BREAKING: Jon VanderWal will become the 12th head men's basketball coach at Trine University. This ends an 18 year tenure at Marietta where he compiled a 341-150 (.695) record.
Coach VanderWal makes his return to the MIAA after being a standout at Albion College (2001)
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The beauty of college basketball is that if you've made your conference tournament, you have a path to the national championship.
Everyone has a clean slate this week.
Win and advance.
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The Pioneers have knocked on the door twice before and been denied. For the first time in school history, Marietta will play on their home floor in search of a program first Final 4.
A big moment awaits in Ban Johnson tomorrow evening.
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Fantastic 3 games this wknd. Went in thinking it was wide open and that played out.
D3 may be the last bastion of "pure" basketball left. Student athletes playing for a team/collective and not a big (or bigger) NIL deal. It's time for the country to open it's eyes to #d3hoops.
Hearing already that 2,000 tickets have been sold for general admission Friday evening in Fort Wayne. This isn't including the block of tickets that have been reserved for each of the four schools.
Friday evening is going to ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ.
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Final from Ban Johnson
Marietta 73
#1 Christopher Newport 69
MAR: Willoughby 19, Parrott 18, Waganfeald 17
CNU: Barber 18, Parrish 13, Hines/Hollenbeck 10
For the first time in school history, Marietta has taken down the #1 team in the country.
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Per Massey, @EttaExpress_MC is the third best program in the state of Ohio (#176 overall nationally)...at every level. Only Cincinnati (#133) and Ohio State (#173) rank above.
Marietta would be the 3rd best team in the Mid-American Conference this year.
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An electrifying match-up between two of MLSโ best takes center stage in Cleveland ๐ฌ
The Columbus Crew and Inter Miami CF will meet in one of the leagueโs highest-profile 2025 regular season matches on April 19 at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio.