2012-2013 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2012-13 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (6-2, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #9: Saturday, Dec. 8 - 8 p.m. CT Oct. 27 St. Joseph’s (Ind.) [exhibition] W 90-62 Nov. 3 Robert Morris (Ill.) [exhibition] W 92-64 at #18/20 New Mexico Nov. 9 Georgia Southern W 85-54 The Pit/Bob King Court (15,411) - Albuquerque, N.M. Nov. 13 Northern Illinois W 69-46 Nov. 15 at Nebraska ! L 50-48 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: The Valparaiso men’s basketball team faces Nov. 18 at Kent State ! W 88-83 (ot) a ranked opponent for the first time this season as the Crusaders fly out to Nov. 23 Chicago State ! W 67-46 Albuquerque to take on #18/20 New Mexico Saturday evening. The game Nov. 24 Bethune-Cookman ! W 77-64 can be seen live on Root Sports Rocky Mountain (DirecTV - 683; Dish - 414). Dec. 2 at Saint Louis L 62-49 Dec. 5 IPFW W 63-52 Dec. 8 at #18/20 New Mexico 8 p.m. Last Time Out: Valparaiso held IPFW to just three points over an 11-plus Dec. 15 at Missouri State 7:05 p.m. minute stretch of the second half, a stretch in which the Crusaders pushed its Dec. 17 at Oakland 6 p.m. advantage into double figures as Valpo went on to a 63-52 victory over the Dec. 20 IUPUI 7:05 p.m. Mastodons Wednesday evening at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Ryan Dec. 22 Purdue Calumet 1:35 p.m. Broekhoff paced the Crusaders with 21 points and nine rebounds. Dec. 29 at Murray State 2 p.m. Jan. 2 Loyola * 7:05 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Radio - Valpo Sports Radio Network - WAKE Jan. 4 Cleveland State * 6 p.m. Jan. 9 at UIC * 7 p.m. (1500 AM, Valparaiso), WEFM (95.9 FM, Michigan City) - Todd Ickow (PxP) Jan. 12 at Milwaukee * 1 p.m. and Aaron Leavitt (Color) on the call Jan. 17 at Detroit * 6 p.m. Television - Locally on MY 50; nationally on Root Sports Rocky Mountain - Jan. 19 Wright State * 7:05 p.m. Scott Stiegler (PxP) and Hunter Greene (Color) on the call Jan. 23 Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. Links for the live audio, as well as live stats, will be available through Jan. 30 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. www.valpoathletics.com. Feb. 1 Milwaukee * TBD Feb. 5 UIC * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 9 at Cleveland State * TBD Head Coach Bryce Drew: Bryce Drew returns for his second season at the Feb. 12 at Wright State * 6 p.m. helm of the Valparaiso men’s basketball program in 2012-2013 after leading Feb. 16 Detroit * 5 p.m. the Crusaders to the Horizon League regular season title in his first year as Feb. 19 at Loyola * 7 p.m. head coach. Drew was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year after Feb. 23 TBA (Sears BracketBusters) TBD guiding Valpo to a 22-win campaign, including a 14-4 mark within the league Feb. 26 Youngstown State * 7:05 p.m. to capture the title by two games. Drew ascended to the head coaching posi- Mar. 2 at Green Bay * 2 p.m. Mar. 5-12 Horizon League Championship tion on May 17, 2011 after spending six seasons as an assistant and associate (campus sites) head coach with the Crusaders. All times Central. Series Notes: Valpo and New Mexico have faced off just once before in pro- Home games in bold and played at Athletics- gram history, a neutral-site matchup at the Motor City Tournament in Detroit, Recreation Center. Mich. that the Lobos won, 80-76, on Dec. 29, 1959. The Crusaders are 11-19 ! – Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic (campus sites) * - indicates Horizon League game all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference, with 23 of those 30 meetings coming against Air Force. @ValpoBasketball Valpo Men’s #ValpoGameday Basketball #GoValpo 2012-2013 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 @ValpoBasketball... Lockdown Defense ...and the @HorizonLeague - The win over IPFW was highlighted by lockdown defense from - @ValpoBasketball has been picked to win the @HorizonLeague @ValpoBasketball. regular season title. - The Crusaders gave up just 3 points in an 11-plus minute stretch - The Crusaders received 40 of the 44 first-place votes in the of the second half and just 20 total second-half points. #HLMBB preseason poll. - Valpo is giving up just 52.4 points per game at home this year, - This marks the first season since 2002-03 (Mid-Con) that surrendering