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

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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

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