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In 2005, [[ESPN]] polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.<ref name="Behm2">{{cite news | url=http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=4660 | title=The Calvin–Hope Rivalry: from obscurity to national limelight | date=February 26, 2010 |author= Behm, Jon |work=Chimes | publisher=[[Calvin College]] Student Newspaper|accessdate=2010-03-18}}</ref>
In 2005, [[ESPN]] polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.<ref name="Behm2">{{cite news | url=http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=4660 | title=The Calvin–Hope Rivalry: from obscurity to national limelight | date=February 26, 2010 |author= Behm, Jon |work=Chimes | publisher=[[Calvin College]] Student Newspaper|accessdate=2010-03-18}}</ref>


The men's basketball teams first played each other in 1920.<ref name=Beardsley>{{cite news| url=http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2010/01/3-pointers_give_calvin_college.html | title=Calvin men win bragging rights against Hope behind freshman Bryan Powell's 3s |date=Janaury 7, 2010|author=Beardsley, Howie |newspaper=[[The Grand Rapids Press]]|accessdate=2011-1-26}}</ref> As of January 2011, the men's [[basketball]] teams have played 177 times, with the Hope Flying Dutch leading with 90 wins to the Calvin Knights' 87 wins.<ref name="Renner and Febus1">{{cite web | url=http://www.calvinhope.com/men/history.htm | title=Men's Rivalry: The History | date=January 6, 2011 |author= Renner, Tom and Jeff Febus | publisher=calvinhope.com|accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref>
The men's basketball teams first played each other in 1920.<ref name=Beardsley>{{cite news| url=http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2010/01/3-pointers_give_calvin_college.html | title=Calvin men win bragging rights against Hope behind freshman Bryan Powell's 3s |date=Janaury 7, 2010|author=Beardsley, Howie |newspaper=[[The Grand Rapids Press]]|accessdate=2011-1-26}}</ref> As of January 2011, the men's [[basketball]] teams have played 178 times, with the Hope Flying Dutch leading with 91 wins to the Calvin Knights' 87 wins.<ref name="Renner and Febus1">{{cite web | url=http://www.calvinhope.com/men/history.htm | title=Men's Rivalry: The History | date=January 31, 2011 |author= Renner, Tom and Jeff Febus | publisher=calvinhope.com|accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:20, 31 January 2011

The Calvin–Hope rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the Hope College Flying Dutch and the Calvin College Knights which participate at the NCAA Division III level.[1][2]

In 2005, ESPN polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.[3]

The men's basketball teams first played each other in 1920.[4] As of January 2011, the men's basketball teams have played 178 times, with the Hope Flying Dutch leading with 91 wins to the Calvin Knights' 87 wins.[5]

References

  1. ^ Reynolds, Lauren (July 24, 2007). "No hate, just heat in Hope–Calvin rivalry". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  2. ^ Behm, Jon (January 22, 2010). "Rivalry 93 years in making". Chimes. Calvin College Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  3. ^ Behm, Jon (February 26, 2010). "The Calvin–Hope Rivalry: from obscurity to national limelight". Chimes. Calvin College Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  4. ^ Beardsley, Howie (Janaury 7, 2010). "Calvin men win bragging rights against Hope behind freshman Bryan Powell's 3s". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved 2011-1-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ Renner, Tom and Jeff Febus (January 31, 2011). "Men's Rivalry: The History". calvinhope.com. Retrieved 2011-01-09.