Men’s basketball Press Conference
Homer Drew announces his retirement and Bryce Drew is named Head Coach
Valpo will host Iona on Wednesday at 7:05 CDT in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. If you can’t make it out to the ARC, all games in the CIT will be broadcast free on Fox Sports broadband. A little more about Iona (from the tournament website): IONA 22-11 (13-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic…
I was saddened to read the news about Coach Homer Drew and his wife Janet. My thoughts and prayers go out him and his family. I have had the pleasure to meet Coach on a number of occasions and he is the greatest guy and a great coach and I wish him and Janet the…
Hard to believe–my third year of doing this. Of course, I do it a little differently each time. (For proof, or for just a fun trip down Homer Ct, er, Memory Ln, here’s 2012 and here’s 2013.) 2014! It was better than 2013 for the HL. Want proof? Last year we only had 3 T100…
As already announced, Chicago Foreman product LaVonte Dority is transferring to Valpo after originally playing for the University of South Florida. A highly ranked point guard coming out of high school, Dority will get two more years in a better environment to realize his admittedly excellent potential. ESPN lists him as 6’1″, 185; Rivals as…
In the spirit of ESPN’s recently completed review of home court advantage in the nation’s top 10 conferences – welcome to the unofficial rankings for the Horizon League. This is not purely a facility review, but a comprehensive, fact-based (but still totally subjective) look at the overall difficulty of winning at each home court. Regardless…
A guide for Horizon League basketball fans: The best places to eat and drink in Northwest Indiana, with a focus on the City of Valparaiso Well, for most of you, the unthinkable has happened. The Valpo Crusaders are the 2011-12 Horizon League regular season champions, and that means that (at a minimum) the weekend heart…