NCAA College Basketball Talk

[zvillehaze]

I think the article shows how important personal relationships are in NCAA basketball scheduling.  There's 300+ other teams you can work with to schedule a handful of non-conference games ... it's just human nature that you'd choose the coaches/schools you like and respect, while staying away from the ones you don't.

This type of thing isn't unheard of ... I remember that IU played at Evansville a few years back in a dedication game for the Ford Center. 

[zvillehaze]

In another example, I just noticed that ND will be playing at University of Delaware in December.  Mike Brey is a former head coach at Delaware and Delaware's HC Martin Inglesby was both a player and coach for Brey at ND. 

[vu72]

I think the article shows how important personal relationships are in NCAA basketball scheduling.  There's 300+ other teams you can work with to schedule a handful of non-conference games ... it's just human nature that you'd choose the coaches/schools you like and respect, while staying away from the ones you don't.

This type of thing isn't unheard of ... I remember that IU played at Evansville a few years back in a dedication game for the Ford Center. 

True and Notre Dame played at Valpo to open the ARC.  I'm sure they would be willing to come again when the New ARC is unveiled!   

[VU2014]

A really good Mid-Major primer. They break down a lot of teams Valpo will play this season. These guys are some of the best college basketball follows on twitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e70p2eJP9rk

[VU2014]

Wow. What a time to announce your going to be a grad-transfer. The first day of College Basketball you tell your coach and teammates your transferring. He only spent 2 years at Dartmouth. I have mixed feelings about the grad-transfer rule. I see pros & cons for both the student-athlete and the sport of college basketball as a whole.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/929021929721401344
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/929022144381628417

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/929473102827761664

[VU2014]

Former Valpo recruit Sasha Stefanovic was officially redshirted at Purdue.
https://twitter.com/BoilerBall/status/929124698532864000

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/WongSportsLaw/status/930469225717747712

[VU2014]

Sounds like Bryce got pretty emotional when Dairus Garland (5-star PG) committed.
https://twitter.com/vuhustlersports/status/930182103152709632

[wh]

To VU2014:

You are an amazing source of interesting information about anything and everything - a man among posters! Just wanted you to know.

wh 

[VU2014]

Thanks WH. I appreciate the kind words.

[valpotx]

Never been a question on Bryce's ability to recruit. 

[VU2014]

A Steve McClain special. UIC with the more talented roster loses at home to IPFW. They may be conference-mates in the near future.

Side Note: just checked IPFW's roster and former Valpo recruit/Chesterton native Matt Holba is a RS transfer at IPFW now. A nice pick up for them. I could see Valpo scheduling IPFW at some point during the next 2 seasons and him & Fazekas might get a chance to square off again on the court.
https://twitter.com/ChrisDobbertean/status/932022217692602368

I have a few co-workers who are UIC alums and they mentioned this week that there was some chatter that UIC was hoping to get a invite to the MVC if they chose to expand to 12.

No thanks.

[bbtds]

Concordia-St Paul  69
Milwaukee Panthers  55

Ouch!

[VU2014]

Toledo - 87
Oakland - 74

The "Fighting Kampes" potentially took a hit to their at-large resume today. A rough day for everyone in the Horizon League other then NKU.

[wh]

Toledo - 87
Oakland - 74

The "Fighting Kampes" potentially took a hit to their at-large resume today. A rough day for everyone in the Horizon League other then NKU.

Apparently, Jalen Hayes missed the game as part of a 4-game suspension:

https://www.fanragsports.com/rothstein-jalen-hayes-to-miss-oaklands-first-four-games/amp/

[VU75]

https://twitter.com/WongSportsLaw/status/930469225717747712

Investigation of a Bruce Pearl program?   I'm shocked!

https://youtu.be/SjbPi00k_ME

[vu84v2]

Toledo - 87
Oakland - 74

The "Fighting Kampes" potentially took a hit to their at-large resume today. A rough day for everyone in the Horizon League other then NKU.

Apparently, Jalen Hayes missed the game as part of a 4-game suspension:

https://www.fanragsports.com/rothstein-jalen-hayes-to-miss-oaklands-first-four-games/amp/

According to the article, Jalen Hayes was suspended for getting a 2.5 in one class when his major requires you to get a 2.8 in all classes and he is carrying a 2.9 overall GPA. There are a lot of valid reasons to punish a student-athlete, but this seems pretty harsh.

In regards to Bruce Pearl, I can't believe that Auburn wouldn't fire him for not cooperating with an investigation. What sort of institution allows an employee/manager/coach/etc. to choose to not cooperate with its own investigation? I guess that answer is: Auburn.

[valpopal]

Toledo - 87
Oakland - 74

The "Fighting Kampes" potentially took a hit to their at-large resume today. A rough day for everyone in the Horizon League other then NKU.

Apparently, Jalen Hayes missed the game as part of a 4-game suspension:

https://www.fanragsports.com/rothstein-jalen-hayes-to-miss-oaklands-first-four-games/amp/

According to the article, Jalen Hayes was suspended for getting a 2.5 in one class when his major requires you to get a 2.8 in all classes and he is carrying a 2.9 overall GPA. There are a lot of valid reasons to punish a student-athlete, but this seems pretty harsh.

Yes, the punishment is worse than that given players at other programs for greater offenses. In addition it seems a bit arbitrary for the NCAA since the standard applies only to a particular major. Not knowing the specifics and suspicious of the completeness in the facts given, I still wonder if he had declared a switch of majors (could always switch back in the future), he possibly could have maintained eligibility in the eyes of the NCAA. If so, that would further the arbitrariness of this situation. Of course, he would also have to put off graduation from December to May.

[VUGrad1314]

Milwaukee pulls out a victory over Elon playing to a mostly empty gym. Also this happened:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401000129

The closer we get to it the more winnable that game looks. Hopefully we can do as some of our brothers in the MVC have done and score a P5 victory!

[VULB#62]

Geez, NU is beatable for us.

[VU2014]

Northwestern will probably lose their Top 25 status in next weeks AP poll. Hopefully they remain strong. Definitely agree that we should have a shot at winning that Northwestern game. They're a good team but they aren't a dominant team. You can tell they're still trying to find their defense and as offense mainly runs through Bryant McIntosh. So if you can slow him down then we can probably increase our chances of pulling out the win.

Hopefully we have a strong crowd for that Northwestern game on the road. It's not too far of a drive from Valpo and we have a large Chicago Alumni base.

[VU2014]

Oakland plays Syracuse tonight. Jalen Hayes is also sitting out the last game of his academic suspension tonight. Tough game to play without him. They may be trying a last ditch social media effort to have him get the suspension reduced before the game, because the NCAA is known it cave when the outrage is large enough. I don't know the whole story here, but apparently he had 2.5 GPA in a class and he was ruled ineligible.

They should still have a shot because this is a weak Syracuse team, but they still carry a big name.
https://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/status/931676307599044608
https://twitter.com/KampeOU/status/931676891223875586
https://twitter.com/KampeOU/status/932721290494054405

[VU2014]

interesting
https://twitter.com/TonyPaul1984/status/932728646846111746

Upset alert
https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/932751132350443520

[Valpower]

This would be the Cal that our future opponent, UC Riverside beat in the road. Let's see if it holds up.