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The board of trustees has voted to close down St. Joseph's College.

Article: http://wlfi.com/2017/02/03/board-of-trustees-votes-to-temporarily-close-saint-josephs-college/

Apparently there will be a "Teach Out" process in coordination with other universities so that current students can finish their degrees. I wonder if Valpo will be involved with this at all, being another private, religiously affiliated institution just down the road?

NWI Times Article

Yikes.

Edit: Picked up by Yahoo Sports

http://www.louhensonaward.com/

RYAN BROEKHOFF RECEIVES MID-SEASON HONORS

BOSTON, MA -- After helping Valparaiso to a 10-4 start, Valparaiso's Ryan Broekhoff is the recipient of the Lou Henson Award mid-season honors.

"Ryan should have been named to the Lou Henson preseason All-America team," says CollegeInsider.com co-founder Angela Lento. "He's a terrific talent who can shoot it and score near the basket. And he has a knack for playing big in big games."

The 6-foot-7 senior has helped Valparaiso to a No. 12 ranking in the latest Mid-Major Top 25. He scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Crusaders overcame a 15-point defecit to beat then No. 5 ranked Murray State.

Broekhoff leads the Horizon League in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and free throw percentage (.923) and ranks 2rd in scoring (16.7 ppg). Earlier this season Broekhoff matched his career high in the first half alone in the win over Bethune-Cookman, scoring 26 points. He ended the win over the Wildcats with 30 points and seven rebounds.

He has been named the Horizon League Player of the Week twice this season.

The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball. The award is named in honor of Lou Henson who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.

The 2013 Award will be presented at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Atlanta, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.

Congratulations Rowdy!

#97 VALPARAISO MEN'S BASKETBALL 2012-13 PREVIEW

And just for fun, here is LAST YEAR'S RANKING.

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#108 GREEN BAY
#130 CLEVELAND STATE