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| Mickey DeVries is from Lansing, a city to which MSU is near. |
I had not – for reasons unknown – previously explored some
of the more advanced features of the website. For example, we can see that
these ratings predict
Calvin to finish the regular season with eight or nine more wins, and gives
them roughly an 80% chance of hitting the 20 win mark (prior to the MIAA
Tournament). We can also see that the teams Calvin plays this year look awfully
regional even if three didn’t count as such.
But, perhaps most importantly, we find definitive proof that Calvin is better than the Michigan State
Spartans. Or, perhaps more appropriately styled, the twenty second ranked in Division I Michigan State Spartans.
Calvin, as we all know, defeated Cornerstone in the GRSHOF Classic earlier this year. But what you may not know is that Cornerstone had previously defeated Indiana Wesleyan. But here’s the shocking fact that will shock you: Indiana Wesleyan went on to beat Shawnee St who had previously beaten Rio Grande who later beat Campbell. Division I Cambell. The very same Division I Campbell that just last week topped Gardner Webb by a full 12 points.
I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this.
As we all know, Gardner Webb shellacked Tennessee Tech a
month ago even though Tennessee Tech had defeated a much better Wisconsin-Green
Bay squad two days prior. That win didn’t turn heads at the time, but it gained
significance after UW-Green Bay topped Marquette two weeks later. The same
Marquette, believe it or not, that topped UConn on New Year’s day. And we all
know who UConn beat to tip off the season: Little Brother himself.
We might have expected Calvin to be slightly better than Michigan State – given their respective 12-2
and 13-3 records – but we now have the pudding that contains some very
persuasive proof. And it’s not even really close. By adding up all of the point
differentials, we could easily expect Calvin to beat Michigan State by a full 88
points.
It’s science.
