Crusader Returnees - Valparaiso University

Quick Facts/Table of Contents 

2008-09 

Table of Contents 

Quick Facts 1 

Crusaders in the Pros 2-3 

An Amazing 20 Years 4-5 

ESPN at the ARC 6-7 

Taking on the Best 8 

Valpo’s International Pipeline 9 

2008-2009 Schedule 10 

2008-2009 Roster 11 

Season Preview 12-13 

Player Profiles 14-31 

Coaching/Support Staff 32-27 

2007-2008 in Review 38-40 

Horizon League 41-44 

2007-2008 Box Scores 45-50 

Crusaders with Athletes in Action 51-52 

2008-2009 Opponents 53-58 

Crusader Award Winners 59 

Valpo Record Book 60-63 

Year-by-Year Results 64-73 

All-Time Series Records 74-75 

All-Time Roster 76-77 

Crusader Facilities 78-82 

Valparaiso University Hall of Fame 83 

Valparaiso University 84-85 

2009 ESPNU BacketBusters 86 

Media Information 87 

TV/Radio Roster 88 

Driving Directions 

From the east (Ohio) and west (Chicago): 

Take I-80/94 to exit 31 (Chesterton/Valparaiso), 

State Route 49 or take I-94 to exit 

26 (Chesterton/Valparaiso), State Route 

49. Head south on State Route 49 until 

reaching US 30. Exit west and go about 

one block to Sturdy Road (SR 130). Turn 

right and campus entrance will be approximately 

1/4 mile ahead on the left. Enter 

campus and proceed to the far side of campus, 

where the ARC will be on the right. 

From the south (Indianapolis): 

Take I-65 to US 30 exit in Merrillville. Exit 

east and take US 30 approximately 15 miles 

to Sturdy Road (SR 130). Turn right and 

campus entrance will be approximately 1/ 

4 mile ahead on the left. Enter campus and 

proceed to the far side of campus, where 

the ARC will be on the right. 

Credits and Notes 

The 2008-09 Valparaiso University Men’s Basketball Media 

Guide was designed, written, and edited by Aaron 

Leavitt, Valparaiso University Assistant Director of Sports 

Media Relations. Editorial assistance provided by Ryan 

Wronkowicz and Brandi Anstine. Photography by 

Aran Kessler, Rick Welton and Ray Acevedo. Other 

photos provided by the Milwaukee Bucks, North Carolina 

MediaRelations and Ohio State Media Relations. 

Printing by Vision Integrated Graphics (Tinley Park, Ill.). 

Anyone with historical information that may have been 

omitted from this guide is encouraged to contact the 

Valparaiso University Sports Media Relations office. All 

information in this media guide is current as of Nov. 1, 

2008. All times listed throughout the guide are Central. 

Additional copies of this guide are available through the 

Valpo Sports Media Relations office for $10 each. 

2008-2009 Quick Facts 

The University/Athletic Department 

Location: Valparaiso, Ind. 46383 

Founded: 1859 

Enrollment: 3,980 

Nickname: Crusaders 

School Colors: Brown and Gold 

Home Court (Capacity): 

Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) 

Press Row Phone: 219-548-1502 

Affiliation: NCAA Division I 

Conference: Horizon League 

President: Mark Heckler 

Athletics Director: Mark LaBarbera 

Senior Woman Administrator: 

Jennifer Samble 

Crusader Staff 

Head Coach: Dr. Homer Drew (William Jewell ‘66) 

Record at Valpo: 324-254 (19 years) 

Career Record: 593-376 (31 years) 

Office Phone: (219) 464-5254 

Associate Head Coach: Bryce Drew 

Assistant Coaches: Luke Gore, Chris Sparks 

Director of Basketball Operations: Pawel Mrozik 

Athletic Trainer: Rod Moore 

Team Physicians: Lakeshore Bone 

and Joint Institute 

On the Cover 

Program History 

First Year of Program: 1917-18 

All-Time Record: 1148-1078 (91 seasons) 

NCAA Appearances: Seven (Last: 2004) 

Conference Regular Season Titles: 

Ten (Last: 2003-04, Mid-Con) 

Conference Tournament Titles: 

Eight (Last: 2003-04, Mid-Con) 

Team Information 

2007-08 Record: 22-14 

2007-08 Home/Road/Neutral: 13-4/6-9/3-1 

2007-08 Horizon Record (Finish): 9-9 (t-4 th ) 

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/6 

Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 

Sports Media Relations 

Asst. Athletics Dir. for Media Relations: 

Ryan Wronkowicz 

Asst. Dir. of Sports Media Relations/ 

Men’s Basketball Contact: Aaron Leavitt 

Office Phone: (219) 464-6953 

Cell Phone: (219) 476-6680 

E-Mail Address: Aaron.Leavitt@valpo.edu 

Fax Number: (219) 464-5762 

Website: www.valpoathletics.com 

From left to right: Seniors Urule Igbavboa, Jake Diebler and 

Brandon McPherson 

Valparaiso University Athletics 

Mission Statement 

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Valparaiso University 

provides quality competitive athletic participation, stressing fair play, 

moral integrity, leadership development, equity and academic excellence, 

guided by coaches and staff committed to diversity and the total wellbeing 

of both men and women student-athletes, enabling them to become 

productive and ethical members of society. 

Nine Postseason Appearances in the Last 13 Years 1

2008-09 

Former Valparaiso men’s basketball 

player Joaquim Gomes, who sported the 

Crusader uniform from 2000 through 2004, 

played this summer for his home country of 

Angola in the 2008 Olympic Games 

contested in Beijing, China. 

Gomes, in his second Olympiad as a 

member of the Angolan national team, 

started all five games for Angola in 2008. 

The 6’7" forward averaged 6.8 points and 

5.2 rebounds per game over the duration 

of the tournament, highlighted by putting up 

a team-best 17 points against China. He 

also stood out in a matchup against the 

eventual gold medalists from the United 

States, pulling down a game-high eight 

rebounds while matched up against players 

such as Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James. 

Crusaders In the Pros 

JOAQUIM GOMES 

2000-04 

2004, 2008 OLYMPIAN 

The 2008 squad marks the third time 

that Gomes has been chosen to participate 

in the Olympics for Angola. Gomes passed 

up the chance to play in 2000 to begin 

attending Valparaiso immediately, where he 

finished his four-year career fifth in program 

history in rebounding and third in blocked 

shots. Gomes has also helped guide Angola 

to back-to-back gold medals at the 2005 

and 2007 African Championships, and 

earned Most Valuable Player honors at the 

latter event. 

SHAWN HUFF 

2004-08 

Currently Playing in Greece 

“Playing at Valpo for Coach Drew helped prepare me for 

the next level by strengthening my work ethic and desire to 

become a better player. My time at Valpo improved my 

mental toughness and taught me that you have to be ready 

to play on game day no matter what, because you only get a 

hnadful of chances to play every year.” 

RON HOWARD 

2003-06 

Played for Milwaukee Bucks 

During 2008 Preseason; 

Also Has Played in the 

NBDL 

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29 Players Sent to the Pros in the Last 15 Years

The Crusader tradition in the pros dates back to the 1940s. 

Don Warnke (1942-45) holds the distinction of being the first 

Valpo player to play professional basketball, taking the court 

for Cleveland of the National Professional League in 1945-46. 

John Janisch (1943-46) saw action with the Detroit Falcons, 

Boston Celtics, and Providence Steam Rollers over two years 

in the NBA, while Don Bielke (1951-53) was selected in the 

eighth round of the NBA draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons. 

Crusaders In the Pros 

2008-09 

VALPO BASKETBALL HAS SENT 29 

PLAYERS TO THE PROS SINCE 1993 

Anthony Allison 

1994-1996 

Raitis Grafs 

1999-2003 

Samuel Haanpää 

2006-2008 

Antti Nikkila 

1999-2003 

Dan Oppland 

2002-2006 

Chris Artis 

1995-1997 

Lubos Barton 

1998-2002 

Ali Berdiel 

2001-2006 

Ron Howard 

2003-2006 

Shawn Huff 

2004-2008 

Bill Jenkins 

1994-1998 

Stalin Ortiz 

2001-2003 

David Redmon 

1992-1995 

Casey Schmidt 

1992-1994 

Wayne Charles 

1993-1995 

Bob Jenkins 

1994-1998 

Milo Stovall 

1998-2002 

Bryce Drew 

1994-1998 

Mohamed Kone 

2005-2006 

Jamie Sykes 

1993-1998 

Chris Ensminger 

1992-1996 

Jarryd Loyd 

2004-2008 

Tony Vilcinskas 

1995-1998 

Tracy Gipson 

1989-1993 

Calum MacLeod 

2006-2008 

Zoran Viskovic 

1996-1999 

Joaquim Gomes 

2000-2004 

Roberto Nieves 

2002-2004 

Ivan Vujic 

1998-2000 


2008-09 

An Amazing 20 Years 

When Homer Drew arrived at Valparaiso 

University prior to the 1988-89 season, he 

inherited a squad without a winning season 

at the Division I level. The program had 

experienced only three 20-win seasons in 

71 years of existence. What has transpired 

since then is a transformation into one of 

the premier mid-major programs in NCAA 

basketball, a program that constantly finds 

itself among the best in its league and 

partaking in postseason play. 

The numbers speak for themselves. 

ESPN.com recently released a prestige 

ranking, measuring college basketball 

programs’ success over the past 25 years. 

The Crusaders found themselves ranked 56 th 

in the index, ahead of fellow mid-major 

powers such as Creighton, Davidson and 

George Mason, while also leading majorconference 

teams the likes of Notre Dame, 

Minnesota, and Marquette. 

The impetus behind the Crusaders’ success 

lies mainly with the fact that Valpo is 

constantly a presence in the postseason. 

Nine times in the past 13 seasons, Valparaiso 

has found itself playing beyond conference 

tournament time: seven appearances in the 

NCAA Tournament to go along with one 

apiece in the NIT and the CBI. 

The most memorable of those postseason 

appearances, of course, is the Crusaders’ 

run in the 1998 NCAA Tournament, when 

they danced their way all the way to the 

Sweet 16. Along the way, they created one 

of the most indelible 

images in tournament 

history when Bryce 

Drew nailed “The 

Shot”, a last-second 

3-pointer to beat Ole 

Miss in the first round, 

a shot which even 

today is still replayed 

every March and 

constantly is ranked 

among the top shots 

all-time in the NCAA 

Tournament. 

But Valpo’s success 

has not been limited 

to just postseason 

appearances. They 

have put together a 

program with consistent success throughout 

the regular season as well, as the same 

program which won 20 games just three 

times in its first 71 seasons has experienced 

ten 20-win campaigns in the last 20 years 

and has averaged 20 wins per year as well. 

Home court advantage has also played 

a big role in the success of the Crusader 

program. Valpo has won at least ten games 

at the Athletics-Recreation Center 12 times 

since 1993-94 and has put together a 162- 

31 (.839) record at the ARC in the last 15 

seasons. The ARC has also received national 

recognition as one of the best game 

atmospheres in the nation, ranking ninth 

among Division I schools in a poll on 

ESPN.com near the end of the 2006-07 

campaign. 

The success of the Crusader program 

carried over into the 2007-08 season, 

Valpo’s debut run through the Horizon 

League. A campaign which saw three 

nationally-televised home games in a 25- 

day span and four other national TV 

appearances over the course of the season 

ended with 22 victories, placing the 

Crusaders among the top 21% of Division I 

squads. Valpo also experienced success in 

the television ratings, as its game against 

The Crusaders celebrate one of their 

many conference championships. 

Butler on ESPN2 received the highest rating 

by a Horizon League regular season contest 

on an ESPN network in the past three years. 

Playing in the extremely competitive 

Horizon League for the first time, Valpo was 

one of just three league teams to earn a 

postseason berth, as it was awarded just one 

of 16 spots in the inaugural College 

Basketball Invitational. There, the Crusaders 

became one of just 57 teams last year to 

win a postseason game as they went on the 

road and defeated Washington in the first 

round. The win was another remarkable 

accomplishment for Valpo, as it was the first 

time in 36 seasons that the Crusaders had 

won a true road game against a BCSconference 

opponent. 

The win over Washington goes along with 

other big wins over the years over majorconference 

foes such as Florida State, Ole 

Miss, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, 

Charlotte, Penn State, Rhode Island, Seton 

Hall, South Carolina, and Ohio State. The 

Crusaders also constantly challenge 

themselves against the nation’s elite, as for 

each of the last four years, Valpo has played 

the #1 team in the nation: North Carolina in 

2007-08, Ohio State in 2006-07, Duke in 

2005-06 and Illinois in 2004-05. 

Casey Schmidt helped turn around the 

Crusader basketball program. 

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1997-98 Sweet Sixteen Team 

2008-09 

FRONT ROW (left-to-right): Manager Jason Baldwin, Assistant Coach Jim Harrick, Bryce Drew, Aric Graham, Head Coach Homer Drew, 

Jared Nuness, Jay Phifer, Assistant Coach Scott Drew, Manager Matthew Couser. 

SECOND ROW: Student Assistant Mark Morefield, Monte Gordon, Chris Sparks, Bob Jenkins, Bill Jenkins, Marko Punda, 

Head Athletic Trainer Rod Moore, Sports Information Director Bill Rogers. 

BACK ROW: Assistant Coach Steve Flint, Jason Jenkins, Aaron Thomason, Zoran Viskovic, Antanas Vilcinskas, Cory Gibson, Manager Paul Ziemba. 

NCAA Tournament - First Round 

March 13, 1998 

Valparaiso 70, Mississippi 69 

VALPARAISO 

Player FG 3PT FT R A TP 

Zoran Viskovic 5-8 0-0 9-10 2 0 19 

Bill Jenkins 2-4 0-1 2-2 11 3 6 

Antanas Vilcinskas 3-4 0-0 1-2 2 0 7 

Jamie Sykes 2-7 0-3 0-0 2 2 4 

Bryce Drew 7-16 4-11 4-5 3 8 22 

Jared Nuness 3-8 2-5 2-2 2 0 10 

Jason Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 

Bob Jenkins 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 

Totals 23-49 6-20 18-21 24 14 70 

MISSISSIPPI 


Jason Smith 2-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 6 

Ansu Sesay 4-13 0-1 3-6 5 3 11 

Anthony Boone 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 

Michael White 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 

Keith Carter 7-11 4-7 4-6 11 3 22 

Jon Cantrell 1-4 1-4 2-2 3 0 5 

Jason Flanigan 1-3 1-2 0-0 4 0 3 

Joezon Darby 3-7 3-5 4-4 1 2 13 

Johnnie Rogers 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Rahim Lockhart 0-2 0-0 4-6 1 1 4 

Totals 20-51 10-21 19-26 31 13 69 

Halftime: Mississippi 38, Valparaiso 34 

NCAA Tournament - Second Round 

March 15, 1998 

Valparaiso 83, Florida State 77 (OT) 

VALPARAISO 



Bill Jenkins 3-6 1-2 3-4 9 1 10 


Jamie Sykes 7-13 2-4 3-4 2 1 19 

Bryce Drew 7-17 3-11 5-8 5 4 22 

Jared Nuness 3-3 2-2 0-0 1 2 8 

Jason Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 

Bob Jenkins 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 

Totals 28-60 8-19 19-26 34 9 83 

FLORIDA STATE 


Randell Jackson 4-11 0-0 8-9 7 0 16 

LaMarr Greer 5-10 3-6 2-2 4 2 15 

Corey Louis 4-12 0-0 2-3 9 1 10 

Kerry Thompson 7-12 2-5 0-1 4 5 16 

Terrell Baker 0-5 0-4 4-4 4 3 4 

Karim Shabazz 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 3 2 

Matt Chlebek 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Ron Hale 6-8 2-3 0-0 3 1 14 

Totals 26-59 7-18 18-21 36 15 77 

Halftime: Florida State 41, Valparaiso 38 

End of Regulation: Valparaiso 75, Florida State 75 

NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 

March 20, 1998 

Rhode Island 74, Valparaiso 68 

VALPARAISO 



Bill Jenkins 2-8 0-3 0-1 5 0 4 


Jamie Sykes 3-9 3-3 2-2 3 3 11 

Bryce Drew 6-16 3-7 3-3 3 3 18 

Jared Nuness 1-6 0-2 0-0 3 2 2 

Jason Jenkins 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 5 

Bob Jenkins 4-8 1-1 2-2 8 1 11 

Totals 25-63 8-18 10-12 38 11 68 

RHODE ISLAND 


Joshua King 1-5 1-4 0-0 3 1 3 

Antonio Reynolds-Dean 6-8 0-0 4-8 11 1 16 

Luther Clay 5-9 0-0 4-5 3 1 14 

Cuttino Mobley 5-12 4-6 2-2 5 2 16 

Tyson Wheeler 4-14 1-8 1-2 5 7 10 

Tory Jefferson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

David Arigbabu 0-1 0-0 3-4 2 0 3 

Preston Murphy 2-6 1-3 7-8 3 1 12 

John Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Totals 23-55 7-21 21-29 38 13 74 

Halftime: Rhode Island 44, Valparaiso 39 


2008-09 

ESPN at the ARC 

#10/11 BUTLER at VALPARAISO 

FEBRUARY 5, 2008 

HIGHEST RATED HORIZON LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON GAME ON ESPN2 

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS 

RECORD CROWD AT THE 

ATHLETICS-RECREATION CENTER 

“This is one of the best 

atmospheres we’ve 

been in all season.” 

-ESPN color analysts Tom 

Brennan and Doug Gottlieb 

“This is certainly the 

epitome of Rivalry 

Week...if they put this 

kind of show on every 

time, we’ll be back real 

soon.” 

-ESPN announcer Bob Wischusen 

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ESPN at the ARC 

MIAMI at VALPARAISO 

FEBRUARY 23, 2008 

2008-09 

FIRST-EVER ESPNU BRACKETBUSTERS GAME TO BE BROADCAST 

LIVE NATIONWIDE ON ESPN CLASSIC 

Final Score: 

Valparaiso - 99 

Miami - 94 (2ot) 

WRIGHT STATE at VALPARAISO 

MARCH 1, 2008 

VALPO ONE OF SIX SCHOOLS TO HOST THREE ESPN GAMES FROM FEB. 1- 

MAR. 1: INDIANA, LOUISVILLE, NOTRE DAME, SYRACUSE, VILLANOVA 

Final Score: 

Valparaiso - 75 

Wright State - 73 (ot) 


2008-09 

Crusaders Play #1 

TAKING ON THE BEST 

Valparaiso has taken on the nation’s #1-ranked team 

each of the last four seasons: 

*Dec. 19, 2004 at Illinois* *Dec. 18, 2005 at Duke* 

*Dec. 2, 2006 at Ohio State* *Dec. 30, 2007 at North Carolina* 

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Samuel Haanpää (2006-08) 

Shawn Huff (2004-08) 

Antti Nikkila (1999-2003) 

Finland 

2008-09 

21 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FROM 15 

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS 

Michael Rogers 

(2007-pres.) 

Jamaica 

Valpo’s International Pipeline 

Ali Berdiel (2001-06) 

Roberto Nieves (2002-04) 

Tony Falu (2001-02) 

Puerto Rico 

Mohamed Kone 

(2005-06) 

France 

Benjamin Fumey 

(2007-pres.) 

Germany 

Raitis Grafs 

(1999-2003) 

Latvia 

Antanas Vilcinskas 

(1995-98) 

Lithuania 

Lubos Barton 

(1998-2002) 

Czech Republic 

Stalin Ortiz 

(2001-03) 

Colombia 

Moussa Mbaye 

(2003-07) 

Senegal 

Oumar Sylla 

(2003-04) 

Mali 

Joaquim Gomes 

(2000-04) 

Angola 

Marko Punda (1997-2001) 

Ivan Vujic (1998-2000) 

Zoran Viskovic (1996-99) 

Croatia 

Cameron Witt 

(2008-pres.) 

Australia 

Calum MacLeod 

(2006-08) 

New Zealand 

Lubos Barton 

1998-2002 

Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic 

“I haven’t been back home in 15, 16 

months, and I shouldn’t say this, but I really 

don’t miss it. Don’t tell my mom that, but 

we are really a great family here.” 


TM 

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2008-09 

2008-09 Schedule 

DATE OPPONENT (Television/Internet Coverage) SITE TIME 

Nov. 8 Elmhurst ! (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 15 Marian (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 18 Central Florida (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Nov. 21 vs. San Diego # St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 2:30 p.m. 

Nov. 22/23 vs. Iona/Wisconsin # (FCS) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 24 vs. TBA # (FSN) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA 

Dec. 2 at Cleveland State * (HLN) Cleveland, Ohio 6 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Youngstown State * (HLN) Youngstown, Ohio 6:05 p.m. 

Dec. 10 IPFW (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 8 p.m. 

Dec. 13 at Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio 3 p.m. 

Dec. 20 vs. North Carolina (ESPNU) Chicago, Ill. (United Center) 1 p.m. 

Dec. 22 at Central Florida Orlando, Fla. 6 p.m. 

Dec. 28 at Purdue (Big Ten Network) West Lafayette, Ind. 3 p.m. 

Dec. 30 North Park (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Butler * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 5 at Milwaukee * (HLN) Milwaukee, Wis. 7 p.m. 

Jan. 8 Detroit * (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 10 Wright State * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 15 at UIC * (HLN) Chicago, Ill. 7 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Loyola * (Lakeshore/HLN) Chicago, Ill. 3 p.m. 

Jan. 22 Milwaukee * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 24 Green Bay * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 30 at Butler * (ESPNU) Indianapolis, Ind. 6 p.m. 

Feb. 5 at Wright State * (HLN) Dayton, Ohio 6 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Detroit * (HLN) Detroit, Mich. 3 p.m. 

Feb. 13 Loyola * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Feb. 15 UIC * (Lakeshore/HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 3 p.m. 

Feb. 18 at Green Bay * (HLN) Green Bay, Wis. 7 p.m. 

Feb. 21 ESPN BracketBusters (HLN if not televised) Athletics-Recreation Center TBA 

Feb. 26 Cleveland State * (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Youngstown State * (HLN) Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m. 

Mar. 3, 6, 7, 10 at Horizon League Championships TBA TBA 

All times Central. 

Home games in bold. 

! – indicates Exhibition game 

# – at U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam 

* - indicates Horizon League game 

Three Nationally Televised Games Highlight Broadcast Schedule 

Valparaiso will play in front of a nationally-televised audience at 

least three times during the 2008-09 season. 

Valpo’s Dec. 20 game at the United Center against unanimous preseason 

#1 North Carolina will be shown on ESPNU at 1 p.m. CST. Eight 

days later, the Crusaders can be seen on the Big Ten Network as they take 

on Purdue at 3 p.m. CST. New this year to the Horizon League is a Friday 

night game-of-the-week package on ESPNU, which will feature Valpo 

taking on rival Butler from Hinkle Fieldhouse on Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. CST. 

Valpo also has a chance to play four more nationally-televised games 

during the regular season. The semifinals at the Paradise Jam will be broadcast 

on Fox College Sports, while the championship and third-place games 

will be on Fox Sports Net. The Crusaders have a shot at hosting one of 13 

televised games as part of the ESPNU Bracketbusters event on Feb. 21. 

One of the Horizon League’s four games on Feb. 28 will be broadcast on 

ESPN2 as part of Judgment Week, while the League Championship semifinals 

will air on ESPNU on Mar. 7, with the championship game to be 

carried on ESPN Mar. 10. 

The Crusaders will also enjoy local television exposure on Lakeshore 

Public Television. Six games are currently slated for broadcast on Lakeshore, 

including five games from the Athletics-Recreation Center. 

Fans can also catch Crusader basketball live on the Internet through 

the Horizon League Network. Each of Valpo’s 18 league contests, as well 

as all six of the Crusaders’ home non-conference matchups, will be broadcast 

through HLN. 

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NUMERICAL ROSTER 

# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School [Prev. School] 

00 Urule Igbavboa F 6’8" 230 Sr. Oakdale, Minn./Tartan 

1 Michael Rogers G 6’5" 215 So. Kingston, Jamaica/Redemption [N.Y.] Christian 

2 Benjamin Fumey F 6’8" 235 So. Bremen, Germany/Freie Hansestadt 

3 De’Andre Haskins G 6’4” 180 Fr. Long Beach, Calif./La Lumiere [Ind.] School 

4 Cory Johnson F 6’7” 225 Jr.* Duluth, Minn./Duluth East (Iowa State) 

5 Cameron Witt F 6’9” 205 Fr. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia/Launceston 

10 Brandon McPherson G 6’2" 210 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 

11 Nick Shelton G 5’11” 145 Fr. Frankenmuth, Mich./Frankenmuth 

12 Andrew Ferry G 6’2” 170 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran 

14 Howard Little G 6’3” 210 So. Chicago, Ill./Stoneridge [Calif.] School 

15 Erik Buggs G 6’0” 150 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell 

22 Logan Jones G 6’2” 170 Fr. Madison, Ind./Madison 

33 Jake Diebler G 6’3" 180 Sr. Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Upper Sandusky 

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 

Pronunciation Guide 

Jake Diebler: DEE-bler 

Benjamin Fumey: FOO-my 

Urule Igbavboa: ooh-ROO-leh IGG-ba-voa 

2008-09 

# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Prev. School) 

15 Erik Buggs G 6’0” 150 Fr. Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell 

33 Jake Diebler G 6’3" 180 Sr. Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Upper Sandusky 

12 Andrew Ferry G 6’2” 170 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran 

2 Benjamin Fumey F 6’8" 235 So. Bremen, Germany/Freie Hansestadt 

3 De’Andre Haskins G 6’4” 180 Fr. Long Beach, Calif./La Lumiere [Ind.] School 

00 Urule Igbavboa F 6’8" 230 Sr. Oakdale, Minn./Tartan 

4 Cory Johnson F 6’7” 225 Jr.* Duluth, Minn./Duluth East (Iowa State) 

22 Logan Jones G 6’2” 170 Fr. Madison, Ind./Madison 

14 Howard Little G 6’3” 210 So. Chicago, Ill./Stoneridge [Calif.] School 

1 Michael Rogers G 6’5" 215 So. Kingston, Jamaica/Redemption [N.Y.] Christian 

10 Brandon McPherson G 6’2" 210 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 

11 Nick Shelton G 5’11” 145 Fr. Frankenmuth, Mich./Frankenmuth 

5 Cameron Witt F 6’9” 205 Fr. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia/Launceston 

Head Coach: Homer Drew (William Jewell ‘66) - 20 th season 

Associate Head Coach: Bryce Drew (Valparaiso ‘98) - 4 th season 

Assistant Coaches: Luke Gore (Bethel [Tenn.] ‘01) - 7 th season; Chris Sparks (Valparaiso ‘00) - 2 nd season 

Director of Basketball Operations: Pawel Mrozik (Polish Open ‘06) - 1 st season 

* - must sit out season due to NCAA transfer guidelines; will have two seasons of eligibility starting next year 

Breakdown by Height 

6’8” - 1 (Witt) 

Breakdown by Class 

Seniors - 3 (Diebler, Igbavboa, McPherson) 

Juniors - 1 (Johnson) 

Sophomores - 3 (Fumey, Little, Rogers) 

Freshmen - 6 (Buggs, Ferry, Haskins, Jones, Shelton, Witt) 

2008-09 Roster 

Breakdown by State/Country 

California - 1 (Haskins) 

Illinois - 1 (Little) 

Indiana - 2 (Jones, McPherson) 

Michigan - 1 (Shelton) 

Minnesota - 2 (Igbavboa, Johnson) 

Ohio - 1 (Diebler) 

Tennessee - 1 (Buggs) 

Wisconsin - 1 (Ferry) 

Australia - 1 (Witt) 

Germany - 1 (Fumey) 

Jamaica - 1 (Rogers) 


2008-09 

2008-09 Season Preview 

The 2007-08 season was a campaign of 

change for the Crusader basketball 

program, as Valparaiso played in the 

Horizon League for the first time after 25 

years in the Mid-Continent Conference. But 

the new experiences were met head on by 

an experience-laden Valpo squad, as the 

Crusaders advanced to the Horizon League 

semifinals and were one of three league 

squads to earn a postseason berth, going 

to the inaugural College Basketball 

Invitational and defeating Washington in 

first-round action. 

This year, however, the tables are turned. 

No longer are the trips and venues 

unfamiliar. The team knows the demands 

that the Horizon League schedule brings, 

knows that there are no off nights in league 

play. But this year, it will be a relatively 

inexperienced squad taking the hardwood, 

as only five letterwinners return from last 

year’s squad. But with a trio of three-year 

senior starters leading the way, the 

Crusaders are taking aim at another finish 

near the top of the league standings and a 

repeat berth in the postseason. 

COACHING 

Leading the way on the sidelines for his 

20 th season at the helm at the Crusader 

program, and his sixth season in his second 

stint as head coach, is head coach Homer 

Drew. In his 32 nd season overall as a head 

coach, Drew has racked up 593 career wins, 

good for seventh among active Division I 

head coaches. Drew enters the 2008-09 

campaign with 324 wins guiding the 

Crusader program, and has averaged 

better than 20 wins per year over his last 

14 seasons. Last year, Drew guided the 

Crusaders through the transition into the 

Horizon League and helped get Valpo to 

the postseason for the ninth time in the last 

13 years. 

Drew returns the entire core of the 

coaching staff from last year’s squad for 

this season, including son Bryce Drew in his 

fourth year at Valpo and his third season 

as associate head coach. Drew, who starred 

for the Crusaders in the mid 90’s and 

connected on “The Shot” in the first round 

of the 1998 NCAA Tournament against Ole 

Miss, has helped guide Valpo to 55 victories 

in his three seasons on the coaching staff 

and has helped prepare and develop eight 

players for international pro careers. 

Assistant coach Luke Gore also returns for 

his seventh season as a member of the 

Crusader staff, while Chris Sparks is in his 

second year as an assistant coach after 

having previously played for Valpo in the 

late 90’s. Pawel Mrozik joins the Crusader 

staff this year as the director of basketball 

operations, arriving from Poland where he 

founded and ran Polish Shootout Basketball 

Services. 

SENIORS 

Valpo will be leaning heavily on a trio of 

seniors during the 2008-09 season, a trio 

which has started a combined 190 contests 

over the last two seasons for the Crusaders. 

Guard Jake Diebler has started all 77 

games for the Crusaders over the last two 

years. The high-energy native of Upper 

Sandusky, Ohio is one of Valpo’s surest ballhandlers, 

finishing second on the team in 

assists last year with 92 helpers while 

leading the Crusaders with a 2.71 assistto-turnover 

ratio, the second-best mark in 

the Horizon League. Diebler is also one of 

the league’s best defenders and registered 

a team-best 41 steals last year. Offensively, 

Diebler reached double figures in scoring 

on seven occasions in 2007-08, and 

continued as one of Valpo’s most consistent 

players from the charity stripe, where has 

connected on 82.3% of his free throw 

attempts for his career. 

Forward Urule Igbavboa has been 

tabbed a preseason Second Team All- 

Horizon League selection after a junior year 

in which he put up 11.0 points and 7.3 

rebounds per game while starting all 36 

games. Igbavboa ranked third on the team 

in scoring last year and was second among 

all Horizon League players in rebounding. 

