News On The Horizon 9/23/2017

ESPN changes LCA hoops times to avoid Lions conflict--Detroit News
Update – Horizon/Valparaiso Lawsuit--Valley Hoops Insiders

State of the Cleveland State Fandom: This Must Be the Turning Point--Campus Pressbox
Felton and Thomas Join WKYC at Hops & Hoops Event--csuvikings.com

Kelly Bruce Named Women’s Basketball Director Of Operations--csuvikings.com

The District Detroit CBB Showcase Schedule Update--detroittitans.com
Titans At UCLA Game Time Set, Will Be Televised By PAC 12 Network--detroittitans.com

Men’s & Women’s Basketball Home Tip-Times All Set--detroittitans.com

Men's Basketball Season Tickets On Sale Now--uicflames.com

Women’s basketball raises money for food pantry--UIC News

Former Canterbury player starting over on basketball career--Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
IUPUI ANNOUNCES 2017-18 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE--iupuijags.com

Can Alfonzo McKinnie be Green Bay’s first NBA player since 1998?--Phear The Phoenix

Milwaukee Athletics Announces Basketball Broadcast Partnership--mkepanthers.com
Basketball Broadcast Agreements And Talent Announced--mkepanthers.com

Dreaming big next season? Experience did matter for mid-majors in 2016-17--Mid-Major Madness

Mid-majors in the 2017 NCAA Tournament
Team                    League          Experience (rank)       Experience (average years)
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Northern Kentucky       Horizon         291st                   1.3

The narratives in this list are all over the map.

The “season’s never lost” rally came from teams both young and old. Two of the least experienced teams — Northern Kentucky and Kent State — were considered surprise winners, to varying degrees, of their respective league tournaments.

Ashley Earley joins @NKUNorseWBB staff--nkunorse.com

CBB Central Mailbag- 9/21--CBB Central

How do you rate the teams in the Wright St MTE as far as pure talent level --Wright State, Jacksonville, Gardner-Webb, & Fairfield?

— Richard Pajor (@richpjr) September 21, 2017

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Wright State is hosting an exempt event this season, and it should be a fairly interesting field of mid-major clubs. To me, the best team in the event is Fairfield out of the MAAC. The Stags have some pretty talented pieces around MAAC POY candidate Tyler Nelson, and could find themselves contending for a MAAC title if they get good point guard play. Next for me would be Wright State. You have to love the duo of Grant Benzinger and Justin Mitchell. Key this season will be the play of Parker Ernsthausen, who I think can be a breakout candidate. Both Gardner-Webb and Jacksonville project as mid-pack or lower teams in their respective conferences.

Rising Rivalries: Northern Kentucky University--The Guardian
A brief history of WSU sports--The Guardian
Tickets Now Available for 3rd Annual Raider Basketball Tip-Off Premiere--wsuraiders.com
Spreading Love--wsuraiders.com

Penguins continue recruiting in Ohio--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle