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Valpo favored by 3, o/u 133.5...

Will also be interesting to follow the IUPUI game at Indiana State.   Trees favored by 17.5.

Yikes!

Indiana State Trees  96
IU-Indy Jagoffs   57

I loved the fight and grit that Valpo showed tonight. I started to get that sinking feeling that the game was slipping away from us but we clawed our way back.

I think this team took a small step forward tonight. If you squint, you can begin to see the outlines of what this team might eventually become.

You know what, I've been doing a lot of squinting over the last 6 to 7 years.

We all forgot that Preston Ruedinger is at GB!

Some of us forgot. Some remembered he would probably be a liability.

Who is leading the team?  Did they get someone from Shipshewana?

Apparently, nobody   https://www.valpoathletics.com/wbowling/coaches/


I imagine the rep from the athletic dept drives them to the opponents' bowling alleys and hands in a roster and the bowlers take care of the bowl coaching themselves. 

26 points for JFL debut with Toronto Raptors.

If Javon had scored 26 for the Raptors in the NBA there would have been a bunch of Raptor fans talking about it on the NBA channel and Mr. Kim would have been talking to Mr. Chin about it in Kim's Convenience Store off Sherbourne on Queen St. East.




269 Queen St E - Google Maps

https://sports.yahoo.com/bradley-suspends-womens-basketball-coach-183724771.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEPol02eqWrEmLCtZDQ4tcUKK3azWMe81ExjHlaSN0GmkyT7Uwue92cE7JtkjYmYrsQ0OrreiWvcoj4XFO8kbDX4rqcHmhDBxvwyfMxLxREKPt0TjyEl4CndZAdw-gjTRfgQJp9EeLLU2V8s7Z1Or4T4QP94a0kKxODClhq6y0LN

The school said the second-year coach is suspended through the rest of the nonconference season, which is 10 games, starting Sunday with a scheduled game against Central Michigan. Assistant Armelia Horton will serve as interim coach for the Braves (0-1), who lost their season opener on Nov. 6 at Kansas City.

"This decision has been made in accordance with the university's commitment to upholding the values and standards expected of its staff," the school said in a release. "Further details will not be disclosed at this time, as the university respects the confidentiality of personnel matters."


https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/basketball/bradley-hoops/2023/11/11/bradley-womens-basketball-coach-suspended-for-nonconference-season/71554479007/




BRADLEY HOOPSBradley suspends women's basketball coach for rest of nonconference season
Wes Huett
Peoria Journal Star


Bradley has suspended women's basketball coach Kate Popovec-Goss for at least 10 games, according to release from the schoolThe school said the second-year coach is suspended through the rest of the nonconference season, which is 10 games, starting Sunday with a scheduled game against Central Michigan. Assistant Armelia Horton will serve as interim coach for the Braves (0-1), who lost their season opener on Nov. 6 at Kansas City."This decision has been made in accordance with the university's commitment to upholding the values and standards expected of its staff," theschool said in a release. "Further details will not be disclosed at this time, as the university respects the confidentiality of personnel matters."
Cody Roskens, the school's assistant director of athletic communications, had no additional comment when asked Saturday during BU's men's basketball game.


The Bradley women are scheduled to open the Missouri Valley Conference season on Dec. 30.Background:Why Bradley was the perfect fit for its newest women's basketball coach
Popovec-Goss was hired in April 2022 after time as associate head coach and recruiting director at Northwestern. She took over for Andrea Gorski, who retired in late March after 25 years of coaching.Popovec played at Pittsburgh and Northwestern, then returned to her alma mater as an assistant in 2017. In the spring of 2018, she was named Northwestern's recruiting and defensive coordinator. The up-and-coming coach was named associate head coach under Joe McKeown at Northwestern in August of 2021 before landing with Bradley for the 2022-23 season.

Valpo 68
GB 64

Good for you. Not what I am thinking. The Phoenix will be in that last quarter of the Horizon League with IU-Indy (trying to get adjusted to the Jaguars new name). I believe the Beacons will do better but GB pulls it out. We still need to learn to win. We'll shoot slightly better than we did against IU-Indy.

Green Bay  66
Valpo   62

I wonder if we could bring Rowdy back for this game?


That would send a chill down the backs of many of their fans. Of course they are from WisCONsin so they are somewhat used to chills. :-)

So, why not come to Valpo, a close-knit, welcoming, beautiful and comfortable campus, play against DI competition for four years and walk away with a degree that means something.

