Wednesday, November 6, 2024

News On The Horizon 11/6/2024


Cleveland State Men's Basketball Opens Home Slate With Baldwin Wallace--csuvikings.com

Vikings flattened by Ohio State in season opener--HoriZone Roundtable
Cleveland State Women’s Basketball Falls At No. 14 Ohio State, 104-69--csuvikings.com



Titans Head To Windy City For Jesuit Battle With Loyola--detroittitans.com



IU Indianapolis opens 2024-25 season with emphatic win against IU Columbus in battle of IU affiliate schools--HoriZone Roundtable

JAGUARS DOMINATE EVANSVILLE IN SEASON OPENER, 101-76--iuindyjags.com



Milwaukee Opens Three-Game Road Trip At Northern Iowa--mkepanthers.com



Strong debuts at NKU highlight Norse basketball openers--LINK nky



Oakland travels across the country where Boise State awaits--HoriZone Roundtable
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Cooper Craggs turns expanded opportunity into career night in Oakland’s season-opening win--The Oakland Press
Oakland Takes Home Opener--WXOU


Women's Basketball Falls in Opener to Spartans--goldengrizzlies.com



Purdue Fort Wayne Women's Basketball Preview: Continuing ascent?--Fort Wayne Journal Gazette



RMU Men’s Basketball Travels to Delaware--rmucolonials.com



11/4/24: Wright State men’s basketball gets pummeled by Kentucky in season opener--HoriZone Roundtable
Raiders open home slate Wedneday night inside Nutter Center--wsuraiders.com

Raiders See Career Highs in Season Opener at Wisconsin--wsuraiders.com

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

News On The Horizon 11/5/2024


Michigan basketball nearly doubles up Cleveland State, 101-53, in Dusty May's debut--Detroit Free Press
Cleveland State Men's Basketball Falls to Michigan in Season Opener--csuvikings.com

New Vikings shine in exhibition against Lourdes (or CSU played Michigan)--HoriZone Roundtable
Cleveland State Women's Basketball Travels To No. 14 Ohio State To Open 2024-25 Campaign--csuvikings.com



Titans Open Campaign By Caging Cougars--detroittitans.com

Detroit Mercy Welcomes UM-Dearborn for Field Trip Day Exhibition Game--detroittitans.com



Doug Gottlieb’s first game as the coach of the UWGB Men’s basketball team ends in 89-76 loss to Oklahoma State--WFRV Local 5
Roy and Hall Impress, Phoenix Falls at Oklahoma State--greenbayphoenix.com

Big 12 preseason favorite No. 13 Kansas State women beat Green Bay in opener 92-45--WFRV Local 5
Green Bay Falls in Regular Season Opener to Kansas State--greenbayphoenix.com



Corsaro dominates debut at IU Indy, Jaguars put up 100 points in first game--WISH-TV
JAGUARS OPEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON WITH 100-44 TROUNCING OF IU COLUMBUS--iuindyjags.com

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HOSTS EVANSVILLE FOR SEASON OPENER--iuindyjags.com



UWM basketball wins by nearly 60 in season opener as an unexpected breakout player emerges--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Transfers Shine in Season-Opening Win over Lakeland--The UWM Post
Panthers Hit Gas Pedal In Second Half To Pull Away From Lakeland, 118-62--mkepanthers.com

Women's Basketball Unable to get by St. Thomas in Season Opener, Falls in Overtime, 84-81--mkepanthers.com
Milwaukee Welcomes Carroll to Klotsche Center for 2024-25 Home Opener--mkepanthers.com



NKU loses road opener at Florida State 74-62--NKyTribune
NKU men’s basketball opens up season with a loss against Florida State--The Northerner
Dilling and Pettus score in double figures as Men's Basketball opens season at Florida State--nkunorse.com

Blue Raiders too much for Lady Norse in opener--HoriZone Roundtable
NKU women’s basketball falls short in season opener--The Northerner
Women’s Basketball Falls in Season Opener--nkunorse.com



Kampe secures win 700 as Oakland runs past Defiance--HoriZone Roundtable
‘I never scored a point’: OU’s Greg Kampe reaches 700-win milestone--The Oakland Press
'I never scored a point': Oakland's Greg Kampe thanks others as he hits 700 wins--The Detroit News
Greg Kampe joins 700-win club with win over Defiance--The Oakland Post
Kampe Earns Career Win No. 700 as Men's Basketball Takes Down Defiance, 75-52--goldengrizzlies.com



Purdue Fort Wayne Basketball Preview: Can Mastodons finally reach NCAA Tournament?--Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
PFW rolls past Bluffton in opener, as 6 players score in double figures--Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
'Dons Defeat Bluffton in Regular Season Opener--gomastodons.com