He also ranked fourth in the league in field 

goal percentage (55.0%) and is currently 

the third-most accurate shooter in school 

history with a 56.0% career shooting 

percentage. Valpo’s most experienced post 

threat, Igbavboa put up double figures in 

scoring 20 times last year while ripping down 

at least ten rebounds on six occasions. 

Guard Brandon McPherson rounds out 

the Crusader trio of returning starters. 

McPherson was in the starting five for 26 of 

his 36 games last year and averaged 

double figures in scoring for the second 

straight year, putting up 10.1 points per 

game. One of the most accurate 3-point 

shooters in Valpo history (40.8%, 9 th ), the 

senior was among the league’s top-ten in 3- 

point percentage last year while reaching 

double figures in scoring 16 times. 

McPherson also has distributed the ball well 

through his first three years on the Crusader 

team, ranking 17 th all-time at Valpo in assists. 

JUNIOR 

Senior forward Urule Igbavboa 

Valparaiso has just one player with junior 

eligibility, but he will not be donning the 

Crusader uniform this year, as forward Cory 

Johnson must sit out this year in accordance 

with NCAA transfer rules after coming to 

Valpo from Iowa State. Johnson appeared 

in 55 games over his two seasons with the 

Cyclones, connecting on 57.4% of his field 

goal attempts while earning the team’s Pete 

Taylor Mr. Hustle award as a freshman. 

SOPHOMORES 

Three sophomores, two of which saw 

significant playing time for the Crusaders 

last year, are on the Valpo roster for the 

2008-09 season. 

Guard Howard Little appeared in 35 

contests for the Crusaders as a freshman, 

making three starts, all three of which the 

Crusaders went on to win. Little also saw at 

least ten minutes of action on 15 occasions. 

The Chicago native averaged 2.4 points and 

1.5 rebounds per game during his debut 

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2008-09 

campaign, including scoring a season-best 

11 points against Indiana Wesleyan. 

Guard Michael Rogers took full 

advantage of increased playing time in the 

latter stages of the 2007-08 campaign, 

starting each of the year’s last nine games. 

Rogers averaged 3.3 points and 3.2 

rebounds per game on the season, but 

stepped it up when inserted into the starting 

five, upping his averages to 7.0 points and 

5.9 rebounds per contest in the final 11 

games. The native of Jamaica exploded 

onto the national scene when the Crusaders 

hosted Wright State on ESPN2, as Rogers 

was named Player of the Game after going 

off for 21 points and 12 rebounds in Valpo’s 

overtime victory. 

Forward Benjamin Fumey closes out the 

trio of Crusader sophomores this year. 

Fumey came to Valpo from Germany, where 

he suited up for the German Junior National 

squad, prior to last year, but did not see 

action during the regular season for the 

Crusaders. 

FRESHMEN 

With just five returning letterwinners, 

Valpo’s six freshmen will all have ample 

opportunity to earn significant playing time 

and become integral parts during the 2008- 

09 campaign. 

Guard Erik Buggs comes to Valpo from 

Memphis, Tenn., where he played his senior 

year at Mitchell H.S. after earning three 

letters at White Station H.S. A McDonald’s 

All-American nominee, Buggs earned All- 

State honors as a senior while leading 

Mitchell to a berth in the state championship 

game. 

Guard Andrew Ferry walks on to the 

Crusader team this year after a successful 

prep career at Milwaukee Lutheran H.S. in 

Milwaukee, Wis. Ferry helped the Red 

Knights to regional championships in 2006 

and 2007, and set school records for 3- 

pointers in a game and in a season as a 

senior. 

Guard De’Andre Haskins played his 

prep basketball at La Lumiere [Ind.] School, 

over 2,000 miles from his hometown of Long 

Beach, Calif. Haskins averaged 27.5 points 

per game as a senior after averaging 31 

points and 12 rebounds per game during 

his junior year. 

Guard Logan Jones starred at Madison 

H.S. in Madison, Ind., where he earned All- 

State honors three times. Jones, who played 

on the Indiana Junior All-Stars team in the 

summer of 2007, closed his career fifth in 

Madison history in scoring and helped the 

Cubs to back-to-back regional finals. 

Guard Nick Shelton joins the Crusaders 

as a walk-on after playing his high school 

basketball at Frankenmuth H.S. in 

Frankenmuth, Mich. Shelton helped the 

Eagles to a school-record 23 wins during 

his senior year and a berth in the state 

quarterfinals while earning Honorable 

Mention All-Area honors. 

Forward Cameron Witt continues Valpo’s 

international recruiting pipeline, joining the 

Crusaders from Launceston, Tasmania, 

Australia. A member of the Australian U- 

20 national team, Witt was named 

Tasmanian Player of the Year in 2007. 

SCHEDULE 

A game Dec. 20 at the United Center in 

Chicago, Ill. against unanimous preseason 

#1/1 North Carolina highlights the 

Valparaiso men’s basketball schedule for the 

2008-09 campaign. 

The game against the Tar Heels, which will 

be televised nationally on ESPNU, represents 

the third time in the last seven seasons that 

Valpo has played a game at the United 

Center. The Crusaders took on #6 Notre 

Dame at Chicago’s premier facility on Jan. 

4, 2003, and hosted #10 Duke at the United 

Center on Dec. 4, 2004. 

The Crusaders kick off the regular season 

at the Athletics-Recreation Center on 

Saturday, Nov. 15 against Marian, and 

follow three days later with a home contest 

against Conference USA foe UCF. Valpo 

then travels to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 

Paradise Jam Nov. 21-24, where they will 

play three games in four days. The 

Crusaders will face San Diego, which 

advanced to the second round of the 2008 

NCAA Tournament, in the opener, with either 

Iona or #25/21 Wisconsin waiting for the 

second game. The other side of the 

tournament bracket is comprised of #2/2 

UConn, LaSalle, Miami (Fla.) and Southern 

Miss. 

The Horizon League schedule again opens 

with a pair of games in early December. 

The Crusaders will get their longest road 

trip of the league slate out of the way 

immediately, traveling to Cleveland State 

Dec. 2 and facing Youngstown State Dec. 

4. Valpo returns home for a Dec. 10 game 

against IPFW before heading back on the 

road to play Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 13. 

A return game at UCF is scheduled for 

Dec. 22, to be followed six days later by a 

game at Purdue, which won its first round 

NCAA Tournament game last year, on the 

Big Ten Network. The 2008 calendar closes 

with a game at the ARC Dec. 30 versus North 

Park. 

The league’s double round robin slate 

picks up in 2009, as the Crusaders host Butler 

on Jan. 3 at the ARC. Valpo’s matchup in 

Indianapolis against the Bulldogs on Jan. 30 

will be showcased live to a national audience 

on ESPNU. The regular season will close 

with three straight home games, with 

Youngstown State coming to town on 

Saturday, Feb. 28 on Senior Night. The 

Horizon League Championships will be held 

March 3-10 on campus sites, and the 

champion will receive an automatic bid to 

the NCAA Tournament. 

The transition into the Horizon League for 

the Crusaders has been completed. If 

Valpo’s youngsters can step up and fill in 

voids alongside the experienced trio of 

seniors starters, the Crusaders will be well 

on their way to duplicating the success of 

their initial season of Horizon League play. 

Senior guard Brandon McPherson 


2008-09 

Crusader Returnees 

JAKE DIEBLER 

Senior Guard 

6’3” * 180 lbs. 

Upper Sandusky, Ohio 

Upper Sandusky H.S. 

#33 

2007-08: Started all 36 games for the Crusaders as a junior, extending streak of consecutive games played to 78 straight 

contests ... led Valpo in steals (41) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.71) and finished second on the team in assists/game (2.6) 

... finished second in the Horizon League in assist-to-turnover ration and 12th in the league in steals ... also played the 

second-most minutes on the team, averaging 30.9 minutes per game ... connected on 76.9% of his free throws on the season 

... tied for team-high scoring honors at IPFW on Nov. 15, dropping in ten points ... also registered a career-best six assists 

in the win over the Mastodons ... pulled down five rebounds, including three on the offensive end, and chipped in eight 

points at Vanderbilt on Nov. 20 ... set new career high with seven rebounds in win over Western Michigan Nov. 28 ... scored 

12 points, including career-best six free throws, in Valpo’s 

first-ever Horizon League victory at Wright State on Dec. 6 ... named U.S. Army Horizon League 

Scholar-Athlete of the Week Dec. 11 after averaging 8.5 points and 3.5 assists per game in the 

Crusaders’ first two Horizon League wins ... grabbed four offensive rebounds in win against Evansville 

Dec. 11 ... went over 116 minutes without committing a turnover, from late against Evansville 

Dec. 11 to early versus Indiana Wesleyan Jan. 2 ... matched career high with four steals at Wisconsin 

Dec. 22 while also handing out three assists ... connected for 10 points while also pulling down six 

boards Jan. 5 at #16/17 Butler ... matched career best from earlier in the season with seven 

rebounds in nationally-televised tilt from the ARC against #10/11 Butler Feb. 5 ... hit on ten threepointers 

over a three-game stretch Feb. 14-Feb. 20 ... poured in a season-high 14 points, including 

four trifectas, in victory over Youngstown State Feb. 16 ... added 11 points the next time out at 

Loyola on Feb. 20 ... dished out a team-high five assists while playing a career-high 44 minutes in 

double-overtime thriller against Miami on Feb. 23 ... scored 11 points in win over Detroit on Feb. 28 

... limited Wright State leading scorer Vaughn Duggins in ESPN2 matchup on Mar. 1, holding him to 

2-of-9 shooting in Crusader overtime victory ... named U.S. Army Horizon League Player of the 

Game in first-round tournament win over Green Bay Mar. 4 ... connected on five of his six shots from 

the field en route to 13 points against the Phoenix ... combined for 11 assists over Valpo’s next two 

games at the Horizon League Tournament ... pulled down six rebounds while dishing out three assists 

without a turnover as Valpo earned first-round win at the inaugural College Basketball Invitational 

over Washington on Mar. 19 ... named to Horizon League Academic Honor Roll during both fall and 

spring semesters ... recognized on the NABC Honors Court ... traveled to West Africa with Athletes 

in Action squad during summer of 2008. 

2006-07: Started all 31 of Valparaiso’s games during sophomore campaign ... finished season with 

team-high 991 minutes played, an average of 32 per game ... played at least 20 minutes in all 31 

games ... also paced Crusaders in steals (47) ... average of 1.52 steals/game ranked fourth among 

Mid-Continent Conference players ... posted then career-high 13 points in win at IPFW Nov. 13, 

hitting all six of his free throw attempts ... also added five rebounds, four assists and three steals 

against the Mastodons ... grabbed career-best six rebounds and dished out four assists without a 

turnover in win at Niagara Nov. 18 ... also pulled down six caroms Nov. 21 at North Carolina State 

... hit three 3-pointers in four attempts to account for all nine of his points Nov. 27 against #8/9 

Marquette ... tallied four assists and four steals Nov. 29 versus #19/18 Butler ... playing on same 

court where he won Ohio State Championship in high school, grabbed six rebounds Dec. 2 against 

#3/1 Ohio State ... recorded nine points, six rebounds and three steals in return to ARC Dec. 30 versus Chicago State ... enjoyed the best offensive game of his 

career Jan. 4 at Centenary, draining four 3-pointers in five attempts on his way to 16 points against the Gents ... scored nine points on four field goals while also 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points 16, at Centenary (1/4/07) 

Rebounds 7, twice (M.R. 2/5/08) 

Assists 6, twice (M.R. 3/8/08) 

Steals 4, four times (M.R. 12/22/07) 

Blocks 2, vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (11/23/07) 

FG Made 5, three times (M.R. 3/4/08) 

3PT Made 4, three times (M.R. 2/16/08) 

FT Made 6, three times (M.R. 12/6/07) 

2007-08 SEASON HIGHS 

Points 14, Youngstown State (2/16/08) 



Steals 4, at Wisconsin (12/22/07) 

Blocks 2, vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (11/23/07) 

FG Made 5, twice (M.R. 3/4/08) 

3PT Made 4, Youngstown State (2/16/08) 

FT Made 6, at Wright State (12/6/07) 

Diebler’s Career Statistics 

Year GP-GS FG-FGA PCT. 3PT-ATT PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB RPG AST BLK STL PTS PPG 

2005-06 18-0 6-13 .462 3-7 .429 4-4 1.000 12 0.7 11 1 2 19 1.1 

2006-07 31-31 49-138 .355 30-87 .345 40-47 .851 98 3.2 70 6 47 168 5.4 

2007-08 36-36 55-162 .340 35-109 .321 30-39 .769 105 2.9 92 8 41 175 4.9 

TOTAL 95-67 110-313 .351 68-203 .335 74-90 .823 215 2.3 173 15 90 362 3.8 

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2008-09 

handing out five assists Feb. 5 at Chicago State ... knocked down four 3-pointers, matching a career-high, at IUPUI on Feb. 

8 ... ended season on a roll defensively, registering 17 steals over the final six games ... held first team All Mid-Con selection 

Steve Barnes of Southern Utah to two points on 1-of-10 shooting on Feb. 22 ... closed out regular season by limiting UMKC’s 

Quinton Day, also a first team All Mid-Con honoree, to five points on 1-of-12 shooting on Feb. 24 ... a member of the Mid- 

Con All-Academic Team ... named to the Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. 

2005-06: Saw action in 18 contests off the bench as a freshman ... made an immediate impact in his debut, playing seven 

minutes Nov. 28 against Indiana-South Bend ... hit two free throws and one shot from the field for four points, while grabbing 

an offensive rebound, dishing out two assists, and registering his first career block, as well as a steal ... snared two offensive 

rebounds in one possession Dec. 7 at Marquette ... registered three assists in just five minutes of action at Centenary Dec. 29 

... hit two free throws, snagged two rebounds, and recorded two assists in 11 minutes against Longwood Jan. 7 ... hit first 

career 3-pointer at Chicago State Jan. 19 ... had best game of young career against Centenary Feb. 2 ... in 15 minutes of 

action, hit two shots, including one 3-pointer, tallied five rebounds, and dished out three assists ... knocked down 3-pointer 

against Western Illinois Feb. 11 ... registered an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.2 on the season. 

PREP: 2005 Ohio Division II Player of the Year at Upper Sandusky High School, averaging 

18.8 points/game ... led Rams to 2005 Division II State Championship as a senior ... 

named District Player of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... second team All-State 

performer as a sophomore and junior ... holds state records in career assists (835), career steals (578), single-season assists 

(294) and single-season steals (155) ... high school coach was his father, Keith ... played for All-Ohio Red AAU team from 

1999-2004 ... also lettered in cross country and soccer ... earned first team All-District honors in soccer. 

PERSONAL: Jake is the son of Keith and Renee Diebler ... major is marketing with communications and theology minors ... born 

October 28, 1986. 

Jake on what his time at Valpo has 

meant to him... 

“Valpo has been a great blessing in my life. My time here has 

encouraged me in many aspects of my life, especially spiritually. 

The relationships that I have developed here will last for years to 

come.” 

DIEBLER 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME 

Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 

GRACE 11/12/07 * 24 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 4 0 2 1 1 3 5 5.0 

at IPFW 11/15/07 * 34 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 6 1 1 2 10 7.5 

at Vanderbilt 11/20/07 * 31 3 10 .300 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 3 2 5 3.7 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 7.7 

vs UMES 11/23/07 * 25 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 3.8 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.8 

vs Austin Peay 11/24/07 * 33 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.4 2 0 3 0 1 0 3 5.2 

WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/28/07 * 37 2 6 .333 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 1 6 7 4.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 5.5 

BALL STATE 12/01/07 * 29 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 2 3 .667 1 2 3 3.9 2 0 5 3 0 3 5 5.4 

at Wright State 12/06/07 * 37 2 4 .500 2 4 .500 6 7 .857 0 5 5 4.0 1 0 3 3 0 2 12 6.3 

at Detroit 12/08/07 * 32 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.7 3 0 4 0 0 2 5 6.1 

EVANSVILLE 12/11/07 * 33 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 4 2 6 3.9 2 0 4 2 0 0 1 5.6 

CHICAGO STATE 12/15/07 * 26 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.7 3 0 4 0 0 1 5 5.5 

at Wisconsin 12/22/07 * 37 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.6 5 1 3 0 0 4 0 5.1 

at North Carolina 12/30/07 * 31 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 4.8 

INDIANA WESLEYAN 01/02/08 * 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.5 

at Butler 01/05/08 * 27 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 6 6 3.3 4 0 0 2 0 2 10 4.9 

MILWAUKEE 01/10/08 * 33 1 6 .167 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.3 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 4.8 

GREEN BAY 01/12/08 * 27 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 1 1 2 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 4.7 

at Youngstown State 01/17/08 * 28 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 3.3 3 0 3 2 0 0 2 4.6 

at Cleveland State 01/19/08 * 28 1 9 .111 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3.2 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 4.5 

UIC 01/24/08 * 28 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 4.3 

LOYOLA 01/26/08 * 17 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 4.2 

BUTLER 02/05/08 * 28 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 5 7 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.1 

at Green Bay 02/07/08 * 22 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 4.2 

at UIC 02/11/08 * 28 1 5 .200 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 3.1 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 4.1 

CLEVELAND STATE 02/14/08 * 36 3 8 .375 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.0 1 0 3 1 0 1 9 4.3 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 02/16/08 * 33 5 8 .625 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 4.7 

at Loyola 02/20/08 * 34 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2.9 2 0 2 0 0 2 11 4.9 

MIAMI 02/23/08 * 44 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2.9 3 0 5 2 0 0 4 4.9 

at Milwaukee 02/25/08 * 37 1 4 .250 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2.9 2 0 3 2 0 1 4 4.8 

DETROIT 02/28/08 * 34 4 9 .444 2 6 .333 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 2.9 3 0 1 0 1 2 11 5.0 

WRIGHT STATE 03/01/08 * 41 1 5 .200 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.9 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 5.0 

GREEN BAY 03/04/08 * 37 5 6 .833 2 2 1.000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 2.9 3 0 1 0 1 2 13 5.2 

vs Wright State 03/07/08 * 37 1 5 .200 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.8 2 0 5 2 0 2 2 5.1 

vs Cleveland State 03/08/08 * 31 0 6 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.8 4 0 6 3 0 0 0 5.0 

at Washington 03/19/08 * 34 1 7 .143 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.9 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 4.9 

at Houston 03/24/08 * 31 1 4 .250 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 4 4 2.9 2 0 4 1 0 0 3 4.9 

Totals 36 1111 55 162 .340 35 109 .321 30 39 .769 28 77 105 2.9 94 3 92 34 8 41 175 4.9 


2008-09 


URULE IGBAVBOA 

Senior Forward 

6’8” * 230 lbs. 

Oakdale, Minn. 

Tartan H.S. 

#00 

***PRESEASON SECOND TEAM ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE*** 

2007-08: Started all 36 contests for the Crusaders as a junior ... earned Valpo’s Joel Oberman Rebounding Award for the 

second straight year ... finished third on team in scoring (11.0 ppg) ... led Crusaders in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and field goal 

percentage (55.0%) ... finished second among all Horizon League players in rebounding ... also placed fourth in league in 

field goal accuracy ... ripped down league-best 5.7 defensive rebounds per game ... also led Valpo in free throws made 

(117) and tied for team lead in blocked shots (22) ... finished in double figures in scoring 20 times and in rebounding on six 

occasions ... pulled down 11 rebounds, including four on the offensive end, at Vanderbilt on Nov. 20 ... kicked off stretch of 

eight straight games in double figures scoring on Nov. 23 

with 15 points against UMES ... scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting in win over Western Michigan 

Nov. 28 ... set new career high with three steals to go with 13 points and nine rebounds versus Ball 

State Dec. 1 ... put up 16 points in Valpo’s Horizon League debut at Wright State Dec. 6 ... registered 

18 points in victory over Evansville Dec. 11 ... handed out season-best four assists at Wisconsin 

Dec. 22 ... tallied 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in win against Green Bay Jan. 12 ... swatted a 

season-high three shots against UIC Jan. 24 ... matched season high with four assists to go with 11 

rebounds Jan. 26 versus Loyola ... tied previous career high with 15 rebounds Feb. 7 at Green Bay 

... posted first double-double of the year at Loyola Feb. 20, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 

caroms ... tallied another double-double the next time out against Miami Feb. 23, pouring in a 

career-best 22 points to go with 13 rebounds ... closed season with six straight games in double 

figures in scoring ... connected on 70.6% of his field goal attempts over Valpo’s three Horizon 

League Championship games ... set a career high with 12 free throws made in first round win over 

Green Bay Mar. 4 ... also pulled down ten rebounds, including five offensive, against the Phoenix ... 

scored 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting in quarterfinal victory over Wright State Mar. 7 ... helped 

Valpo to first-round CBI win at Washington Mar. 19 with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting ... traveled 

to West Africa with Athletes in Action squad during summer of 2008. 

2006-07: Started 30 of the 31 games he appeared in ... a second team All Mid-Continent Conference 

selection ... named recipient of Valpo’s Homer W. Drew Sr. Memorial Award, presented to the 

team’s Most Improved Player ... also received Joel Oberman Rebounding Award ... finished second 

on team with 11.6 points per game ... led Crusaders and ranked second in the Mid-Con with 7.5 

rebounds per game ... led team as well in blocked shots with 21, ranking eighth in the Mid-Con with 

0.68 per game ... also finished second in the conference with 10 double-doubles ... posted field 

goal percentage of .563, fourth-best in the Mid-Con ... reached double figures in scoring in 20 

games and in rebounding on 12 occasions ... kicked off season with three straight double-doubles ... 

posted 15 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots Nov. 11 against Calumet ... also registered 

double-doubles of 17 points and 12 rebounds at IPFW Nov. 13 and 19 points to go along with 11 

rebounds Nov. 18 at Niagara ... tallied 10 points and 10 rebounds Dec. 16 at Ball State ... kicked 

off conference play with a 14-point, 11-rebound effort Jan. 4 at Centenary ... recorded 20 points 

for the first time in his career Jan. 11 versus Oakland, hitting 8-of-9 shots from the field ... registered 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points 22, Miami (2/23/08) 


Assists 10, at Chicago State (2/5/07) 

Steals 3, Ball State (12/1/07) 

Blocks 4, Calumet (11/11/06) 

FG Made 8, four times (M.R. 2/23/08) 

3PT Made 2, at Houston (3/24/08) 

FT Made 12, Green Bay (3/4/08) 


Points 22, Miami (2/23/08) 

Rebounds 15, at Green Bay (2/7/08) 


Steals 3, Ball State (12/1/07) 

Blocks 3, UIC (1/24/08) 

FG Made 8, Miami (2/23/08) 

3PT Made 2, at Houston (3/24/08) 

FT Made 12, Green Bay (3/4/08) 

Igbavboa’s Career Statistics 


2005-06 22-0 23-38 .605 0-0 .000 18-33 .545 36 1.6 8 5 7 64 2.9 

2006-07 31-30 138-245 .563 1-4 .250 84-127 .661 232 7.5 45 21 21 361 11.6 

2007-08 36-36 137-249 .550 5-13 .385 117-194 .603 263 7.3 47 22 26 396 11.0 

TOTAL 99-66 298-532 .560 6-17 .353 219-354 .619 531 5.4 100 48 54 821 8.3 

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16 points and 14 rebounds in Valpo’s overtime win at UMKC Jan. 25 ... played 41 minutes in comeback victory over Oral 

Roberts Feb. 1, hitting 8-of-11 shots from the floor to score 17 points ... registered first triple-double of his career Feb. 5 at 

Chicago State, hitting 7-of-9 field goal attempts for 18 points to go along with 11 rebounds and 10 assists ... was the first 

triple-double at Valpo in at least a decade ... 10 assists in a game marked the most by any Valpo player during the 2006- 

07 campaign and matched the best effort by any Mid-Con player ... hit 9-of-10 free throw attempts on his way to a careerhigh 

21 points Feb. 17 at Western Michigan ... closed season with three consecutive double-doubles ... hit 8-of-11 shots from 

the floor, scoring 18 points while also grabbing 10 rebounds against UMKC Mar. 4. 

2005-06: Took the court for 22 games during his debut campaign ... played season-high 19 minutes against Indiana-South 

Bend Nov. 28, tallying seven points and pulling down eight rebounds, including three on the offensive end ... also registered 

two assists, a block and a steal against the Titans ... hit two shots and corralled two offensive rebounds at Centenary Dec. 29 

... scored season-high ten points against Longwood Jan. 7, knocking down 4-of-5 shots from the field ... also came up with 

three rebounds and two steals versus the Lancers ... hit all three of his shots against IPFW Jan. 11 ... snagged five rebounds 

in 16 minutes at Chicago State Jan. 19 ... followed with a six-rebound effort the next game Jan. 21 at Southern Utah ... 

matched best effort with four field goals in 13 minutes against Western Illinois Feb. 11 ... 

hit each of his three field goal attempts against Niagara Feb. 18 ... .605 shooting percentage 

led the Crusaders. 

PREP: Four-year letterwinner at Tartan High School for coach Mark Klingsporn ... earned All-State, All-Metro and All-Defensive 

team honors with the Titans as a senior ... was a finalist for Minnesota Mr. Basketball in 2005 ... three-time All-Classic 

Suburban Conference honoree ... scored over 1,000 points in four-year career ... also earned two letters in football. 

PERSONAL: Urule is the son of Urule and Ingrid Igbavboa ... major is sports management with a business minor ... born April 

25, 1987. 

Urule on what his time at Valpo has 


“Valpo = friendship. And that friendship = a lifetime 

of happiness.” 

IGBAVBOA 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME 


GRACE 11/12/07 * 22 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 1 5 6 6.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 8.0 

at IPFW 11/15/07 * 17 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 5 7 .714 0 4 4 5.0 5 1 0 0 0 0 7 7.5 

at Vanderbilt 11/20/07 * 30 3 11 .273 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 4 7 11 7.0 5 1 2 1 0 1 8 7.7 

vs UMES 11/23/07 * 28 6 8 .750 0 0 .000 3 7 .429 3 6 9 7.5 3 0 2 5 0 0 15 9.5 

vs Austin Peay 11/24/07 * 32 5 5 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 9 9 7.8 2 0 3 3 1 0 11 9.8 

WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/28/07 * 33 6 8 .750 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 0 7 7 7.7 4 0 0 2 0 1 15 10.7 

BALL STATE 12/01/07 * 27 6 9 .667 0 1 .000 1 5 .200 4 5 9 7.9 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 11.0 

at Wright State 12/06/07 * 32 4 7 .571 1 1 1.000 7 10 .700 2 5 7 7.8 4 0 1 4 2 0 16 11.6 

at Detroit 12/08/07 * 34 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 3 3 7.2 2 0 1 2 0 1 11 11.6 

EVANSVILLE 12/11/07 * 29 6 10 .600 0 0 .000 6 6 1.000 2 4 6 7.1 3 0 0 3 1 1 18 12.2 

CHICAGO STATE 12/15/07 * 27 2 8 .250 0 0 .000 7 7 1.000 1 3 4 6.8 2 0 3 1 0 1 11 12.1 

at Wisconsin 12/22/07 * 31 0 5 .000 0 1 .000 5 8 .625 1 6 7 6.8 5 1 4 2 0 2 5 11.5 



at Butler 01/05/08 * 23 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 0 6 6 6.5 4 0 3 3 0 1 8 10.2 

MILWAUKEE 01/10/08 * 29 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 1 2 3 6.3 4 0 1 2 1 0 11 10.3 

GREEN BAY 01/12/08 * 29 6 8 .750 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 4 3 7 6.4 2 0 0 3 1 1 14 10.5 


at Cleveland State 01/19/08 * 19 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 5 5 6.4 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 9.9 

UIC 01/24/08 * 17 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 7 8 6.5 4 0 1 3 3 1 8 9.8 

LOYOLA 01/26/08 * 34 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 3 8 11 6.7 3 0 4 2 0 1 9 9.8 

BUTLER 02/05/08 * 28 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 2 3 5 6.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 11 9.8 

at Green Bay 02/07/08 * 36 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 2 13 15 7.0 5 1 1 4 2 1 9 9.8 

at UIC 02/11/08 * 27 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 7 7 7.0 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 9.5 

CLEVELAND STATE02/14/08 * 32 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 2 4 6 6.9 1 0 3 5 0 2 14 9.7 


at Loyola 02/20/08 * 34 6 9 .667 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 1 9 10 7.0 2 0 1 1 1 0 15 9.9 

MIAMI 02/23/08 * 38 8 15 .533 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 4 9 13 7.2 4 0 0 1 1 1 22 10.3 

at Milwaukee 02/25/08 * 25 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 5 10 .500 1 8 9 7.2 5 1 0 5 1 0 7 10.2 

DETROIT 02/28/08 * 33 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 4 5 9 7.3 3 0 1 1 0 2 9 10.1 

WRIGHT STATE 03/01/08 * 31 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 3 4 7 7.3 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 10.2 

GREEN BAY 03/04/08 * 23 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 12 20 .600 5 5 10 7.4 3 0 0 1 0 1 14 10.3 

vs Wright State 03/07/08 * 32 6 7 .857 1 1 1.000 4 7 .571 1 7 8 7.4 3 0 2 2 2 1 17 10.5 

vs Cleveland State 03/08/08 * 25 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 5 7 .714 3 3 6 7.4 1 0 1 2 0 0 15 10.7 

at Washington 03/19/08 * 31 7 10 .700 1 1 1.000 2 3 .667 2 4 6 7.3 5 1 2 2 0 0 17 10.9 

at Houston 03/24/08 * 31 6 8 .750 2 3 .667 2 4 .500 1 6 7 7.3 3 0 1 0 1 0 16 11.0 

Totals 36 1020 137 249 .550 5 13 .385 117 194 .603 59 204 263 7.3 108 6 47 76 22 26 396 11.0 


2008-09 


BRANDON MCPHERSON 

Senior Guard 

6’2” * 210 lbs. 

Indianapolis, Ind. 

Lawrence North H.S. 

#10 

2007-08: Appeared in all 36 games for the Crusaders as a junior, starting on 26 occasions ... finished ninth in Horizon 

League in 3-point percentage (40.9%) ... hit 48.6% of his field goal attempts, including 44.4% from behind the arc, in 

Valpo’s 18 league contests, good for ninth and sixth place, respectively, among all league players ... reached double 

figures in scoring 16 times on the year ... kicked off season with 14-point effort on 6-of-9 shooting against Grace Nov. 12 

... led the Crusaders with 19 points on 6-of-8 from the floor in win at Detroit Dec. 8 ... grabbed a season-best five rebounds 

and dished out a season-high eight assists in win over Chicago State Dec. 15 ... matched career high with three steals Dec. 

22 at Wisconsin ... connected on 7-of-11 shots from the floor, 

including four triples, en route to team-high 20 points in victory at Youngstown State Jan. 17 ... put up 

15 of his 20 points in the second half against the Penguins ... knocked down four triples in front of a 

national TV audience Feb. 5 against #10/11 Butler ... matched his career-best effort from behind 

the arc Feb. 7 at Green Bay, connecting on five three-pointers against the Phoenix ... also matched 

season-highs at Green Bay with 20 points and five rebounds ... scored a team-high 17 points, 

including 4-of-6 from behind the arc, in win at Milwaukee Feb. 25 ... key part of Valpo’s Horizon 

League Championship quarterfinal win over Wright State Mar. 7, scoring 16 points, including a 

perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe ... also connected on all six free throw attempts versus Cleveland 

State Mar. 8 ... came off bench to pour in 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting while also handing out 

four assists in Valpo’s first-round CBI win at Washington on Mar. 19. 

