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CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE GRINNELL SYSTEM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell_System

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Congrats Vinny Curta

Who cares about points get this guy a supporting role in a comedic thriller

But actually, congrats Vinny on the big 2000

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Jan. 31, 2019 - BELOIT

oNE tAUgHt mE pAtiEnCe

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Jan. 26, 2019 - RIPON COLLEGE

A Hymn for Patrick Simms

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Jan. 25, 2019 - ST. NORBERT

Talk of the Town

“I guarantee if you watch us play, it will be very difficult to go back to watching any other brand of basketball,” Arseneault says. “It’s just pure entertainment. People who don’t even like basketball say, ‘That was just awesome!’”

From “Playing the System”, Grinnell College 2015

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Jan. 16, 2019 - CORNELL COLLEGE

A Lil Baby Will Bebee Poem

Will Bebee

had a good game.

Stopping shots

from the block -

SMACK!

And then the slow crack

of a modest smile.

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Jan. 12, 2019 - Lawrence University

It’s a fast paced razzle-dazzle game that requires quick wits

- s p a c e j a m

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Jan. 8, 2019 - Illinois College

How about that

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jan. 5, 2019 - Ripon College

How about that

???????????????

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Dec. 16, 2018 - Illinois College

FIRST HALF WAS LIKE:

SECOND HALF WAS MORE:

Especially watching Zach Stice injured on the bench. We need some holiday healing. 

But, you know, a wins a win. 

Brief serious basketball commentary: Why does any team play man to man defense against Grinnell? Especially a team that has played Grinnell system before, like Illinois College. It never works! (unless you’re a superior talented and athletic team that’s way better than Grinnell) They have a lot more trouble with zone defense. For example, see the 2nd half of this game. In other words, I’m available to consult on how to defeat the System. But you couldn’t match my price...

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Noon, Dec. 9, 2018 - Colorado College 

Grinnell has a BLOCK SYSTEM too. His name is Brad Geiman. Dramatic re-enactment by Kristaps Porzingis. Watch it nine times.

Let this be the first and only game ever scheduled for noon on a Sunday. Amen. 

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Nov. 25, 2018 - WRIGHT STATE LAKE COLLEGE

The system is abundant.

But like more abundance comes to those who shoot 3s

But then also an abundance of fouls

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Nov. 15, 2018 - EMMAUS

An homage to the first year editions of the B&S where they would print every first year’s name with some non sequitor descriptor, along with some mixed in observations.

HANNES KOGELNIK drops a quiet 33. Just hit 6 free throws in a row, no big thing

JACKSON BRESHEARS is still the most fun name to announce.

GRIFFIN BOEHM should be commemorated in frieze

VINNY CURTA is a child of the System

ZACHARY STICE just...iced it

ANT MOYNIHAN will ultimately discover the underlying structure of reality

JACOB LEDER is living the dream

KY-SEAN JOHNSON has more moves mid-jump then most of us on the ground

NOAH JACOBSON prefers cappuccinos to coffees but if there's a long line at the coffee shop he's polite and just orders black coffee

JACKSON QUALLEY is the proverbial “kids got talent, eh?”

TYLER GRUMHAUS makes the behind the back pass not flashy

WILL DUBOW once spent a summer living in a seal colony and is fluent in seal calls

ANTHONY GULVE is in an alt country band

WILL BEBEE is a small town hero

MORGAN WALSER doesn't need to impress anyone

PATRICK SIMMS makes a mean soufflé

CHRISTIAN BROOKENS enjoys watching running water and contemplating impermanence

BRAD GEIMAN doesn't have to jump very high to dunk but we are still impressed

JAKE CONRAN has fist bumped his way into our hearts

DAWSON KELLER has the face of an angel

TOMMY SMITH doesn’t go shopping on Black Friday

DEREK JONES knows he’s only supposed to wait 30 minutes after he eats before swimming but out of an abundance of caution he waits 2 hours

ALEX MICKUS designs hiking boots in his spare time

NICK CARTY knows the importance of wearing long underwear and good mittens in the winter

BROCK MORITZ is ambivalent about fedoras. Dad hats are better

ARGON STERN was accepted at Hogwarts but decided to play basketball at Grinnell instead

BRADY VEST is pretty good at the MarioKart koopa troopa beach level

DAVID ARSENEAULT JR. is considering the implications of winning vs. fun to watch

AARON LEVIN knows where to get the good local lettuce. Literally, lettuce.

SOPHIE BANEGAS can beat everyone at darts

CREEDE MCCLELLAN has exactly 7 pairs of shoes

DANIELLE OBERLANDER has won Oregon Trail more times than any current resident of Iowa

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Nov. 13, 2018 - EUREKA

We’re baaaaaaaaaaaack

The Grinnell System: where the court is hot and the hotdogs are not

The Grinnell System: depreciating the value of the point since 1989

The Grinnell System: 

It’s too big

It’s too wide

It’s too strong

It won’t fit

It’s too much

It’s too tough

You talk like this

cuz you can back it up

You got a big roster

Such a huge roster

We love your big roster

Walk like this

cuz you can back it up*

The Grinnell System: 37 restaurants

The Grinnell System: mysterious blood on everyone’s shirts every once in a while

The Grinnell System: 6 free throws at once

The Grinnell System: who’s got shooter

The Grinnell System: 30% first years

*To the tune of “Ego” by Queen Bey

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Come Watch the Warriors-Rockets Series With Us From an Expert’s Couch

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Jan. 12 - LAKE FOREST COLLEGE

Welcome to Grinnell, where time is sure to tell you  that your tired limbs just  won’t a-cross the gym to keep up all the times that home team runs you by don’t sweat it when you score, a couple seconds more and the Pioneer with the ball will pass you on the court.

Welcome to Grinnell, where hustle is the spell cast and you know the first half probably their worst cuz watch em after halftime exponential graph like we knew all along the game they play would leave your ass tired.

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Dec. 30 - NEBRASKA WESLEYAN

The day before the end of the year, The Pioneers pioneered In the sense that they broke new ground, Losing at home with barely a crowd. At first it was close  Then holiday-breathing, watching from far away felt like teething. The Prairie Wolves were, after all, unbeaten and the Pioneers’ odds refused to sweeten So the game ended a New Year’s blow and we’re sorry we weren’t in the stands to show our steadfast support for the team with heart, who plays the system and lets us all take part.

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Dec. 9 - LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Ky-Sean

when he decide to leave the ground 

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Home Today

Redhead’s pretty bouncy, but that’s no license for inbounding with such contempt and chucking at his core. Well, no matter anyway, they can’t ruin the fun. The Pioneers were home today and the System won.

Was Hannes wearing festive socks? Did Noah get new shoes? Ky-Sean put the ball up lots, Ikaika brought the moves, Boehm, a trustee of the board always helping others, Ekstrand rocked the baseline and roused our run and gunners.

Curta found his trey, made Curta Sr. proud, and all the fans up in the stands cheered and cursed so loud. The refs were meh, but who cares because the game is done. The Pioneers were home today and the System won.