Location: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Founded: 1876
Enrollment: 4,207
Colors: Maroon & Gold
Gymnasium: Calvin Fieldhouse (4,500)
Conference: MIAA
President: Dr. Gaylen Byker
Athletic Director: Dr. Marvin Zuidema
NCAA appearances: 12 (1980-81,
86-87-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-2000)
Tournament Record: 20-13 (.606)
National Championships: 1992
|
94 |
vs. Beloit |
50 |
|
73 |
at Wheaton (Ill.) |
69 |
|
91 |
vs. Grand Valley State |
83 |
|
89 |
vs. Aquinas |
66 |
|
90 |
vs. Ferris State |
77 |
|
76 |
at Cornerstone |
68 |
|
89 |
Aquinas |
76 |
|
99 |
at Orch. Lake St. Mary's |
65 |
|
65 |
vs. Biola |
72 |
|
81 |
at Azusa Pacific |
90 |
|
104 |
Defiance |
74 |
|
70 |
Alma |
61 |
|
86 |
at Adrian |
76 |
|
78 |
at Hope |
68 |
|
75 |
Olivet |
72 |
|
84 |
at Albion |
76 |
|
91 |
Kalamazoo |
69 |
|
94 |
at Defiance |
89 |
|
86 |
at Alma |
67 |
|
83 |
Adrian |
68 |
|
82 |
Hope (OT) |
80 |
|
101 |
at Olivet |
71 |
|
63 |
Albion |
57 |
|
85 |
at Kalamazoo |
66 |
|
MIAA Tournament |
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|
79 |
vs. Alma |
73 |
|
78 |
vs. Albion |
59 |
|
95 |
vs. Defiance |
82 |
|
NCAA Tournament |
||
|
92 |
Franklin (OT) |
90 |
|
82 |
Wooster |
53 |
|
115 |
McMurry |
79 |
Victory Records: With 28 wins, Calvin has matched the second-highest win total in school history, matching the 28-3 record posted by its 1990 Final Four club. Calvin's 1991-92 national championship team holds the single-season record for wins in a season with a 31-1 mark.
Division III opponents: Calvin is 22-0 against Division III competition this year and 2-0 against NCAA Division II competition. Calvin's only defeats this year came to nationally-ranked NAIA Division I Azusa Pacific and Biola of California. Third-ranked Azusa Pacific and seventh-ranked Biola (NAIA DI) are both competing in the NAIA Division I national tournament this week.
Number-One Perch: Calvin moved into the number-one spot in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 national poll two weeks ago, marking the first time Calvin has been ranked number-one by a national poll since its 1992 national championship season. Calvin was ranked 22nd in the preseason national poll. Calvin also finished out the regular season as the number-one seed in the Great Lakes Region for the seventh consecutive week.
Triple-Tries: With 562 three-point attempts on the year, Calvin has established a new single-season school-record for three-point attempts, breaking the previous record of 545 set by Calvin's 1993-94 squad. With 207 three-point field goals made, Calvin is just five made three-point field goals away from breaking the Calvin single-season record of 211 set by the 1993-94 team.
Free Throw Woes: Calvin has struggled at the free-throw line this year, connecting on just 69.7% of its free throws overall and just 68.5% in league play which ranked seventh in the MIAA (league games only). Calvin had its best free-throw shooting performance in league play in its win against Albion on January 22 as the Knights connected on 14 of 16 (87.5%) of its attempts at the charity stripe.
Roster
|
No. |
Name |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Hometown |
|
4 |
Kyle Smith |
G |
Fr. |
6-0 |
175 |
Jenison, Mich. |
|
10 |
Bryan Foltice |
G |
Fr. |
6-0 |
170 |
Grandville, Mich. |
|
12 |
Jon Potvin |
G |
So. |
5-11 |
170 |
Gladstone, Mich. |
|
14 |
Aaron Winkle |
F |
Sr. |
6-6 |
205 |
Lake City, Mich. |
|
20 |
Dave Bartels |
G |
Fr. |
6-3 |
175 |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
|
22 |
Nate Burgess |
G |
Jr. |
5-11 |
175 |
Byron Center, Mich. |
|
24 |
Nate Karsten |
G |
Sr. |
6-2 |
180 |
Zeeland, Mich. |
|
30 |
Tim Bruinsma |
G |
So. |
6-3 |
190 |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
32 |
Jason DeKuiper |
G |
Jr. |
6-2 |
180 |
Fremont, Mich. |
|
34 |
Jeremy Veenstra |
F |
Fr. |
6-6 |
205 |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
|
40 |
Brian Krosschell |
F/C |
Jr. |
6-8 |
210 |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
42 |
Nick Ploegstra |
F |
So. |
6-4 |
210 |
Cleveland, Ohio |
|
44 |
Jon VanderPlas |
C |
Fr. |
6-6 |
210 |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
|
50 |
Derek Kleinheksel |
F/C |
Jr. |
6-6 |
210 |
Hamilton, Mich. |
|
52 |
Josh Tubergen |
C |
So. |
6-7 |
200 |
Zeeland, Mich. |
Head Coach: Kevin Vande Streek
Assistant Coach: Chris Fear
About Coach Vande Streek
Kevin Vande Streek is in his fourth year as head men's basketball coach at Calvin College and has a 80-27 overall record at the helm of the Knight program. He also has led Calvin to two MIAA championships in the past four years.
A 1981 graduate of Dordt College, Iowa, Vande Streek came to Calvin after six years as head coach at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota - an NAIA institution - where he complied a 93-80 coaching record.
A native of Waupun, Wisconsin, Vande Streek graduated from Central Wisconsin Christian High School where he was an all-conference point guard on the basketball squad. He then attended Ripon College in Wisconsin for a year, where he played one year of varsity basketball before transferring to Dordt, where he was a three-year varsity player.
Vande Streek earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of South Dakota in 1986. At Calvin, Vande Streek teaches in CC's Physical Education core program.