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.
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…
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…
The Horizon League tournament just got moved to a neutral site in Detroit for the next 5 years, Northern Kentucky looks like they were just added to the league… so now seams like a perfect time to reflect on the past. Recently there’s been talk about a hypothetical contest between the 2013 team and 2015 team….
Vashil is back. This offseason, the NCAA granted Vashil Fernandez a fourth season of eligibility after previously ruling Fernandez had only three years to play D1 basketball. This surprise decision should be sweet music to Crusader fans’ ears; I’m going to explain exactly why this ruling is more important than you probably think it is….
VU MBB Eligibility Chart In this day and age, our roster changes almost weekly. Our future roster–even more often. Stay tuned to the above link for a visual depiction of said roster, and plan for the future–a bright future, by the way. And please comment with what we can add or how to change to…
