MVC Hoops: 2017-18

[usc4valpo]

Can't we find some a reverend, a guildy lady or someone from Deaconess to give Valpo a boost from up above?

[usc4valpo]

As for Moser, it will be interesting, but Loyola has some wealthy alums that may be able to sweeten the post. I am also assuming that he is competent enough not to take a potential opening at DePaul.

Congrats to the Loyola Ramblers as they have awaken college basketball in Chicago.

[Just Sayin]

Can't we find some a reverend, a guildy lady or someone from Deaconess to give Valpo a boost from up above?

Catholics only.

[EddieCabot]

Loyola wins!!!  It sure is nice to have your conference teams actually win games and not just get close!! They are really a well coached team.   

Valpo will definitely benefit from Loyola's run ... both in terms of $ and recognition for the MVC!  A rising tide raises all boats.

In the Horizon, Valpo got none of that ... teams just laid eggs when they got to the tourney.  Just another reason why the move made so much sense.

[usc4valpo]

Agreed, but I want to see Valpo contribute and bring wins, success and cash to the MVC. We do not want To be a leach like DePaul in the Big East

[vu72]

Can't we find some a reverend, a guildy lady or someone from Deaconess to give Valpo a boost from up above?

Well, my aunt should fill the bill.  97 years old, hasn't missed a home game in 50 years and, although not clergy, she was a Lutheran school teacher and her dad was a pastor.  Close enough?

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/c27.0.160.160/p160x160/10489797_10202373911108252_6578604408106070776_n.jpg?oh=21e7dd8ee3bf0463016583fdf27c743b&oe=5B4855A0

[VU2014]

Mark Adams compiled the budgets in the MVC and we are currently the 7th highest budget in the MVC and the lowest among our fellow private institution in the MVC. Public schools tend to have lower budgets because the cost of attending is lower and if they recruit a kid from their home state the scholarship counts as 'in-state' tuition, so they incur some saving there that probably can be redirected to other places like recruiting, equipment, accommodations, coaching salaries, etc.

https://twitter.com/EnthusiAdams/status/975218330146615296

[valpo64]

I thought I heard in recent past years that P. Moser was on the hot seat at Loyola.  They were bottom feeders when they joined the MAC with bad teams, poor attendance, etc.  Now when he gets one good club he is someone everyone wants?   What about all those past years when they sucked?

[VU2014]

I thought I heard in recent past years that P. Moser was on the hot seat at Loyola.  They were bottom feeders when they joined the MAC with bad teams, poor attendance, etc.  Now when he gets one good club he is someone everyone wants?   What about all those past years when they sucked?

Things have really turned around the last 2 seasons. Last season you could start to see signs that Loyola was developing a young core and they lost a significant player in Doyle but replaced him by adding Custer (red-shirt Transfer), Townes (red-shirt transfer), Krutwig (impact freshman), and Lucas Williamson (impact freshman). They had a major talent influx this season and they learned Moser's system. Honestly it is really impressive to see the ball movement on that team. They have a lot of experience on that team but they've have received major production from their freshman.

Porter Moser has went on the record and said he's a better coach now then when he started with Loyola.

[VU2014]

Some news on the Evansville head coaching search. It sounds like E-ville has conducted it's first round of phone interviews and Valpo assistant David Ragland was one of the handful of candidates. It seems like Calbert Cheaney is still the frontrunner if they can meet his asking price. EU has some heavy hitting Power Conference assistant coaches on that list.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/975167002972164098
https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/975370215692357632

[bbtds]

Fantastic win for Loyola. Hung tough the entire game and their guy made the shot of the tournament.

W for the MVC!!! Has Loyola had success in NCAA tournament in the past?

Sure have!  Won the whole thing in 1963!!  You mean other than that??   

I remember listening to that game on the radio because I don't think it was even televised. I mean why else would dad and I and a couple of my brothers have been huddled around a radio? Ok yes we were a catholic family. 

According to someone on WGN radio, which I listen to online and while traveling, the National Championship game in 1963 was shown tape delayed IN CHICAGO (the home of the Ramblers) at 10:30 p.m. after the news. 

[valpo64]

I would think Lewis would be a good candidate.  I think he played at IU and is from southern Indiana.

[justducky]

According to someone on WGN radio, which I listen to online and while traveling, the National Championship game in 1963 was shown tape delayed IN CHICAGO (the home of the Ramblers) at 10:30 p.m. after the news. 

They probably didn't want to go head to head with Walt Disney, Jack Benny, Laurence Welk or Ed Sullivan.      Might that game have been on WGN radio? I don't think there was a louder or clearer radio signal in Northwest Indiana.

[VU2014]

My gut telling me Coach Ragland is going to land the Evansville job.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/975878327780233216

Random but I've looking through the Evansville message board and there is a rumor that the frontrunner Calbert Cheaney wants Coach Ragland as his #1 assistant. Very rarely do you see assistant leave for a lateral move in the same conference. You typically only see mid-major assistants only leave to become P5 assistants for really big $ or take the HC position of a low to mid-major. I be pretty bummed to see Coach Ragland leave.

