Valpo Men's BB Picked #1

[VULB#62]

Rowdy and KVW preseason all-conference.

Here's the VU Athletics link:

http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/news/2012-13/12050/crusaders-picked-to-win-horizon-league-broekhoff-van-wijk-first-team-selections/

[valpopal]

Valpo also has been ranked number 7 among the Top 15 Mid-Major Power Rankings by NBC Sports:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/10/mid-major-power-rankings-the-top-15/

[valpotx]

Hopefully our guys go out and play like underdogs.  It can be very difficult playing as the favorite, which has been a few years for us

[VULB#62]

Valpo also has been ranked number 7 among the Top 15 Mid-Major Power Rankings by NBC Sports:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/10/mid-major-power-rankings-the-top-15/

The highlight sequence on Detroit's Doug Anderson dunking is scary.

[historyman]

Quote from: VULB#62 on October 11, 2012, 07:29:47 AM
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The highlight sequence on Detroit's Doug Anderson dunking is scary.
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I'm surprised the one Anderson threw down at Valpo was not included. He came flying down the lane and tomahawked a dunk. I can't remember where he started from but it was near the free throw line I believe.

[VULB#62]

But he wasn't selected for preseason All-HL  - McCallum and Minnerath got it.

[vu72]

But he wasn't selected for preseason All-HL  - McCallum and Minnerath got it.

That's because he can dunk but doesn't do a lot of other things all that well.  For the three games we played against them last year he went for 12 points and 7 boards in 36 minutes, 0 points and 4 boards in 9 minutes, and in the championship game he scored 4 with 0 boards in 16 minutes.  With Lowe and the other big gone I expect him to play a regular role.  Minnerath is a very solid guy.

[vu72]

Oh, if you liked Doug Anderson's dunks watch Erik Buggs do one of my favorites.  Remember he is maybe 5'10"!!

It happens at 3:43 against North Carolina:

Erik Buggs Highlights

[historyman]

To be honest they really have Anderson to get the dunks and draw the fans. He also has a few games where he scores around 10 points and can win the game for Detroit. That's more than a lot of student athletes do for their schools.

[vubballfan10]

But he wasn't selected for preseason All-HL  - McCallum and Minnerath got it.

That's because he can dunk but doesn't do a lot of other things all that well.  For the three games we played against them last year he went for 12 points and 7 boards in 36 minutes, 0 points and 4 boards in 9 minutes, and in the championship game he scored 4 with 0 boards in 16 minutes.  With Lowe and the other big gone I expect him to play a regular role.  Minnerath is a very solid guy.

Lowe and that other Big Guy??? Eli Holman was not just an "other big guy."  He was a force on BOTH ends of the floor.  If anything, it should be Holman and the other big guy.

[vuweathernerd]

Oh, if you liked Doug Anderson's dunks watch Erik Buggs do one of my favorites.  Remember he is maybe 5'10"!!

It happens at 3:43 against North Carolina:

Erik Buggs Highlights

i was at this game. actually, i'm probably just out of camera shot - i was in the front row of movable uncomfy seats, behind the hansborough family go figure. unfortunately, it seemed to be the unc half of the building.

[valpotx]

Lowe and Holman being gone will be a big loss for Detroit when playing against us.  We couldn't do nearly as much as we wanted to with those two in the lane