Quote from: valpopal on January 05, 2024, 09:25:44 AM
This week the university has begun its demolition of Strongbow's restaurant. I have fond memories of that place.
A small but important step toward securing the university's future.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: valpopal on January 05, 2024, 09:25:44 AM
This week the university has begun its demolition of Strongbow's restaurant. I have fond memories of that place.
Quote from: David81 on January 06, 2024, 01:48:38 AM
I get why they're doing it, but this Orwellian language is bonkers. Program and job cuts will help us "build," leading to us being "stronger" and "more agile." What the heck does that even mean in the context of cuts?
Quote from: valpopal on December 28, 2023, 04:42:33 PMQuote from: vu72 on December 28, 2023, 02:35:27 PMI have read through the extensive GCU statement on this issue. As someone who has attained a PhD as a student and taught graduate courses as a faculty member, I have to say my initial reaction would be to side with the university. The GCU statement seems clear and comprehensive in its refutation of the Department of Education's accusations.
Apparently GCU has once again (shocking I know) misrepresented the cost of their programs and degree. I know we've had some previous discussions regarding the academic quality of GCU degrees and wasn't sure where to post this.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/politics/biden-grand-canyon-university-tuition/index.html
https://news.gcu.edu/press-releases/government-agencies-unjustly-targeting-gcu/
Quote from: VUBBFan on December 21, 2023, 11:02:42 AM
Also, somebody help me out here. After this season the average age of the college athlete should drop, right? Or is next year the last year for COVID extra eligibility? It is a tough time to be a freshman right now. This team would be doing better 5 years ago when they were not encountering as many 5th or 6th year seniors. Just a thought.
Next season is the last. We have two that are eligible, Connor and Palm.
Quote from: Chairback on December 16, 2023, 07:18:48 PM
This team is young and completely inexperienced. I really enjoy watching this team and I'm not giving up on them. They are getting beat up and going thru growing pains. They have to be one of the youngest teams in D1.
You can see the talent is there and they are being thrown into the fire as freshman and sophomores.
I truly enjoy watching this team, more than any valpo teams in the last 5 years.
Quote from: talksalot link=topic=4599.msg152944# msg152944 date=1701352538
Thanks WH for, dare I say, Volunteering, to start this game thread...
Quote from: usc4valpo on November 26, 2023, 12:49:50 PM
Brodie has really improved his game. I wish Valpo could a dude like that
Quote from: crusadermoe on November 10, 2023, 03:37:24 PM
Well let's enjoy the holiday season and the start of basketball! I will see everybody in January.
Hopefully the New Year will ring in (or have rung in) good news on two topics:
1) Tuition income (rather than just the of students) came in better than hoped in fall 2023. The # of students only half the story.
2) Paintings get sold for a high price, and that the dorm can be built to get on-line by July 2025. But with some detective work, smart buyer agents will have the leverage because the school needs to sell on that timeline.
Quote from: talksalot on November 18, 2023, 09:27:00 AM
Next up in the Illinois MTE is an old foe... Western Illinois Leathernecks. A Tuesday night with no students on campus.
Western is also 2-2 on the year. two road losses: 78-68 to UT-San Antonio and 90-53 to SMU in Dallas. Then they came home, beat NAIA St. Ambrose 94-59 to cure what ailed them... and while we were in Champaign, WIU was playing Southern in the other first round game, and won it 88-80 in Overtime. Shooting 56% from the field and 35% from three.
Here's the recap
MACOMB – Only a handful of days after getting head coach Chad Boudreau his first win as Western Illinois coach, the Leathernecks were able to get the coach his first win against a Division I foe, putting in a little extra work on Friday night, topping Southern University 88-80 in overtime. The win is the second straight for Western, which now hits the road for three-straight games, playing at Valparaiso on Tuesday, Illinois on Friday and Wisconsin next Monday.
"I got a big life insurance policy, but I need a bigger one," Western Illinois coach Chad Boudreau. "But we did it down the stretch. We stuck with it, I thought the guys, we talked before the game, it's like a boxing match, it's going to be head shots, body shots and I thought we did a good job sticking to it.
"We talk about holding the line, not too high, not too low, but we did a good job holding the line down the stretch."
Things were rolling early for the Leathernecks (2-2), who took a lead as large as nine in the game's first five minutes. But Southern managed to hang around, trailing WIU, 35-32 at the break.
Turnovers plagued Western Illinois in the first half, as 16 miscues allowed the Jaguars to hang around. In the second half, it was free throw shooting that hurt WIU as Southern took a lead as large as seven after intermission, but the Leathernecks were able to fight back into the game.
"Turnovers were killing us, 16 in the first half and we were struggling offensively, but we were still leading," Boudreau said. "Kyle, Chris and Clancy have been all over me because they're doing the defensive stuff, but we have to score some points, so despite that many turnovers and that many missed free throws, to still score 88 points is awesome."
Southern led 64-57 with 4:47 to go, but a 9-0 Leatherneck run gave Western a 66-64 advantage as Quinlan Bennett's (18 points, seven rebounds) bucket helped Western Illinois regain the lead with three minutes to go.
From there, it was back and forth as Southern led by four with under a minute to go. But James Dent Jr. (24 points, eight rebounds, three assists) hit a runner, then made a pair of free throws with one second left to force overtime.
"My teammates stayed on me, the first half wasn't really a good half for me but my teammates knew I would pick it up, they stayed on me all the way," Dent Jr. said. "Q (Quinlan Bennett) had a good game, Q kept us in the game. With Jesiah (West) in foul trouble, other players had to step up, Ryan (Myers) had to step up, he was big, we had everyone come together as a team."
In the extra session, Dent Jr. continued his clutch play, scoring Western's first seven points of overtime. After a JJ Kalakon free throw, Dent Jr. hit a pair from the line, giving the Leathernecks an 82-76 lead.
On Southern's ensuing possession, Drew Cisse (12 points, nine rebounds), recorded his fourth block of the night, setting the stage for the Leathernecks to ice the game at the line.
Ryan Myers (20 points) hit a pair of free throws, followed by for straight from the line by Dent, capping the final scoring.
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James Dent: (6'5" guard, junior) 24 points on 6 field goals and 11 free throws - 42 minutes
Ryan Myers: (6'1" guard, junior) 20 points on 6 field goals - 41 minutes
Quinlan Bennett: (6'4" guard, 5th yr senior) 18 points - 34 minutes
Drew Cisse: (6'11" center, senior) 12 points - 37 minutes
They are averaging 17 turnovers per game (valpo 10) and 9 blocks per game (valpo 7)... and a home attendance averaging 638 (valpo 1639)
They don't shoot FT's particularly well. 22 of 34 against Southern, 13 of 27 against SMU. (WIU % 57.3%, Valpo 70.5%)
They are averaging 15.5 offensive rebounds per game (valpo 13.8)
We've played them 57 times... winning 34 of them. We have not played them since the 2006-07 season, that year we beat them 80-56 at home and 78-60 in Macomb. We haven't lost to them at the ARC since January 22, 2000 (64-50)... after which we won 12 of the next 13 games before losing to Michigan State in the NCAA.
Quote from: Chairback on November 18, 2023, 07:40:54 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=GtVaLshFIPOGW-E3&v=eE5oQyAKsJc&feature=youtu.be
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