[VU2014]

Unsurprisingly Coach Rags interviewed well. Interesting to hear he may be in play to become an assistant there. It would be really disappointing to see Coach Ragland leave to be an assistant of a in-state conference rival. You can make the case he's the best recruiter on our coaching staff. He was the lead recruiter on many of NKU's best players, he was a strong recruiter at Indiana State and Coach Ragland was the Coach that discovered Markus Golder. He's also a good coach.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976150792930344960

[EddieCabot]

Very rarely do you see assistant leave for a lateral move in the same conference. You typically only see mid-major assistants only leave to become P5 assistants for really big $ or take the HC position of a low to mid-major. I be pretty bummed to see Coach Ragland leave.

Coach Ragland's most recent move was from NKU to Valpo.  He had previously been an assistant at BGSU and Indiana State, so he's made several moves between similar positions at similar mid-major schools.  I don't know the details behind each move, but it would seem a move to be an assistant at UE wouldn't be "rare" given his history.

[VU2014]

EddieCabot, good point. How does the old adage go? "If you want to be a coach you better build a house on wheels"

[agibson]

Can't we find some a reverend, a guildy lady or someone from Deaconess to give Valpo a boost from up above?

Well, my aunt should fill the bill.  97 years old, hasn't missed a home game in 50 years and, although not clergy, she was a Lutheran school teacher and her dad was a pastor.  Close enough?

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/c27.0.160.160/p160x160/10489797_10202373911108252_6578604408106070776_n.jpg?oh=21e7dd8ee3bf0463016583fdf27c743b&oe=5B4855A0

Connie Bretscher could work. I had no idea she was a math major!

Note that she _does_ cheer enthusiastically (I think her "Uh Oh, you're in *foul* trouble" may be my favorite). And is not a chairback.

[vu72]

Can't we find some a reverend, a guildy lady or someone from Deaconess to give Valpo a boost from up above?

Well, my aunt should fill the bill.  97 years old, hasn't missed a home game in 50 years and, although not clergy, she was a Lutheran school teacher and her dad was a pastor.  Close enough?

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/c27.0.160.160/p160x160/10489797_10202373911108252_6578604408106070776_n.jpg?oh=21e7dd8ee3bf0463016583fdf27c743b&oe=5B4855A0

Connie Bretscher could work. I had no idea she was a math major!

Note that she _does_ cheer enthusiastically (I think her "Uh Oh, you're in *foul* trouble" may be my favorite). And is not a chairback.

She recently touch a German class at the U in preparation for her trip to German for the Reformation and until recently also took piano lessons at the U and taught them privately at her home.  Did I mention she is my God mother?   

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/CoachingChanges/status/976307516408655873

@CoachingChanges has been wrong in the past but they are hearing Walter McCarty will be Evansville's next head coach. He went to the same high school as Coach Ragland, Harrison. There have rumors that Evansville may want Coach Ragland as a Top Assistant. Obviously that will be up to the next head coach and if Coach Ragland will be willing to take an assistant job from the guy they hired over him. That happened in Valpo with Coach Gore but Luke had been with the Program for 14 straight years at that point.

[VU2014]

Sounds like a done deal for McCarty. There has been speculation David Ragland might be brought on as his associate HC.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976489048025059328
https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976491032320905222

[VU2014]

The Evansville beat reporter Pat Hickey who has been on top of the EU coaching search, says he's coming out with a David Ragland feature piece. Even if he doesn't land the head coaching job it's starting to feel like he may land on that staff one way or another. I hope Coach Rags stays but we may be in the market for a new assistant coach. We should find out soon. The official press conference will be Friday and the new coach will probably have come to a verbal commitment with his assistants by then also.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976583312121745408
https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976585039248011264

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976592885951942656

Could David Ragland win a consolation prize in UE basketball coaching search?
Pat Hickey, pat.hickey@courierpress.com
March 21, 2018

https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2018/03/21/could-david-ragland-win-consolation-prize-ue-basketball-coaching-search/446724002/

[ValpoDad89]

If anyone is familiar with Naperville, Illinois you'll know how much it has grown in the past 20-30 years. Moser's ancestors were some of the original settlers of that area and bought up tons of farmland. Porter has bucks. He lives and breathes Loyola so for him it's not a money issue. For him it'll be how much he wants to stay close to his roots, which I hear is a lot. I hope he stays, if's he wants bigger pastures to hone his craft so be it but I hope he stays because he and Loyola will make this a better conference and help collective and conference RPI.

[VU2014]

Well it's official. Now we're on Coach Rags watch to see if he'll join the Evansville staff. Here's hoping, Coaching Ragland stays with Valpo.

https://twitter.com/patmhickey/status/976834773711716352