News On The Horizon 4/9/2022

Former Denmark star Zane Short joins brother Donavan on UWGB basketball team--Green Bay Press Gazette

News On The Horizon 4/8/2022

Ranking the best available men’s college basketball transfers and high school recruits for 2022-23--The Athletic

45. D’Moi Hodge | 6-4 guard | senior | Cleveland State

Hodge has good size for a guard (6-4) and was the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year, averaging 2.2 steals per game. He’s a high-volume shooter who is just an OK shooter. He shot 33.7 percent from 3 this year, up from 29.9 percent his junior season. His release is quick and high, so he has no problems getting it off, but he has some really bad misses. Not sure you can count on his 3-point percentage going up much, especially if he tries to go up a level or two. He’s at his best as a cutter and in transition. He shot an impressive 62.9 percent inside the arc. He’s got some quickness to him, but he’s not very bouncy at the rim. If he tries to go to the high-major level, that could be an issue. He did produce at Cleveland State, leading the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game. His signature performance this season was a 31-point outing in an overtime loss at Oklahoma State.

Breaking down the contract for new CSU basketball coach Daniyal Robinson--Cleveland Plain Dealer

Zieniewska & Ngwafang To Return For 2022-23 Season--csuvikings.prestosports.com

Butler hires Austin Parkinson as women's basketball coach--Associated Press
Butler hires IUPUI's Austin Parkinson as women's basketball coach--Indy Star
PARKINSON ANNOUNCED AS BUTLER HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH--iupuijags.com

News On The Horizon 4/7/2022

Ranking the best available men’s college basketball transfers and high school recruits for 2022-23--The Athletic

40. D’Moi Hodge | 6-4 guard | senior | Cleveland State

Hodge has good size for a guard (6-4) and was the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year, averaging 2.2 steals per game. He’s a high-volume shooter who is just an OK shooter. He shot 33.7 percent from 3 this year, up from 29.9 percent his junior season. His release is quick and high, so he has no problems getting it off, but he has some really bad misses. Not sure you can count on his 3-point percentage going up much, especially if he tries to go up a level or two. He’s at his best as a cutter and in transition. He shot an impressive 62.9 percent inside the arc. He’s got some quickness to him, but he’s not very bouncy at the rim. If he tries to go to the high-major level, that could be an issue. He did produce at Cleveland State, leading the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game. His signature performance this season was a 31-point outing in an overtime loss at Oklahoma State.

Cleveland State to name Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as head coach--Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Cleveland State hoops coach Daniyal Robinson came up the hard way--Cleveland Plain Dealer
WATCH LIVE - Daniyal Robinson welcome press conference--csuvikings.prestosports.com
Daniyal Robinson named Cleveland State University men’s basketball coach--csuvikings.prestosports.com

Davis Leads #HLMBB In Scoring For Fourth Time, Finishes Third In Nation--detroittitans.com

Oakland's Micah Parrish exits; here's a mid-major hoops update on transfer portal--Detroit News

Schedule For Cancun Classic Announced--gomastodons.com

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 4/6/2022

Cleveland State hires Iowa State assistant Robinson as coach--Associated Press
Cleveland State Finalists--Hoop Dirt
REPORT: Cleveland State to hire Iowa State’s Robinson--Hoop Dirt

Green Bay Adds Tatum Koenig to Roster--greenbayphoenix.com

Natalie Villaflor commits to Mount St. Mary’s--Colonial Sports Network

The Other Top 25: Saint Peter’s debuts at No. 5 in final ranking--Mid-Major Madness

The Other Top 25: April 5, 2022

Also receiving votes:

SMU 7; North Texas 5; Wright State 3; VCU 3; Bryant 3; Drake 3; Georgia State 2; Yale 2

Women’s Basketball adds three transfers for 2022-23 season--wsuraiders.com

News On The Horizon 4/4/2022

Daily Dirt – 4/4/22--Hoop Dirt

The search at Cleveland State is winding down. I’ve heard that CSU’s President and AD were in New Orleans conducting interviews. I’ve heard few different things here – one camp thinks this is it, while one believes there will be some on campus interviews this week. CSA has been helping to run this one. More on this as I hear it.

UWGB point guard Kamari McGee enters NCAA transfer portal--Green Bay Press Gazette

Chase Cook enters transfer portal--Colonial Sports Network

Ashleen Bracey named UIC women’s basketball head coach--UIC News

News On The Horizon 4/2/2022

The Transfer Portal: Balancing a Roster During Times of Turnover--HoriZone Roundtable

Chicone, Long to transfer--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle

News On The Horizon 4/1/2022

Cleveland State extends AD Scott Garrett contract into 2026--Associated Press
Cleveland State extends athletic director Scott Garrett’s contract as he looks for new basketball coach--Cleveland Plain Dealers

Detroit Mercy women's basketball interim coach LaTanya Collins will not return--Detroit Free Press
Detroit Mercy women's basketball will have fourth head coach in four years--Detroit News
Titans Announce Leadership Change In Women's Basketball Program--detroittitans.com

UWGB men's basketball team lands Racine Case star Amari Jedkins--Green Bay Press Gazette

2022 NBA Mock Draft, Final Four edition: Jabari Smith at No. 1; Bennedict Mathurin, Jeremy Sochan among big movers--The Athletic

27. Miami Heat

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

The intel from the previous mock draft remains a good encapsulation of where this is now. Baldwin is all over the map when you talk to scouts. Some are willing to entirely overlook an unmitigated disaster of a freshman season at Milwaukee. Others are not. Baldwin averaged 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 ended up having to do too much on offense far too regularly. He’d be much better off where he could have had shots created for him and use those pristine shooting mechanics to hit open looks. Indeed, he didn’t get many clean opportunities this season. Per Synergy, Baldwin took just seven uncontested 3-pointers this season in 11 games, a low number that exemplifies how much the team’s guards struggled. The team had 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. I think everything from first round to second round to Baldwin ending up back in college is on the table.

Panthers Welcome Bart Lundy to Milwaukee--mkepanthers.com

Sean McNeil, WVU guard from Cooper HS in transfer portal, hears from UC, NKU, per report--Cincinnati Enquirer

Throwback Thursday: This season’s rankings in YSU history--The Jambar
Women's Basketball: Season In Review--ysu.prestosports.com