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Names I have been seeing:
1.) Josh Schertz, Indiana State.
2.) Bryan Mullins, SIU.
3.) Brian Wardle, Bradley.
4.) Bryce Drew, GCU.
5.) Bobby Hurley, ASU.

How did other schools do with first year coaches in MVC?

Drake, Bradley, Indiana State, Evansville,etc.

Nae graduates this month and is available next semester. I say we go after him. Coach Powell knows Coach Tang. Give the guy a chance....

Signing day tomorrow November 8, 2023. Let's go...

Gets a 25 million alumni gift for its business school. Must be nice.

Who do you have starting after hearing Coach Powell on The Victory Bell podcast? I am thinking:

1.) G Jaxon Edwards.
2.) G Sherman Weatherspoon IV.
3.) F Lucas Scroggins.
4.) F Cooper Schwieger.
5.) G Isiah Stafford.

Offer him now. He can shoot.

Coach Garrison needs his own thread for Boom post alerts...

Let's get a committ...

Why don't we offer? Joliet West
High School. Same high school as The Rev.

Always seemed like Valpo Athletics promoted the program more than Valpo Basketball on social media in the past. Never understood that. Hoping things change now with this new staff.

Why don't we recruit here? We are a Lutheran University.....

Why don't we recruit here? It is in La Porte.

When is Valpo going to capitalize on this excitement and get some fun merchandise out there? I am ready. REV t-shirts, bobble heads, etc.

Justus McNair(Guard) from Joliet West offered.

Sign him now. Great NIL opportunities for him at VU.

Fake Homer Drew has been very quiet on Twitter.

Paid 2.2 million. Maybe we can afford a high level coach after all.

Well, he was a head coach at one time so he has his tree too:
1.) Lance Irvin: Chicago State.
2.) Brad Korn: Southeast Missouri State.
3.) Bryan Mullins: Southern Illinois.
4.) Jack Owens: Miami, Ohio.
5.) Anothony Stewart: Tennessee-Martin.

Maybe he hires Eric Buggs from Tennessee-Martin as an assistant if this is a go?

If the news is true and we are looking at Chris Lowery assistant coach from Northwestern, following is the Bruce Weber coaching tree:
1.) Dee Brown: Roosevelt.
2.) Brad Korn: Southeast Missouri State.
3.) Chris Lowery: Southern Illinois.
4.) Alan Majors: Charlotte.
5.) Matt Painter: Purdue, Southern Illinois
6.) Tracy Webster: De Paul.

We may be looking at De Andre Haynes so here is Shaka's coaching tree:

1.) Jeremy Ballard: FIU.
2.) Jamion Christian: GW, Siena, Mount St. Mary's.
3.) Darrin Horn: Northern Kentucky.
4.) Mike Jones: UNC Greensboro, Redford.
5.) Mike Morrell: UNC Asheville.
6.) Mike Pegues: Louisville.
7.) Dwight Perry: Wofford.
8.) Mike Rhodes: Penn State, VCU, Rice.
9.) KT Turner: UT Arlington.
10.) Will Wade: McNeese, LSU, VCU, Chattanooga.
11.) Luke Yaklich: UIC.

You know there are some fans in the MVC world that like to slam Valpo. Especially facilities and letting us into the conference.There is also debate on whether we should hire within the Drew Coaching Tree or go outside of it. One thing that can't be denied is the tree is big and successful. They are friends for life and very close. Not sure if there is a better coaching tree in the MVC. I am sure I missed a ton but following is what I came up with:

1.) Scott Drew: Baylor.
2.) Matthew Driscoll: North Florida.
3.) Grant McCasland: Texas Tech.
4.) Paul Mills: Wichita State.
5.) Jerome Tang: Kansas State.
6.) Jared Nuness: Baylor.
7.) Bryce Drew: GCU.
8.) Roger Powell: Gonzaga.
9.) Casey Shaw: GCU.
10.) Jake Diebler: Ohio State.
11.) Greg Tonagel: Indiana Wesleyan.
12.) Lexus Williams: Boise State.
13.) Erik Biggs: UT-Martin.
14.) Austin Peters: AZ Christian University
15.) Chad Warner: Furman University.
16.) Chris Artis: Incarnate World.

Confirmed with Jeff, no sighting of potential coaches eating wings or interviewing. He will let me know if the are any sightings.

Anyone see the video of Brad and his top player on Selection Sunday? His salary is 200K so that works.

This would be a good hire. Played at Evansville, head coach at SIU, assistant at Illinois, Kansas and currently Northwestern. Matt could take his place at Northwestern.

Available.

I see none. No one wants them.

1.) Ben Krikke: Four position.
2.) Max Nelson: Forward.
3.) Zane Doughty: Five position.
4.) Yanis Bamba: Shooting Guard.
5.) Jahari Williamson: Point guard.

Same coaches. Not eating 700K.

I will get a Valpo tatoo if they make it to the dance this year.

Valpopal, I see your logic. Makes complete sense. This is the guy. Iowa State connection with Small, from Milwaukee, played at Loyola, push for Valpo to become more diverse and currently making $275,00.00. Probably would take 400K to run a program. Looks like an excellent recruiter and mentor.

What do you think?

What do you think?

1.) CS shot over 70% from the field and 3pt in first half.
2.) They only missed one free throw.
3.) We played better in the second half.
4.) Green fouled out.
5.) CS is a much better team than past teams.
6.) It was a road game and long drive.

In addition to a point guard....we are missing toughness. We need a scraper who rebounds, locks downs his opponent in defense and dives for balls. Missing Kiser. Never hear about toughness with our recruits. Just athletic, etc. Sackey shows signs of toughness but his height sometimes comes into play. The Bulls never would have won with Rodman or Horace Grant.

1.) Third Season.
2.) 7-0 with win over Kansas State.
3.) Region Players.
4.) Coach of the Year 2018/2019

If he keeps improving I think Jacob needs a nickname. Ryan was named "The Accountant" in Dallas. I will go with "The Butcher" because I can't think of anything else. His fans can be the "Bratheads" when they can go back to attending games. Maybe "The Lutheran Legend"?

Best name in all of college basketball...

WTH?

Nick, Donovan, Mileek, Sheldon and Goodness I have.

So if you had to put a band together...who? I have Daniel Sackey on drums and JFL on vocals so far.

Who do like? Who do you think is going there?
       

This guy is now available..

They seem to able to win with a young team? Coach is younger than ML and this is his first year as a head coach. Opposite of MSU who recites great but can't win.

Any word yet on who they are speaking with?

Since 2019/2020 non-conference is over, what non-conference games would you like to see in the upcoming 2020/2021 season? I would like to see Purdue play at the Arc for the two region kids on their team, a Florida trip for the new recruit and Javon's Uncle, and a home and home series with Wisconsin Green Bay for the new recruit from Sheboygan.

Todd Ickow is broadcasting on TV tomorrow for Drake at Valpo. I believe we will win because of this. What is our record this season when Todd broadcasts on TV?

What players are Valpo bringing? My guess is Ryan and Javon.

What current player, coach or media person should sing the National Anthem for our first home game?

Congrats on Hall of Fame!

RHP Colin Fields looks to be having a good freshman season so far.