MBB 2018-19

[justducky]

Excellent article and video of Langston Stalling today: https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/college-basketball-valparaiso-walk-on-langston-stalling-perseveres-through-adversity/article_12b66927-061b-5336-a03d-aeadee3c9725.html

Great article!

At minimum we need to view Stalling as a walk-on with equal or higher potential than John Kiser brought.

[VU2014]

Excellent article and video of Langston Stalling today: https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/college-basketball-valparaiso-walk-on-langston-stalling-perseveres-through-adversity/article_12b66927-061b-5336-a03d-aeadee3c9725.html

Great article!

At minimum we need to view Stalling as a walk-on with equal or higher potential than John Kiser brought.

Love hearing that a Region kid chose to stay at home and picked us over Butler. I think eventually down the road he could be a contributor. No one would have expected John Kiser to play as big of a role as he has the last 2 years, so Stalling could earn himself minutes earlier than most of us expect.

It's also pretty cool that he's going to get a shot to be a two sport athlete at VU. When was the last time we had a two-sport athlete on the Men's Basketball team? Casey Schmidt?

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1016378341492916224

[vu72]

Excellent article and video of Langston Stalling today: https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/college-basketball-valparaiso-walk-on-langston-stalling-perseveres-through-adversity/article_12b66927-061b-5336-a03d-aeadee3c9725.html

Great article!

At minimum we need to view Stalling as a walk-on with equal or higher potential than John Kiser brought.

Love hearing that a Region kid chose to stay at home and picked us over Butler. I think eventually down the road he could be a contributor. No one would have expected John Kiser to play as big of a role as he has the last 2 years, so Stalling could earn himself minutes earlier than most of us expect.

It's also pretty cool that he's going to get a shot to be a two sport athlete at VU. When was the last time we had a two-sport athlete on the Men's Basketball team? Casey Schmidt?

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1016378341492916224

I guess technically Steve Helm was a member of the team last year and was a two sport athlete.  More typically it's a football player doing track or baseball.  Bruce Lindner played both basketball and baseball.

[historyman]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

[VU2014]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

He's back? Is he the new DBO?

He last coached at Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs as the HC.

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2018/2/26/umd-mens-basketball-coach-matt-bowens-contract-not-renewed.aspx

[VU2014]

If anyone is planning on going.

https://twitter.com/MyrtleInvite/status/1016416614332489728

[historyman]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

He's back? Is he the new DBO?

He last coached at Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs as the HC.

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2018/2/26/umd-mens-basketball-coach-matt-bowens-contract-not-renewed.aspx

Bowen & Holloway are the asst coaches.

[VU2014]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

He's back? Is he the new DBO?

He last coached at Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs as the HC.

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2018/2/26/umd-mens-basketball-coach-matt-bowens-contract-not-renewed.aspx

Bowen & Holloway are the asst coaches.

Oh wow. So no Todd Townsend? or is Coach Townsend the DBO? Is Coach Townsend no longer going to be part of the staff? That is quite the curveball. Was Coach Bowen known as strong recruiter in his time here at VU? I'm sure he knows Coach Gore pretty well.

[historyman]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

He's back? Is he the new DBO?

He last coached at Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs as the HC.

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2018/2/26/umd-mens-basketball-coach-matt-bowens-contract-not-renewed.aspx

Bowen & Holloway are the asst coaches.

Oh wow. So no Todd Townsend? or is Coach Townsend the DBO? Is Coach Townsend no longer going to be part of the staff? That is quite the curveball. Was Coach Bowen known as strong recruiter in his time here at VU? I'm sure he knows Coach Gore pretty well.

I'm not sure what happened with coach Townsend but he has not been on the floor during Lottich's skill sets (they are not called practices) in the last few days.

Phil Wille was seen at one of the skill sets this past week. He is working at the University of Wyoming.

[vu72]

As the World Turns...

[justducky]

Anybody remember Matt Bowen, the grandson of former Indiana governor, Otis Bowen? He was an asst coach at Valpo twelve years ago. Well, I hope you liked him a lot because.............HE'S BACK!!!!

He's back? Is he the new DBO?

He last coached at Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs as the HC.

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2018/2/26/umd-mens-basketball-coach-matt-bowens-contract-not-renewed.aspx

Bowen & Holloway are the asst coaches.

Oh wow. So no Todd Townsend? or is Coach Townsend the DBO? Is Coach Townsend no longer going to be part of the staff? That is quite the curveball. Was Coach Bowen known as strong recruiter in his time here at VU? I'm sure he knows Coach Gore pretty well.

I'm not sure what happened with coach Townsend but he has not been on the floor during Lottich's skill sets (they are not called practices) in the last few days.

Phil Wille was seen at one of the skill sets this past week. He is working at the University of Wyoming.

Wait!!!--------So we bring Phil Wille in to teach his skill set of jumping in to scuffle? Excellent choice.

[VU2014]

I'll be honest I had no clue who Phil Wille, but I looked him up and he's the 'Sr. Associate AD, Internal Operations' at Wyoming. He seems like a fairly accomplished guy. A VU basketball alum.  Earned his BA in 2002 and graduated from VU Law in 2005. Sr. I'm assuming he was visiting? https://gowyo.com/coaches.aspx?rc=187&path=academic_support


Do you think Coach Townsend moved on to a new Coaching position? Or is he moving on from coaching? I looked up his linkedin and it says he's been a PMD Trainee at Merrill Lynch since January 2018. No mention Valparaiso Basketball. https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-townsend

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

https://twitter.com/valpocompliance/status/1016437799858462721

[VU2014]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

https://twitter.com/valpocompliance/status/1016437799858462721

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

[valpopal]

All of us who remember Phil Wille as a player, especially his famous fistfight against Oakland players, will always enjoy seeing him at Valpo.