2006-07: Started all 31 games for Valpo during sophomore campaign ... earned Valpo’s Dick 

Koenig Assist Award, leading Crusaders with 101 helpers on the season ... average of 3.3 assists 

per game was good for sixth among Mid-Con players ... ranked third in Mid-Con with a 1.51 assistto-turnover 

ratio ... finished season second in league in 3-point percentage (.448) ... was highestranking 

guard among Mid-Con players in field goal percentage (.516, 8 th ) ... became the first 

Valpo guard since Casey Schmidt in 1992-93 to hit more than 50% of his shots from the field ... put 

up double figures in scoring in 19 games ... started season with first double-figure scoring effort of 

his career, registering 10 points Nov. 11 against Calumet ... had a solid all-around game Nov. 18 at 

Niagara, posting nine points, five rebounds and seven assists ... helped Crusaders to near-upset of 

#8/9 Marquette Nov. 27, dishing out a career-high nine assists ... hit 5-of-6 field goal attempts 

Nov. 29, scoring 14 points against #19/18 Butler ... reached 20 points for the first time in his career 

Dec. 5 at Evansville ... hit eight of his nine shots from the field, including all three 3-point attempts, 

against the Purple Aces ... scored career-best 24 points against Charlotte Dec. 22 at the Rainbow 

Classic ... hit 7-of-10 shot attempts, including 5-of-7 from behind the arc, and all five free throws 

versus the 49ers ... matched that effort the next night in Valpo’s win over San Francisco ... was a 

perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and 8-for-9 from the charity stripe against the Dons ... scored 

16 points twice in a three-game span, Jan. 11 against Oakland and Jan. 18 at Western Illinois ... 

also handed out seven assists in the win over the Leathernecks ... grabbed a career-high six rebounds 

Jan. 22 against IPFW ... matched that total in overtime win over Oral Roberts Feb. 1 ... 

scored 13 points and dished out six assists Feb. 5 at Chicago State ... hit 6-of-8 shots Feb. 8 at IUPUI, accounting for 15 points ... a member of the Mid-Con All- 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points 24, twice (M.R. 12/23/06) 


Assists 9, Marquette (11/27/06) 

Steals 3, twice (M.R. 12/22/07) 

Blocks 1, ten times (M.R. 3/8/08) 

FG Made 8, at Evansville (12/5/06) 

3PT Made 5, twice (M.R. 2/7/08) 

FT Made 8, twice (M.R. 12/23/06) 


Points 20, twice (M.R. 2/7/08) 


Assists 8, Chicago State (12/15/07) 

Steals 3, at Wisconsin (12/22/07) 

Blocks 1, vs. Cleveland State (3/8/08) 

FG Made 7, at Youngstown State (1/17/08) 

3PT Made 5, at Green Bay (2/7/08) 

FT Made 6, twice (M.R. 3/8/08) 

McPherson’s Career Statistics 


2005-06 25-0 19-45 .422 1-12 .083 7-11 .636 35 1.4 25 1 8 46 1.8 

2006-07 31-31 127-246 .516 43-96 .448 53-73 .726 82 2.6 101 8 19 350 11.3 

2007-08 36-26 119-266 .447 54-132 .409 71-88 .807 75 2.1 82 1 14 363 10.1 

TOTAL 92-57 265-557 .476 98-240 .408 131-172 .762 192 2.1 208 10 41 759 8.3 

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Academic team ... traveled with Athletes in Action squad in August of 2007, playing in Germany. 

2005-06: Saw action in 25 games off the bench for the Crusaders as a freshman ... debuted with a steal against IPFW Nov. 

23 ... played 11 minutes Nov. 28 versus Indiana-South Bend ... scored four points and grabbed three rebounds against the 

Titans ... knocked down only shot attempt at #1 Duke Dec. 18 ... saw 20 minutes of playing time Jan. 19 at Chicago State, 

pulling down four rebounds, including three offensive ... hit 3-of-4 field goal attempts Jan. 26 at Oakland while also dishing 

out three assists ... registered career-best five rebounds and tied his high with three assists versus Centenary Feb. 2 ... 

recorded first career block Feb. 9 at IUPUI ... scored a season-best seven points against Niagara Feb. 18, knocking down 

both of his shots from the floor, including a 3-pointer, and both free throw attempts ... played season-high 23 minutes in the 

Mid-Con Tournament semifinal against Oral Roberts Mar. 6, scoring six points on 3-of-4 shooting while also grabbing four 

rebounds ... maintained a sterling 1.92 assist-to-turnover ratio for the season. 

PREP: Played three seasons at Lawrence North High School for coach Jack Keefer ... guided Wildcats to IHSAA State 

Championship as a junior and senior ... named to Indiana All-Star team and garnered first team All-Metropolitan Interscholastic 

Conference honors as a senior ... named MVP of 2005 Jermaine O’Neal All Star 

Game ... won IHSAA Mental Attitude Award ... Wildcats won 73 out of 80 games during 

his three seasons on the team ... teammate of Greg Oden, #1 overall pick in the 2007 

NBA Draft ... played for Indiana Red and Indiana Elite AAU teams ... graduated with honors ... also lettered in football. 

PERSONAL: Brandon is the son of Bennie Jr. and Jolene McPherson ... majors are accounting and business management ... born 

November 13, 1986. 

Brandon on what his time at Valpo 

has meant to him... 

“I have grown tremendously over my years at Valpo, not only in 

basketball, but in all aspects of my life. It has especially reinforced 

my belief that Christ is Lord.” 

McPHERSON 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME 


GRACE 11/12/07 * 19 6 9 .667 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 3 0 1 2 0 2 14 14.0 

at IPFW 11/15/07 * 23 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 9.5 

at Vanderbilt 11/20/07 * 17 3 6 .500 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 4 0 3 2 0 0 8 9.0 

vs UMES 11/23/07 * 26 1 6 .167 0 4 .000 4 4 1.000 1 1 2 1.0 4 0 3 0 0 0 6 8.3 

vs Austin Peay 11/24/07 * 18 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 8.0 

WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/28/07 * 17 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 0 0 0 0.8 2 0 2 2 0 1 7 7.8 

BALL STATE 12/01/07 * 19 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 7.7 

at Wright State 12/06/07 * 15 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 7.4 

at Detroit 12/08/07 * 23 6 8 .750 3 5 .600 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 0.9 4 0 3 0 0 0 19 8.7 

EVANSVILLE 12/11/07 * 24 3 8 .375 0 4 .000 3 4 .750 1 1 2 1.0 1 0 2 1 0 0 9 8.7 

CHICAGO STATE 12/15/07 * 25 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 1.4 2 0 8 2 0 2 5 8.4 

at Wisconsin 12/22/07 * 29 5 12 .417 2 4 .500 2 4 .500 1 2 3 1.5 4 0 3 2 0 3 14 8.8 



at Butler 01/05/08 * 34 4 9 .444 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 1 1 2 1.4 5 1 4 0 0 1 10 8.7 

MILWAUKEE 01/10/08 * 34 6 9 .667 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 1 1 2 1.4 4 0 3 4 0 1 15 9.1 

GREEN BAY 01/12/08 * 22 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 1.6 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 8.9 


at Cleveland State 01/19/08 * 27 4 7 .571 2 2 1.000 2 3 .667 1 1 2 1.7 5 1 4 1 0 1 12 9.7 

UIC 01/24/08 * 24 1 9 .111 0 5 .000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 1.7 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 9.5 

LOYOLA 01/26/08 * 30 5 9 .556 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 1.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 9.7 

BUTLER 02/05/08 * 31 5 9 .556 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 3 0 2 1 0 0 14 9.9 

at Green Bay 02/07/08 * 36 6 10 .600 5 8 .625 3 5 .600 0 5 5 1.9 3 0 1 4 0 0 20 10.3 

at UIC 02/11/08 16 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.9 

CLEVELAND STATE 02/14/08 * 33 4 7 .571 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 1.9 2 0 1 2 0 0 11 9.9 


at Loyola 02/20/08 * 31 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 1.9 4 0 2 0 0 0 9 9.8 

MIAMI 02/23/08 35 3 13 .231 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 5 1 2 1 0 0 7 9.7 

at Milwaukee 02/25/08 30 5 10 .500 4 6 .667 3 4 .750 0 4 4 2.0 1 0 2 0 0 1 17 9.9 

DETROIT 02/28/08 32 3 7 .429 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 3 3 0 0 8 9.9 

WRIGHT STATE 03/01/08 30 3 10 .300 0 5 .000 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 2.0 3 0 4 2 0 0 8 9.8 

GREEN BAY 03/04/08 31 1 7 .143 0 3 .000 4 6 .667 1 3 4 2.1 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 9.7 

vs Wright State 03/07/08 30 4 10 .400 2 5 .400 6 6 1.000 0 1 1 2.1 2 0 1 1 0 1 16 9.9 

vs Cleveland State 03/08/08 34 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 6 6 1.000 0 3 3 2.1 3 0 2 2 1 0 8 9.8 

at Washington 03/19/08 28 6 9 .667 3 5 .600 3 4 .750 0 3 3 2.1 3 0 4 1 0 0 18 10.1 

at Houston 03/24/08 25 2 8 .250 2 6 .333 5 6 .833 1 0 1 2.1 4 0 2 3 0 0 11 10.1 

Totals 26 934 119 266 .447 54 132 .409 71 88 .807 14 61 75 2.1 93 3 82 56 1 14 363 10.1 


2008-09 


HOWARD LITTLE 

Sophomore Guard 

6’3” * 210 lbs. 

Chicago, Ill. 

#14 

Stoneridge [Calif.] School 

2007-08: Appeared in 35 games as a freshman for the Crusaders, missing only Jan. 10 tilt against 

Milwaukee ... played at least ten minutes in 15 contests ... debuted Nov. 12 against Grace with three 

points, five rebounds and two steals in 16 minutes of action ... scored eight points on 3-of-4 shooting, 

including connecting on both of his 3-point 

attempts, in win at IPFW Nov. 15 ... pulled 

down a season-best six rebounds, three of 

them offensive, to go with six points Nov. 

23 versus Maryland-Eastern Shore ... put up seven points in win over Western 

Michigan Nov. 28 ... connected on 4-of-5 shots from the field en route to 

a season-best 11 points against Indiana Wesleyan Jan. 2 ... also grabbed 

five rebounds, including three on the offensive end, against the Wildcats ... 

saw 20 minutes of action Jan. 19 at Cleveland State, scoring eight points 

and pulling down four rebounds ... started three consecutive games in late 

February for the Crusaders, all three of which Valpo went on to win ... played 

16 minutes in first career start against Miami Feb. 23, a double-overtime 

Crusader victory ... traveled to Poland with Athletes in Action squad during 

summer of 2008. 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points 11, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

Rebounds 6, vs. UMES (11/23/07) 

Assists 2, three times (M.R. 1/2/08) 


Blocks 1, twice (M.R. 2/23/08) 

FG Made 4, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

3PT Made 2, at IPFW (11/15/07) 

FT Made 4, at Cleveland State (1/19/08) 


Points 11, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

Rebounds 6, vs. UMES (11/23/07) 

Assists 2, three times (M.R. 1/2/08) 


Blocks 1, twice (M.R. 2/23/08) 

FG Made 4, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

3PT Made 2, at IPFW (11/15/07) 

FT Made 4, at Cleveland State (1/19/08) 

Little’s Career Statistics 


2007-08 35-3 30-95 .316 7-34 .206 16-27 .593 51 1.5 14 2 13 83 2.4 

TOTAL 35-3 30-95 .316 7-34 .206 16-27 .593 51 1.5 14 2 13 83 2.4 

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Prep: Played one season at Stoneridge School in 2006-07 ... was previously a four-year 

letterwinner at Rich Central H.S. ... a four-time All-Area selection ... earned second team All- 

State honors ... received All-Conference honors all four seasons ... named team MVP four times 

for the Olympians ... earned team MVP honors at the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 

2006 All-Star Game ... named MVP of the Big Dipper Tournament as a junior and as a senior ... 

registered second-highest point total in a single game in school history with 43 points against 

Sandburg ... also earned two letters in football and one in baseball ... an All-Conference baseball 

honoree as a junior ... earned Rich Central Scholar-Athlete award in both junior and senior 

seasons. 

Personal: Howard is the son of Howard and Pamela Little ... 

major is business ... born November 8, 1987. 

Howard on what his time at Valpo 


“It has been a blessing for me. I am able to get a great education 

and play Divsion I basketball, while also developing many 

friendships.” 

LITTLE 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME 


GRACE 11/12/07 16 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 2 3 5 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 3.0 

at IPFW 11/15/07 17 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 4.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 5.5 

at Vanderbilt 11/20/07 12 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 0 2 3.3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 5.3 

vs UMES 11/23/07 20 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 4.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 5.5 

vs Austin Peay 11/24/07 8 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.6 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.4 

WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/28/07 14 3 6 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.2 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 4.8 

BALL STATE 12/01/07 13 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2.9 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4.3 

at Wright State 12/06/07 3 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 

at Detroit 12/08/07 11 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2.6 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 3.7 

EVANSVILLE 12/11/07 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.3 

CHICAGO STATE 12/15/07 10 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 3 5 .600 3 0 3 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.5 

at Wisconsin 12/22/07 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 

at North Carolina 12/30/07 5 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 0 2 2.2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2.9 

INDIANA WESLEYAN 01/02/08 23 4 5 .800 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 3 2 5 2.4 1 0 2 0 1 2 11 3.5 

at Butler 01/05/08 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.3 

GREEN BAY 01/12/08 7 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 

at Youngstown State 01/17/08 8 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 

at Cleveland State 01/19/08 20 2 7 .286 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 2 2 4 2.1 4 0 1 3 0 0 8 3.2 

UIC 01/24/08 7 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 

LOYOLA 01/26/08 15 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 5 1 0 1 0 2 4 3.1 

BUTLER 02/05/08 9 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.1 

at Green Bay 02/07/08 16 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.9 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.2 

at UIC 02/11/08 13 0 5 .000 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3.2 

CLEVELAND STATE 02/14/08 10 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.2 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 02/16/08 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 

at Loyola 02/20/08 6 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 

MIAMI 02/23/08 * 16 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 3.0 

at Milwaukee 02/25/08 * 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 

DETROIT 02/28/08 * 8 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 

WRIGHT STATE 03/01/08 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 

GREEN BAY 03/04/08 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 

vs Wright State 03/07/08 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 

vs Cleveland State 03/08/08 7 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 

at Washington 03/19/08 3 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.4 

at Houston 03/24/08 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 0 1 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 

Totals 3 325 30 95 .316 7 34 .206 16 27 .593 23 28 51 1.5 45 1 14 19 2 13 83 2.4 


2008-09 


MICHAEL ROGERS 

Sophomore Guard 

6’5” * 215 lbs. 

Kingston, Jamaica 

Redemption [N.Y.] Christian 

#1 

2007-08: Appeared in 31 contests for the Crusaders as a freshman, earning starts in each of the last nine 

games of the season ... played in each of the last 27 games of freshman campaign ... named recipient of 

Valpo’s Homer W. Drew Sr. Memorial Award, presented to the team’s Most Improved Player ... kicked off 

career with two points and two rebounds in ten 

minutes of action Nov. 12 against Grace ... 

scored five points, including first career 3- 

pointer, in Valpo’s win over Ball State Dec. 1 ... 

poured in eight points in just six minutes of action at top-ranked North Carolina 

Dec. 30 ... hit three of his five field goal attempts against the Tar Heels while also 

pulling down four rebounds ... became key component of Crusaders’ regular 

rotation late in the season, playing at least 16 minutes in each of the season’s last 

11 games averaged 7.0 points and 5.9 rebounds over that stretch ... scored 

eight points and grabbed six boards in Horizon League win over Youngstown 

State Feb. 16 ... made most of first career start Feb. 23 versus Miami, scoring ten 

points and pulling down five rebounds in 29 minutes of action ... grabbed nine 

rebounds next time out at Milwaukee Feb. 25 ... stepped up in the national 

spotlight Mar. 1 against Wright State, going for career bests of 21 points and 

12 rebounds in 38 minutes in front of an ESPN2 audience ... hit on 8-of-12 shots 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points 21, Wright State (3/1/08) 

Rebounds 12, Wright State (3/1/08) 

Assists 3, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

Steals 2, vs. Cleveland State (3/8/08) 

Blocks 2, Wright State (3/1/08) 

FG Made 8, Wright State (3/1/08) 

3PT Made 5, Wright State (3/1/08) 

FT Made 3, Miami (2/23/08) 


Points 21, Wright State (3/1/08) 

Rebounds 12, Wright State (3/1/08) 

Assists 3, Indiana Wesleyan (1/2/08) 

Steals 2, vs. Cleveland State (3/8/08) 

Blocks 2, Wright State (3/1/08) 

FG Made 8, Wright State (3/1/08) 

3PT Made 5, Wright State (3/1/08) 

FT Made 3, Miami (2/23/08) 

Rogers’ Career Statistics 


2007-08 31-9 40-92 .435 12-44 .273 9-16 .563 99 3.2 16 4 8 101 3.3 

TOTAL 31-9 40-92 .435 12-44 .273 9-16 .563 99 3.2 16 4 8 101 3.3 

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from the floor in overtime win over the Raiders, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc ... posted ten 

points and eight rebounds in Horizon League Championship semifinal Mar. 8 against Cleveland 

State ... connected on five of ten shots from the field for ten points to go with seven rebounds in CBI 

quarterfinal at Houston Mar. 24 ... traveled to Poland with Athletes in Action squad during summer of 

2008. 

Prep: A two-year letterwinner for the Lions ... earned team MVP honors for the 2005-06 campaign 

... also lettered one season in soccer ... named to Redemption’s 

honor roll as a senior ... played AAU basketball for CAPS 

during summer of 2007. 

Personal: Michael is the son of Norma Rogers ... major is 

mathematics ... born February 20, 1988. 

Mike on what his time at Valpo has 


“Receiving a Division I basketball scholarship has been one of 

the best things to ever happen to me, and Valpo has been the 

ideal place for me. My teammates make it the best team to play 

on and I’m looking forward to the coming years.” 

ROGERS 2007-08 GAME-BY-GAME 


GRACE 11/12/07 10 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 

at IPFW 11/15/07 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 

vs UMES 11/23/07 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 

BALL STATE 12/01/07 9 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.8 

EVANSVILLE 12/11/07 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 

CHICAGO STATE 12/15/07 12 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 2.2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1.5 

at Wisconsin 12/22/07 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 

at North Carolina 12/30/07 6 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 2 4 2.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.1 

INDIANA WESLEYAN 01/02/08 17 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 2.4 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2.1 

at Butler 01/05/08 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 

MILWAUKEE 01/10/08 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 

GREEN BAY 01/12/08 10 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.8 

at Youngstown State 01/17/08 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1.6 

at Cleveland State 01/19/08 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 

UIC 01/24/08 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 1.9 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1.5 

LOYOLA 01/26/08 15 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.5 

BUTLER 02/05/08 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.4 

at Green Bay 02/07/08 11 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.3 

at UIC 02/11/08 7 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 

CLEVELAND STATE 02/14/08 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 02/16/08 23 3 5 .600 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 6 6 1.9 3 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.5 

at Loyola 02/20/08 24 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 2 3 5 2.0 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 1.8 

MIAMI 02/23/08 * 29 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 2 3 5 2.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 2.1 

at Milwaukee 02/25/08 * 26 4 10 .400 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 2 7 9 2.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 2.4 

DETROIT 02/28/08 * 20 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 2.5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2.3 

WRIGHT STATE 03/01/08 * 38 8 12 .667 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 1 11 12 2.8 4 0 2 1 2 0 21 3.0 

GREEN BAY 03/04/08 * 22 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.8 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3.0 

vs Wright State 03/07/08 * 22 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.9 

vs Cleveland State 03/08/08 * 32 4 9 .444 1 3 .333 1 1 1.000 1 7 8 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 2 10 3.1 

at Washington 03/19/08 * 16 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 3.1 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 3.0 

at Houston 03/24/08 * 32 5 10 .500 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 6 7 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.3 

Totals 9 419 40 92 .435 12 44 .273 9 16 .563 27 72 99 3.2 30 0 16 20 4 8 101 3.3 


2008-09 


BENJAMIN FUMEY 

Sophomore Forward 

6’8” * 235 lbs. 

Bremen, Germany 

Freie Hansestadt 

#2 

2007-08: Did not see any playing time for the Crusaders. 

Prep: Graduated from high school in Germany ... played for the German Jr. National team ... squad placed third at the 2007 European 

Under-20 Championships. 

Personal: Benjamin is the son of Paul and Ilse Fumey ... major is sports management ... born March 30, 1987. 

Benny on what his time at Valpo 


“It’s plain and simple, I just feel like I’m in the right spot here at 

Valpo.” 

Fumey’s Career Statistics 


2007-08 Did Not Play 

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Crusader Newcomers 

CORY JOHNSON 

Junior Forward 

6’7” * 225 lbs. 

Duluth, Minn. 

2008-09 

#4 

Duluth East H.S. (Iowa State) 

Will sit out 2008-2009 season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules ... will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 

2009-2010 campaign. 

2007-08 (Iowa State): Appeared in 27 games off the bench for the Cyclones ... averaged 2.7 points and 1.4 rebounds per game ... 

connected on 65.1% of his field goal attempts for the season ... knocked down eight consecutive shots at one point during the season ... tied 

career high with five field goals made against Winston-Salem State Nov. 9 ... went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field en route to matching 

his career high of 13 points Dec. 17 versus Bethune-Cookman. 

2006-07 (Iowa State): Played in 28 games, making six starts as a freshman ... put up 4.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game ... won ISU’s 

Pete Taylor Mr. Hustle Award ... led team with a 53.2% field goal percentage 

... connected on half of his 3-point attempts ... tallied eight 

points and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds Nov. 11 versus Louisiana-Monroe 

... posted 12 points in 15 minutes of action Nov. 25 against 

Lake Superior State ... set career highs for points (13) and field goals 

made (5) in start Dec. 23 versus Southeast Missouri State ... scored ten 

points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting Jan. 17 at Colorado. 

Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Greyhounds ... ranked No. 78 in 

the Hoop Scoop class of 2006 ... twice earned First Team All-State 

honors from the AP and St. Paul Pioneer Press ... ended career with 

2,930 points, good for fourth in Minnesota prep boys history ... led 

Duluth East to state Class 3A championship game as a senior ... named 

to Class 3A All-Tournament Team after averaging 25.0 points per game 

in three state tournament games ... finished senior year as Class 3A 

state scoring leader, averaging 27.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game 

... put up 27.1 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as a junior 

... named Duluth News Tribune Player of the Year in both junior and 

senior years ... holds Duluth East career scoring record. 

Personal: Cory is the son of Rockne and Kathy Johnson ... major is finance 

... born April 5, 1988. 

Cory on why he chose Valpo... 

“I felt comfortable with the coaches and players when I visited.” 


2008-09 


ERIK BUGGS 

Freshman Guard 

6’0” * 150 lbs. 

Memphis, Tenn. 

Mitchell H.S. 

#15 

Prep: Earned four letters in basketball, playing senior season at Mitchell after spending first three years at White Station H.S. ... a 

McDonald’s All-American nominee ... earned All-State honors as a senior ... also was a Tennessee All-Star and Memphis All-Star selection 

during season at Mitchell ... helped Tigers to berth in state championship game with a 30-5 record ... named region MVP as a junior while 

playing for White Station ... earned All-District 16 and All-Region 16 AA honors in each of his four seasons of varsity basketball ... team 

captain as a senior ... also ran track and field and played football ... earned First Tennessee Academic All-Star accolades ... a member of 

National Honor Society. 

Personal: Erik is the son of Steven and Katheryn Buggs ... major is sports management ... born January 30, 1990. 

Erik on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo because of the rich basketball tradition and the 

strong relationship the coaches have with the players. The 

players and coaches are like my new family and it makes being 

away from home easier.” 

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ANDREW FERRY 


6’2” * 170 lbs. 

Milwaukee, Wis. 

2008-09 

#12 

Milwaukee Lutheran H.S. 

Prep: A three-year letterwinner for the Red Knights ... earned team MVP honors three times ... Red Knights won regional championship in 

2006 and 2007 ... set school records for 3-pointers in a season (74) and a single game (8) as a senior ... a two-time recipient of Cliff 

Thompson Christian Leadership award ... also earned four letters in cross country, two letters in track and field and one letter in baseball 

... named Rookie of the Year in first season on track squad ... earned Milwaukee Lutheran’s Pat Falk Outstanding Athlete award ... a 

member of National Honor Society. 

Personal: Andrew is the son of Patrick and Tamara Ferry ... undecided upon major ... born November 29, 1989. 

Andrew on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo because I felt comfortable with the players and 

coaches. I knew they would welcome me and help me grow as a 

person and as a player.” 


2008-09 


DE’ANDRE HASKINS 


6’4” * 180 lbs. 

Long Beach, Calif. 

La Lumiere [Ind.] School 

#3 

Prep: A three-year letterwinner for the Lakers ... averaged 27.5 points per game as a senior at La Lumiere ... put up 31 points and 12 

rebounds per game as a junior for the Lakers ... earned MVP honors in United Way 2008 Charity All-Star game ... played for legendary 

Hoosier Delray Brooks at La Lumiere ... Brooks was Indiana’s Mr. Baasketball in 1984 and played collegiately at IU under Bobby Knight 

and at Providence for Rick Pitino ... also ran cross country and track and field and played football. 

Personal: De’Andre is the son of Belinda Edmonds ... major is sports management ... born March 11, 1988. 

De’Andre on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo beacause I really like the coaching staff, and 

because when I came to visit, I was far away from home but I felt 

at home.” 

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LOGAN JONES 


6’2” * 170 lbs. 

Madison, Ind. 

2008-09 

#22 

Madison H.S. 

Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Cubs ... earned All-State honors in each of his last three years at Madison ... also a three-time All- 

Regional honoree and a four-time All-Sectional recipient ... played on the Indiana Junior All-Stars Team in summer of 2007 ... helped lead 

Cubs to back-to-back regional final appearances during sophomore and junior seasons ... averaged 20.9 points per game as a junior ... 

closed career fifth all-time in Madison history in scoring ... also earned two letters in baseball ... was an Honorable Mention All-State 

recipient as a sophomore. 

Personal: Logan is the son of Lance and Sandy Jones ... major is sports management ... born May 30, 1989. 

Logan on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo because they have a winning tradition. Coach 

Drew really knows how to win. Also, Coach Drew and the 

whole coaching staff brings the best out of every player.” 


2008-09 


NICK SHELTON 


5’11” * 145 lbs. 

Frankenmuth, Mich. 

Frankenmuth H.S. 

#11 

Prep: A two-year letterwinner for the Eagles ... earned Honorable Mention All-Conference and All-Area accolades as a senior ... helped 

Frankenmuth to school-record 23 victories during 2007-08 campaign ... Eagles captured conference, district and regional championships 

and advanced to state quarterfinals ... Eagles also set state record for 3-pointers made in a single season ... team captain as a senior ... 

helped guide Frankenmuth to district championship during junior year ... also earned two letters in football and one letter in baseball ... was 

an Honorable Mention All-Conference and All-Area recipient in both sports as a senior. 

Personal: Nick is the son of John and Martha Shelton ... major is sports management ... born May 3, 1989. 

Nick on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo because of the great relationship I have with the 

coaching staff. Both of my parents graduated from here and 

Valpo has always felt like family to me.” 

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CAMERON WITT 

Freshman Forward 

6’9” * 205 lbs. 

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 

2008-09 

#5 

Launceston College H.S. 

Prep: Enjoyed outstanding prep career in Australia ... was a member of the Australian under-20 national team ... named Tasmanian Player 

of the Year in 2007 ... played for Tasmanian and Australian Institute of Sport Elite Development team in 2007 ... averaged 10.4 rebounds 

and 3.7 blocks per game at the 2006 Australian under-18 national tournament ... played for Australian Institute of Sport Team at the 

William Jones Cup in Taiwan in 2006. 

Personal: Cameron is the son of Colin and Bronwyn Witt ... undecided upon major ... born September 28, 1989. 

Cameron on why he chose Valpo... 

“I chose Valpo based off of others’ advice that its a strong 

basketball program with a rich tradition and a welcoming 

family. I feel I will improve as a player and grow as a person 

here.” 


2008-09 

Crusader Coaching Staff 

DR. HOMER DREW 

Head Coach 

32nd Season * 20th Season at Valpo 

William Jewell ‘66 

Dr. Homer Drew has built a championship legacy at Valpo and developed a program considered by many to be among the best at 

the NCAA Division I mid-major level. One of the longest-tenured head coaches in the country, the 2008-2009 season marks the sixth 

season in Drew’s second stint at the helm of the Crusader program, and 20 th season at Valpo overall. Last season, Drew guided the 

Winningest Active Coaches 

Coach School Wins 

1. Mike Krzyzewski Duke 803 

2. Jim Calhoun UConn 774 

3. Jim Boeheim Syracuse 771 

4. Bob Huggins W. Virginia 616 

5. Gary Williams Maryland 604 

6. Tom Penders Houston 608 

7. Homer Drew Valparaiso 593 

8. Roy Williams N. Carolina 560 

9. Two tied with 556 

Crusaders through their transition into the Horizon League and led Valpo back to the postseason 

for the eighth time in 13 years. 

Drew ranks seventh among active Division I head coaches in career victories with 593 wins; 

a number which places him 36 th all-time among coaches with at least 10 years of Division I 

coaching experience. Just seven wins shy of 600 in his coaching career, Drew would become just 

the 33 rd Division I head coach to reach the milestone. 

The 2007-08 season was a season of firsts for Drew and the Crusader team. The Horizon 

League awaited Valpo for the first time, and Drew helped the Crusaders make an immediate 

impact on the league. Valpo swept its opening road trip, including a win at Wright State to snap 

its 14-game home winning streak. 

The Crusaders ultimately advanced to the semifinals 

of the Horizon League Championship under Drew’s guidance last year and earned a berth in the 

inaugural College Basketball Invitational, where Valpo was matched up in the first round at Washington. 

The Crusaders went on to beat the Huskies on their home floor to advance to the quarterfinals, 

in the process becoming the first Valpo team to win a true road game against a BCS opponent in over 

35 years. 

In 2003-04, his first season back after taking a year off to serve as Special Assistant to the 

President for University Advancement, Drew returned the Crusaders to the NCAA Tournament, winning 

the Mid-Continent Conference title with nine sophomores and freshmen. The title Valpo took 

home in 2004 was the tenth straight year the Brown and Gold had won either a regular season or 

conference tournament title, which marked the second-longest streak of its kind in the nation. 

A nine-time Coach of the Year, Drew took over a program in 1988 that had never produced a 

winning record at the Division I level, a stretch that began in 1976. Drew helped put Valpo basketball 

on the national scene by guiding the Crusaders to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including 

five consecutive from 1996-2000. His teams have won 20 or more games eight times in his 

tenure and finished above .500 in 12 of his last 13 seasons. During his eighteen seasons at the helm, 

Valpo has captured eight regular season titles and eight conference tournament championships. 