Robert Morris blown out in season opener at West Virginia--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
RMU Men’s Basketball’s Falls in Season Opener at West Virginia--rmucolonials.com

RMU Women's Basketball Prepares for Season Opener Against Point Park--rmucolonials.com



Wright State basketball: Season begins with blowout loss at Kentucky--Dayton Daily News
Noel's 20 points leads three Raiders in double figures in opener--wsuraiders.com

Women’s Basketball Opens 2024-25 Season at Wisconsin--wsuraiders.com



Faulkner talks with Curbstone Coaches--Warren Tribune Chronicle

Monday, November 4, 2024

News On The Horizon 11/4/2024

NCAA Basketball: Rauf Report’s Bold Predictions for All 31 Conferences--Heat Check CBB

Horizon

THERE IS A THREE-WAY TIE FOR THE REGULAR-SEASON TITLE

I don’t know if there are a lot of good teams in the Horizon or just a lot of average teams — beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose — but there isn’t much separating the top seven or eight teams in this league. That jumbled mess should make for a really fun conference title race, one I think will end up in a three-way tie. Let’s say Milwaukee, Fort Wayne and Youngstown State?



Top 68 storylines and things you need to know about the 2024-25 college basketball season--CBSSports.com

51. Don't look now, but Doug Gottlieb is a coach now. Gottlieb is best known these days as a sports media personality. But the former Oklahoma State point guard is trying his hand at coaching this season at Green Bay. Oh, and he's continuing on with his daily radio show at Fox Sports as well. It's an interesting arrangement. As Matt Norlander wrote in May: "It's an outside the box hire and sure to draw a lot of attention, if not some skepticism. Gottlieb is well-known across basketball and has connections going back decades, but he is the rare person hired to run a D-I program despite never previously working on a college bench." — DC

UWGB men's basketball coach Doug Gottlieb gets his own bobblehead ahead of season opener--Green Bay Press-Gazette


Women's college basketball opening day watch guide--ON3

Other interesting matchups:

Green Bay at #13 Kansas State (12 p.m. – ESPN+)

Green Bay was one of the best mid-majors last season with a 27-7 record and wins over Creighton and Washington State. There’s a new head coach in town with Kayla Karius at the helm – and this is a good chance to see a top 15-ranked Kansas State squad against a team that returns all of its top scorers from last season.



5 players to watch and what to know about the UWM women's basketball team--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Lucky No. 13? UWM's Kyle Rechlicz hoping for big things as Horizon League's senior coach--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Our predictions for the 2024-25 UW-Milwaukee men's basketball season--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel



2024-2025 Norse hoops preview--The Northerner



Oakland opens season looking for Kampe’s 700th win against Defiance--HoriZone Roundtable

Women's Basketball Prepares for Regular Season Openers--goldengrizzlies.com



Purdue Fort Wayne Women's Basketball Opens 2024-25 at Purdue on Wednesday--gomastodons.com



RMU Men’s Basketball Opens Season at West Virginia--rmucolonials.com



Wright State men’s and women’s basketball season opener previews--HoriZone Roundtable

Sunday, November 3, 2024

News On The Horizon 11/3/2024

The 2024 Student Media Forum--HoriZone Roundtable



Cleveland State Men's Basketball Opens 2024-25 Regular Season at Michigan--csuvikings.com



Men's Basketball Starts New Campaign At Home On Monday--detroittitans.com
Titan Profile: Fuchs Jr. Waiting For His Opportunity--detroittitans.com



Gottlieb leads Green Bay into season opener against Oklahoma State--HoriZone Roundtable
The Breakfast Buffet--College Hoops Today

On The Side

  • Green Bay’s Doug Gottlieb makes his Division 1 head coaching debut tonight in Stillwater against his alma mater Oklahoma State.

Phoenix Men's Basketball Set to Open Season on the Road at Oklahoma State--greenbayphoenix.com


Phoenix women tasked with Top 25 Season Opener--HoriZone Roundtable
Game Preview: Green Bay Opens 2024-25 Season at Kansas State--greenbayphoenix.com



JAGUARS TO OPEN CORSARO-ERA AGAINST IU COLUMBUS--iuindyjags.com



Men's Basketball Opens Season at Home Against Defiance; Travels to Boise for Road Game--goldengrizzlies.com



2024-25 Season Opener Set For Monday vs. Bluffton--gomastodons.com



Men's basketball preview: Robert Morris men continue search for footing in Horizon League--TribLIVE
College basketball preview capsules: West Virginia, Penn State and Robert Morris enter new season with questions--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Robert Morris

Robert Morris is entering its fifth season in the Horizon League, but it’s still looking for its first winning record. The Colonials went 16-17 in 2022-23, including a 10-10 record in conference play, but regressed last season to finish 10-23. They’ve had just two winning seasons since making the NCAA tournament in 2015, their final two seasons in the Northeast Conference, and lost five of their top six scorers from last year’s team.