just 0.82 points per possession in those games. @ValpoBasketball has been preseason league favorites. - The Crusaders were the only team to place two players on the Facing Ranked Teams #HLMBB preseason First Team All-League as well. - The game against New Mexico will be Valpo’s first of the season against a ranked opponent. ...nationally - @ValpoBasketball has taken on at least one ranked opponent in - @ValpoBasketball has also been tabbed the preseason each season since the 2000-2001 campaign. @HorizonLeague favorite by @CBSSports and @AthlonSports, - The Crusaders are looking for their first win over a ranked team among others. since beating Ole Miss in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. - The Crusaders were ranked seventh in the preseason Mid-Major Power Rankings by NBC Sports College Basketball Talk #WinningTrophies (@CBTonNBC). - The Crusaders won the Valparaiso Division of the Joe Cipriano - @ValpoBasketball is currently ranked 16th in the Mid-Major Nebraska Classic with their victories Thanksgiving weekend over Top 25 poll, voted on by mid-major coaches and produced by CSU and B-CU. @CollegeInsider. - @ValpoBasketball has now claimed three in-season tournament - @ValpoBasketball earned 3 points in the preseason @AP_Top25 titles over the last three seasons. poll. - The Crusaders previously won the Las Vegas Invitational Upper - The Crusaders had not received votes in a national poll since a 4- Division and the Lou Henson Award Tournament in 2010. week stretch near the end of the 2010-11 season in the coaches poll. Taking Advantage of Charity ...looking back at last year - The Crusaders went 34-for-41 from the free throw line in the - @ValpoBasketball claimed its first @HorizonLeague regular sea- overtime win over Kent State. son title in 2011-12, winning the crown by two games. - @ValpoBasketball had not hit 34 free throws in a single game - The Crusaders earned the right to host the #HLMBB postseason since a Feb. 8, 1997 win over Northeastern Illinois. tournament by winning the regular season and advanced to the - Kevin Van Wijk (13-14) and Erik Buggs (7-9) both set new ca- championship game. reer highs for free throws made against the Flashes. - @ValpoBasketball played at Miami in the first round of the - The Crusaders were outshot from the FT line for the first time postseason NIT, the Crusaders’ 11th postseason trip in the last 17 this year against IPFW, hitting 72% (18-25) vs. the Mastodons’ years. 75% (15-20). - The Crusaders won 22 games overall in 2011-12, their 12th 20- win season in the last 19 years. #BeatingTheBuzzer - @ValpoBasketball boasted the #HLMBB Coach of the Year - Kevin Van Wijk put back a missed free throw with 1.3 seconds (Drew), Player of the Year (Broekhoff) and a second First Team left to send the Crusaders into overtime with Kent State on Nov. selection (Van Wijk). 18. - Erik Buggs made his first free throw with 4.7 seconds left to cut ...looking ahead the deficit to two points before Van Wijk’s putback. - Following a week break for final exams, @ValpoBasketball will - @ValpoBasketball had just a 7.5% chance to win following 2 play two games in three days at Missouri State and at Oakland. KSU FTs with 7.2 seconds left, according to @kenpomeroy. - The Crusaders then return home to take on IUPUI and Purdue - It was the first buzzer-beater for @ValpoBasketball since Buggs’ Calumet before the Christmas holiday. coast-to-coast layup to win at Detroit last season. - The last four buzzer-beaters to win or send games to overtime for @ValpoBasketball have all come at the basket, dating back to 2007. 2012-2013 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Gallimaufry Horizon League Standings - @ValpoBasketball gave up just 150 points total through the (through games of Dec. 6) season’s first three games. Overall Horizon - The 150 points is the fewest combined given up by a Valpo team Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. in its first three games since moving to Division I. UIC 7-1 .875 0-0 .000 - Valpo allowed 50 points or less in back-to-back games for the Cleveland State 6-2 .750 0-0 .000 first time since Jan. 2003 (NIU 46, Nebraska 50). Loyola 6-2 .750 0-0 .000 - The 50 points scored by Nebraska was the fewest Valparaiso 6-2 .750 0-0 .000 @ValpoBasketball has given up in a loss since Jan. 16, 1984 vs. Wright State 5-3 .625 0-0 .000 Western Illinois (41-40).