A collegiate head coach for 30 seasons, Drew has compiled a career record of 593-376, good for a .612 winning percentage. He 

previously served as the Head Coach at Bethel (Ind.) College from 1976-87 and at IU-South Bend during the 1987-88 season, establishing 

solid foundations at both schools. 

The “Building a Tradition” philosophy which Drew introduced upon his arrival reached euphoric 

heights in 1998 as Valpo advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first 

time in school history, generating priceless worldwide publicity for the University and community. 

Drew guided the Crusaders to upsets of Mississippi and Florida State before a tough loss to Rhode 

Island in the Regional Semi-Finals ended the Cinderella run. The victory over Ole Miss, anchored by 

“The Shot”, catapulted Valpo onto the world stage. 

When the Crusaders captured the 1999 Mid-Continent Conference regular season and 

tournament championships they joined the likes of Kentucky, North Carolina State and Massachusetts 

as the only schools to win both titles in at least five straight seasons. Under Drew’s guidance, 

Valpo was one of just seven Division I schools to win 20 or more games each year from 1993-99. 

In 1995-96, the Crusaders made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament when they earned 

both the Mid-Con regular season and tournament championships. Those titles duplicated the previous 

season’s achievements, when Valpo won both crowns for the first time in school history. The 

continuous success of Drew helped him win Mid-Con Coach of the Year honors in three consecutive 

seasons from 1993-96. 

Now in his 20 th season at Valpo, Drew has enjoyed many other moments as the Crusaders’ 

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leader. In the final regular-season game before the conference tournament in 1992-93, 

Valpo traveled to Notre Dame and defeated the Irish, 80-66. The victory was Drew’s 

second in five years over Notre Dame, joining a 71-68 overtime upset of the Irish in 1988 

in front of a packed house at the Athletics-Recreation 

Center, known as “The Miracle on Union Street.” 

Although the Crusaders led the nation in three-point 

field goal percentage in 1992-93, it was not the first 

time a Drew-coached Valpo team made the national 

spotlight for its shooting beyond the arc. During the 1988- 

89 campaign, the Crusaders set a then-NCAA Division I 

record with 19 successful three-pointers against Butler. 

Valpo finished second in the nation in three-point field 

goals made per game that year, making 8.9 per contest. 

Not only have Drew’s teams been a success on the 

court, but also away from the hardwood. Each year the 

team is involved in at least two community events to give 

back to the fans who support the team so well. The 

charitable work includes bagging groceries for cancer, 

reading and working with young children at the Spring 

Valley Homeless Shelter, reading programs at area elementary 

schools, conducting clinics at the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club and local schools, 

participating in various charitable walks and runs, and working with Valparaiso’s Opportunity 

Enterprises. 

In his early coaching years, Drew had an opportunity to assist the well-respected 

Dale Brown at Louisiana State from 1972-76. Prior to his days at LSU, Drew spent the 

1971-72 season as an assistant at Washington State University. A native of Saint Louis, 

Drew earned a Doctorate in educational administration from Andrews University in Berrien 

Springs, Michigan in 1983. He achieved a Bachelor of Arts in physical education and 

social studies at William Jewell (Mo.) College in 1966 before completing his Master of 

Arts in education at Washington (Mo.) University in 1968. 

In August of 1995, Drew served as Head Coach of the Athletes in Action European 

Tour Team which traveled to Germany, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece. The AIA team 

Drew’s Head Coaching File 

YR. SCHOOL RECORD WIN PCT. 

1976-77 Bethel College 19-11 .633 











1987-88 IU-South Bend 17-12 .586 

1988-89 Valparaiso 10-19 .345 







1995-96 Valparaiso * 22-10 .656 











2007-08 Valparaiso # 22-14 .611 

TOTALS 31 years 593-376 .612 

VALPO 19 years 324-254 .561 

* - Denotes NCAA Tournament appearance 

# - Denotes College Basketball Invitational appearance 

consisted of two players from Duke University, the University of Tennessee and the University of Miami, along with two Valpo players, Chris 

Ensminger and Bryce Drew. 

Coach Drew has had 30 players, including Ensminger and his son Bryce, go on to play professional basketball or baseball, and Bryce 

was drafted 16 th in the first round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. The 1998 draft also included Drew’s son-in-law, Casey 

Shaw out of Toledo University, who was taken 37 th by the Philadelphia 76ers. 

Drew was honored in October 2006 with the Amicus Certus Award from Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. The award is given to 

individuals that have made significant contributions to the human community. In October of 2002, Drew received the Mid-Continent 

Conference’s Commissioner’s Award of Merit, the league’s most prestigious honor. Drew was also honored with the Naismith Good 

Sportsmanship Award in 1998 by the Naismith International Basketball Foundation. 

He received distinguished recognition for his coaching career when he was inducted into the Bethel College Hall of Fame in 1998. He 

was also inducted into the Halls of Fame at William Jewell College and Webster Groves High 

Drew’s Legacy at Valpo 

- 324 victories 

- Eight conference 

regular-season titles 

- Eight conference 

tournament titles 

- Eight postseason appearances 

- Three postseason victories 

- Faced #1 team in nation each of 

the last four years 

- 29 players to the pros 

- 70 players into teaching or 

coaching 

School in St. Louis, Mo. for his achievements on the basketball court. Following Valpo’s magical run 

to the Sweet 16 in 1998, Drew coauthored Find a Way: Valpo’s Sweet Dream with Shawn Malayter 

and Rob Rains. He has also produced 12 videotapes to help coaches in the profession. In May of 

2001, Drew was asked to give the commencement address at Valparaiso University’s graduation 

ceremonies. 

An active civic speaker who has created numerous community activities for his teams, Drew 

was presented in 1999 with the Lumen Christi Medal, Valparaiso University’s highest honor, in 

recognition of a lay person’s distinguished service to church and society. By his own admission, 

one of Drew’s greatest achievements is that he has sent over 70 players into either the teaching or 

coaching professions. Two of his former assistants are now head coaches on the Division I level: 

son Scott at Baylor and Rex Walters at Florida Atlantic. 

Drew and his wife, Janet, have three grown children, Scott, Dana and Bryce, and have six 

grandchildren. 


2008-09 


BRYCE DREW 

Associate Head Coach 

Fourth season at Valpo 

Valparaiso ‘98 

The man perhaps most synonymous with Crusader basketball, Bryce Drew begins his fourth season as a member of the Valparaiso 

coaching staff and his third year as the associate head coach. Bryce is responsible for basketball development, recruiting, and scouting 

for the Crusaders. 

Drew joined the Valpo coaching staff prior to the 2005-06 campaign as an assistant coach under his father, Homer. In his three 

seasons on the bench so far, he has helped lead the Crusaders to 55 victories. In addition, he has prepared and developed eight players 

for international pro basketball careers. 

Drew helped guide the Crusaders in the 2007-08 campaign back to the postseason, as Valpo received an invite to the inaugural 

College Basketball Invitational, where it won its first-round game at Washington. The Crusaders 

also won 22 contests last year, their most wins since the 2000-01 season. 

Bryce, Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 1994 at Valparaiso High School, began his 

collegiate career at Valpo by garnering Mid-Con Newcomer of the Year and Mid-Continent 

Conference Tournament MVP honors as a freshman. Bryce piled on the accolades 

while at Valpo, earning a spot on the All-Conference First Team his final three seasons after 

landing on the Second Team as a freshman. It was during the conference tournament, 

however, that Drew really shined, earning All-Tournament team honors each of his four 

seasons and picking up three Mid-Continent Conference Tournament MVP awards. He was 

also twice decorated as Mid-Con Most Valuable Player, one of only three players to be so 

honored twice in their career. In addition to his individual accolades, Drew led the Crusaders 

to four Mid-Continent Conference regular season championships, four tournament titles 

and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. 

Drew, the career leader in points (2,142), three-point field goals (364) and assists 

(626) at Valpo, etched his name into the American consciousness in 1998 when he hit “The 

Shot” in the Opening Round of the NCAA Tournament to beat Ole Miss. The play, in which 

Drew caught a tip pass from teammate Bill Jenkins off a full-court feed from Jamie Skyes, 

won Drew an ESPY award and gave Valpo its first NCAA Tournament win in school history. 

Two nights later, the Crusaders knocked off Florida State in overtime and took their Cinderella 

journey to Saint Louis for the Sweet 16. 

Following his collegiate career, Drew again made school history when the Houston 

Rockets drafted him with the 16 th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, the first time a Crusader had 

been chosen in the first round. Drew’s NBA career lasted six seasons with the Rockets, 

Chicago Bulls, and Charlotte and New Orleans Hornets before he headed to Europe in 

2004. Drew’s best professional season came in 2001 when he started 41 games for the 

Bulls, averaging 6.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. A prolific shooter, Drew set a Hornet record when he connected on nine consecutive 

three-point attempts. Twice as a pro, Drew competed in the postseason, with Houston in 1999 and again in 2002 as a member of the 

Charlotte Hornets. In his NBA career, Bryce scored over 1,000 points and made 37% of his three-point attempts. In 1999, Drew was 

honored by the NBA with the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award for sportsmanship. During his career, Drew played alongside All-Star 

teammates such as Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon and Scottie Pippen, and learned the game from many successful NBA coaches, 

including Rudy Tomjanovich and Paul Silas. 

Bryce follows not only his father into coaching, but also his older brother Scott, who served as an assistant coach at Valpo for nine 

seasons before taking over the program in 2002 and leading the Crusaders to a 12-2 Mid-Con record and berth in the National 

Invitational Tournament. Scott left Valpo in 2003 for Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he is entering his fifth season as head coach. 

Drew graduated from Valparaiso in 1998 with a degree in sports management and a minor in business. He and his wife Tara 

currently reside in Valparaiso. 

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2008-09 

LUKE GORE 

Assistant Coach 

Seventh season at Valpo 

Bethel [Tenn.] ‘01 

Luke Gore begins his seventh season with the Valpo basketball program. Gore is in his second stint as a full-time assistant coach. 

In his current role, Gore works with player development, with an emphasis on post play. Over his first six years, Gore has guided six allconference 

post players and eight post players who have gone on to professional basketball careers overseas. He also serves as 

recruiting coordinator, helping to sign recruiting classes ranked as high as 27 th in the nation. Gore also 

works as director of Valpo’s summer basketball camps and is responsible for future game scheduling. 

In his six years with the Crusaders, Valpo has made trips to the NCAA Tournament, the NIT and just last 

season earned a berth in the inaugural CBI. Over his tenure, the Crusaders have won 108 games, 

captured two Mid-Continent Conference regular season titles, and won one Mid-Con tournament title. 

During the summer of 2008, Gore served as head coach for an Athletes in Action squad that traveled 

to West Africa. The team went 5-0 in games against African national teams, and spent time visiting 

orphanages and conducting coaching clinics throughout Mali and Senegal. 

Before arriving at Valparaiso, Gore spent the 2001-02 school year as an intern in the Fitness/Recreation 

Department at the University of Notre Dame. The next year, 2002-03, Gore served as Assistant 

Director of Intramurals and Campus Recreation at VU. 

A starting forward at NAIA Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee from 1998-2001, Gore earned 

Academic All-America honors as a senior. He helped Bethel to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference title during the 1998-99 season after transferring from Cumberland (Tenn.) University where 

he played his freshman year. 

Gore graduated from Bethel in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and received 

a Masters of Arts in Sports Administration from Valpo in August of 2006. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Gore was raised in Paris, Tennessee. 

Luke and his wife Cheryl currently reside in Valparaiso. 

CHRIS SPARKS 

Assistant Coach 

Second season at Valpo 

Valparaiso ‘00 

Chris Sparks returns for his second season as an assistant coach in 2008-09. Sparks previously played for the Crusaders from 1997- 

2000, becoming the eighth former player under Homer Drew to return as an assistant coach. 

With the Crusaders, Sparks assists with post and perimeter player development and recruiting. He also serves as the team’s academic 

supervisor and travel coordinator. In his first year on the coaching staff at Valpo, the Crusaders won 22 games and advanced to the 

quarterfinal round of the inaugural CBI. 

Chris Sparks was Head Coach for the undefeated Athletes in Action team tour of Poland in May 2008. With 

only 2 days practice, the AIA team posted a 3-0 record with victories against the Polish Junior National and 

Silesian All-Star teams, the average margin of victory for these games was 30+ points. The AIA tour team also 

was featured in the prestigious Polish National Coaches' clinic with over 300+ coaches from Poland and Europe. 

The team was comprised of players from Valpo, Baylor, Illinois, Drake, Creighton and Coastal Carolina. 

Sparks arrives at Valpo coming off of a two-year head coaching stint for the Canterbury Rams of the New 

Zealand National Basketball League. In his time as head coach, Sparks was nominated a Coach of the Year Diff Pic 

finalist by Basketball New Zealand in 2006. His responsiblities did not end with coaching, however, as he also 

had to work on recruiting both local and international players for the Rams. Sparks was also responsible for 

organizing clinics and marketing the organziation, and also ran Chris Sparks Basketball Camps throughout New Zealand. 

During his time with the Rams, Sparks recruited and developed the 2006 NBL scoring champion, Dennis Trammell, on the lowest import 

budget in the league. He also recruited and developed four NBL top-10 Power Ranking players in his two seasons on the sidelines. Two 

more of his players received contracts in the Australian National League after their time with the Rams. 

Prior to his time in New Zealand, Sparks served from 2001-2005 as a volunteer assistant coach for Athletes in Action. He helped guide 

fall collegiate tour teams, as well as international tour teams during his time with AIA. Sparks also played on one of AIA’s international tour 

teams during the summer of 1998, playing against clubs in Croatia and Switzerland. 

Sparks spent three seasons with the Crusader basketball team, during which Valpo made the NCAA Tournament on three occasions, 

including the Sweet 16 season of 1998. He was a part of two Mid-Continent Conference regular season championship squads and three 

Mid-Con Tournament championship teams. Sparks played his first two seasons at Vincennes University, helping the Blazers to a sixth place 

finish at the NJCAA National Tournament in 1997. 

Sparks received an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration from Vincennes in 1997 and graduated from Valparaiso with a 

Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management in 2000. 


2008-09 

Crusader Support Staff 

PAWEL MROZIK 

Director of Basketball Operations 

First season at Valpo 

Polish Open University ‘06 

Pawel Mrozik joins the Crusader coaching staff for the 2008-2009 season as its Director of Basketball Operations. 

Mrozik comes to Valparaiso from Poland, where he founded Polish Shootout Basketball Services, which runs Elite Showcase 

camps, as well as clinics and individual workouts. In 2002, Mrozik helped organize the first-ever NCAA-certified basketball camp in 

Europe. In his years at Polish Shootout Basketball Services, Mrozik personally recruited and sent over 35 players to American high schools 

and colleges, including 14 at the NCAA level. He also had one player sign with an NBA squad. 

Mrozik played two years of basketball at Western Nebraska C.C. He played a key role in helping the Cougars to the NJCAA 

National Tournament as a freshman, scoring 15.4 ppg and shooting 57% from behind the arc at the Regional Tournament. He put up 7.7 

points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore for the Cougars while also serving as team captain. Following his collegiate career, 

Mrozik played one season professionally in Poland before entering into coaching. 

Mrozik earned his Associate's degree in Business Administration from Western Nebraska in 2002, and went on to earn a 

Bachelor's in Business Management from Polish Open University, rated the #1 Polish non-public business school, in 2006. He is currently 

working towards a Master's in Sports Administration at Valparaiso. 

Mrozik and his wife, Malgorzata (Gosia), currently reside in Valparaiso along with their 4-year-old son, Filip. 

BOB BROOKS 

Strength and Conditioning Coach 

Bob Brooks returns for his sixth season as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for Valpo athletics. Brooks 

began his work at Valpo in 1994 as a part-time consultant for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. 

A well-decorated bodybuilder, Brooks was the Indiana State Powerlifting Champion from 1991-93, 1993 Mr. Illinois Bodybuilding 

champion and 1993 Mr. Midwest Bodybuilding champion. In 1996, Brooks again was honored, this time as the Mr. Tri-State 

Bodybuilding champion. 

A native of Hobart, Indiana, Brooks worked as a Fitness Trainer at Southlake Nautilus from 1989-92 before moving to Matchpoint 

Tennis and Fitness Center, where he served a Fitness Director from 1992-94. After working as Fitness Director at Powehouse Gym and a 

personal trainer at Omni 41 Sports Complex, Brooks became General Manager and co-owner of Gold’s Gym in Merrillville, Indiana. 

Bob and his wife Katrice currently live in Hobart with their two dogs, Dorian and Sosa. 

ROD MOORE 

Head Athletic Trainer 

A veteran of the Valpo staff, Rod Moore has been the Crusaders’ head athletic trainer since 1967. He has also 

served as a professor in the physical education department since 1973. 

Moore is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, and was a member of the NATA Board of Certification from 

1977-80, serving as chairman from 1978-80. He also was president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association from 1978-80. 

Moore is a professional member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and has served as the head athletic trainer at 

one NCAA College Division Track and Field Championship and as a staff athletic trainer for numerous other NCAA Championship events. 

He lent his skills to the Valparaiso Community School District between 1972-86 and has been the medical director for regional competition 

at the Hoosier State Games. In the summer of 1996, Moore also worked at the field hockey venue at the Atlanta Olympics. 

Moore was inducted into the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2003. 

He graduated from Valparaiso with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1968, earned his Athletic Training Certificate 

in 1970, and finished work on his Masters in HPER at South Dakota State in 1982. Moore, his wife, Debbie, and their five children reside 

in Valparaiso. 

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Crusader Support Staff 

2008-09 

AARON LEAVITT 

Assistant Director of Sports Media Relations 

Aaron Leavitt is in his third year as Valparaiso’s assistant director of sports media relations. 

In his role, Leavitt is responsible for disseminating information to the media, composing media guides and game 

programs, maintaining statistics and updating the Valpo athletics website. In addition to men’s basketball, Leavitt also works with the 

Valparaiso volleyball, men’s soccer, cross country, track and field and softball teams. 

Leavitt returned to Valparaiso following a stint as the media relations assistant at the Mid-Continent Conference. He previously 

served as a student aide and student assistant in the media relations office at Valpo during his four years as a student. He graduated from 

Valparaiso with a degree in sports management in 2006. 

SHERRY WILLIAMS 

Administrative Assistant 

A familiar face in the athletic department, Sherry Williams is in her 11 th year as the administrative assistant 

for the basketball staff. Sherry is an integral part of the men’s basketball program, as she handles all of the 

program’s day-to-day operations. Her personality and qualifications make her very effective in her position with the program. She also 

serves as office manager, reception, coordinator of special basketball events and organizer of summer camps. 

A resident of Kouts, Williams is a member of Kouts Christian Church. When not working in the basketball office, Williams enjoys 

taking part in outdoor activities. Williams and her husband, Jim, have two daughters. 

Team Managers 

Matt Hamstra 

Not Pictured: 

Silas Zartman 

Jim Ullom 

The Crusader coaching staff looks on during a key point in the game. 


2008-09 

2007-08 in Review 

A season of change sat in front of the 

Crusaders at the start of the 2007-2008 

campaign. The Horizon League and nine new 

league foes awaited Valpo after a 25-year 

run of dominance in the Mid-Continent 

Conference. But the Crusaders had a very 

experienced squad ready to meet the new 

challenges, as 93.6% of the scoring and 

86.6% of the rebounding returned from the 

previous year’s team. Fittingly, the season of 

change ended in the NCAA’s newest 

postseason tournament, as Valpo advanced 

to the quarterfinal round of the inaugural 

College Basketball Invitational, its eighth 

postseason appearance in the last 13 years. 

The season started off on the right note for 

Valpo, which downed Grace in its home opener 

before traveling to IPFW and earning a 74- 

64 win over the Mastodons. The Crusaders 

foreshadowed the balance their squad would 

have all season long on the offensive end 

against IPFW, as eight different players scored 

between seven and ten points in the victory. 

The next time out brought a tougher 

challenge for the Crusaders, as they went to 

Nashville to take on one of the SEC’s best 

squads in Vanderbilt. Facing a 13-point 

halftime deficit, Valpo stormed out of the gate 

in the second half, completely erasing the 

deficit and taking a three-point lead of its 

own just 7:30 into the stanza. While Vandy 

would eventually take the lead back with under 

ten minutes to play en route to an 87-78 

victory, the Crusaders had proven they could 

TAKING THEIR SHOT 

21 offensive rebounds against Vanderbilt, 

Valpo’s highest total in three years, led to 

79 shot attempts, the most by a Crusader 

team in the last ten seasons. 

play with one of the nation’s best in a hostile 

environment. 

Little did Valpo know that, as it left Nashville, 

they would not experience another loss for over 

a month. The winning streak started 

innocuously enough, as a 23-point, ninerebound 

effort from Bryan Bouchie helped 

the Crusaders to a 66-55 victory over 

Maryland-Eastern Shore in South Padre Island. 

The next day, Shawn Huff earned All- 

Tournament Team honors after Valpo closed 

out the tourney with a 61-47 win against OVC 

preseason favorite Austin Peay. 

The defense took the forefront as Valpo 

returned home to face Western Michigan, 

holding the Broncos without a field goal for 

over 11 minutes on the way to a 77-65 victory. 

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AT LEAST ONCE 

Valpo’s trip to the CBI meant that 16 

consecutive classes of Crusader basketball 

players have experienced at least 

one postseason tournament. 

It was the long-distance shooting which got the 

job done against Ball State, as four 3-pointers 

in a five-possession span in the second half 

closed out the Cardinals, 71-58, giving the 

Crusaders ten straight home wins. 

The start of Horizon League play was next 

on the slate, and one of the toughest challenges 

of the schedule faced the Crusaders 

immediately, as Valpo had to travel to Wright 

State, where the Raiders had a 14-game home 

winning streak. The Crusaders trailed by three 

with 2:37 to play, but held WSU without a 

field goal the rest of the way as they took a 

71-66 win in their first Horizon League contest. 

Two days later, Valpo 

completed a sweep of its 

first weekend of league 

play, winning 81-68 at 

Detroit to extend its 

winning streak to six 

games. Jake Diebler 

earned Horizon League 

U.S. Army Scholar- 

Athlete of the Week 

honors for his 

performances that 

weekend. 

Valpo returned home 

for a 75-67 non-league 

win over Evansville, and 

followed with a 

dominating 90-61 victory 

against Chicago State to 

extend the winning streak 

to eight games. Against the Cougars, Samuel 

Haanpää knocked down ten 3-pointers, setting 

a new Valpo single-game record for triples, 

breaking current associate head coach Bryce 

Drew’s mark of nine. Haanpää was named 

Horizon League Player of the Week and U.S. 

Army Scholar-Athlete of the Week, as well as 

the Mid-Majority Baller of the Week, after 

his record-setting performance, and would 

eventually go on to be named the league’s 

Scholar-Athlete of the Month as well. 

Another tough road test was next up, as the 

Crusaders traveled to Big Ten power 

A LONG TIME AGO 

Valpo’s 10-1 start to the 2007-08 campaign 

was the best in the program’s 

Division I history, as well as the best 11- 

game start in over 60 seasons by a 

Crusader squad. 

Wisconsin. Just as in the Vanderbilt game, 

Valpo was unfazed by the pressure, holding a 

three-point halftime lead and maintaining the 

lead for the first 17 minutes of the second half. 

But the Badgers eventually put together a run 

and pulled away late for a 68-58 victory. 

That was just a warmup for the ultimate road 

test, however, as following the Christmas 

holiday, the Crusaders arrived in Chapel Hill, 

N.C. to take on the Tar Heels of UNC, marking 

the fourth consecutive year that Valpo matched 

up with the nation’s top-ranked team. The start 

did not go well at all for the Crusaders, as 

UNC jumped out to a 19-2 lead, but Valpo 

crawled back into the game, cutting the Tar 

Heels’ lead to five at halftime and tying the 

game at 37 apiece 2:29 into the second half. 

While UNC would assert itself from that point 

on its way to the win, Valpo had again shown 

Horizon League Commissioner Jonathan LeCrone presents Crusader 

head coach Homer Drew and Valpo athletics director Mark LaBarbera 

with a commemorative basketball at Valpo’s first Horizon League 

home game, January 12, 2008 vs. Milwaukee. 

that no environment and no team would keep 

the Crusaders from being competitive. 

Valpo returned to the win column to open 

the 2008 calendar year with a 93-46 win over 

Indiana Wesleyan, but the return to Horizon 

League play was not as kind to the Crusaders, 

as they dropped games at #16/17 Butler (73- 

65) and at home against Milwaukee (71-69), 

the latter of which snapped Valpo’s 13-game 

home winning streak. Valpo rebounded from 

its first home loss in nearly a calendar year 

with a solid 82-73 victory over Green Bay at 

the ARC. 

The parity of Horizon League play became 

apparent over the next couple weeks as the 

Crusaders first split a road trip with a win over 

Youngstown State (67-61) prior to a loss 

against Cleveland State (69-63). They then 

returned home to beat UIC (60-56) before 



2008-09 

dropping a 65-63 decision to Loyola 

leading into one of the biggest home 

games in Crusader basketball 

history. 

The locale was the ARC. The 

opponent Butler, which entered the 

game ranked #10/11 in the two 

national polls. A nationwide 

audience on ESPN2 joined an ARCrecord 

5,432 fans in watching an 

enthralling battle between the 

Crusaders and Bulldogs. Valpo led 

for most of the game before a late 

Butler 3-pointer propelled it to a 71- 

68 victory, but the excitement of the 

game, combined with the 

atmosphere, paved the way for the 

Crusaders to host two more games 

on ESPN networks in the next month. 

Valpo still needed to pick up wins 

though, sitting at 5-5 in the league 

play, and it found victories tough to 

come by over the next couple weeks, 

falling at Green Bay in overtime (76- 

71), at UIC (77-53) and at home 

against Cleveland State (71-58). The 

Crusaders defeated Youngstown State handily 

by a 77-58 margin to snap its five-game losing 

streak, but a 68-61 loss at Loyola left the 

Crusaders in need of a late-season run in order 

to host a first-round Horizon League 

Championship game. 

A step outside of league play was what the 

doctor ordered for Valpo, as the Crusaders 

faced off against Miami (Ohio) as part of the 

ESPNU BracketBusters event. The game, which 

was shown nationally on ESPN Classic, was an 

instant classic, as the high-paced, back-andforth 

affair needed to go to double overtime 

before Valpo, behind a career-best 32 points 

from Huff and seven straight points in the 

KEEPING IT CLOSE 

The balance from top to bottom in the 

Horizon League was showcased last 

year, as 14 of Valpo’s 18 league games 

were decided by nine points or fewer. 

second overtime from Jarryd Loyd, earned a 

99-94 victory. 

The thriller seemed to energize the 

Crusaders, who closed the regular season with 

four straight wins, including three in the final 

week of league play. Valpo downed 

Milwaukee on the road, 66-57, before 

defeating Detroit by a narrow 59-56 margin 

at home. On the final day of the regular 

season, the Crusaders were showcased on 

ESPN2 again in a meeting with Wright State, 

Crusader fans filled the ARC, setting a new building 

record for attendance, on February 5, 2008 to see Valpo 

take on in-state rival Butler. 

and again Valpo provided the national 

television audience with a thriller, earning a 

75-73 overtime win on a Huff 3-point play 

with 1.6 seconds left, to finish the regular 

season in a tie for fourth place. 

Huff earned Horizon League Player of the 

Week honors after his performance in the final 

week of the regular season, averaging 14 

points per game in Valpo’s three league wins. 

The Crusaders also raked in an honor as the 

league announced its post-season awards prior 

to the start of tournament play, as Loyd earned 

the league’s inaugural Sixth Man of the Year 

award. 

Valpo kicked off its first Horizon League 

Championship appearance with a home game 

against Green Bay, and led for the game’s 

final 30 minutes, eventually emerging with a 

75-67 victory to reach the 20-win plateau for 

the ninth time under Crusader head coach 

Homer Drew. The scene shifted to Indianapolis 

for the quarterfinals where the Crusaders came 

out victorious over Wright State for the third 

time on the season, downing the Raiders 72- 

67 behind 21 points from Huff to advance to 

the semifinals. 

Cleveland State was the foe for Valpo’s 

semifinal matchup, and looked to be in control 

of the game, leading by 15 with under 13 

minutes to play. Led by seniors Huff and Loyd, 

however, the Crusaders refused to relinquish 

the contest, and came back all the way to tie 

the game at 65 with 2:50 to play. Valpo could 

never regain the outright lead, however, as 

CONNECTING FROM DOWNTOWN 

Valpo shattered the previous Horizon 

League record for 3-pointers made in a 

season, connecting on 330 triples, 30 more 

than any other school in league history. 

the Vikings posted a 78-73 victory. Loyd was 

named to the All-Tournament Team after 

averaging 17.3 points per game over the three 

games, including a career-high 25 points 

against the Vikings. 

Valparaiso’s season was not over, though. 

A 21-13 record, including wins in six of their 

last seven games, was enough for the College 

Basketball Invitational to extend a bid to the 

Crusaders for the 16-team inaugural 

tournament. Valpo accepted the bid and then 

drew perhaps the toughest road trip of the 

bracket, getting sent to Seattle, Wash. to take 

on the Huskies of the University of Washington. 

But for a Crusader team which had already 

played at Vanderbilt, Wisconsin and North 

Carolina, playing on a BCS team’s home floor 

wasn’t a new experience, and they showed 

that against the Huskies, playing a tight game 

the whole way. Neither team led by more 

than five points over the 40-minute duration, 

and it was Huff that scored the game’s final 

points on an off-balance leaner in the lane 

with 2:45 to play to give Valpo its first 

postseason win since 1998, a 72-71 victory. 

Next up in the CBI quarterfinals was a trip 

to Houston, but that did not go as well for the 

Crusaders, who fell to the Cougars 91-67 to 

close out the 2007-08 campaign at 22-14, 

the most wins by a Valpo team in the last six 

years. Huff closed out his senior year with 91 

triples, fifth-most in a single season in Valpo 

history, on 47.9% accuracy, among the topfive 

in the nation and third-best all-time among 

Crusaders. He finished his career with 43.5% 

accuracy from behind the arc, tied for second 

in Crusader history with Bryce Drew. Loyd 

became just the fourth player all-time at Valpo 

to register at least 400 career assists and also 

ranks among the top-ten in the Crusader annals 

in career games played. 

MILESTONE WIN 

Valpo’s win over Washington was the 

first in program history over a Pac-10 

team to go along with wins over ACC, 

SEC, Big Ten and Big East programs. 


