Valpo in Horizon League Media Guide

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Here is an advance look at the summary of Valpo written into the Horizon League Media Guide to be released on Monday in which VU does not get as much attention as a few other schools: Butler, Detroit, and Cleveland State. In fact, only two VU players are mentioned:

"Valparaiso finished one game out of making the three-way tie for the Horizon League regular season title a four-way tussle last season, and now the Crusaders will be looking to get over the hump with a new voice. After a 22-year tenure at Valparaiso, Homer Drew re- tired, handing the reigns of the program over to his son, Bryce, who frequently has appeared as a March Madness highlight during the NCAA Tournament courtesy of "The Shot," which helped lift Valpo to the 1998 Sweet Sixteen.

The younger Drew takes over a program that brings back just two starters from last year's CollegeInsider.com Tournament participants. However, one of those returnees also happens to be the League's top three-point shooter. Ryan Broekhoff, similar to Meier, presented problems for defenses last year because of his size. 6-foot-6, Broekhoff could mix it up inside and out, hitting 44.8 percent of his attempts from three- point range in averaging 10.3 ppg. Broekhoff competed at the World University Games for Australia, along with Richie Edwards, who starred for New Zealand. The Crusaders are optimistic that Edwards can lend a similar scoring touch as he did this summer, when he led the Kiwis with 20.1 ppg at the tournament."