MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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Hope 73 Albion 70 F

Another tough gritty win for Hope.  Down 8 at halftime, slow grind to an 8pt lead and held on.  Avery Sanchez with some quality minutes at PG with Marcus Wourman on the bench in foul trouble.   Zero turnovers from Wourman, Sanchez, Mims

Hope, Trine and Olivet won in Kresge and thats a pretty good reason the standings look like they do.

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Standings
Hope 11-2
Olivet 11-2
Trine 10-3
Calvin 9-4
Albion 6-7
Adrian 3-10
Alma 2-11
Kzoo 0-13

Title chase
Hope win, Olivet loss = Hope is Champion
Hope win, Olivet win =  Hope/Olivet Co-Champions
Hope loss, Olivet win = Olivet is Champion
Hope loss, Olivet loss, Trine win =  Hope/Olivet/Trine Co-Champions
            *It would be first 3-way tie since 1981 (Albion, Hope, Calvin)

The most important thing to remember here is Calvin cannot win the Championship.

Hosting the Semi-finals
Hope hosts with a win
Olivet hosts with win and Hope loss
Hope hosts with loss and Olivet loss/Trine win

Its also not trivial that Calvin cannot host, or Trine


Seeding
Hope win, Olivet win
1. Hope
2. Olivet
3. Trine
4. Calvin
5. Albion
6. Adrian/Alma

Hope win, Olivet loss
1. Hope
2. Trine
3. Olivet
4. Calvin
5. Albion
6. Adrian/Alma

Hope loss, Olivet win
1. Olivet
2. Hope
3. Calvin
4. Trine
5. Albion
6. Adrian/Alma

Hope loss, Olivet loss, ie Trine win
1. Hope
2. Trine
3. Olivet
4. Calvin
5. Albion
6. Adrian/Alma

6th seed note:  Adrian is #6 seed with win or Alma loss, should they tie I think that tie-breaker will go to 2nd half record and I'm not sure how they'll exactly do that.

Kalamazoo is eliminated and they'll either have 1 win or be the first winless in conference team since 2003.