2008-09 


DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS 

11/12/07 Grace ! W 90-59 2,623 Samuel Haanpää (15) Shawn Huff (8) 

11/15/07 at IPFW W 74-64 1,745 Jake Diebler (10) Urule Igbavboa (4) 

Jarryd Loyd (10) 

11/20/07 at Vanderbilt ! L 87-78 11,171 Jarryd Loyd (20) Urule Igbavboa (11) 

11/23/07 vs. UMES ! W 66-55 500 Bryan Bouchie (23) Bryan Bouchie (9) 

Urule Igbavboa (9) 

11/24/07 vs. Austin Peay ! W 61-47 500 Samuel Haanpää (21) Shawn Huff (9) 


11/28/07 Western Michigan W 77-65 3,678 Shawn Huff (19) Jake Diebler (7) 


12/01/07 Ball State W 71-58 3,184 Shawn Huff (17) Urule Igbavboa (9) 

12/06/07 at Wright State * W 71-66 4,189 Jarryd Loyd (18) Urule Igbavboa (7) 

12/08/07 at Detroit * W 81-68 1,552 Brandon McPherson (19) Bryan Bouchie (3) 


Howard Little (3) 

12/11/07 Evansville W 75-67 3,123 Samuel Haanpää (20) Jake Diebler (6) 


12/15/07 Chicago State W 90-61 3,645 Samuel Haanpää (32) Shawn Huff (5) 

Brandon McPherson (5) 

Michael Rogers (5) 

12/22/07 at Wisconsin L 68-58 17,190 Samuel Haanpää (16) Shawn Huff (8) 

12/30/07 at #1/1 North Carolina L 90-58 21,046 Jarryd Loyd (24) Shawn Huff (6) 

01/02/08 Indiana Wesleyan W 93-46 2,923 Jarryd Loyd (19) Bryan Bouchie (9) 

01/05/08 at #16/17 Butler * L 73-65 7,284 Jarryd Loyd (15) Samuel Haanpää (8) 

01/10/08 Milwaukee * L 71-69 3,945 Jarryd Loyd (18) Samuel Haanpää (8) 

01/12/08 Green Bay * W 82-73 4,197 Samuel Haanpää (24) Urule Igbavboa (7) 

01/17/08 at Youngstown State * W 67-61 3,349 Brandon McPherson (20) Urule Igbavboa (8) 

01/19/08 at Cleveland State * L 69-63 4,417 Shawn Huff (14) Shawn Huff (6) 

01/24/08 UIC * W 60-56 4,008 Samuel Haanpää (15) Urule Igbavboa (8) 

01/26/08 Loyola * L 65-63 4,578 Brandon McPherson (13) Urule Igbavboa (11) 

02/05/08 #10/11 Butler * L 71-68 5,432 Jarryd Loyd (16) Shawn Huff (8) 

02/07/08 at Green Bay * L (ot) 76-71 4,721 Brandon McPherson (20) Urule Igbavboa (15) 

02/11/08 at UIC * L 77-53 3,264 Shawn Huff (19) Urule Igbavboa (7) 

02/14/08 Cleveland State * L 71-58 3,338 Urule Igbavboa (14) Shawn Huff (7) 

02/16/08 Youngstown State * W 77-58 3,689 Jarryd Loyd (18) Bryan Bouchie (7) 

02/20/08 at Loyola * L 68-61 2,101 Urule Igbavboa (15) Urule Igbavboa (10) 

02/23/08 Miami (Ohio) W (2ot) 99-94 4,035 Shawn Huff (32) Urule Igbavboa (13) 

02/25/08 at Milwaukee * W 66-57 3,115 Brandon McPherson (17) Urule Igbavboa (9) 


02/28/08 Detroit * W 59-56 3,110 Jarryd Loyd (15) Urule Igbavboa (9) 

03/01/08 Wright State * W (ot) 75-73 4,935 Michael Rogers (21) Michael Rogers (12) 

03/04/08 Green Bay # W 75-67 1,873 Shawn Huff (16) Urule Igbavboa (10) 

03/07/08 vs. Wright State # W 72-67 Shawn Huff (21) Urule Igbavboa (8) 

03/08/08 vs. Cleveland State # L 78-73 Jarryd Loyd (25) Michael Rogers (8) 

03/19/08 at Washington $ W 72-71 3,227 Bryan Bouchie (20) Jake Diebler (6) 


03/24/08 at Houston $ L 91-67 3,082 Urule Igbavboa (16) Urule Igbavboa (7) 


! - South Padre Island Invitational (Campus sites/South Padre Island, Texas) 

# - Horizon League Championships (Campus sites/Indianapolis, Ind.) 

$ - College Basketball Invitational (Campus sites) 

* - Horizon League game 

Total FG 3-Pt. 3-Pt. FT 

# PLAYER GP/GS MIN. FG-FGA PCT. FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB. ASST. BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 

35 Shawn Huff 36-36 1130 153-314 .487 91-190 .479 57-68 .838 161 56 18 10 454 12.6 

23 Jarryd Loyd 36-1 931 152-366 .415 51-148 .345 77-119 .647 98 143 3 35 432 12.0 

00 Urule Igbavboa 36-36 1020 137-249 .550 5-13 .385 117-194 .603 263 47 22 26 396 11.0 

10 Brandon McPherson 36-26 934 119-266 .447 54-132 .409 71-88 .807 75 82 1 14 363 10.1 

13 Samuel Haanpää 25-24 695 77-174 .443 58-135 .430 39-47 .830 76 25 1 13 251 10.0 

44 Bryan Bouchie 36-8 613 104-205 .507 12-39 .308 33-67 .493 119 25 22 8 253 7.0 

33 Jake Diebler 36-36 1111 55-162 .340 35-109 .321 30-39 .769 105 92 8 41 175 4.9 

01 Michael Rogers 31-9 419 40-92 .435 12-44 .273 9-16 .563 99 16 4 8 101 3.3 

14 Howard Little 35-3 325 30-95 .316 7-34 .206 16-27 .593 51 14 2 13 83 2.4 

11 Calum MacLeod 21-1 104 14-35 .400 4-13 .308 12-18 .667 25 5 5 1 44 2.1 

03 Matt Bennett 13-0 18 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 1-4 .250 2 2 0 0 6 0.5 

-- Team 146 

VALPARAISO 36 883-1961 .450 330-858 .385 462-687 .672 1220 507 86 169 2558 71.1 

OPPONENTS 36 849-1983 .428 234-691 .339 512-747 .685 1224 421 120 225 2444 67.9 

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Horizon League 

2008-09 

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2008- 

2009, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward 

its goal of being one of the nation’s leading 

athletics conferences while being recognized 

as a leader in the development of student-athletes 

as leaders and role models. 

The Horizon League membership features 

10 public and private institutions that have impressive 

academic reputations and a storied tradition 

of broad-based athletic programs. Current 

membership includes Butler University, Cleveland 

State University, the University of Detroit 

Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola 

University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University 

of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University 

of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University 

and Youngstown State University. 

The Horizon League’s primary focus is on 

adding value to the educational experience 

through its four platforms of athletic performance, 

academic achievement, community outreach, and 

personal responsibility and accountability. It is 

the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful 

and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance 

student-athletes’ collegiate experience. 

The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the 

holistic university experience for the student-athlete, 

to create an affiliation of institutions with 

similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals 

of integrity, diversity, excellence and 

growth. 

The Horizon League sponsors competition in 

19 sports – nine for men (baseball, basketball, 

cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, 

indoor track and field, outdoor track and field 

and tennis) and 10 for women (basketball, cross 

country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, 

indoor track and field, outdoor track and 

field, tennis and volleyball). In all sports, all teams 

participate in their respective postseason League 

championships regardless of regular-season performance, 

allowing all student-athletes an opportunity 

to qualify for NCAA championships. The 

Reaching the Horizon League 

Address: Pan American Plaza 

201 South Capitol Avenue, Suite 500 

Indianapolis, IN 46225 

(317) 237-5622 - phone 

(317) 237-5620 - fax 

Men’s Basketball Contact: 

Matt Segal - Director of 

Communications 

(317) 237-5621 

League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships 

in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, 

men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, 

men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. 

The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, 

the “Amateur Sports Capital of the 

World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza 

(201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from 

Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco 

Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory 

Field and the NCAA national office. 

A Proud History 

Founded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern 

City Conference with six charter members, 

the League changed its name to the Midwestern 

Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added 

women’s sports for the 1986-1987 academic 

year. Charter members of the conference included 

current members Butler and Loyola as well 

as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City 

University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier 

University. Among other current members, Detroit 

joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, 

Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came 

aboard in 1994 in the largest non-merger conference 

expansion in history, with Youngstown 

State joining in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007. 

On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled 

its current name and ushered in a new dynamic 

direction that has brought the League closer 

to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top 

10 conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes 

experience by upgrading the 

League’s market and competitive positions. 

Athletic Success 

In the past few years, the Horizon League 

has enjoyed unprecedented success on the national 

stage, highlighted by three Sweet Sixteen 

appearances (Butler 2003, 2007; Milwaukee 

2005) and eight wins in the NCAA Men’s Basketball 

Championship in the past six seasons. In other 

sports, League teams have won at least one game 

in their respective NCAA Championships each of 

the last six seasons in men’s soccer (Milwaukee 

2002-2005, UIC 2006-2007), with UIC just one 

win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, 

League teams won a game in the national 

tournament four straight years earlier in the decade 

(UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; 

Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second 

round in women’s soccer three of the last four 

seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-2006). 

Green Bay’s women’s basketball team added to 

that résumé with a victory in the 2007 NCAA 

Women’s Basketball Championship. Butler’s 

Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA 

individual champion when she won the 3,000- 

meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor 

Track and Field Championships and then finished 

fourth at the 2005 NCAA Cross Country Championships. 

Horizon League at a Glance 

Year Founded: 1979 

Commissioner: Jonathan B. LeCrone 

Web Site: www.horizonleague.org 

Current Members (with year joined): 

Butler University (1979) 

Cleveland State University (1994) 

University of Detroit Mercy (1980) 

University of Illinois at Chicago (1994) 

Loyola University Chicago (1979) 

Valparaiso University (2007) 

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (1994) 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1994) 

Wright State University (1994) 

Youngstown State University (2001) 

Academic Success 

Horizon League student-athletes also excel 

in the classroom as more than 500 have been 

named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the 

past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point 

average of 3.2 or better, including more than 

600 for the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters. 

Forty-eight student-athletes were named 

to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All- 

District teams in 2007-08, while 14 earned Academic 

All-America honors, including a pair of firstteam 

selections. 

Community Service 

In addition to its athletics success, the Horizon 

League has secured a well-earned reputation 

for its community service initiatives. 

Each January, member institutions partner 

with local elementary schools for an art, music 

and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin 

Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at 

League games on the weekend of MLK Day. 

The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory 

Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition 

of working with youth in Indianapolis during 

its annual summer meeting, while the League, 

it schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure 

for breast cancer awareness during its annual 

women’s basketball championship. On campus, 

student-athletes have raised money and awareness 

for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes 

and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, 

neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister 

programs and more. 

Sportsmanship 

One of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis 

is fostering collegial environments for competition 

among student-athletes, coaches, administrators 

and fans in a pro-active approach. 

Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, 

which is signed each season by student-athletes, 

coaches, officials, and campus and League administrators. 

Its purpose is to make all the involved 

groups aware of the Horizon League expectations 

of behavior during conference events. 


2008-09 


2007-2008 HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS 

LEAGUE 

OVERALL 

W L Pct. W L Pct. Stk. H A N 

^*Butler 16 2 .889 30 4 .882 L1 14-1 11-2 5-1 

Cleveland State 12 6 .667 21 13 .618 L2 12-3 6-9 3-1 

Wright State 12 6 .667 21 10 .677 L1 13-3 7-6 1-1 

UIC 9 9 .500 18 15 .545 L1 12-2 5-10 1-3 

Milwaukee 9 9 .500 14 16 .467 L2 9-8 5-8 0-0 

Valparaiso 9 9 .500 22 14 .611 L1 13-4 6-9 3-1 

Green Bay 9 9 .500 15 15 .500 L1 11-3 3-12 1-0 

Loyola 6 12 .333 12 19 .387 L1 8-6 4-12 0-1 

Youngstown State 5 13 .278 9 21 .300 L3 6-7 2-14 1-0 

Detroit 3 15 .167 7 23 .233 L5 6-10 1-13 0-0 

^ - Horizon League Regular Season Champion 

* - Horizon League Tournament Champion 

2008 NCAA TOURNAMENT 

2008 HORIZON LEAGUE 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

At campus sites 

Tuesday, March 4 

#3 Wright State 60, #10 Detroit 37 

#4 UIC 70, #9 Youngstown State 59 

#8 Loyola 57, #5 Milwaukee 51 

#6 Valparaiso 75, #7 Green Bay 67 

At Indianapolis, Ind. 

Friday, March 7 

Valparaiso 72, Wright State 67 

UIC 60, Loyola 49 

Saturday, March 8 

#2 Cleveland State 78, Valparaiso 73 

#1 Butler 66, UIC 50 

Tuesday, March 11 

Butler 70, Cleveland State 55 

2007-2008 HORIZON LEAGUE 

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 

Nov. 12 - Josh Mayo, UIC 

Nov. 19 - Cedric Jackson, Cleveland St. 

Nov. 26 - Mike Green, Butler 

Dec. 3 - Matt Howard, Butler 

Dec. 10 - Josh Mayo, UIC 

Dec. 17 - Samuel Haanpää, Valpo 

Dec. 24 - Ryan Tillema, Green Bay 

Dec. 31 - Todd Brown, Wright St. 

Jan. 7 - John Barber, Youngstown St. 

Jan. 14 - Matt Howard, Butler 

Jan. 21 - Jon Goode, Detroit 

Jan. 28 - Marcus Skinner, Milwaukee 

Feb. 4 - Tracy Robinson, Loyola 

Feb. 11 - A.J. Graves, Butler 

Feb. 18 - Mike Green, Butler 

Feb. 25 - Cedric Jackson, Cleveland St. 

Mar. 1 - Shawn Huff, Valpo 

at Birmingham, Ala. 

Friday, March 21 

#7 Butler 81, #10 South Alabama 61 

Sunday, March 23 

#2 Tennessee 76, Butler 71 (ot) 

2008 NIT 

at Dayton, Ohio 

Wednesday, March 19 

Dayton 66, Cleveland State 57 

2008 CBI 

at Seattle, Wash. 

Wednesday, March 19 

Valparaiso 72, Washington 71 

at Houston, Texas 

Monday, March 24 

Houston 91, Valparaiso 67 

2007-2008 HORIZON LEAGUE YEARLY HONORS 

FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE 

J’Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State 

Vaughn Duggins, Wright State 

A.J. Graves, Butler 

Mike Green, Butler 

Josh Mayo, UIC 

SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE 

Jon Goode, Detroit 

Matt Howard, Butler 

Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State 

Paige Paulsen, Milwaukee 

Mike Schachtner, Green Bay 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 


SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR 

Jarryd Loyd, Valpo 

2007-2008 HORIZON 

LEAGUE STAT LEADERS 

SCORING G PTS PPG 

1. Jon Goode, Detroit 26 502 19.3 

2. Josh Mayo, UIC 33 564 17.1 

3. Mike Schachtner, UWGB 30 473 15.8 

4. Byron Davis, YSU 30 465 15.5 

5. J.R. Blount, Loyola 31 469 15.1 

REBOUNDING G REB RPG 

1. Scott VanderMeer, UIC 33 247 7.5 

2. Urule Igbavboa, Valpo 36 263 7.3 

3. Scottie Wilson, WSU 30 215 7.2 

4. John Barber, YSU 30 210 7.0 

5. Terry Evans, UWGB 30 206 6.9 

ASSISTS G AST APG 

1. Mike Green, Butler 34 172 5.1 

2. Cedric Jackson, CSU 34 168 4.9 

3. Spencer Stewart, UIC 27 114 4.2 

4. Jarryd Loyd, Valpo 36 143 4.0 

5. Will Graham, WSU 31 110 3.6 

FIELD GOAL PCT. G FG FGA PCT. 

1. Jordan Pleiman, WSU 31 101 168 .601 

2. Marcus Skinner, UWM 26 84 144 .583 

3. Matt Howard, Butler 34 141 242 .583 

4. Urule Igbavboa, Valpo 36 137 249 .550 

5. Jack Liles, YSU 30 117 214 .547 

3-POINT PCT. G 3PT 3PTA PCT. 

1. Shawn Huff, Valpo 36 91 190 .479 

2. Josh Mayo, UIC 33 94 200 .470 

3. Robert Kreps, UIC 33 49 106 .462 

4. Pete Campbell, Butler 31 102 223 .457 

5. Mike Schachtner, UWGB 30 37 81 .457 

FREE THROW PCT. G FT FTA PCT. 

1. Mike Schachtner, UWGB 30 104 115 .904 

2. A.J. Graves, Butler 34 72 81 .889 

3. Josh Mayo, UIC 33 122 145 .841 

4. Ryan Tillema, UWGB 30 83 101 .822 

5. Randy Berry, UWGB 24 58 71 .817 

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 

Terry Evans, Green Bay 


Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State 

Drew Streicher, Butler 

Scott VanderMeer, UIC 

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 

J’Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State 

Mike Green, Butler (MVP) 


Jarryd Loyd, Valpo 

Drew Streicher, Butler 

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 


CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR 

Gary Waters, Cleveland State 

Brad Brownell, Wright State 

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2008-09 Composite Schedule 

2008-09 

NOVEMBER 

Friday, November 14 

Milwaukee vs. Loyola Marymount 4:30 p.m. 

Rockhurst at Loyola 

7 p.m. 

UIC at Bradley 

7 p.m. 

Detroit at Purdue 

8 p.m. 

Saturday, November 15 

Illinois State at Wright State 

Oakland at Cleveland State 

Buffalo at Youngstown State 

Butler at Drake 

Marian at Valparaiso 

Milwaukee vs. UC Davis 

Sunday, November 16 

Milwaukee at Iowa State 

Monday, November 17 

Loyola vs. Georgia 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

TBA 

7 p.m. 

8:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, November 18 

Loyola vs. Purdue/Eastern Michigan TBA 

Detroit at Western Michigan 6:30 p.m. 

Youngstown State at Maryland 7 p.m. 

Central Florida at Valparaiso 7:05 p.m. 

Green Bay at Utah 

8 p.m. 

Cleveland State at Washington 9 p.m. 

Wednesday, November 19 

Ball State at Butler 

Northern Iowa at UIC 

Upper Iowa at Milwaukee 


Valparaiso vs. San Diego 

Green Bay vs. Rollins College 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

2:30 p.m. 

3:30 p.m. 


IU-South Bend at Butler 

1 p.m. 

Loyola at Western Michigan 1 p.m. 

Green Bay vs. Marshall 

1 p.m. 

Kansas State at Cleveland State 6 p.m. 

Wright State at Central Michigan 6 p.m. 

Eastern Michigan at Detroit 6:05 p.m. 

Allegheny at Youngstown State 6:35 p.m. 

DePaul at UIC 

7 p.m. 

Milwaukee at Marquette 7:30 p.m. 

Sunday, November 23 

Green Bay vs. Morgan State 10 a.m. 

Valparaiso vs. Iona/Wisconsin 7:30 p.m. 

(if Valpo loses on 11/21, game will be 11/22) 

Monday, November 24 

Miami (Ohio) at Wright State 

Loyola vs. TBA 

Valparaiso vs. TBA 

6 p.m. 

TBA 

TBA 

Tuesday, November 25 

Cleveland State vs. Toledo 3:30 p.m. 

UIC at Howard 

6 p.m. 

Youngstown State at Robert Morris 6 p.m. 

Ball State at Milwaukee 


Wednesday, November 26 

Cleveland State at Florida Intl. 

Northwestern at Butler 

Detroit at DePaul 




7 p.m. 

TBA 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

TBA 

TBA 


Milwaukee at Wisconsin 11 a.m. 

Evansville at Butler 

1 p.m. 

Holy Cross at Loyola 

1 p.m. 

Saint Louis at Detroit 

1:05 p.m. 

St. Francis (Pa.) at Youngstown State 6:05 p.m. 

Massachusetts at Green Bay 7 p.m. 

Central Michigan at UIC 7 p.m. 

Wright State at Sam Houston State 7 p.m. 

DECEMBER 

Tuesday, December 2 

Valparaiso at Cleveland State 

William & Mary at Loyola 

Wednesday, December 3 

UIC at Vanderbilt 

Thursday, December 4 

Valparaiso at Youngstown State 

Butler at Cleveland State 

Detroit at Milwaukee 

Wright State at Green Bay 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

Saturday, December 6 

Wright State at Milwaukee 2 p.m. 

Butler at Youngstown State 6:05 p.m. 

Detroit at Green Bay 

7 p.m. 

Loyola at UIC 

7 p.m. 

Cleveland State at West Virginia TBA 


Toledo at Wright State 


Butler at Bradley 

IPFW at Valparaiso 


Milwaukee at Miami (Ohio) 

Idaho State at Green Bay 

Friday, December 12 

Wright State at Ark.-Little Rock 


Butler at Ohio State 

UMKC at Loyola 

Valparaiso at Miami (Ohio) 

Cleveland State at Marist 

Green Bay at Wisconsin 

6 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

8 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

11 a.m. 

3 p.m. 

4 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

Sunday, December 14 

UIC at Georgia Tech 

Wright State at Wake Forest 

Detroit at Bowling Green 

Monday, December 15 

Cleveland State at Syracuse 

Youngstown State at Kent State 


Norfolk State at Wright State 

Aquinas at Detroit 

Lewis at UIC 


Oakland at Green Bay 

Friday, December 19 

Youngstown State at High Point 


La Roche at Cleveland State 

Florida Gulf Coast at Butler 

North Dakota at Green Bay 

Valparaiso vs. North Carolina 

Wright State vs. Oral Roberts 

Loyola at Northern Illinois 

Detroit at Illinois 

Bradley at Milwaukee 

UIC at Illinois State 


Youngstown State at Charlotte 

Wright State vs. South Florida 


SIU-Edwardsville at Loyola 

Wright State vs. Murray State 

Valparaiso at Central Florida 

Green Bay at Houston Baptist 


Butler at Xavier 

Detroit at Central Michigan 

Kent State at Cleveland State 

UIC at Toledo 


Notre Dame College at Cleveland State 


Valparaiso at Purdue 


Lock Haven at Youngstown State 

1 p.m. 

3 p.m. 

5 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:35 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

noon 

1 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

5 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. 

2 p.m. 

2 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

noon 

3 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 


Cleveland State at Wright State 6 p.m. 

Green Bay at Western Michigan 6 p.m. 

UAB at Butler 

6 p.m. 

Alcorn State at Loyola 

7 p.m. 

Milwaukee at UIC 

7 p.m. 

North Park at Valparaiso 7:05 p.m. 


2008-09 

2008-09 Composite Schedule 

JANUARY 

Thursday, January 1 

Youngstown State at Detroit 

Saturday, January 3 

Milwaukee at Loyola 

Cleveland State at Detroit 

Youngstown State at Wright State 

Green Bay at UIC 

Butler at Valparaiso 

Monday, January 5 

Green Bay at Loyola 

Valparaiso at Milwaukee 


Wright State at Butler 

Loyola at Cleveland State 

UIC at Youngstown State 

Detroit at Valparaiso 

Friday, January 9 

Green Bay at Milwaukee 


Detroit at Butler 

Loyola at Youngstown State 

UIC at Cleveland State 

Wright State at Valparaiso 


SIU-Edwardsville at Milwaukee 

12:05 p.m. 

3 p.m. 

3:05 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

6:35 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

8 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

Green Bay at Valparaiso 


Akron at Youngstown State 

Detroit at Chicago State 

Wednesday, January 28 

Loyola at Milwaukee 

UIC at Green Bay 

7:05 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 


Detroit at Cleveland State 6:30 p.m. 

Wright State at Youngstown State 6:35 p.m. 


Valparaiso at Butler 


Detroit at Youngstown State 

Wright State at Cleveland State 

Loyola at Green Bay 

UIC at Milwaukee 

FEBRUARY 

Monday, February 2 

Butler at Green Bay 

Thursday, February 5 

Valparaiso at Wright State 

Cleveland State at UIC 

Youngstown State at Loyola 

Butler at Detroit 

6 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

Valparaiso at Green Bay 

Wright State at UIC 

Detroit at Loyola 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

8 p.m. 

Saturday, February 21 

ESPNU BracketBusters (All times TBA) 

Home: Loyola, Milwaukee, UIC, Valparaiso, 

Wright State, Youngstown State 

Road: Butler, Cleveland State, Detroit, 

Green Bay 


Milwaukee at Wright State 

Youngstown State at Butler 

Green Bay at Detroit 

Cleveland State at Valparaiso 

Friday, February 27 

UIC at Loyola 


Cleveland State at Butler 

Milwaukee at Detroit 

Green Bay at Wright State 

Youngstown State at Valparaiso 

MARCH 

March 3, 6, 7, 10 

Horizon League Men’s Basketball 

Championship 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

8 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

3:05 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 


Butler at Loyola 

Cleveland State at Green Bay 

Valparaiso at UIC 

Youngstown State at Milwaukee 


Wright State at Detroit 


Butler at UIC 

Valparaiso at Loyola 

Cleveland State at Milwaukee 

Youngstown State at Green Bay 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

8 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

3 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 


Cleveland State at Loyola 

Valparaiso at Detroit 

Butler at Wright State 

Milwaukee at Green Bay 

Youngstown State at UIC 

Tuesday, February 10 

Detroit at UIC 

Wright State at Loyola 


Milwaukee at Cleveland State 

Green Bay at Youngstown State 

3 p.m. 

3:05 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:05 p.m. 


Houston Baptist at Green Bay 


Green Bay at Butler 

UIC at Detroit 

Loyola at Wright State 

Milwaukee at Valparaiso 

7 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:35 p.m. 

7 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

Friday, February 13 

UIC at Butler 

Loyola at Valparaiso 


Milwaukee at Youngstown State 

Detroit at Wright State 

Green Bay at Cleveland State 

6 p.m. 

7:05 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

6:30 p.m. 

Senior guard Jake Diebler 


Cleveland State at Youngstown State 


Milwaukee at Butler 

Loyola at Detroit 

UIC at Wright State 

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8 p.m. 

1 p.m. 

1:05 p.m. 

6 p.m. 

Sunday, February 15 

Loyola at Butler 

1 p.m. 

UIC at Valparaiso 

3 p.m. 

Wednesday, February 18 

Youngstown State at Cleveland State 6 p.m. 

Butler at Milwaukee 

7 p.m. 


2007-08 Box Scores 

2008-09 

VALPARAISO - 90 

GRACE - 59 

Game #1 - November 12, 2007 

Athletics-Recreation Center 

Grace (2-1) 


Jake Didion 2-7 0-0 5-6 6 1 9 

Eric Gaff 3-8 0-0 0-0 8 1 6 

Scott Moore 0-5 0-5 1-2 2 1 1 

Marcus Moore 4-13 1-6 2-3 2 2 11 

Michael Wienhorst 4-10 1-4 1-2 2 0 10 

Austin Kaiser 3-5 1-2 2-2 3 2 9 

Ryan Eakins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jacob Peattie 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 

David Henry 2-4 2-3 4-4 3 0 10 

Tyler Winkleman 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

David Swanson 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 

Jeremy 2007 Franchino HORIZON 0-0 0-0 0-1 LEAGUE 1 0 0 

Stephen Kauffman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Team CHAMPIONSHIP 5 

Totals 19-58 5-21 16-22 37 9 59 

Valparaiso (1-0) 


Urule Igbavboa 3-6 0-0 2-6 6 0 8 

Shawn Huff 4-12 1-6 0-0 8 7 9 

Brandon McPherson 6-9 2-3 0-0 1 1 14 

Samuel Haanpää 3-10 2-8 7-8 5 2 15 

Jake Diebler 1-3 1-2 2-2 4 2 5 

Michael Rogers 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 

Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 3-7 1-3 2-3 3 0 9 

Howard Little 1-4 0-1 1-3 5 1 3 

Jarryd Loyd 5-8 2-2 2-4 5 4 14 

Bryan Bouchie 5-9 1-2 0-0 4 0 11 

Team 5 

Totals 32-69 10-27 16-28 48 17 90 

Halftime: Valpo 45, Grace 38 


MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE - 55 


South Padre Island, Texas 

UMES (1-4) 


Marc Davis 2-13 0-2 8-10 4 3 12 

Ed Tyson 4-18 2-10 10-12 3 0 20 

Denzel Jackson 3-4 0-0 2-2 4 3 8 

Ishmawiyl McFadden 2-7 2-3 0-0 2 0 6 

Aleksandar Popovic 0-4 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 

Josh Bright 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 3 3 

Omar Akram 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Milutin Mirjacic 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 

B.J. Nimocks 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 4 

Jahmal Bivins 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Brandon Moore 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 0 2 

Team 6 

Totals 14-53 4-16 23-28 35 9 55 




Shawn Huff 1-8 0-5 3-3 5 2 5 



Jake Diebler 0-3 0-1 0-0 4 1 0 


Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Howard Little 3-9 0-1 0-0 6 0 6 

Jarryd Loyd 3-7 0-2 2-6 1 2 8 

Bryan Bouchie 7-9 1-2 8-13 9 2 23 

Team 5 

Totals 22-58 2-22 20-33 50 14 66 

Halftime: Valpo 27, UMES 26 


IPFW - 64 


Fort Wayne, Ind. 




Shawn Huff 3-6 1-2 1-1 3 2 8 



Jake Diebler 3-6 1-2 3-4 2 6 10 


Calum MacLeod 3-6 0-0 3-4 3 0 9 

Howard Little 3-4 2-2 0-0 3 1 8 

Jarryd Loyd 3-8 1-2 3-4 3 2 10 

Bryan Bouchie 3-4 1-2 1-1 2 0 8 

Team 3 

Totals 24-48 9-15 17-25 28 13 74 

IPFW (0-2) 


Jakari Johnson 7-12 2-4 2-2 6 0 18 

DeWitt Scott 5-7 1-3 2-2 1 1 13 

Ben Botts 0-4 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 

Demetrius Johnson 3-8 0-1 7-9 3 4 13 

Jaraun Burrows 5-10 0-0 5-10 6 1 15 

Zach Plackemeier 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 

Chris Perkins 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Nick Luttrell 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Zeljko Egeric 1-4 0-3 0-0 5 0 2 

Team 6 

Totals 22-48 4-15 16-23 29 6 64 

Halftime: Valpo 39, IPFW 30 


AUSTIN PEAY - 47 


South Padre Island, Texas 




Shawn Huff 4-8 2-6 1-2 9 2 11 



Jake Diebler 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 3 3 

Howard Little 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 

Jarryd Loyd 3-5 0-1 0-0 3 3 6 

Bryan Bouchie 0-5 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 

Team 5 

Totals 21-42 11-22 8-12 35 16 61 

Austin Peay (2-3) 


Drake Reed 2-6 0-1 0-0 2 1 4 

Fernandez Lockett 5-12 1-2 3-5 10 3 14 

Derek Wright 1-6 0-3 1-2 4 2 3 

Kyle Duncan 3-7 1-3 0-0 4 1 7 

Todd Babington 1-8 1-7 2-2 2 4 5 

Caleb Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 

Ernest Fields 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 

Wes Channels 6-17 0-7 0-0 3 1 12 

Team 1 

Totals 19-57 3-23 6-9 28 14 47 

Halftime: Austin Peay 29, Valpo 27 

VANDERBILT - 87 



Nashville, Tenn. 