[FieldGoodie05]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

https://twitter.com/valpocompliance/status/1016437799858462721

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Why would compliance tweet about coach hirings?  Are you saying they said something like "Welcome Todd Townsend?"

[valpopal]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

[tweet]1016437799858462721[/tweet]

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Yep. Looks like Compliance jumped the gun. Coaches are all in place but need to wait official announcement.

[FieldGoodie05]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

[tweet]1016437799858462721[/tweet]

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Yep. Looks like Compliance jumped the gun. Coaches are all in place but need to wait official announcement.

So is his high school buddy Todd Townsend in or out as assistant coach at VU?

[vufan75]

In looking at the UWM MBB page on their athletics website, there is no mention of Todd Townsend as an assistant coach. I take that as a good thing until there is an official announcement made about the new coaches by Valpo.

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[valpopal]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

[tweet]1016437799858462721[/tweet]

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Yep. Looks like Compliance jumped the gun. Coaches are all in place but need to wait official announcement.

So is his high school buddy Todd Townsend in or out as assistant coach at VU?

I said "looks like Compliance jumped the gun," not that their message was incorrect.

[VU2014]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

[tweet]1016437799858462721[/tweet]

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Yep. Looks like Compliance jumped the gun. Coaches are all in place but need to wait official announcement.

So is his high school buddy Todd Townsend in or out as assistant coach at VU?

It's seems highly likely since he's recruiting already. Valpo Athletics just seems to be waiting for the right moment to put out the news. Not a bad idea. Probably smart to not dump all the positive news all at the same time. First piece of news was the practice facility renovations, second is the Nick Robinson transfer, third will likely be the coaching assistants. Also combine the news of Rowdy signing with the Mavs and been a great couple weeks of news for the program.

[FieldGoodie05]

I'll be honest I had no clue who Phil Wille, but I looked him up and he's the 'Sr. Associate AD, Internal Operations' at Wyoming. He seems like a fairly accomplished guy. A VU basketball alum.  Earned his BA in 2002 and graduated from VU Law in 2005. Sr. I'm assuming he was visiting? https://gowyo.com/coaches.aspx?rc=187&path=academic_support


Do you think Coach Townsend moved on to a new Coaching position? Or is he moving on from coaching? I looked up his linkedin and it says he's been a PMD Trainee at Merrill Lynch since January 2018. No mention Valparaiso Basketball. https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-townsend

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

https://twitter.com/valpocompliance/status/1016437799858462721

So your screen shot of the tweet says "Invalid Tweet" on my iPhone.  That's why I asked for clarification because many of us cannot see anything other than "Invalid Tweet".  However, if I click on your posts history and back track it that way it becomes visible.

Good find!

[VULB#62]

Update: New tweet from the Valpo Compliance Office a few minutes ago. So I'd imagine he is an assistant on the Valparaiso Staff.

[tweet]1016437799858462721[/tweet]

The tweet was quickly deleted but I grabbed a screenshot for confirmation:

Yep. Looks like Compliance jumped the gun. Coaches are all in place but need to wait official announcement.

So is his high school buddy Todd Townsend in or out as assistant coach at VU?

It's seems highly likely since he's recruiting already. Valpo Athletics just seems to be waiting for the right moment to put out the news. Not a bad idea. Probably smart to not dump all the positive news all at the same time. First piece of news was the practice facility renovations, second is the Nick Robinson transfer, third will likely be the coaching assistants. Also combine the news of Rowdy signing with the Mavs and been a great couple weeks of news for the program.

Not contradicting your thoughts, just making an observation. Given the speed of social media and things like our forum, the Athletic Department has not handled the assistant BB coach(es) item as well as they have  other breaking news.  It just  seems a little awkward — especially when there is so much out there that points to the fact that there are two (maybe three) additions to the staff.

[valpotx]

Phil Wille was a fun guy.  He would always play in open gym games with the rest of us wannabes, and then gets into that magnificent big guy fist fight against Oakland.  The legend of big Wille .

As far as 2 sport stars, how could anyone forget Jamie Sykes, and the Jenkins twins?  Maybe it comes easy to me, since it was Men's Basketball and Baseball, and just 1-2 years before I started.

[VU2014]

I've been scouring the internet looking for video of this VU vs Oakland fight. Apparently it was a televised game back in 01' so someone has to have a video lol. It sounds like it was a  89-57 beat down of Oakland.

Found the NWI Times article from that game: https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/sending-a-message/article_7724ab0e-94ce-5f8d-97cf-c8b59f09c50c.html

[wh]

I've been scouring the internet looking for video of this VU vs Oakland fight. Apparently it was a televised game back in 01' so someone has to have a video lol. It sounds like it was a  89-57 beat down of Oakland.

Found the NWI Times article from that game: https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/sending-a-message/article_7724ab0e-94ce-5f8d-97cf-c8b59f09c50c.html

I was there. Champagne was a football player in a basketball uniform and a dirty player to boot. Constantly pushing, shoving, tripping throughout the game. Wille came in the game late and wasn't having any of it. Champagne elbowed him, Wille returned the favor, and Champagne put a headlock on Wille and tried to take him to the floor. On the way down Wille threw 2 quick uppercuts that caught Champagne on the head. They continued to brawl on the floor as other players tried to break it up. When it was announced that both players had been ejected, the crowd gave Wille a standing ovation as he made his exit. It was a great moment with good triumphing over evil. Several years later Kampe claimed his guy got the better of it. Complete revisionist history.