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.
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…
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…
LEKE SOLANKE- Class of 2012 Small Forward/Power Forward Abeokuta, Nigeria/Valparaiso, IN Marquette Catholic High School Ht: 6’8″ Wt: 225 Scouting Report: Solanke came to Marquette Catholic via Abeokuta, Nigeria. The 6’8″ forward is super-athletic and can jump out of the gym. While he continues to work on his mid-range game and ability to put…
Thought this would be better as a blog post, even though it seems like no one ever goes here. All stats from rpiforecast.com and live-rpi.com, as of 8:30 AM EST 12/31/12. Milwaukee Record: 4-10 But really (D1 only): 2-10 RPI: 333 (There are 347 D1 teams.) OOC RPI: 335 SOS: 284 OOC SOS: 288…
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…
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….