Shawn Huff 6-10 4-7 2-2 9 1 18 



Jake Diebler 3-10 2-6 0-0 5 1 8 

Calum MacLeod 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 0 2 

Howard Little 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 0 5 

Jarryd Loyd 8-15 3-4 1-3 4 4 20 

Bryan Bouchie 4-9 1-2 0-2 9 1 9 

Team 1 

Totals 29-79 13-33 7-12 45 14 78 

Vanderbilt (3-0) 


Shan Foster 4-11 2-3 5-9 5 1 15 

Ross Neltner 8-14 0-0 0-0 10 3 16 

A.J. Ogilvy 6-9 0-0 9-9 7 2 21 

Alex Gordon 4-6 2-3 0-1 9 6 10 

George Drake 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 

Jermaine Beal 1-2 0-1 5-6 0 0 7 

Alan Metcalfe 1-5 1-2 4-4 2 0 7 

Keegan Bell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 

Darshawn McClellan 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 

Andre Walker 3-5 1-1 2-2 1 0 9 

Totals 28-56 6-11 25-31 37 17 87 

Halftime: Vanderbilt 44, Valpo 31 


WESTERN MICHIGAN - 65 



Western Michigan (4-3) 


Derek Drews 2-7 0-2 0-0 2 0 4 

Joe Reitz 4-6 0-0 8-8 5 0 16 

Michael Redell 2-4 1-1 6-6 1 4 11 

David Kool 3-7 2-5 3-4 2 1 11 

Shawntes Gary 2-11 1-4 2-2 4 1 7 

Derek Fracalossi 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 

Silver Laku 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Andrew Hershberger 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 

Andre Ricks 1-6 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 

Alex Wolf 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 

Martelle McLemore 4-6 1-2 1-5 2 0 10 

Donald Lawson 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 

Team 8 

Totals 19-52 5-18 22-31 30 7 65 




Shawn Huff 6-7 3-4 4-5 4 0 19 



Jake Diebler 2-6 2-6 1-2 7 1 7 

Calum MacLeod 1-1 1-1 1-2 2 1 4 

Howard Little 3-6 1-3 0-0 1 2 7 

Jarryd Loyd 3-4 2-3 1-4 3 7 9 

Bryan Bouchie 3-7 0-1 0-2 0 1 6 

Team 6 

Totals 26-45 11-23 14-25 31 16 77 

Halftime: Valpo 40, Western Michigan 26 


2008-09 



BALL STATE - 58 

Game #7 - December 1, 2007 


Ball State (0-6) 


Malik Perry 5-8 0-0 2-2 9 0 12 

Rob Giles 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 5 

Melvin Goins 5-12 0-2 2-2 2 0 12 

Laron Frazier 3-7 0-3 3-3 3 2 9 

Peyton Stovall 4-11 0-5 0-0 7 0 8 

Brandon Lampley 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 

Deontay Twyman 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 

Rashaun McLemore 5-13 0-3 2-3 3 3 12 

Team 10 

Totals 24-59 0-16 10-11 37 7 58 




Shawn Huff 6-9 5-7 0-0 1 2 17 



Jake Diebler 1-5 1-3 2-3 3 5 5 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 

Howard Little 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 1 

Jarryd Loyd 1-5 0-2 2-2 2 3 4 

Bryan Bouchie 2-7 0-2 0-0 4 2 4 

Team 7 

Totals 25-54 13-31 8-14 32 16 71 

Halftime: Valpo 34, Ball State 21 


WRIGHT STATE - 66 


Dayton, Ohio 

Valparaiso (7-1, 1-0 Horizon) 



Shawn Huff 6-11 3-6 1-2 4 0 16 



Jake Diebler 2-4 2-4 6-7 5 3 12 

Howard Little 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 5-9 4-7 4-4 2 5 18 

Bryan Bouchie 2-8 0-3 0-0 4 3 4 

Team 5 

Totals 21-45 11-26 18-24 30 16 71 

Wright State (2-2, 0-1 Horizon) 


Scottie Wilson 4-7 3-3 1-2 7 0 12 

Jordan Pleiman 2-5 0-0 4-4 6 1 8 

Todd Brown 5-16 1-3 1-2 3 4 12 

Will Graham 2-4 1-2 1-2 7 5 6 

Vaughn Duggins 7-14 4-6 0-0 3 4 18 

Troy Tabler 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

John David Gardner 3-5 3-4 0-0 1 2 9 

Cooper Land 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 

Gavin Horne 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 

Ronnie Thomas 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 

Team 2 

Totals 23-57 12-19 8-12 33 18 66 

Halftime: Valpo 34, Wright State 30 


DETROIT - 68 


Detroit, Mich. 




Shawn Huff 5-6 3-4 2-2 0 3 15 



Jake Diebler 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 

Howard Little 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0 3 

Jarryd Loyd 2-5 0-1 2-2 2 2 6 

Bryan Bouchie 8-9 0-1 0-1 3 1 16 

Team 3 

Totals 30-45 10-20 11-12 17 15 81 

Detroit (4-5, 0-2 Horizon) 


Chris Hayes 5-11 1-2 0-0 6 2 11 

Justin Sample 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 

Eulis Stephens 4-6 2-3 1-2 1 3 11 

Jon Goode 5-11 4-7 7-7 1 3 21 

Woody Payne 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 6 

David Boarden 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 

Josh Samarco 3-9 2-6 0-0 1 1 8 

Nemanja Jokic 3-4 2-2 0-0 2 2 8 

Michael Harrington 1-1 0-0 1-2 5 0 3 

Team 2 

Totals 23-46 11-20 11-13 22 13 68 

Halftime: Valpo 37, Detroit 29 


EVANSVILLE - 67 



Evansville (3-5) 


Nate Garner 4-6 0-0 2-2 5 1 10 

Pieter Van Tongeren 6-9 0-0 2-3 7 1 14 

Shy Ely 8-17 1-2 0-0 6 0 17 

Jay Cousinard 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 

Jason Holsinger 5-8 2-4 2-2 4 5 14 

Kavon Lacey 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 

Jonathan VanHoose 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Darin Granger 3-6 3-4 0-0 1 3 9 

Clint Hopf 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 0 3 

Team 2 

Totals 27-54 6-12 7-9 28 12 67 




Shawn Huff 1-8 0-5 2-2 4 0 4 



Jake Diebler 0-1 0-0 1-2 6 4 1 


Howard Little 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 5-10 2-4 3-6 5 4 15 

Bryan Bouchie 4-7 0-1 0-0 5 2 8 

Team 1 

Totals 25-53 5-18 20-25 31 12 75 

Halftime: Valpo 30, Evansville 30 


CHICAGO STATE - 61 



Chicago State (4-9) 


Nemanja Stankovic 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 

Carl Montgomery 4-5 0-0 0-2 5 0 8 

Mike Wilson 3-7 0-3 4-4 5 0 10 

David Holston 5-18 1-9 4-6 1 2 15 

John Cantrell 4-13 0-2 0-0 4 1 8 

Steve Martin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Brandan Smith 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 

Marc Renelique 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Christian Wall 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 

Chidozie Chukwumah 4-7 0-0 0-1 4 0 8 

Tawrence Walton 3-6 0-1 1-2 2 1 7 

Pawel Kielbasa 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Kevin Jones 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 

Team 6 

Totals 24-61 2-18 11-17 33 8 61 




Shawn Huff 4-8 3-5 0-0 5 1 11 



Jake Diebler 2-2 1-1 0-0 2 4 5 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 1-2 0-1 2-3 1 0 4 

Howard Little 1-6 0-2 3-5 3 0 5 

Jarryd Loyd 1-5 1-3 0-0 3 1 3 

Bryan Bouchie 5-10 1-3 1-2 3 1 12 

Team 5 

Totals 30-60 16-28 14-19 40 23 90 

Halftime: Valpo 55, Chicago State 33 

WISCONSIN - 68 



Madison, Wis. 




Shawn Huff 3-10 2-6 0-0 8 2 8 



Jake Diebler 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 

Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 3-7 1-3 1-2 1 0 8 

Bryan Bouchie 2-5 0-1 1-1 1 0 5 

Team 2 

Totals 20-52 7-22 11-17 28 13 58 

Wisconsin (9-2) 


Marcus Landry 1-4 0-0 5-7 7 1 7 

Brian Butch 3-6 0-0 3-5 9 1 9 

Trevon Hughes 4-8 4-8 2-6 1 0 14 

Michael Flowers 3-8 1-4 2-4 1 0 9 

Joe Krabbenhoft 4-8 0-3 3-9 11 7 11 

Jason Bohannon 4-7 2-5 0-0 3 1 10 

Jon Leuer 2-2 0-0 0-1 2 0 4 

Greg Stiemsma 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Kevin Gullikson 1-2 0-0 2-4 3 0 4 

Team 3 

Totals 22-45 7-20 17-36 40 10 68 

Halftime: Valpo 31, Wisconsin 28 

46 



2008-09 

NORTH CAROLINA - 90 



Chapel Hill, N.C. 




Shawn Huff 3-11 1-4 0-0 6 1 7 



Jake Diebler 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 

Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 

Howard Little 0-2 0-1 0-1 2 1 0 

Jarryd Loyd 9-17 5-7 1-3 1 2 24 

Bryan Bouchie 2-7 1-2 1-2 3 1 6 

Team 5 

Totals 23-65 9-29 3-10 31 10 58 

North Carolina (13-0) 


Deon Thompson 4-8 0-0 3-4 8 3 11 

Tyler Hansbrough 7-8 0-1 9-10 13 1 23 

Marcus Ginyard 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 4 6 

Ty Lawson 2-6 1-4 1-2 4 4 6 

Wayne Ellington 2-10 0-4 1-1 4 6 5 

Marc Campbell 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Will Graves 5-6 4-5 0-1 1 0 14 

Danny Green 8-10 4-5 0-0 4 5 20 

J.B. Tanner 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Surry Wood 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 

Jack Wooten 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Alex Stepheson 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 

Patrick Moody 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Mike Copeland 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 

Greg Little 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 

Team 3 

Totals 33-65 9-21 15-20 47 23 90 

Halftime: North Carolina 36, Valpo 31 

MILWAUKEE - 71 


Game #16 - January 10, 2008 


Milwaukee (9-7, 4-2 Horizon) 


Marcus Skinner 5-7 1-1 2-2 8 2 13 

Paige Paulsen 4-9 3-4 0-1 8 2 11 

Deonte Roberts 5-8 0-0 2-2 1 3 12 

Ricky Franklin 3-10 1-4 2-2 3 5 9 

Allan Hanson 0-3 0-2 4-4 2 3 4 

Charlie Swiggett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Deion James 7-10 4-6 2-4 3 0 20 

Kaylan Anderson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jason Averkamp 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 

Team 1 

Totals 24-48 9-17 14-17 27 15 71 




Shawn Huff 4-6 1-1 2-2 3 2 11 



Jake Diebler 1-6 1-4 0-0 3 3 3 


Jarryd Loyd 7-11 3-4 1-2 2 3 18 

Bryan Bouchie 4-5 0-0 1-1 1 0 9 

Team 3 

Totals 27-51 7-15 8-12 25 14 69 

Halftime: Valpo 38, Milwaukee 34 


INDIANA WESLEYAN - 46 

Game #14 - January 2, 2008 


Indiana Wesleyan 


Phil Brackman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Zach Coverstone 6-12 0-0 3-4 7 0 15 

Antonio Murrell 4-8 0-0 7-9 2 2 15 

Ian McCulla 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Spencer Harris 0-6 0-3 0-0 4 3 0 

Ryan Hetrick 3-10 1-5 0-0 2 1 7 

Clint Cochran 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 

Josh Williams 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 

Jordan Bragg 0-4 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 

Will Hubertz 2-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 5 

Sebastian Weber 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 3 

Totals 17-57 2-21 10-13 24 8 46 




Shawn Huff 5-7 3-4 1-1 7 3 14 



Jake Diebler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 


Matt Bennett 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 

Calum MacLeod 2-3 1-2 0-0 2 0 5 

Howard Little 4-5 1-1 2-2 5 2 11 

Jarryd Loyd 6-9 1-2 6-7 3 9 19 

Bryan Bouchie 4-10 0-1 4-6 9 1 12 

Team 4 

Totals 32-53 12-20 17-23 43 23 93 

Halftime: Valpo 35, Indiana Wesleyan 31 


GREEN BAY - 73 

Game #17 - January 12, 2008 


Green Bay (9-7, 3-3 Horizon) 


Terry Evans 2-6 0-1 3-6 11 2 7 

Randy Berry 4-8 0-0 2-2 7 0 10 

Mike Schachtner 12-17 7-7 3-4 6 0 34 

Rahmon Fletcher 4-5 0-0 1-1 1 2 9 

Ryan Tillema 2-9 0-5 3-4 2 1 7 

Bryquis Perine 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 

Troy Cotton 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 

D’Angelo Jackson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 

Uriel Segura 0-5 0-3 0-0 3 4 0 

Cordero Barkley 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 4 

Tevah Morris 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 

Team 8 

Totals 27-59 7-21 12-17 43 12 73 




Shawn Huff 6-14 4-10 2-2 6 1 18 



Jake Diebler 0-2 0-1 4-6 2 2 4 


Calum MacLeod 1-2 1-1 0-1 2 0 3 

Howard Little 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 

Jarryd Loyd 4-15 0-4 3-4 4 7 11 

Bryan Bouchie 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 4 

Totals 28-65 9-29 17-26 35 17 82 

Halftime: Green Bay 36, Valpo 35 

BUTLER - 73 


Game #15 - January 5, 2008 





Shawn Huff 1-4 1-2 4-4 1 0 7 



Jake Diebler 4-7 2-3 0-0 6 0 10 


Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 7-12 1-3 0-1 4 5 15 

Bryan Bouchie 2-6 0-2 1-4 3 0 5 

Team 2 

Totals 24-50 7-19 10-17 32 12 65 

Butler (13-1, 2-1 Horizon) 


Julian Betko 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 

Drew Streicher 3-5 1-3 2-2 2 0 9 

Matt Howard 3-9 0-0 6-6 6 0 12 

A.J. Graves 2-10 0-5 1-2 3 3 5 

Mike Green 5-9 3-4 11-14 8 4 24 

Shawn Vanzant 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 

Zach Hahn 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 5 

Willie Veasley 1-3 0-0 6-6 3 1 8 

Grant Leiendecker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Avery Jukes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Pete Campbell 3-8 2-5 2-2 2 0 10 

Team 1 

Totals 19-48 7-20 28-33 29 9 73 

Halftime: Valpo 31, Butler 31 


YOUNGSTOWN STATE - 61 

Game #18 - January 17, 2008 

Youngstown, Ohio 




Shawn Huff 6-9 3-5 0-0 3 2 15 



Jake Diebler 0-1 0-1 2-2 4 3 2 


Howard Little 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 2-9 1-6 0-1 1 7 5 

Bryan Bouchie 5-10 0-1 5-8 7 0 15 

Team 6 

Totals 22-57 10-27 13-17 38 16 67 

Youngstown State (7-10, 3-4 Horizon) 


John Barber 9-18 0-1 0-1 8 2 18 

Jack Liles 5-11 0-0 3-4 2 0 13 

Byron Davis 10-16 3-4 0-0 6 0 23 

Vance Cooksey 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 

Vytas Sulskis 1-6 1-2 1-4 11 5 4 

Dwight Holmes 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 

George Cotal 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 

Mikko Niemi 0-2 0-1 0-1 2 0 0 

Mel Johnson 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 

Team 3 

Totals 26-57 4-9 5-13 35 8 61 

Halftime: Youngstown State 22, Valpo 20 


2008-09 


CLEVELAND STATE - 69 


Game #19 - January 19, 2008 

Cleveland, Ohio 




Shawn Huff 5-9 4-7 0-0 6 3 14 



Jake Diebler 1-9 1-6 0-0 1 1 3 


Matt Bennett 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 

Howard Little 2-7 0-3 4-4 4 1 8 

Jarryd Loyd 3-7 1-2 0-0 0 5 7 

Bryan Bouchie 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 8 

Team 3 

Totals 24-55 9-24 6-7 28 15 63 

Cleveland State (14-5, 7-0 Horizon) 


George Tandy 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 

J’Nathan Bullock 3-6 0-0 5-5 7 0 11 

Chris Moore 6-9 0-0 0-0 5 1 12 

Cedric Jackson 3-11 1-3 9-12 3 3 16 

Breyohn Watson 3-5 0-0 2-4 5 4 8 

Kevin Francis 1-4 1-3 3-4 5 1 6 

Joe Davis 3-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 6 

Norris Cole 1-4 1-4 1-2 3 2 4 

D’Aundray Brown 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 3 

Renard Fields 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 3 

Team 4 

Totals 22-49 3-12 22-30 36 12 69 

Halftime: Cleveland State 30, Valpo 23 


UIC - 56 

Game #20 - January 24, 2008 


UIC (10-9, 4-4 Horizon) 


Josh Mayo 6-14 2-6 2-3 2 4 16 

Karl White, Jr. 1-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 

Robert Bush 5-10 4-7 0-0 4 0 14 

Jeremy Buttell 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 

Scott Vandermeer 4-13 0-1 1-2 21 0 9 

Robert Kreps 0-3 0-3 3-4 1 0 3 

Tori Boyd 3-8 1-3 1-2 3 0 8 

Spencer Stewart 0-8 0-4 0-0 0 4 0 

Jermaine Dailey 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 

Team 6 

Totals 21-67 7-25 7-11 45 10 56 




Shawn Huff 4-8 1-5 1-1 7 2 10 



Jake Diebler 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 


Calum MacLeod 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 

Howard Little 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 5-12 1-2 2-2 2 4 13 

Bryan Bouchie 3-4 0-0 1-4 2 0 7 

Team 5 

Totals 22-50 7-21 9-13 33 12 60 

Halftime: UIC 40, Valpo 33 

LOYOLA - 65 


Game #21 - January 26, 2008 


Loyola (7-13, 3-7 Horizon) 


Tracy Robinson 2-6 1-1 4-4 4 1 9 

Andy Polka 4-9 1-3 2-3 6 4 11 

Darrin Williams 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 4 

Cortney Horton 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 

J.R. Blount 6-11 2-4 5-9 3 2 19 

Aric Van Weelden 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 

Justin Cerasoli 4-9 1-1 1-1 3 0 10 

Ross Forman 2-4 1-2 2-2 3 2 7 

Tom Levin 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 

Team 5 

Totals 22-47 7-14 14-19 28 10 65 




Shawn Huff 2-6 2-3 0-0 1 0 6 



Jake Diebler 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 1 3 


Howard Little 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 4 

Jarryd Loyd 3-9 2-6 2-3 0 6 10 

Bryan Bouchie 2-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 5 

Team 2 

Totals 21-48 8-19 13-19 32 12 63 

Halftime: Loyola 41, Valpo 34 

BUTLER - 71 


Game #22 - February 5, 2008 


Grace (2-1) 


Drew Streicher 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 

Pete Campbell 5-11 5-11 2-2 1 0 17 

Matt Howard 3-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 6 

A.J. Graves 7-18 4-12 2-2 8 4 20 

Mike Green 4-8 0-1 6-7 6 3 14 

Julian Betko 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Shawn Vanzant 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 

Zach Hahn 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 

Willie Veasley 3-4 0-0 2-6 2 0 8 

Avery Jukes 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 

Totals 24-50 11-27 12-17 24 9 71 




Shawn Huff 3-6 1-3 0-0 8 1 7 



Jake Diebler 1-2 1-1 0-0 7 0 3 


Howard Little 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 5 

Jarryd Loyd 6-17 2-6 2-3 3 3 16 

Bryan Bouchie 3-4 0-0 0-0 5 1 6 

Team 5 

Totals 23-53 9-21 13-15 36 10 68 

Halftime: Valpo 43, Butler 35 


VALPARAISO - 71 (OT) 

Game #23 - Feburary 7, 2008 

Green Bay, Wis. 




Shawn Huff 5-10 4-6 0-0 5 2 14 



Jake Diebler 2-4 0-2 1-2 1 0 5 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 2-3 0 0 2 

Howard Little 2-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 4 

Jarryd Loyd 4-11 1-4 1-2 3 4 10 

Bryan Bouchie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 3 

Totals 25-54 12-26 9-18 38 9 71 

Green Bay (13-9, 7-5 Horizon) 


Terry Evans 5-9 0-0 6-12 12 2 16 


Tevah Morris 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 


Ryan Tillema 3-8 1-3 6-7 4 0 13 


Troy Cotton 2-6 2-5 0-2 2 0 6 

Uriel Segura 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 


Pat Nelson 0-2 0-0 2-2 6 0 2 

Team 5 

Totals 24-60 4-15 24-40 39 11 76 

Halftime: Valpo 36, Green Bay 23 

End of Regulation: Valpo 66, Green Bay 66 

UIC - 77 



Chicago, Ill. 




Shawn Huff 7-16 5-11 0-0 1 2 19 

Calum MacLeod 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 

Jarryd Loyd 5-9 2-5 2-2 4 5 14 

Jake Diebler 1-5 0-3 0-0 4 3 2 


Matt Bennett 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 



Howard Little 0-5 0-1 3-4 4 0 3 

Bryan Bouchie 2-7 0-0 0-2 4 0 4 

Team 4 

Totals 19-55 9-26 6-9 30 13 53 

UIC (14-10, 8-5 Horizon) 


Jeremy Buttell 2-2 1-1 0-0 2 1 5 

Scott Vandermeer 3-6 0-0 7-10 8 2 13 

Josh Mayo 7-13 4-8 0-0 5 4 18 

Robert Bush 2-5 2-5 0-0 1 2 6 

Spencer Stewart 4-8 3-6 0-1 1 6 11 

Alex Tkaczuk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jimmy Harding 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Karl White, Jr. 3-4 0-1 2-2 1 2 8 

Tori Boyd 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 

Robert Kreps 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 

Jovan Ignjatovic 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 6 

Ebenezer Noonoo 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 

Jermaine Dailey 2-5 0-0 1-2 5 0 5 

Humberto Huerta 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 7 

Totals 28-52 11-23 10-15 34 19 77 

48 

Halftime: UIC 34, Valpo 30 



2008-09 





Cleveland State (17-10, 10-5 Horizon) 




George Tandy 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 



Joe Davis 3-7 3-4 2-2 4 1 11 

Kevin Francis 2-5 1-3 0-0 3 1 5 

Renard Fields 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 

Norris Cole 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 

Chris Moore 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 6 

Totals 27-54 9-17 8-10 29 17 71 




Shawn Huff 4-10 3-8 2-3 7 1 13 



Jake Diebler 3-8 3-7 0-0 2 3 9 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Howard Little 1-3 0-1 1-2 1 0 3 

Jarryd Loyd 0-4 0-0 2-2 1 7 2 

Bryan Bouchie 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 4 

Totals 19-46 9-23 11-14 26 15 58 

Halftime: Valpo 35, Cleveland State 34 


YOUNGSTOWN STATE - 58 



Youngstown State (8-18, 4-12 Horizon) 


John Barber 0-6 0-2 1-2 3 1 1 

Dwight Holmes 3-5 1-1 3-8 3 0 10 

Byron Davis 8-13 2-4 0-1 6 3 18 

Mikko Niemi 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 

Vytas Sulskis 4-9 1-4 1-2 2 2 10 

Vance Cooksey 1-6 0-3 1-1 4 2 3 

Zack Rebillot 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 

George Cotal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Alek Mrozik 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 

Mel Johnson 2-7 1-2 4-6 1 1 9 

Jack Liles 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 4 

Team 4 

Totals 21-54 6-19 10-20 29 12 58 




Shawn Huff 2-5 2-4 4-4 5 2 10 

Bryan Bouchie 4-8 2-2 1-2 7 2 11 


Jake Diebler 5-8 4-7 0-0 3 3 14 


Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 6-10 1-4 5-7 4 3 18 

Team 1 

Totals 26-48 11-24 14-23 32 16 77 

Halftime: Valpo 32, Youngstown State 22 

LOYOLA - 68 



Chicago, Ill. 




Shawn Huff 2-10 1-3 1-2 3 3 6 

Bryan Bouchie 2-4 0-1 0-2 1 1 4 


Jake Diebler 3-4 3-4 2-2 0 2 11 


Calum MacLeod 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Howard Little 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 

Jarryd Loyd 2-6 2-3 1-3 1 4 7 

Team 6 

Totals 22-52 8-20 9-17 29 14 61 

Loyola (10-16, 6-10 Horizon) 


Andy Polka 2-5 0-2 3-6 10 2 7 

Darrin Williams 5-9 0-0 9-10 7 0 19 

Tracy Robinson 3-9 0-3 0-0 5 3 6 

Aric Van Weelden 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 

J.R. Blount 7-15 1-4 1-1 4 4 16 

Cortney Horton 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Dave Telander 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Justin Cerasoli 6-14 3-5 4-4 7 0 19 

Ross Forman 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 

Tom Levin 0-1 0-1 0-0 5 0 0 

Team 4 

Totals 23-57 4-18 18-23 44 9 68 

Halftime: Loyola 33, Valpo 28 


MIAMI (OH) - 94 (2OT) 



Miami (13-13) 


Michael Bramos 7-17 5-12 4-5 2 1 23 

Tim Pollitz 10-17 0-0 2-5 12 1 22 

Tyler Dierkers 3-6 0-0 2-4 5 2 8 

Kenny Hayes 8-11 4-7 10-11 2 3 30 

Alex Moosmann 0-6 0-3 0-0 1 3 0 

Carl Richburg 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 4 0 

Nick Winbush 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Eric Pollitz 3-4 0-1 2-2 3 0 8 

Dwight McCombs 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Adam Fletcher 1-1 0-0 1-3 4 0 3 

Team 7 

Totals 32-64 9-24 21-30 37 14 94 




Shawn Huff 10-13 6-8 6-7 1 2 32 


Howard Little 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 

Jake Diebler 1-4 0-1 2-2 3 5 4 


Jarryd Loyd 6-14 2-4 1-3 3 2 15 

Bryan Bouchie 3-3 1-1 0-0 4 2 7 

Team 4 

Totals 35-67 11-20 18-25 35 14 99 

Halftime: Miami 38, Valpo 30 

End of Regulation: Valpo 75, Miami 75 

End of First Overtime: Valpo 87, Miami 87 


MILWAUKEE - 57 






Shawn Huff 4-5 2-3 1-2 4 0 11 


Howard Little 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jake Diebler 1-4 0-3 2-2 3 3 4 


Calum MacLeod 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 3-11 1-4 5-8 2 5 12 

Bryan Bouchie 3-4 1-1 0-0 5 0 7 

Team 7 

Totals 21-48 8-21 16-26 44 11 66 

Milwaukee (13-14, 8-8 Horizon) 


Marcus Skinner 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Paige Paulsen 1-7 1-5 1-2 4 2 4 

Deonte Roberts 1-5 0-0 3-6 5 2 5 

Ricky Franklin 3-11 2-7 3-6 7 5 11 

Allan Hanson 1-6 1-6 1-2 1 2 4 

Charlie Swiggett 1-5 0-3 0-0 3 0 2 

Deion James 1-5 1-4 4-5 6 1 7 

Kaylan Anderson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 

Anthony Hill 1-6 0-0 1-3 2 0 3 

Jason Averkamp 6-10 2-6 7-7 4 0 21 

Team 2 

Totals 15-56 7-32 20-31 34 12 57 

Halftime: Valpo 28, Milwaukee 16 


DETROIT - 56 



Detroit (7-21, 3-14 Horizon) 


Chris Hayes 3-11 0-2 3-5 4 1 9 

Michael Harrington 1-2 0-0 2-4 3 2 4 

Zach Everingham 1-5 1-4 0-0 6 4 3 

Josh Samarco 6-11 1-4 2-2 2 0 15 

Eulis Stephens 5-10 0-2 4-5 3 1 14 

David Boarden 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Russell Allen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Tryl Hartfield 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Nemanja Jokic 4-8 3-4 0-0 7 0 11 

Jason Praet 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Team 6 

Totals 20-49 5-16 11-16 32 8 56 




Shawn Huff 4-5 4-5 2-2 2 1 14 


Howard Little 0-4 0-2 1-2 2 0 1 

Jake Diebler 4-9 2-6 1-1 2 1 11 


Jarryd Loyd 4-12 2-9 5-5 4 5 15 

Bryan Bouchie 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 

Team 5 

Totals 19-47 10-30 11-17 31 13 59 

Halftime: Valpo 20, Detroit 17 


2008-09 



WRIGHT STATE - 73 (OT) 

Game #31 - March 1, 2008 


Wright State (20-9, 12-6 Horizon) 




Todd Brown 4-13 2-7 3-4 5 1 13 

Will Graham 4-4 1-1 3-4 3 2 12 


Troy Tabler 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 5 

N’Gai Evans 2-2 1-1 3-4 2 1 8 

Cooper Land 1-4 0-2 4-4 1 1 6 

Ronnie Thomas 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 

Team 5 

Totals 24-54 7-19 18-26 32 10 73 




Shawn Huff 6-12 4-7 1-2 4 1 17 

Bryan Bouchie 1-3 1-2 1-2 4 1 4 


Jake Diebler 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 2 3 


Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 3-14 2-9 1-2 2 4 9 

Team 7 

Totals 26-65 13-36 10-14 43 16 75 

Halftime: Valpo 39, Wright State 26 

End of Regulation: Valpo 67, Wright State 67 



Game #32 - March 4, 2008 


Green Bay (15-15) 


Terry Evans 2-7 0-1 2-8 13 1 6 

Randy Berry 3-6 0-0 4-4 11 0 10 



Ryan Tillema 5-10 2-6 1-2 3 0 13 


Troy Cotton 2-6 1-4 0-0 0 0 5 

D’Angalo Jackson 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 1 3 


Tevah Morris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Team 4 

Totals 25-55 5-19 12-22 38 10 67 




Shawn Huff 3-10 2-5 8-8 7 1 16 

Bryan Bouchie 4-11 0-1 3-3 6 0 11 


Jake Diebler 5-6 2-2 1-2 3 1 13 


Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 5-12 0-3 3-6 2 3 13 

Team 5 

Totals 20-53 4-16 31-45 39 6 75 

Halftime: Valpo 29, Green Bay 17 


WRIGHT STATE - 67 

Game #33 - March 7, 2008 





Shawn Huff 8-14 5-10 0-0 3 0 21 

Bryan Bouchie 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 


Jake Diebler 1-5 0-4 0-0 1 5 2 


Calum MacLeod 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 

Howard Little 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 4-12 0-7 6-6 7 3 14 

Team 3 

Totals 24-52 8-29 16-19 29 11 72 

Wright State (21-10) 




Todd Brown 5-10 1-3 2-3 8 5 13 

Will Graham 1-5 0-2 0-2 2 4 2 


Troy Tabler 2-5 1-3 2-2 1 0 7 

N’Gai Evans 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Cooper Land 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 

Gavin Horne 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Ronnie Thomas 0-2 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 

Team 3 

Totals 27-57 6-20 7-16 37 13 67 

Halftime: Wright State 38, Valpo 37 



Game #34 - March 8, 2008 





Shawn Huff 5-9 2-5 3-4 3 0 15 

Bryan Bouchie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 


Jake Diebler 0-6 0-4 0-0 1 6 0 


Howard Little 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 8-20 5-12 4-6 4 3 25 

Team 1 

Totals 23-58 8-26 19-24 27 12 73 

Cleveland State (21-11) 



George Tandy 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 




Kevin Francis 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 0 5 

Eric Schiele 2-6 1-3 0-0 3 1 5 

Norris Cole 3-5 1-2 4-4 1 0 11 

Chris Moore 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 

Team 2 

Totals 27-51 10-19 14-18 34 11 78 

Halftime: Cleveland State 39, Valpo 33 


WASHINGTON - 71 

Game #35 - March 19, 2008 

Seattle, Wash. 




