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It isn't exactly about VU basketball, yet Bryce Drew has GCU playing well. They are currently 20-2 and on the #11 line in the current ESPN bracketology. Their schedule isn't great, yet GCU has wins against San Francisco and San Diego State. The two losses are to South Carolina and Seattle U.

Contrast that with Jerry Stackhouse at the other VU - they are 5-15 and winless in the SEC. (Bryce Drew got fired after his third season at Vandy after going 9-23.) 

UW-Green Bay has fired coach Will Ryan (son of Bo Ryan).

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35518650/uw-green-bay-fires-basketball-coach-ryan-15-61-mark

There have been several threads about changes happening at other universities, including the closure of Concordia Portland and Bronxville and cuts at VU. This recent announcement caught my eye, in part because I lived in northeast Ohio for a while several years ago:
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/03/john-carroll-university-can-now-cut-tenured-professors-under-financial-hardship-projections.html

Long story short is that John Carroll University has a plan that allows for selective cutting of tenured professors rather than eliminating whole departments.

I'm not advocating VU should follow a similar path in cutting tenure, yet the struggles faced by JCU and VU have many similarities. JCU is a faith-based university (Catholic); a good reputation (#4 in USNWR Midwest Rating in 2018), a similar endowment (approximately $225M), size (3,100 undergrad, 500 grads). They also have been undergoing a re-structuring effort in an attempt to cut costs.   

It apparently was reported earlier in May, yet Adam Amin (VU '09) is leaving ESPN for Fox. He gave a classy goodbye:

https://twitter.com/adamamin/status/1265763334453956609

I haven't been following HL basketball, yet the timing of this firing in mid-July is unusual.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27177202/cleveland-state-fires-felton-two-seasons

It isn't exactly related to VU hoops, but according to multiple media sources, Mike Lonergan was relieved of his coaching duties yesterday evening.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-george-washington-fires-mike-lonergan-amid-investigation-044059367.html

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14704838/oakland-little-man-kay-felder-big-game

I didn't see it posted elsewhere, but there is a nice article on ESPN.com by Myron Medcalf on Kay Felder: Growing up in Detroit, being recruited by Oakland, and now getting looks from the NBA.

According to ESPN, the Horizon League has expanded scholarship payments to cover cost of attendance for men's basketball and an equal number of women.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12682835/horizon-league-passes-cost-attendance-measure

Saw in the Valpo E-Newsletter the following:

Important Announcement
Wednesday, April 9 will be a very exciting day for Valpo. Please watch for an upcoming announcement from President Heckler in your email.


Does anyone know what is up?  Is it athletics related?  New Academic Building? 

Not sure where to post this, but I saw this article about Maranatha Baptist College changing their name from Crusaders to something else.  Valpo isn't mentioned specifically, but they do mention other universities that have the same nickname.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/31/christian-college-in-wisconsin-drops-crusaders-nickname/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true

Just got an email from MLB called the Crusader Report.

In it, there was a link to a preview of the contract extension for Bryce Drew:

http://valpo.streamlinetechnologies.com/mbasketball/news/2013-14/13244/PREVIEW/

No details on the specifics, but it is for 10 years.

Quick quiz:

What do all these teams have in common? (By the way, this would be a pretty impressive Sweet 16 for 2013...)

Butler
Duke
Kansas
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Michigan State
Indiana
Michigan
Memphis
Valparaiso
Wichita State
Creighton
New Mexico
Arizona
Belmont
Florida
Stephen F. Austin
Gonzaga
St. Marys
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee State
Bucknell

Good job with the new site overall.

One modest suggestion:  The bottom status bar (that shows posts and some stats) is tough to read with the black text in a brown box.  Perhaps change the color of the brown box to something light?

Thanks!