Thursday, February 17, 2022

News On The Horizon 2/17/2022

With four games left, here’s how the top Horizon League teams can clinch the No. 1 seed--HoriZone Roundtable



Cleveland State men’s basketball path to Horizon League title a little more treacherous after upset losses--Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland State Women's Basketball Set For Final Regular Season Road Swing--csuvikings.prestosports.com



Davis Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District® Honors, First In School History--detroittitans.com



Green Bay Concludes Regular Season Home Schedule with Purdue Fort Wayne and Cleveland State--greenbayphoenix.com



JAGUARS CONTINUE ROAD SWING AT ROBERT MORRIS ON THURSDAY--iupuijags.com

IUPUI LOOKS TO CONTINUE HOT STREAK THIS WEEKEND--iupuijags.com



2022 NBA Mock Draft 5.0: Chet Holmgren at No. 1; AJ Griffin in top 5; questions abound with this year’s class--The Athletic

17. Minnesota Timberwolves

Patrick Baldwin Jr. | 6-9 forward | 19 years old | Milwaukee

Forgive me for being a broken record, but this is another pure wild card. Patrick Baldwin Jr. is all over the map when you talk to scouts. Some are willing to entirely overlook what has been an unmitigated disaster of a freshman season at Milwaukee and taking him around the end of the lottery. Others are not. Right now, Baldwin is averaging 12 points and six rebounds while shooting 34 percent from the field and 26 percent from 3 in the Horizon League. That is bad. But a lot of it can be chalked up to circumstance, if you want to make that case. He’s a non-shot creator who ends up having to do too much on offense far too regularly. He’d be much better off at a place like Duke where he could have shots created for him and could use those pristine shooting mechanics to hit open looks. Indeed, it’s not an exaggeration to say he has not gotten many clean opportunities this season. Per Synergy, Baldwin has taken just seven uncontested 3-pointers this season in 11 games, an impossibly low number that exemplifies how disastrous the team’s guards have been. The team has a bottom-20 offense in the country, a number that is bad for a mid-major team with a five-star, McDonald’s All-American forward who should theoretically be able to shoot the lights out. Scouts also have been unimpressed with his overall effort level. It’s not an exaggeration to say Baldwin would have one of the worst profiles in terms of production for competition level of any player selected in the first round in the last decade. But there are plenty of scouts who are still interested and see the same guy who was a consensus top-five recruit in the country. I’ll be completely honest: I have no idea what direction this will go.



@NKUNorseMBB hits the road for Detroit Mercy, aims for fourth straight #HLMBB win--nkunorse.com

Final Road Trip Up Next For @NKUNorseWBB--nkunorse.com



It’s showtime this weekend for Oakland men’s basketball--Oakland Press
KENDRICK NUNN SET TO UNVEIL BANNER AT FRIDAY’S GAME--goldengrizzlies.com

GOLDEN GRIZZLIES HOST CLEVELAND STATE, PURDUE FORT WAYNE IN HOME SERIES FINALE--goldengrizzlies.com



Green Bay is Purdue Fort Wayne's First Stop on Road Trip--gomastodons.com



Around The Rim: Crunch Time (2/17/22)--Colonial Sports Network
Spear Earns CoSIDA All-District® 2 Honors--rmucolonials.com

RMU Closes Out Home Schedule--rmucolonials.com



Final thoughts on UIC/Horizon, plus OVC updates and more--Extra Points
Under The Radar – February 16th--Hoops HD

Tonight’s featured conference is the Horizon League, and the reason we feature them was because of the spectacular public rebuke the league office gave to UIC for how they handled leaving the conference.  Oakland and Cleveland State are still near the top of the standings, but Northern Kentucky is coming on strong.



College basketball teams may be raining 3-pointers, but that’s not the Raider way--Dayton Daily News
Raiders set for Oakland, national audience Friday--wsuraiders.com



Penguins set for UIC in league tilt--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle

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