Shawn Huff 3-8 1-4 1-3 4 3 8 

Bryan Bouchie 9-12 1-2 1-3 3 1 20 


Jake Diebler 1-7 1-6 0-0 6 3 3 

Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 


Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Howard Little 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 

Jarryd Loyd 2-8 0-4 0-0 5 3 4 

Team 2 

Totals 29-60 7-25 7-13 34 18 72 

Washington (16-17) 


Artem Wallace 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 

Quincy Pondexter 4-11 0-1 2-5 6 4 10 

Venoy Overton 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 

Tim Morris 2-5 0-1 3-5 0 0 7 

Ryan Appleby 2-9 1-7 0-0 1 1 5 

Joel Smith 4-6 1-2 0-0 3 3 9 

Justin Dentmon 4-10 2-3 1-3 5 1 11 

Matt Bryan-Amaling 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 0 2 

Justin Holiday 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 

Joe Wolfinger 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 

Jon Brockman 9-13 0-0 4-8 12 2 22 

Team 4 

Totals 28-63 4-16 11-24 36 15 71 

Halftime: Washington 36, Valpo 33 

HOUSTON - 91 


Game #36 - March 24, 2008 

Houston, Texas 




Shawn Huff 2-4 2-4 2-2 4 1 8 

Bryan Bouchie 2-6 0-1 0-0 0 0 4 


Jake Diebler 1-4 1-4 0-0 4 4 3 

Matt Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 


Calum MacLeod 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 

Howard Little 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 

Jarryd Loyd 6-17 0-4 3-4 2 4 15 

Team 7 

Totals 24-58 7-25 12-18 35 13 67 

Houston (24-9) 


Dion Dowell 0-1 0-0 1-2 5 0 1 

Tafari Toney 4-10 0-2 2-3 12 1 10 

Kelvin Lewis 9-19 7-13 3-3 6 1 28 

Robert McKiver 10-19 6-14 7-8 2 2 33 

DaShaun Williams 3-6 0-1 2-4 4 5 8 

Zamal Nixon 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 

Marcus Malone 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 2 6 

Horace McGloster 1-2 1-2 0-0 6 2 3 

Marcus Cousin 0-0 0-0 2-4 4 0 2 

Team 2 

Totals 29-64 16-37 17-24 43 14 91 

Halftime: Houston 45, Valpo 32 

50 


Crusaders With Athletes in Action 

2008-09 

In May of 2008, Chris Sparks was named head coach and Valparaiso 

University players Howard Little and Michael Rogers were 

selected to be members of an Athletes in Action basketball team 

that went undefeated against top European competition in Poland. 

This team was made of Division 1 basketball players from Valpo, 

Baylor, Illinois, Drake, Creighton and Coastal Carolina with a heart 

for ministry and basketball. These two loves are combined in this 

prestigious trip to Poland where Sparks, Little and Rogers' team 

participated in the Polish Elite Coaches Basketball Clinic and played 

3 games throughout the country. The Coaches Clinic had over 300 

basketball coaches from Poland and Europe and the AIA basketball 

team played live on Polish TV and in front of 5,000+ fans. The 

coaches and players worked with young athletes and coaches of all 

ages and demonstrated their faith and basketball acumen through 

basketball. In addition to working with young children, the AIA team 

also formed relationships with the Katowice University basketball 

team that will last a lifetime. Of the many highlights of the trip, the 

team went undefeated against Poland's top competition with a winning 

margin of 30+ points per game. All of this was accomplished 

with only three total team practices. The AIA team then witnessed 

world history as they visited the Auschwitz and Birkenbaum Concentration 

Camps in Central Poland. These experiences were extremely 

beneficial to not only the people reached by the AIA team, but the 

players and staff as well, who experienced and learned many new 

things that they brought back to their homes and teams. 


2008-09 Crusaders With Athletes in Action 

Valpo assistant coach Luke Gore served as the head coach for a 

ten-player team that included Crusaders Jake Diebler and Urule 

Igabvboa on a tour of West Africa from May 25-June 8. The 

Athletes in Action squad went 5-0 on the court, but made even 

more of an impact off the court, visiting orphanages and conducting 

coaching clinics throughout Mali and Senegal. The team also 

got the chance to visit Goree Island, the last slave trade post in 

West Africa. 

Former Crusader Moussa Mbaye with Urule Igbavboa in Senegal. 

52 


2008-09 Opponents 

2008-09 

BUTLER 

BULLDOGS 

at ARC - Jan. 3 - 7:05 p.m. 

at Butler - Jan. 30 - 6 p.m. 

CENTRAL FLORIDA 

KNIGHTS 

at ARC - Nov. 18 - 7:05 p.m. 

at UCF - Dec. 22 - 6 p.m. 

CLEVELAND STATE 

VIKINGS 

at CSU - Dec. 2 - 6 p.m. 

at ARC - Feb. 26 - 7:30 p.m. 

Head Coach 

Brad Stevens 

School Information 

Location: Indianapolis, Ind. 


Colors: Blue and White 

President: Dr. Bobby Fong 

Athletics Director: Barry Collier 

Home Court: Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,114) 


Coaching Staff 

Head Coach: Brad Stevens 

Record at Butler: 30-4 (One year) 

Career Record: 30-4 (One year) 

Assistant Coaches: Matthew Graves, 

Terry Johnson and Micah Shrewsberry 

Media Relations 

MBB SID: Jim McGrath 

Office Phone: 317-940-9414 

E-Mail: jmcgrath@butler.edu 

Fax: 317-940-9808 

Website: www.butlersports.com 



2007-2008 Record: 30-4 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 16-2 (1st) 



Series Record: Butler leads 62-32 

Last Meeting: Feb. 5, 2008 - Butler won 71-68 


Date Opponent Time 

Nov. 15 at Drake 7 p.m. 

Nov. 19 Ball State 6 p.m. 

Nov. 22 IU-South Bend 1 p.m. 

Nov. 26 Northwestern 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 Evansville 1 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Cleveland State * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at Youngstown State * 6 p.m. 

Dec. 10 at Bradley 7 p.m. 

Dec. 13 at Ohio State 11 a.m. 

Dec. 20 Florida Gulf Coast 1 p.m. 

Dec. 23 at Xavier 6 p.m. 

Dec. 30 UAB 6 p.m. 

Jan. 3 at Valparaiso * 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 8 Wright State * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 10 Detroit * 1 p.m. 

Jan. 15 at Loyola * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at UIC * 1 p.m. 

Jan. 22 Green Bay * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 24 Milwaukee * 1 p.m. 

Jan. 30 Valparaiso * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 2 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 5 at Detroit * 7:05 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Wright State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 13 UIC * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 15 Loyola * 1 p.m. 

Feb. 18 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 21 ESPNU BracketBuster TBA 

Feb. 26 Youngstown State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Cleveland State * 1 p.m. 

Mar. 3-10 Horizon League Championships 


Head Coach 

Kirk Speraw 


Location: Orlando, Fla. 


Colors: Black and Gold 

President: Dr. John C. Hitt 

Athletics Director: Keith R. Tribble 

Home Court: New UCF Arena (10,000) 

Conference: Conference USA 


Head Coach: Kirk Speraw 

Record at UCF: 247-202 (15 years) 


Assistant Coaches: Mike Jaskulski, 

Craig Brown and Steve DeMeo 


MBB SID: Doug Richards 


E-Mail: drichards@athletics.ucf.edu 

Fax: 407-823-5293 

Website: www.ucfathletics.com 



2007-2008 Record: 16-15 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 9-7 (4th) 



Series Record: Valpo leads 1-0 

Last Meeting: Jan. 5, 1990 - Valpo won 90-89 



Nov. 16 North Carolina A&T noon 

Nov. 18 at Valparaiso 7:05 p.m. 

Nov. 22 at New Mexico 8 p.m. 

Nov. 26 at Ole Miss 7 p.m. 

Nov. 29 vs. South Dakota State 5 p.m. 

Nov. 30 vs. Morehead State 5 p.m. 

Dec. 6 USF 4 p.m. 

Dec. 12 Florida Tech 6 p.m. 

Dec. 20 vs. Florida 5:30 p.m. 

Dec. 22 Valparaiso 6 p.m. 

Dec. 29 Penn 6 p.m. 

Dec. 30 Campbell/Chicago State 4:30/7 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Sam Houston State 6 p.m. 

Jan. 6 Holy Cross 6 p.m. 

Jan. 10 Memphis * 4 p.m. 

Jan. 13 at UAB * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Rice * 3 p.m. 

Jan. 21 Southern Miss * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 25 Marshall * 1 p.m. 

Jan. 28 SMU * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at Tulane * 2 p.m. 

Feb. 4 Houston * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at East Carolina * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 11 at UTEP * 8 p.m. 

Feb. 14 Tulsa * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 21 at Houston * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 25 Rice * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 28 at Marshall * 6 p.m. 

Mar. 4 at Tulsa * 7 p.m. 

Mar. 7 East Carolina * 6 p.m. 

Mar. 11-14 at Conference USA Championship 

* - Conference USA game 

Head Coach 

Gary Waters 


Location: Cleveland, Ohio 


Colors: Forest Green and White 

President: Dr. Michael Schwartz 

Athletics Director: Lee Reed 

Home Court: Wolstein Center (8,500) 



Head Coach: Gary Waters 

Record at Cleveland State: 31-34 (Two years) 


Assistant Coaches: Jayson Gee, 

Larry DeSimpelare and Jermaine Kimbrough 


MBB SID: Brian McCann 


E-Mail: b.mccann66@csuohio.edu 

Fax: 216-523-7257 

Website: www.csuvikings.com 



2007-2008 Record: 21-13 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 12-6 (2nd) 



Series Record: Cleveland State leads 24-7 

Last Meeting: Mar. 8, 2008 - CSU won 78-73 



Nov. 15 Oakland 6 p.m. 

Nov. 18 at Washington 9 p.m. 

Nov. 22 Kansas State 6 p.m. 

Nov. 24 vs. Saint Leo 4 p.m. 

Nov. 25 vs. Toledo 3 p.m. 

Nov. 26 at Florida International 6:30 p.m. 

Dec. 2 Valparaiso * 6 p.m. 

Dec. 4 Butler * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at West Virginia TBA 

Dec. 13 at Marist 6:30 p.m. 

Dec. 15 at Syracuse 6 p.m. 

Dec. 20 La Roche noon 

Dec. 23 Kent State 6 p.m. 

Dec. 27 Notre Dame College noon 

Dec. 30 at Wright State * 6:05 p.m. 

Jan. 3 at Detroit * 3 p.m. 

Jan. 8 Loyola * 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 10 UIC * 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 15 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 24 at Youngstown State * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 29 Detroit * 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 31 Wright State * 6:30 p.m. 

Feb. 5 at UIC * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Loyola * TBA 

Feb. 12 Milwaukee * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 14 Green Bay * 6:30 p.m. 


Feb. 21 ESPNU BracketBusters TBA 

Feb. 26 at Valparaiso * 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 28 at Butler * 1 p.m. 




2008-09 


DETROIT 

TITANS 

at ARC - Jan. 8 - 7:05 p.m. 

at Detroit - Feb. 7 - 3 p.m. 

GREEN BAY 

PHOENIX 

at ARC - Jan. 24 - 7:05 p.m. 

at Green Bay - Feb. 18 - 7 p.m. 

IPFW 

MASTODONS 

at ARC 

Dec. 10 - 8 p.m. 

Head Coach 

Ray McCallum 


Location: Detroit, Mich. 


Colors: Red, White and Blue 

President: Father Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J. 

Athletics Director: Keri Gaither 

Home Court: Calihan Hall (8,295) 



Head Coach: Ray McCallum 

Record at Detroit: First year 


Assistant Coaches: Carlos Briggs, 

Jay Smith and Derek Thomas 


MBB SID: Mark Engel 


E-Mail: engelml@udmercy.edu 

Fax: 313-993-1765 

Website: www.detroittitans.com 



2007-2008 Record: 7-23 




Series Record: Detroit leads 8-5 

Last Meeting: Feb. 28, 2008 - Valpo won 59-56 



Nov. 14 at Purdue 8 p.m. 

Nov. 18 at Western Michigan 6:30 p.m. 

Nov. 22 Eastern Michigan 6:05 p.m. 

Nov. 26 at DePaul 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 29 Saint Louis 1:05 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 14 at Bowling Green 5 p.m. 

Dec. 17 Aquinas 6:35 p.m. 

Dec. 20 at Illinois 7 p.m. 

Dec. 23 at Central Michigan 6 p.m. 

Jan. 1 Youngstown State * 12:05 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Cleveland State * 3:05 p.m. 


Jan. 10 at Butler * 1 p.m. 

Jan. 16 Wright State * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 22 UIC * 6:35 p.m. 


Jan. 26 at Chicago State 7 p.m. 

Jan. 29 at Cleveland State * 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. 

Feb. 5 Butler * 7:05 p.m. 

Feb. 7 Valparaiso * 3:05 p.m. 



Feb. 18 at Loyola * 8 p.m. 

Feb. 21 at ESPNU BracketBuster TBA 


Feb. 28 Milwaukee * 3:05 p.m. 



Head Coach 

Tod Kowalczyk 


Location: Green Bay, Wis. 


Colors: Green, White and Red 

Interim Chancellor: Dr. David Ward 

Athletics Director: Ken Bothof 

Home Court: Resch Center (9,729) 



Head Coach: Tod Kowalczyk 

Record at Green Bay: 92-88 (Six years) 

Career Record: 92-88 (Six years) 

Assistant Coaches: Brian Wardle, 

Tim Walsh and Angres Thorpe 


MBB SID: Drew Harris 


E-Mail: harrisd@uwgb.edu 

Fax: 920-465-2357 

Website: www.uwgbathletics.com 



2007-2008 Record: 15-15 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 9-9 (t-4th) 



Series Record: Green Bay leads 20-14 

Last Meeting: Mar. 4, 2008 - Valpo won 75-67 



Nov. 18 at Utah 8 p.m. 

Nov. 21 vs. Rollins 3:30 p.m. 

Nov. 22 vs. Marshall 1 p.m. 

Nov. 23 vs. Morgan State 10 a.m. 

Nov. 29 UMass 7 p.m. 

Dec. 4 Wright State * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Detroit * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 11 Idaho State 7 p.m. 

Dec. 13 at Wisconsin 7 p.m. 

Dec. 18 Oakland 7 p.m. 

Dec. 20 North Dakota 1 p.m. 

Dec. 22 at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. 

Dec. 30 at Western Michigan 6 p.m. 

Jan. 3 at UIC * 7 p.m. 



Jan. 15 Cleveland State * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 17 Youngstown State * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 19 Houston Baptist 7 p.m. 



Jan. 28 UIC * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 31 Loyola * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 2 Butler * 7 p.m. 


Feb. 12 at Youngstown State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 14 at Cleveland State * 6:30 p.m. 

Feb. 18 Valparaiso * 7 p.m. 


Feb. 26 at Detroit * 6 p.m. 




Head Coach 

Dane Fife 


Location: Fort Wayne, Ind. 


Colors: Royal Blue and White 

Chancellor: Dr. Michael A. Wartell 

Athletics Director: Tommy Bell 

Home Court: Allen County Memorial Coliseum (11,500) 

Conference: Summit League 


Head Coach: Dane Fife 

Record at IPFW: 35-53 (Three years) 

Career Record: 35-53 (Three years) 

Assistant Coaches: Tony Jasick, 

Dan Bere and Gerad Good 


MBB SID: Rudy Yovich 


E-Mail: yovichr@ipfw.edu 

Fax: 260-481-6002 

Website: www.gomastodons.com 



2007-2008 Record: 13-18 





Last Meeting: Nov. 15, 2007 - Valpo won 74-64 



Nov. 14 at Xavier 6 p.m. 

Nov. 19 Michigan State 6 p.m. 

Nov. 22 Eastern Illinois noon 

Nov. 25 IU-East 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 at Eastern Illinois 7 p.m. 

Dec. 1 Ball State 6 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Southern Utah * 8:30 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at UMKC * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 10 at Valparaiso 8 p.m. 

Dec. 13 at Marquette 1 p.m. 

Dec. 20 at Nebraska 7 p.m. 

Dec. 22 at Purdue 6 p.m. 

Dec. 28 at North Florida 3 p.m. 

Dec. 31 North Dakota State * noon 

Jan. 2 South Dakota State * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 8 at Oral Roberts * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 10 at Centenary * 2:30 p.m. 

Jan. 17 Oakland * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 22 Western Illinois * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 24 IUPUI * 3 p.m. 

Jan. 29 at South Dakota State * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at North Dakota State * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 5 Centenary * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 7 Oral Roberts * 3 p.m. 

Feb. 14 at Oakland * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 19 at IUPUI * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 21 at Western Illinois * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 26 UMKC * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Southern Utah * 3 p.m. 

Mar. 7-10 Summit League Championships 

* - Summit League game 

54 


LOYOLA 

RAMBLERS 

at Loyola - Jan. 17 - 3 p.m. 

at ARC - Feb. 13 - 7:05 p.m. 


MARIAN 

KNIGHTS 

at ARC 

Nov. 15 - 7:30 p.m. 

MIAMI 

REDHAWKS 

at Miami 

Dec. 13 - 3 p.m. 

2008-09 

Head Coach 

Jim Whitesell 


Location: Chicago, Ill. 


Colors: Maroon and Gold 

President: Fr. Michael Garanzini, S.J. 

Athletics Director: John Planek 

Home Court: Gentile Center (5,200) 



Head Coach: Jim Whitesell 

Record at Loyola: 65-58 (Four years) 


Assistant Coaches: Patrick Baldwin, 

Kevin Mondro and Bill Comar 


MBB SID: Bill Behrns 


E-Mail: bbehrns@luc.edu 

Fax: 773-508-3855 

Website: www.loyolaramblers.com 



2007-2008 Record: 12-19 




Series Record: Loyola leads 26-4 

Last Meeting: Feb. 20, 2008 - Loyola won 68-61 



Nov. 14 Rockhurst 7 p.m. 

Nov. 17 vs. Georgia 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 18 vs. Purdue/Eastern Michigan TBA 

Nov. 22 at Western Michigan 1 p.m. 

Nov. 24/25 NIT Season Tip-Off TBA 

or 26/28 

Nov. 29 Holy Cross 1 p.m. 

Dec. 2 William & Mary 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at UIC * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 13 UMKC 3 p.m. 

Dec. 20 at Northern Illinois 5 p.m. 

Dec. 22 SIU-Edwardsville 2 p.m. 

Dec. 30 Alcorn State 7 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Milwaukee * 3 p.m. 




Jan. 15 Butler * 7 p.m. 


Jan. 22 at Wright State * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 24 at Detroit * 1:05 p.m. 


Jan. 31 at Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. 



Feb. 10 Wright State * 7 p.m. 



Feb. 18 Detroit * 8 p.m. 


Feb. 27 UIC * 8 p.m. 



Head Coach 

John Grimes 


Location: Indianapolis, Ind. 


Colors: Marian Blue and Gold 

President: Daniel J. Elsener 

Athletics Director: Joseph R. Haklin 

Home Court: Physical Education Center 

Conference: Mid-Central College 


Head Coach: John Grimes 

Record at Marian: 506-356 (32 years) 


Assistant Coaches: Scott Fleming and Greg Mingus 


MBB SID: Geoffre N. Sherman 


E-Mail: gsherman@marian.edu 

Fax: 317-955-6121 

Website: www.marian.edu/athletics 

Press Row Phone: n/a 


2007-2008 Record: 7-20 





Last Meeting: Dec. 6, 1995 - Valpo won 76-65 



Nov. 7 at Taylor Classic 5 p.m. 

Nov. 8 at Taylor Classic noon 

Nov. 15 at Valparaiso (exhibition) 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 19 Purdue-North Central 6 p.m. 

Nov. 21 Elmendorf Tournament 5 p.m. 

Nov. 22 Elmendorf Tournament noon/2 p.m. 

Nov. 25 at Spring Arbor * 6 p.m. 

Dec. 2 Grace * 6 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at St. Francis (Ind.) * 2 p.m. 

Dec. 12 at Wabash Tournament 5/7 p.m. 

Dec. 13 at Wabash Tournament noon/2 p.m. 

Dec. 15 Kuyper College 4 p.m. 

Dec. 19 Holiday Tournament 7 p.m. 

Dec. 20 Holiday Tournament noon/2 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Taylor * 2 p.m. 

Jan. 10 Bethel * 2 p.m. 

Jan. 13 at Indiana Wesleyan * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Goshen * 2 p.m. 

Jan. 20 Huntington * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 24 Spring Arbor * 2 p.m. 

Jan. 27 at Grace * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 31 St. Francis (Ind.) * 2 p.m. 

Feb. 3 at Taylor * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 10 at Bethel * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 14 Indiana Wesleyan * 2 p.m. 

Feb. 17 Goshen * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 21 at Huntington * 2 p.m. 

Feb. 25- MCC Tournament 

Mar. 3 

* - MCC game 

Head Coach 

Charlie Coles 


Location: Oxford, Ohio 


Colors: Red and White 

President: Dr. David C. Hodge 

Athletics Director: Brad Bates 

Home Court: Millett Hall (6,400) 

Conference: Mid-American (East Division) 


Head Coach: Charlie Coles 

Record at Miami: 207-155 (12 years) 


Assistant Coaches: Jermaine Henderson, 

Ryan Pedon and Jason Grunkemeyer 


MBB SID: Angie Renninger 


E-Mail: renninal@muohio.edu 

Fax: 513-529-6729 

Website: www.muredhawks.com 



2007-2008 Record: 17-16 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 9-7 (t-3rd/East) 




Last Meeting: Feb. 23, 2008 - Valpo won 99-94 (2ot) 



Nov. 12 vs. Weber State 6:15 p.m. 

Nov. 13 vs. UCLA/Prairie View A&M TBA 

Nov. 17 at Pittsburgh 6 p.m. 

Nov. 20-21 at 2K Sports Classic TBA 

Nov. 24 at Wright State 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 at Xavier TBA 

Dec. 3 at Temple 6:30 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Northwestern State 2 p.m. 

Dec. 11 Milwaukee 6 p.m. 


Dec. 20 at West Virginia 11 a.m. 

Dec. 30 at Northwestern State 7 p.m. 

Jan. 6 at Dayton TBA 

Jan. 10 Akron * 3 p.m. 

Jan. 14 Ohio * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Kent State * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 20 at Bowling Green * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 24 Buffalo * 3 p.m. 

Jan. 28 Northern Illinois * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at Eastern Michigan * 1 p.m. 

Feb. 4 Ball State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Toledo * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 10 at Central Michigan * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 14 Western Michigan * 3 p.m. 

Feb. 18 at Akron * 6 p.m. 


Feb. 26 at Ohio * 6 p.m. 

Mar. 1 Kent State * 1 p.m. 

Mar. 5 Bowling Green * 6 p.m. 

Mar. 8 at Buffalo * 1 p.m. 

Mar. 10-14 Mid-American Tournament 

* - Mid-American Conference game 


2008-09 

MILWAUKEE 

PANTHERS 

at Milwaukee - Jan. 5 - 7 p.m. 

at ARC - Jan. 22 - 7:05 p.m. 


NORTH CAROLINA 

TAR HEELS 

at United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 

Dec. 20 - 1 p.m. 

NORTH PARK 

VIKINGS 

at ARC 

Dec. 30 - 7:05 p.m. 

Head Coach 

Rob Jeter 


Location: Milwaukee, Wis. 


Colors: Black and Gold 

Chancellor: Dr. Carlos Santiago 

Athletics Director: Bud Haidet 

Home Court: U.S. Cellular Arena (10,783) 



Head Coach: Rob Jeter 

Record at Milwaukee: 45-47 (Three years) 

Career Record: 45-47 (Three years) 

Assistant Coaches: Brian Bidlingmyer, 

Chad Boudreau and Duffy Conroy 


MBB SID: Kevin O’Connor 


E-Mail: kjoc@uwm.edu 

Fax: 414-229-5749 

Website: www.uwmpanthers.com 



2007-2008 Record: 14-16 








Nov. 14 vs. Loyola Marymount 4:30 p.m. 

Nov. 15 vs. UC Davis TBA 

Nov. 16 at Iowa State 7 p.m. 

Nov. 19 Upper Iowa 7 p.m. 

Nov. 22 at Marquette 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 25 Ball State 7 p.m. 

Nov. 29 at Wisconsin 11 a.m. 

Dec. 4 Detroit * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Wright State * 2 p.m. 

Dec. 11 at Miami (Ohio) 6 p.m. 

Dec. 20 Bradley 7 p.m. 

Dec. 30 at UIC * 7 p.m. 




Jan. 12 SIU-Edwardsville 7 p.m. 

Jan. 15 Youngstown State * 7:30 p.m. 


Jan. 22 at Valparaiso * 7 p.m. 



Jan. 31 UIC * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 12 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 14 at Youngstown State * 6 p.m. 




Feb. 28 at Detroit * 3 p.m. 



Head Coach 

Roy Williams 


Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. 


Colors: Carolina Blue and White 

Chancellor: Holden Thorp 

Athletics Director: Dick Baddour 

Home Court: Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) 

Conference: Atlantic Coast 


Head Coach: Roy Williams 

Record at North Carolina: 142-33 (Five years) 


Assistant Coaches: Joe Holladay, 

Steve Robinson and C.B. McGrath 


MBB SID: Steve Kirschner 


E-Mail: stevekirschner@unc.edu 

Fax: 919-962-0612 

Website: www.tarheelblue.com 



2007-2008 Record: 36-3 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 14-2 (1st) 



Series Record: North Carolina leads 1-0 

Last Meeting: Dec. 30, 2007 - UNC won 90-58 



Nov. 15 Penn 3 p.m. 

Nov. 18 Kentucky 8 p.m. 

Nov. 21 at UC Santa Barbara 9 p.m. 

Nov. 24 vs. Chaminade 8:30 p.m. 

Nov. 25 vs. Oregon/Alabama TBA 

Nov. 26 vs. TBA TBA 

Nov. 30 UNC Asheville 5:30 p.m. 

Dec. 3 vs. Michigan State 8:15 p.m. 

Dec. 13 Oral Roberts 5 p.m. 

Dec. 18 Evansville 6 p.m. 

Dec. 20 vs. Valparaiso 1 p.m. 

Dec. 28 Rutgers 6:45 p.m. 

Dec. 31 at Nevada 9 p.m. 

Jan. 4 Boston College * 4:30 p.m. 

Jan. 7 College of Charleston 8 p.m. 

Jan. 11 at Wake Forest * 7 p.m. 

Jan. 15 at Virginia * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 17 Miami * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 21 Clemson * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 28 at Florida State * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at North Carolina State * 2:30 p.m. 

Feb. 3 Maryland * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 7 Virginia * 3 p.m. 

Feb. 11 at Duke * 8 p.m. 

Feb. 15 at Miami * 6:45 p.m. 

Feb. 18 North Carolina State * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 21 at Maryland * 2:30 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Georgia Tech * 11 a.m. 

Mar. 4 at Virginia Tech * 6 p.m. 

Mar. 8 Duke * 3 p.m. 

Mar. 12-15 ACC Tournament 

* - Atlantic Coast Conference game 

Head Coach 

Paul Brenegan 




Colors: Blue and Gold 

President: Dr. David L. Parkyn 

Athletics Director: Dr. Jack Surridge 

Home Court: North Park Gym (900) 

Conference: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 


Head Coach: Paul Brenegan 

Record at North Park: 35-65 (Four years) 

Career Record: 35-65 (Four years) 

Assistant Coaches: Steve Schafer, 

Aaron Schoof and Bud Greer 


MBB SID: Kevin Shepke 


E-Mail: kshepke@northpark.edu 

Fax: 773-244-5269 

Website: www.npuvikings.com 



2007-2008 Record: 14-11 




Series Record: First meeting 

Last Meeting: n/a 



Nov. 15 at Colorado College Tournament 2 p.m. 

Nov. 16 at Colorado College Tournament 2 p.m. 

Nov. 22 at Carroll 7 p.m. 

Nov. 25 at Edgewood 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 29 Illinois College 7:30 p.m. 

Dec. 5 at Trine University Tournament TBA 

Dec. 6 at Trine University Tournament TBA 

Dec. 13 Loras 7:30 p.m. 

Dec. 15 at Knox 7 p.m. 

Dec. 18 Concordia-Wisconsin 7:30 p.m. 

Dec. 30 at Valparaiso 7:05 p.m. 

Jan. 3 at Augustana 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 7 at North Central 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 10 Wheaton 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 14 at Elmhurst 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 17 Carthage 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 21 at Illinois Wesleyan 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 24 at Millikin 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 28 Augustana 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 31 at Carthage 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 4 North Central 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 7 at Wheaton 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 11 Illinois Wesleyan 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 14 Elmhurst 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 21 Millikin 7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 27-28 CCIW Conference Tournament 

* - CCIW game 

56 


PURDUE 

BOILERMAKERS 

at Purdue 

Dec. 28 - 3 p.m. 


SAN DIEGO 

TOREROS 

at Paradise Jam 

Nov. 21 - 2:30 p.m. 

UIC 

FLAMES 

at UIC - Jan. 15 - 7 p.m. 

at ARC - Feb. 15 - 3 p.m. 

2008-09 

Head Coach 

Matt Painter 


Location: West Lafayette, Ind. 


Colors: Old Gold and Black 

President: France Cordova 

Athletics Director: Morgan J. Burke 

Home Court: Mackey Arena (14,123) 

Conference: Big Ten 


Head Coach: Matt Painter 

Record at Purdue: 56-40 (Three years) 

Career Record: 81-45 (Four years) 

Assistant Coaches: Paul Lusk, 

Rick Ray and Jack Owens 


MBB SID: Mark Leddy 


E-Mail: mleddy@purdue.edu 

Fax: 765-494-5447 

Website: www.purduesports.com 



2007-2008 Record: 25-9 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 15-3 (2nd) 



Series Record: Purdue leads 11-2 

Last Meeting: Dec. 28, 2002 - Purdue won 87-55 



Nov. 14 Detroit 8 p.m. 

Nov. 17 Eastern Michigan 6 p.m. 

Nov. 18 Georgia/Loyola TBA 

Nov. 22 Coppin State TBA 

Nov. 24/25 NIT Season Tip-Off TBA 

or 26/28 

Dec. 2 Duke 8 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 p.m. 

Dec. 9 at Ball State 6 p.m. 

Dec. 13 Indiana State 1 p.m. 

Dec. 20 vs. Davidson 3 p.m. 

Dec. 22 IPFW 6 p.m. 


Dec. 30 Illinois * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 6 at Penn State * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 11 Wisconsin * TBA 

Jan. 15 at Northwestern * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 18 Iowa * 11 a.m. 

Jan. 22 at Minnesota * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 27 at Wisconsin * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 31 Michigan * noon 

Feb. 3 at Ohio State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 8 at Illinois * noon 

Feb. 11 Penn State * 5:30 p.m. 

Feb. 14 at Iowa * 3 p.m. 

Feb. 17 Michigan State * 6 p.m. 

Feb. 21 Indiana * TBA 

Feb. 26 at Michigan * 8 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Ohio State * TBA 

Mar. 3 Northwestern * TBA 

Mar. 7 at Michigan State * TBA 

Mar. 12-15 Big Ten Championship 

* - Big Ten game 

Head Coach 

Bill Grier 


Location: San Diego, Calif. 


