 

Great moments in d3boards history

Quote from: ChickenHoops on November 19, 2024, 08:20:52 PMIs the Calvin coach on the hot seat?