Honest answer, with all things being equal among athletic programs, the dorms in general are not modern enough although most of the student/athletes are housed in Beacon Hall which is the most modern of Valpo dorms.

I just don't find their info that valuable with a lot of inside jokes and I think Paul Oren does a better job of covering the MVC than they do.

Who else on this roster can find others shots like that?

Beacon & Blaze, because kids will touch you in the darndest places.   

There are some big holes in the Beacons game.


We are who we thought we would be.


Rebounding was not awful but shooting was awful.


This IUPUI team will finish in the lowest quarter of the Horizon League.


It will be very interesting to see if Coach Powell can have his team rebound from this loss and barely beat a poor Green Bay team.


Jerome Palm must score the easy ones. There is no excuse!


The Beacons have a long, long way to go if they want to win playing way up tempo like Coach Powell wants them to play.


IUPUI's #4 from San Francisco was a real spark plug that really put them up at a great time so they could coast to a win.

I wonder if we could get DePaul back at the Wintrust Arena. It's a walk from Soldier Field and McCormick Place. Maybe the schedule can be made where fans can attend 2 events with one at Wintrust and one at Soldier Field or McCormick Place.

(unless you have memorized each player's total number of fouls and notice a change in their total).

I keep a scorecard on every game and yes, with my brother's help, I do remember how many fouls on each player.

Good player, but didn't have the same season this year as he did in his amazing RS FR campaign.  Hopefully he elevates and goes somewhere in his baseball career, as you don't go to Southern Miss for the academics.

Southern Mississippi University

Founded on March 30, 1910, the university is a dual campus institution, with its main campus located in Hattiesburg and its other large campus – Gulf Park – located in Long Beach. It has five additional teaching and research sites, including the John C. Stennis Space Center and the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL).

It does have one of only 5 space center research centers in the country.

Has there been any improvement in the PA system? I've not heard anyone complaining about it lately. Or does having Coach Powell in charge make you forget your complaints.

Yea their main gym that they play volleyball n basketball in is next to the 4000 seat, world class natatorium. I remember VU playing them at Bankers Life as well!

VU 81
Jags 68

FYI, IUPUI moved over to the Indiana Farmers Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on the east side of Indy on 38th Street several years ago. Some people in Indy call the State Fair, White Expo. As opposed to the National Black Expo which used to be held in Indy until Gov. Pence pissed them off with Indiana's LGBTQ laws. Now the National Black Expo brings $millions$ to Chicago.




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If he moves over to Brown Street in his later years instead of Beacon Hall do you think he will stay at Valpo?

You all know if Cooper moves to Brown Street he would be Brown Schwieger!   

The curtain down on home games? In 1997?  My friend I was there at the same time. That is absolutely incorrect. Maybe in 87. But not Bryce's junior or senior years.

This is correct. I've been to games through 1987 and 1997.

["brotherhood of light."]

IUI  75
Valpo  89


We'll see if the momentum from the Trinity Christian game flows through to this IU Indianapolis game and the Beacons keep feeling the "brotherhood of light."

Valpo has offered Caleb Harrison, a 6'9" PF from Alabama


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The picture makes him look taller than Chet Holmgren and Wemby.

If he moves over to Brown Street in his later years instead of Beacon Hall do you think he will stay at Valpo?

Are we sure he is a "lock"?

As sure as the fact I had to use my scroll key an awful lot on your post.

As I understand it talking to an Indian-American lady I do business with this was not a wealthy family that could come to the US easily. They are devastated. Varun was their person to take them out of the poor status in India. He would get his degree and pay for the whole family to survive back home. Now all that hope is gone. His father was a teacher and they make very little in India.

I couldn't find Jake diving for a loose ball (there were some pics of the Valpo HS Diving team, though) but I did find this. Especially with Jake wearing the nose guarding mask after he broke his nose diving for a loose ball.

Oh, God, now all the Ohio State players will know I broke my nose in college. Why did you tell them?

"The Jaguars played Spaulding University Eagles (Downtown Louisville, 1500 students) at the IUPUI home arena (Indiana Farmers Coliseum) for their regular season opener on Monday night..."

Did not know that Judge Schmales grandson had a university named after him.

Also, does this mean that you cannot major in engineering, computer science or other tech fields and play sports for IU-Indianapolis?

I guess the medical school, run out of IU Hospital, next door to Riley Children's Hospital, will fall under the auspices of IU Indianapolis?