Coach: Andrew Toole (15th season)

2023-24 record: 10-22 (9th in Horizon League, lost in first round of Horizon League tournament)

Top departures: F Markeese Hastings (14.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg), G Josh Corbin (13.4 ppg, 3.2 apg), F Stephaun Walker (9.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg)

Top additions: G Josh Omojafo (Gannon, 20.0 ppg, 48.2% field goal percentage), G DJ Smith (Bowling Green, 4.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg), G Kam Woods (NC State, 1.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg)

Storyline to watch: The Colonials lost their final seven games last season, struggling to both defend and score. Coach Andrew Toole, in his 15th season at Robert Morris despite being just 44 years old, largely flipped the roster in the offseason, bringing in eight newcomers to join the Colonials’ seven returnees.

As is necessary in the transfer portal at a low-major school, Toole took a number of swings on high-upside additions. Guards DJ Smith and Kam Woods, from Bowling Green and NC State, respectively, both struggled statistically last season but had far better 2022-23 campaigns. Smith was injured in early December at Bowling Green and missed the rest of the season, but the year before at Arkansas-Little Rock averaged 10.4 points and over a steal per game. Woods, now at his fifth school, was ineligible for the first two months of the season at NC State and never got settled on the Final Four-bound Wolfpack. He averaged 17.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in the year prior at North Carolina A&T. Fellow guard Josh Omojafo is another intriguing addition, as he scored 20.0 points per game at Division II Gannon last season.

Senior guard Justice Williams is the top returning Colonial, as he averaged 12.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists last season. He’s the only returnee to average more than 5.3 points last season. Sophomore forward Alvaro Folgueiras and redshirt sophomore Antallah Sandlin-El will also have larger roles in their second year with the Colonials.

Robert Morris was picked to finish ninth again in the Horizon League, ahead of only IU Indianapolis and Detroit Mercy. If the Colonials want to be more competitive in 2024, they will need a big season from Williams and a return to past form from Smith and Woods.


Women's basketball preview: 1st-time head coach Chandler McCabe aims to get Robert Morris back on track--TribLIVE
Duquesne, Pitt and Robert Morris women's basketball ready to seize national spotlight in 2024-25 season--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

‘Moon ball’ at Robert Morris

Over in Moon Township, things look a lot different for the Colonials. Chandler McCabe was named the new head coach following Charlie Buscaglia's resignation in February. McCabe has never been a head coach before but has been an assistant coach at various levels for 13 years.

The new blood might be exactly what the Robert Morris women’s basketball program needs, too. The Colonials haven’t had a winning season since capturing the 2019-2020 Northeast Conference regular-season title. McCabe hopes to change that, though she admits the results might not be immediate.

“Our next game is our most important game, period, win, lose or draw before our next game is the most important,” McCabe said. “The team that we're going to be when we play Point Park on November 6 is going to be a very different team by March. As long as we're continuing to get better every single day, and whether we're plateauing or not plateauing at all, continuing to get better by the end of the season, that's what matters most.”

McCabe is fortunate that all 16 players on Robert Morris’ roster have bought in on what she’s selling. Part of that has to do with the standards she’s setting. She doesn’t compromise character for talent, so even if there’s a phenomenal player she’s interested in, if they don’t have a good attitude, then they’re not for McCabe’s squad.

McCabe has added eight players to join eight returners for the 2024-2025 season, including leading scorer Simone Morris, who averaged 10.2 points per game last year. McCabe also highlighted Jada Lee, a graduate transfer who played for Carlynton in high school, as a critical player for this year’s squad. Lee will serve as the point guard for the Colonials after showing her ability to score and defend last year at Mount St. Mary’s.

The slogan for the Colonials this season is “Moon ball,” a play on words with the team being located in Moon Township — but it also describes how McCabe wants the team to play.

“Essentially, what it describes is just doing all the dirty work,” McCabe said. “Do all the little things. Defend every single night, no matter where we are, when we are, how we are. You can play basketball on the moon. You might not be able to throw the rock in an ocean and score on any given night, but I don't care if we win 31 to 32. That's called Moon ball. We're diving on the floor. We're getting all the loose balls. We just want to play our brand of basketball and pull out a couple W's.”



Wright State basketball: Imariagbe happy just to rebound, let others score--Dayton Daily News
Raiders tip off 2024-25 Monday night in front of national audience--wsuraiders.com



Faulkner Era Begins Monday Night Against Westminster--ysusports.com

Friday, November 1, 2024