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 best in his fight against cancer. Hope to see him and all the great fans of Valpo when my Titans invade the ARC this season.
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…
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…
CLAY YEO- Class of 2013 Shooting Guard/Small Forward Bourbon, IN Triton High School Ht: 6’5″ Wt: 175 Scouting Report: The 6’5″ junior swingman led the Trojans to the 1A state title game in 2010-11, where Triton fell just short in a 59-55 loss. Thus far in 2011-12, Yeo has powered Triton to a 15-5…
At today’s press conference in the new Harre Union the coaching torch was passed from the legendary Homer Drew to his son, and local hero, Bryce Drew. The promotion of Bryce from Associate to Head Coach comes as no big surprise to Crusader nation. The fact that it happened this year and not next, when…
2013 wasn’t the best of years, whether you were expecting to keep your plan, period, or whether you were a Horizon League team playing non-conference games. (Although at least the HL didn’t lose 5 million people.) Let’s see it out with a thorough look back. After that we can make like my friend KC…
According to VerbalCommits, the first known offer to this class is Erick Locke. 6’0, 180 lb PG from Oak Park-River Forest (transferred back after soph years at Brooks College Prep.) AAU: Illinois Wolves (“one of the best programs in the Midwest for close to the last decade” featuring OSU commit Keita Bates-Diop), currently ranked #11…
