Men's Rivalry: The History
The all-time series
- Spans 89 years
- 176 games
- Hope leads series 90-86
Fast facts*
*Updated February 28, 2010
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Through 176 games, Hope leads the series 90-86.
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Just 99 points separate the teams over 176 games, a difference of only 0.562 points per game!
Hope has scored 11,913 points, an average of 67.687 per game.
Calvin has scored 11,814 points, an average of 67.125 per game. - 1920s – Hope won 6-2
- 1930s – Hope won 9-5
- 1940s – Hope won 8-2
- 1950s – 10 games each
- 1960s – Hope won 11-9
- 1970s – Calvin won 21-0
- 1980s – Hope won 14-9
- 1990s – 13 games each
- 2000s – Hope won 16-14 2010s – Hope leads 3-1
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The series started in 1920-21 with a 31-13 Hope victory.
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Calvin once defeated Hope 22 consecutive times (1969-70 until the second game in 1979-80). Hope's longest winning streak was 10 games, from the start of 1994-95 through 1997-98 season).
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In 1964-65 Hope beat Calvin 104-102 in the series' highest scoring game.
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The series' lowest scoring game was a 26-11 Hope win in 1924-25.
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Hope was the first team to score 100 points, winning 100-90 in 1954. The most points was by Calvin - 105-71 in 1964. There hasn't been a 100-point game since 1972 when Calvin won, 102-89.
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Hope's biggest margin of victory was 54-20 in 1921-22.
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Calvin's biggest margin of victory was 85-43 in 1951-52.
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The teams met five times in 2006-07. Hope won the series 3-2 in the most unusual way. Hope defeated Calvin twice on the Knights' home floor and Calvin defeated Hope twice in games at Hope's DeVos Fieldhouse. The fifth-game "rubber match" was played on a neutral floor in Aurora, Ill. with Hope prevailing 80-64 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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The teams met for the first time in the championship game of the Select Bank Hall of Fame Classic in November, 2006 with the Flying Dutchmen prevailing 76-54 on Calvin's home court. They met again in the consolation final of the tournament in 2009 with Hope winning 79-76 at Calvin's Van Noord Arena.
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The teams have met 11 times in the MIAA tournament since it began in 1992. Hope owns an 8-3 advantage and is 7-1 when the game determined the tournament champion. In 2006-07, the Knights defeated the Flying Dutchmen in the tournament finals 78-76 at Hope. In 2007-08, Hope defeated Calvin 88-72 in the MIAA Tournament Championship game. In 2008-09, Hope defeated Calvin 69-59 in the tournament final and in 2009-10, Hope defeated Calvin 78-74.
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The teams have met six times in the NCAA playoffs with Calvin winning four of the five -- 92-90 ot in 1987, 95-68 in 1990, 84-79 ot in 1991 and 91-88 in 1992. Hope posted back-to-back victories in 2006 (70-67) and 2007 (80-64).
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There have been eleven overtime games with Hope holding a 6-5 advantage.
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Hope coach Glenn Van Wieren versus Calvin (since 1977-78) is 46-41.
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Calvin coach Kevin VandeStreek versus Hope (since 1996-97) is 16-25.
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Calvin owned a 33-16 advantage in the 43 years of play at the Calvin Fieldhouse from the 1965-66 season through the 2007-08 season.
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Hope hosted Calvin at the Holland Civic Center for 51 years (1954-55 thru 2004-05), Hope owning a 31-24 advantage.
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Hope moved to its new Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse for the 2005-06 season. Hope won the first meeting 73-55 and again in an NCAA tournament game 70-67. Hope is 5-3 versus Calvin at DeVos Fieldhouse.
- Calvin moved into the Van Noord Arena in time for the 2009 MIAA season. Hope holds a 3-2 edge inside the facility.
- Calvin owns a 3-2 advantage when the game is played on a neutral floor. The most recent neutral floor game occurred in 2007 with Hope defeating Calvin 80-64 in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Aurora, Ill.
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The January 29, 1997 game at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, a 70-56 Hope triumph, established an NCAA Division III single game attendance record with a capacity crowd of 11,442.
Decade-by-decade
Facts complied by Tom Renner, Hope College, and Jeff Febus, Calvin College