Colors: Torero Blue, Navy and White 

President: Dr. Mary E. Lyons 

Athletics Director: Ky Snyder 

Home Court: Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100) 

Conference: West Coast 


Head Coach: Bill Grier 

Record at San Diego: 22-14 (One year) 

Career Record: 22-14 (One year) 

Assistant Coaches: Bill Carr, 

Mike Burns and Kyle Bankhead 


MBB SID: Ted Gosen 


E-Mail: tgosen@sandiego.edu 

Fax: 619-260-2990 

Website: www.usdtoreros.com 



2007-2008 Record: 22-14 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 11-3 (3rd) 



Series Record: First meeting 

Last Meeting: n/a 



Nov. 15 at UNLV 4:30 p.m. 

Nov. 18 Nevada 9 p.m. 

Nov. 21 vs. Valparaiso 2:30 p.m. 

Nov. 22/23 vs. Wisconsin/Iona 

Nov. 24 vs. TBA TBA 

Nov. 29 San Diego Christian 4 p.m. 

Dec. 1 at Cal State Bakersfield 9 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at San Diego State 9 p.m. 

Dec. 8 San Jose State 9 p.m. 

Dec. 10 New Mexico 9 p.m. 

Dec. 13 vs. Oregon 7 p.m. 

Dec. 19 Academy of Art 9 p.m. 

Dec. 22 Boise State 9 p.m. 

Dec. 30 at Mississippi State 7 p.m. 

Jan. 2 Marshall 9 p.m. 

Jan. 9 at San Francisco * 9 p.m. 

Jan. 11 at Santa Clara * 4 p.m. 

Jan. 15 Pepperdine * 9 p.m. 

Jan. 17 Loyola Marymount * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 22 Saint Mary’s * 8 p.m. 

Jan. 29 at Portland * TBA 

Jan. 31 at Gonzaga * 5 p.m. 

Feb. 5 Santa Clara * 9 p.m. 

Feb. 7 San Francisco * 8 p.m. 

Feb. 12 at Loyola Marymount * 9 p.m. 

Feb. 14 at Pepperdine * 7 p.m. 

Feb. 19 at Saint Mary’s * TBA 


Feb. 26 Portland * 9 p.m. 

7:30 p.m. 

Feb. 28 Gonzaga * 6:30 p.m. 

Mar. 6-9 West Coast Conference Tournament 

* - WCC game 

Head Coach 

Jimmy Collins 




Colors: Navy Blue and Fire Engine Red 

Interim Chancellor: Dr. Eric Gislason 

Athletics Director: James W. Schmidt 

Home Court: UIC Pavilion (8,000) 



Head Coach: Jimmy Collins 

Record at UIC: 194-171 (12 years) 


Assistant Coaches: Mark Coomes, 

Tracy Dildy and Bryant Lowe 


MBB SID: John Jaramillo 


E-Mail: jjar@uic.edu 

Fax: 312-996-5882 

Website: www.uicflames.com 



2007-2008 Record: 18-15 




Series Record: UIC leads 27-10 

Last Meeting: Feb. 11, 2008 - UIC won 77-53 



Nov. 14 at Bradley 7 p.m. 

Nov. 19 Northern Iowa 7 p.m. 

Nov. 22 DePaul 7 p.m. 

Nov. 25 at Howard 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 Central Michigan 7 p.m. 

Dec. 3 at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Loyola * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 14 at Georgia Tech 1 p.m. 

Dec. 17 Lewis 7 p.m. 

Dec. 20 at Illinois State 7 p.m. 

Dec. 23 at Toledo 6 p.m. 

Dec. 30 Milwaukee * 7 p.m. 



Jan. 10 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. 


Jan. 17 Butler * 1 p.m. 



Jan. 28 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 






Feb. 15 at Valparaiso * 3 p.m. 

Feb. 18 Wright State * 7 p.m. 






2008-09 


WRIGHT STATE 

RAIDERS 

at ARC - Jan. 10 - 7:05 p.m. 

at WSU - Feb. 5 - 6 p.m. 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 

PENGUINS 

at YSU - Dec. 4 - 6:05 p.m. 

at ARC - Feb. 28 - 7:05 p.m. 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 

PARADISE JAM 

Head Coach 

Brad Brownell 


Location: Dayton, Ohio 


Colors: Hunter Green and Gold 

President: Dr. David Hopkins 

Athletics Director: Bob Grant 

Home Court: Nutter Center (10,449) 



Head Coach: Brad Brownell 

Record at Wright State: 44-20 (Two years) 

Career Record: 127-60 (Six years) 

Assistant Coaches: Mike Winiecki, 

Bill Donlon and Victor Ebong 


MBB SID: Bob Noss 


E-Mail: robert.noss@wright.edu 

Fax: 937-775-2368 

Website: www.wsuraiders.com 



2007-2008 Record: 21-10 

2007-2008 Conf. Record (Finish): 12-6 (t-2nd) 



Series Record: Tied 5-5 

Last Meeting: Mar. 7, 2008 - Valpo won 72-67 



Nov. 15 Illinois State 6 p.m. 

Nov. 22 at Central Michigan 1 p.m. 

Nov. 24 Miami 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 at Sam Houston State 7 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. 

Dec. 6 at Milwaukee * 2 p.m. 

Dec. 9 Toledo 6 p.m. 

Dec. 12 at Arkansas-Little Rock 7 p.m. 

Dec. 14 at Wake Forest 3 p.m. 

Dec. 17 Norfolk State 6 p.m. 

Dec. 20 vs. Oral Roberts 4:15 p.m. 

Dec. 21 vs. South Florida 4:15 p.m. 

Dec. 22 vs. Murray State 2 p.m. 

Dec. 30 Cleveland State * 6 p.m. 

Jan. 3 Youngstown State * 6 p.m. 



Jan. 16 at Detroit * 8 p.m. 


Jan. 24 UIC * 6 p.m. 



Feb. 5 Valparaiso * 6 p.m. 







Feb. 28 Green Bay * 6 p.m. 



Head Coach 

Jerry Slocum 


Location: Youngstown, Ohio 


Colors: Red and White 

President: Dr. David Sweet 

Athletics Director: Ron Strollo 

Home Court: Beeghley Center (6,300) 



Head Coach: Jerry Slocum 

Record at Youngstown State: 30-59 (Three years) 


Assistant Coaches: Michael Wernicki, 

Byron Thorne and Brian DePaoli 


MBB SID: Jamie Hall 


E-Mail: jehall@ysu.edu 

Fax: 330-941-3191 

Website: www.ysusports.com 



2007-2008 Record: 9-21 








Nov. 15 Buffalo 6:05 p.m. 

Nov. 18 at Maryland 7 p.m. 

Nov. 22 Allegheny 6:35 p.m. 

Nov. 25 at Robert Morris 6 p.m. 

Nov. 29 Saint Francis (Pa.) 6:05 p.m. 

Dec. 4 Valparaiso * 6:05 p.m. 

Dec. 6 Butler * 6:05 p.m. 

Dec. 15 at Kent State 6 p.m. 

Dec. 19 at High Point 6 p.m. 

Dec. 21 at Charlotte 1 p.m. 

Dec. 29 Lock Haven 6:05 p.m. 



Jan. 8 UIC * 6:35 p.m. 


Jan. 15 at Milwaukee * 7:30 p.m. 

Jan. 17 at Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. 


Jan. 26 Akron 6:05 p.m. 

Jan. 29 Wright State * 6:35 p.m. 

Jan. 31 Detroit * 6:05 p.m. 




Feb. 14 Milwaukee * 6:05 p.m. 

Feb. 18 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. 






November 21 

Southern Miss vs. Miami - noon 

San Diego vs. Valparaiso - 2:30 p.m. 

La Salle vs. UConn - 5 p.m. 

Iona vs. Wisconsin - 7:30 p.m. 

November 22 

Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 5 p.m. 

Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 - 7:30 p.m. 

November 23 

Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 5 p.m. 

Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 - 7:30 p.m. 

November 24 

Seventh/Eighth Place Game - noon 

Fourth/Sixth Place Game - 2:30 p.m. 

Third/Fifth Place Game - 5 p.m. 

Championship Game - 7:30 p.m. 

HORIZON LEAGUE 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

March 3 

First Round - on campus sites - 7 p.m. local time 

(#3 hosts #10, #4 hosts #9, #5 hosts #8, #6 

hosts #7) 

March 6 

Second Round - hosted by top seed - 

6 and 8 p.m. local time 

(#3/#10 winner vs. #6/#7 winner, #4/#9 

winner vs. #5/#8 winner) 

March 7 

Semifinals - hosted by top seed 

(#1 plays #4/#9/#5/#8 winner, #2 plays 

#3/#10/#6/#7 winner) 

March 10 

Championship - hosted by higher remaining 

seed - 9 p.m. EST (ESPN) 

58 


Crusader Award Winners 

2008-09 

Indiana Collegiate Conference 

First Team 

Vern Curtis 1966-67 

Dick Jones 1966-67 

Dick Jones 1967-68 

Bruce Lindner 1969-70 

Wally Schultz 1971-72 

John Wolfenberg 1971-72 

Joel Oberman 1973-74 

Joel Oberman 1974-75 


Second Team 

Steve Cook 1964-65 

Harold Green 1970-71 

John Wolfenberg 1970-71 

Jeff Holmes 1973-74 

Mark Kassner 1974-75 


Third Team 

John Semmelhack 1973-74 

Darryl Ashby 1974-75 

Eric Bell 1974-75 

AMCU 

AMCU HONORS 

First Team 

John Meyne 1982-83 

Harry Bell 1986-87 

Jim Ford 1988-89 

AMCU 

Second Team 

John Meyne 1983-84 



AMCU 

All-Newcomer Team 

Rick Pickren 1983-84 

Larry Doughterty 1984-85 

AMCU 

All-Academic Team 

Dave Luethy 1982-83 

Jim Stueve 1983-84 



Sixth Man of the Year 

Jarryd Loyd 2007-08 

Mid-Continent Conference 

Player of the Year 

David Redmon 1994-95 

Anthony Allison 1995-96 

Bryce Drew 1996-97 


Lubos Barton 2001-02 


First Team 

Tracy Gipson 1992-93 


Casey Schmidt 1993-94 




Chris Ensminger 1995-96 




Zoran Viskovic 1998-99 

Raitis Grafs 2000-01 




Dan Oppland 2004-05 



Second Team 

Mike Jones 1989-90 






Chris Artis 1996-97 




Milo Stovall 2000-01 

Dwayne Toatley 2000-01 


Stalin Ortiz 2002-03 

Ali Berdiel 2003-04 

Joaquim Gomes 2003-04 


Ron Howard 2004-05 


Urule Igbavboa 2006-07 


Coach of the Year 

Homer Drew 1993-94 





Sixth Man of the Year 


Kenny Harris 2004-05 


Tournament MVP 








All-Tournament Team 








Antanas Vilcinskas 1996-97 


Bill Jenkins 1997-98 

Jamie Sykes 1997-98 














Samuel Haanpää 2007-08 


Newcomer of the Year 

Lance Barker 1991-92 




All-Newcomer Team 








Ivan Vujic 1998-99 




Mohamed Kone 2005-06 







Jason Jenkins 1998-99 



Marko Punda 2000-01 

Greg Tonagel 2000-01 

Jon Kedrowski 2001-02 


Phil Wille 2001-02 


Seth Colclasure 2003-04 




Jim Hooper 2004-05 



Jake Diebler 2005-06 

Jim Hooper 2005-06 



Jake Diebler 2006-07 


Shawn Huff 2006-07 


Brandon McPherson 2006-07 

Arden Skoglund 2006-07 

VALPARAISO’S ALL-AMERICANS 

In Valparaiso’s program history, 

the Crusaders have had six men’s 

basketball players earn various 

All-American honors, including two 

multiple recipients. 

Bob Dille was the first Crusader 

to receive All-American accolades, 

earning the prestigious honor from 

the Helms Athletic Foundation following 

the 1943-44 season. Dille 

led the Crusaders in scoring that 

year with 16.9 points per game. 

Bob Metcalf received All-American 

honors twice, in 1949 and 

1950, from UPI and The Sporting 

News, scoring over 15 points per 

game each of his last two seasons. 

Dick Jones earned third team 

NABC College Division accolades, 

averaging 19.2 points per game 

in the 1967-68 season, while John 

Meyne received honorable mention 

All-American honors from The 

Sporting News in 1983 and 1984. 



Bryce Drew 

Bryce Drew was named to the Basketball 

Times Third Team following 

the 1997-98 season in which 

he led Valpo to the Sweet 16, finishing 

his career as Valpo’s all-time 

leader in points, assists and 3-point 

field goals. 

Most recently, Lubos Barton 

earned Associated Press honorable 

mention honors in 2002 after 

averaging 14.9 points and 6.6 

rebounds per game as a senior. 


2008-09 

Career Record Book 

POINTS 

PLAYER YEARS POINTS 

1. Bryce Drew 1994-98 2,142 

2. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 1,785 

3. Dan Oppland 2002-06 1,780 

4. Lubos Barton 1998-02 1,675 

5. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 1,621 

6. Bruce Lindner 1967-70 1,539 

7. Dick Jones 1965-68 1,520 

8. Harry Bell 1984-88 1,508 

9. David Redmon 1992-95 1,470 

10. Jim Ford 1985-89 1,436 

11. John Wolfenberg 1970-73 1,430 

12. Jeff Simmons 1978-82 1,395 

13. Mike Jones 1986-90 1,378 

14. Milo Stovall 1998-02 1,345 

15. Chuck Kriston 1960-63 1,287 

16. Darryl Ashby 1974-78 1,247 

17. Lance Barker 1991-95 1,196 

18. Scott Anselm 1985-89 1,195 

19. Vern Curtis 1964-67 1,190 

20. Fran Clements 1959-62 1,086 

POINTS/GAME 

PLAYER YEARS PPG 

1. Bruce Lindner 1967-70 19.5 

2. Chuck Kriston 1960-63 18.9 

3. John Wolfenberg 1970-73 18.6 

4. John Meyne 1982-84 18.4 

5. Dick Jones 1965-68 18.3 

6. Bryce Drew 1994-98 17.7 

David Redmon 1992-95 17.7 

8. Casey Schmidt 1992-94 17.5 

9. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 16.4 

10. Fran Clements 1959-62 14.9 

Minimum 50 games played 

FIELD GOALS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS FGM 

1. Bryce Drew 1994-98 696 

2. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 682 

3. Dan Oppland 2002-06 673 

4. John Wolfenberg 1970-73 634 

5. Harry Bell 1984-88 606 

6. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 592 

7. Bruce Lindner 1967-70 575 

8. Lubos Barton 1998-02 566 

9. Dick Jones 1965-68 565 

10. Jeff Simmons 1978-82 564 

John Meyne 

REBOUNDS 

PLAYER YEARS REB 

1. Chris Ensminger 1992-96 910 

2. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 841 

3. Dan Oppland 2002-06 782 

4. Lubos Barton 1998-02 753 

5. Joaquim Gomes 2000-04 704 


7. Jeff Simmons 1978-82 681 

8. Darryl Ashby 1974-78 662 

9. Harry Bell 1984-88 647 

10. Jim Ford 1985-89 641 

11. Ken Rakow 1964-67 622 

12. Wally Schultz 1970-73 584 

13. Bill Jenkins 1994-98 574 

14. Zoran Viskovic 1996-99 551 

15. Joel Oberman 1971-75 546 

Jon Robisch 1961-64 546 

17. Jim Stueve 1982-86 545 

18. Urule Igbavboa 2005-pres. 531 

19. Donald Bielke 1951-53 521 

Max Kipfer 1975-79 521 

Raitis Grafs 

REBOUNDS/GAME 

PLAYER YEARS RPG 

1. Donald Bielke* 1951-53 11.1 

2. Joel Oberman 1971-75 9.9 


4. Jon Robisch 1961-64 9.0 

5. Morris Smith 1979-81 8.7 

6. Wally Schultz 1970-73 8.2 

7. Chris Ensminger 1992-96 7.8 

8. Ken Rakow 1964-67 7.7 

9. Lynn Seyfert* 1970-72 7.2 

10. Ed Eckart 1953-57 6.8 

Minimum 50 games played 

* - Failed to meet minimum games requirement, but 

retain position when given 50 games 

ASSISTS 

PLAYER YEARS AST 

1. Bryce Drew 1994-98 626 

2. John McIlvain 1980-84 582 

3. Ali Berdiel 2001-06 507 

4. Jarryd Loyd 2004-08 405 

5. Todd Smith 1985-89 368 

6. Scott Anselm 1985-89 360 

Lubos Barton 1998-02 360 

8. Jamie Sykes 1993-98 359 

9. Rob Cavanaugh 1990-94 329 

10. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 316 

11. Milo Stovall 1998-02 295 

12. Jared Nuness 1997-02 290 

13. Tim Hostetler 1974-78 284 

14. Greg Tonagel 1998-04 280 

15. Ron Howard 2003-06 247 

16. Mike Jones 1986-90 217 

17. Brandon McPherson 2005-pres. 208 

18. Darryl Ashby 1974-78 201 

19. Randy Okrzesik 1980-82 200 

20. David Redmon 1992-95 197 

STEALS 

PLAYER YEARS STL 

1. Lubos Barton 1998-02 190 

2. Bryce Drew 1994-98 186 

3. Ali Berdiel 2001-06 176 

4. Scott Anselm 1985-89 174 

5. Milo Stovall 1998-02 165 


7. Jamie Sykes 1993-98 150 

8. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 142 

9. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 138 

10. Todd Smith 1985-89 121 

BLOCKED SHOTS 

PLAYER YEARS BLK 

1. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 228 



4. Harry Bell 1984-88 94 

5. Morris Smith 1979-81 90 

6. Antti Nikkila 1999-03 84 

7. Lubos Barton 1998-02 74 

8. Jim Stueve 1982-86 72 

9. Max Kipfer 1975-79 66 

10. John Geary 1981-85 64 

GAMES PLAYED 

PLAYER YEARS GP 

1. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 127 

2. Jason Jenkins 1997-02 126 

3. Antti Nikkila 1999-03 125 

4. Lubos Barton 1998-02 124 

Ali Berdiel 2001-06 124 

Joaquim Gomes 2000-04 124 

Milo Stovall 1998-02 124 

Jamie Sykes 1993-98 124 

9. Dan Oppland 2002-06 122 

10. Bryce Drew 1994-98 121 

Bill Jenkins 1994-98 121 

Jarryd Loyd 2004-08 121 

Jared Nuness 1997-02 121 

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2008-09 

3-POINT PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS 3PT% 

1. Samuel Haanpää 2006-08 44.5% 

2. Bryce Drew 1994-98 43.5% 

Shawn Huff 2004-08 43.5% 

4. Lance Barker 1991-95 42.8% 

5. Seth Colclasure 2002-06 42.6% 

6. Rob Cavanaugh 1990-94 42.3% 

7. Casey Schmidt 1992-94 41.0% 

8. Mike Jones 1986-90 40.9% 

9. Brandon McPherson 2005-pres. 40.8% 

10. Scott Anselm 1985-89 39.1% 

Minimum 150 career attempts 

3-POINTERS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS 3PTM 

1. Bryce Drew 1994-98 364 

2. Lubos Barton 1998-02 244 

3. Lance Barker 1991-95 177 

4. Mike Jones 1986-89 175 

5. David Redmon 1992-95 173 

6. Shawn Huff 2004-08 170 

7. Milo Stovall 1998-02 159 

8. Seth Colclasure 2002-06 150 

9. Jared Nuness 1997-02 144 

10. Jason Jenkins 1997-01 134 

FIELD GOAL PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS FG% 

1. Zoran Viskovic 1996-99 59.5% 

2. Ivan Vujic 1998-00 56.3% 

3. Urule Igbavboa 2005-pres. 56.0% 

4. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 55.7% 

5. Chris Ensminger 1992-96 52.3% 

6. Morris Smith* 1979-81 52.2% 

7. Dan Oppland 2002-06 51.7% 

8. Jeff Simmons 1978-82 51.5% 

9. Bill Jenkins 1994-98 50.4% 

10. Anthony Allison 1994-96 50.1% 

Minimum 500 field goal attempts 

* - Failed to meet min. attempts requirement, but 

retains position when given minimum 

FREE THROW PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS FT% 

1. Dick Jones 1965-68 86.5% 

Chuck Kriston 1960-63 86.5% 

3. Bruce Lindner 1967-70 85.2% 

4. Bryce Drew 1994-98 83.4% 

5. David Redmon 1992-95 82.6% 

6. Rob Cavanaugh 1990-94 82.5% 

7. Dennis Olson 1961-64 80.0% 

8. Lubos Barton 1998-02 79.7% 

9. Scott Anselm 1985-89 79.5% 

10. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 78.8% 

Minimum 225 career attempts 

FREE THROWS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS FTM 

1. Ed Eckart 1953-57 452 

2. Raitis Grafs 1999-03 414 


4. Dick Jones 1965-68 390 

5. Bryce Drew 1994-98 386 

6. Dan Oppland 2002-06 364 

7. Fran Clements 1959-62 328 

8. Tracy Gipson 1989-93 327 

9. Milo Stovall 1998-02 324 

10. Chuck Kriston 1960-63 313 

Bryce Drew 

JOEL OBERMAN 

Rebounding Award 

Morris Smith 1979-80 

Morris Smith 1980-81 

Jeff Simmons 1981-82 

Dave Luethy 1982-83 

Rick Pickren 1983-84 



David Morgan 1986-87 



John Becher 1989-90 

Scott Morrison 1990-91 

Eric Suiter 1991-92 





Antanas Vilcinskas 1996-97 

Bill Jenkins 1997-98 








Mohamed Kone 2005-06 



DR. BILL STEINBRECHER 

Free Throw Award 





Jamie Sykes 1997-98 




Jared Nuness 2001-02 


Jimmie Miles 2003-04 





HOMER W. DREW SR. 

Memorial Award - Most Improved Player 


Bill and Bob Jenkins 1997-98 

Aaron Thomason 1998-99 



Antti Nikkila 2001-02 






Michael Rogers 2007-08 

DICK KOENIG 

Assist Award 

Rob Cavanaugh 1993-94 













Brandon McPherson 2006-07 


Ali Berdiel 


2008-09 

Single-Season Record Book 

POINTS 

PLAYER YEARS PTS 


2. Dick Jones 1966-67 662 

3. Bryce Drew 1996-97 617 

4. Bryce Drew 1997-98 613 

5. Tracy Gipson 1992-93 595 

6. Dan Oppland 2004-05 577 

7. Dan Oppland 2005-06 573 

8. Anthony Allison 1995-96 566 

9. Vern Curtis 1966-67 565 


REBOUNDS 

PLAYER YEARS REB 

1. Joel Oberman 1973-74 375 

2. Donald Bielke 1952-53 370 





7. Urule Igbavboa 2007-08 263 

8. Vern Curtis 1966-67 261 

9. Raitis Grafs 2000-01 259 

10. Morris Smith 1980-81 254 

ASSISTS 

PLAYER YEARS AST 


2. Ali Berdiel 2003-04 185 


4. Bryce Drew 1995-96 164 

5. Scott Anselm 1988-89 163 

6. Bryce Drew 1994-95 162 

7. Bryce Drew 1997-98 155 

8. Ali Berdiel 2002-03 146 

9. Bryce Drew 1996-97 145 

10. Jarryd Loyd 2007-08 143 

POINTS/GAME 

PLAYER YEARS PPG 

1. Bruce Lindner 1969-70 27.8 

2. Dick Jones 1966-67 22.8 


4. Tracy Gipson 1992-93 21.3 

5. Chuck Kriston 1962-63 21.2 

6. Jim Zweifel 1960-61 20.9 

7. Bryce Drew 1996-97 19.9 

8. Bryce Drew 1997-98 19.8 

Dan Oppland 2005-06 19.8 

10. Vern Curtis 1966-67 19.5 

Bruce Lindner 1968-69 19.5 

Minimum 75% of team’s games 

REBOUNDS/GAME 

PLAYER YEARS RPG 

1. Donald Bielke 1952-53 15.4 

2. Joel Oberman 1973-74 15.0 




6. Jon Robisch 1963-64 10.3 

7. Jim Lichtenberger 1961-62 9.6 


Morris Smith 1980-81 9.4 


Minimum 75% of team’s games 

STEALS 

PLAYER YEARS STL 


2. Scott Anselm 1988-89 61 

3. Ali Berdiel 2002-03 57 

Stalin Ortiz 2001-02 57 

5. Stalin Ortiz 2002-03 56 

6. Bryce Drew 1997-98 53 

7. Ali Berdiel 2003-04 52 

8. Milo Stovall 2001-02 51 


Bryce Drew 1996-97 50 

FIELD GOALS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS FGM 



3. Dick Jones 1966-67 248 

4. Anthony Allison 1995-96 240 

5. Dan Oppland 2005-06 231 


7. Tracy Gipson 1992-93 217 

8. Vern Curtis 1966-67 214 

9. Dan Oppland 2004-05 211 

10. Bryce Drew 1997-98 208 

FIELD GOAL PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS FG% 

1. Wayne Charles* 1994-95 70.4% 



4. Jeff Simmons 1980-81 60.1% 

5. Wayne Charles 1993-94 59.1% 

6. Pete Schmelzer 1976-77 58.0% 

7. Vern Curtis 1965-66 57.2% 

Raitis Grafs 2001-02 57.2% 

9. Ivan Vujic 1998-99 56.7% 

10. Bill Jenkins 1996-97 56.5% 

Minimum 100 attempts 

* - Failed to meet min. attempts, but 

retains position when given 100 attempts 

Zoran Viskovic 

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2008-09 

3-POINTERS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS 3PTM 

1. Bryce Drew 1996-97 100 

2. Bryce Drew 1997-98 94 

3. Bryce Drew 1995-96 92 

Mike Jones 1988-89 92 

5. Shawn Huff 2007-08 91 

6. Bryce Drew 1994-95 78 

7. Samuel Haanpää 2006-07 76 


9. Jim Ford 1988-89 71 

Casey Schmidt 1992-93 71 

3-POINT PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS 3PT% 

1. Lance Barker 1991-92 52.1% 

2. Mike Jones 1988-89 49.2% 

3. Shawn Huff 2007-08 47.9% 

4. Casey Schmidt 1992-93 47.7% 

5. Scott Anselm 1986-87 46.1% 


7. Bryce Drew 1994-95 45.9% 

8. Bryce Drew 1996-97 45.7% 

Samuel Haanpää 2006-07 45.7% 



Individual Single-Game Records 

Points - 51, Bruce Lindner 

DePauw (1969-70) 

Field Goals - 21, Bruce Lindner 

DePauw (1969-70) 

Field Goal Pct. - 1.000 (11-for-11), 

Zoran Viskovic Chicago State (1/3/98) 

Free Throws - 18, Ron Howard 

Centenary (2/5/04) 

Rebounds - 24, Chris Ensminger 

Northeastern Illinois (1/4/96) 

Assists - 16, John McIlvain 

at UIC (1/13/83) 

Steals - 7 twice (M.R. Milo Stovall 

at Texas A&M-CC 12/12/99) 

Blocks - 7, Zoran Viskovic 

Northern Illinois (1/21/98) 

3-Pt. Field Goals - 10, Samuel Haanpää 

Chicago State (12/15/07) 

3-Pt FG Pct. - 1.000 (6-for-6), 

Jared Nuness at Belmont (12/22/97) 

FREE THROWS MADE 

PLAYER YEARS FTM 


2. Dick Jones 1966-67 166 

3. Fran Clements 1961-62 142 

Ed Eckart 1956-57 142 


Dan Oppland 2003-04 139 

7. Vern Curtis 1966-67 137 

John Meyne 1983-84 137 

9. Dick Jones 1967-68 134 

10. Tracy Gipson 1992-93 133 

Chuck Kriston 1961-62 133 

FREE THROW PCT. 

PLAYER YEARS FT% 

1. Casey Schmidt 1993-94 92.6% 

2. Dick Jones 1966-67 89.7% 

Casey Schmidt 1992-93 89.7% 

4. Dick Jones 1965-66 89.1% 

5. Bruce Lindner 1969-70 88.9% 

6. Chuck Kriston 1962-63 88.3% 

7. Chuck Kriston 1961-62 88.0% 

8. Bryce Drew 1996-97 87.9% 

9. Lance Barker 1994-95 87.8% 

10. Shawn Huff 2006-07 87.0% 


Team Single-Game Records 

Free Throws - 44, DePauw (1/12/57) 

Rebounds - 81, vs. DePauw (1962-63) 

Team Assists- 36, IU-South Bend (11/28/05) 

Team Blocks - 11 twice (M.R. Oakland 1/27/01) 

Team Steals - 19, vs. Centenary (12/10/88) 

Team 3-Pt FGs - 19, Butler (2/6/89) 

VICTORY MARGIN 

OPPONENT DATE MoV 

1. Western Ontario 12/5/64 79 (132-53) 

2. IU-South Bend 11/28/05 70 (111-41) 

3. Guatemala Olympics 12/8/49 64 (97-33) 

4. Alberta 12/16/65 60 (120-60) 

vs. American College 1920-21 60 (70-10) 

6. vs. Chicago Tech 1920-21 54 (66-12) 

7. Capital 12/10/65 53 (112-59) 

vs. General Medical 1922-23 53 (62-9) 

9. Trinity International 11/21/99 51 (100-49) 

at Wheaton 1/3/66 51 (111-60) 

BLOCKED SHOTS 

PLAYER YEARS BLK 

1. Raitis Grafs 2000-01 67 



Mohamed Kone 2005-06 57 






10. Ivan Vujic 1998-99 41 

Bruce Lindner 

POINTS SCORED 

OPPONENT DATE PTS 

1. Muhlenberg 12/6/68 138 

2. Western Ontario 12/5/64 132 

3. Washington (Mo.) 1/22/66 125 

4. Wabash 1973-74 121 

Wheaton 3/1/69 121 

6. Alberta 12/16/65 120 

Luther 12/11/65 120 

8. vs. Chicago State 3/3/96 118 

9. Concordia (Minn.) 12/10/66 117 

10. at Ball State 2/19/64 116 

COMBINED POINTS 

OPPONENT DATE PTS 

1. at Houston 1967-68 239 (L 158-81) 

2. at Ball State 2/19/64 233 (L 117-116) 

3. Muhlenberg 12/6/68 227 (W 138-89) 

4. Wheaton 3/1/69 225 (W 121-104) 

5. at Troy State 1/15/96 219 (L 115-104) 

6. Washington (Mo.) 1/22/66 217 (W 125-92) 

7. at Indiana State 1/5/66 213 (L 113-100) 

8. at Wheaton 1967-68 211 (L 106-105) 

9. Purdue 12/22/65 210 (W 114-96) 

10. at Saint Joseph’s 2/9/77 206 (W 109-97) 

at Saint Procopius 12/1/66 206 (W 105-101) 


2008-09 

1917-18 7-2 

Head Coach - Sidney Winters 

Date Opponent W/L Score 

Chicago L 45-20 

Dec. 14 Kent Law School W 27-14 

Dec. 29 Crane W 36-19 

Jan. 4 Whiting Owls W 25-22 

Jan. 19 Camp Custer W 43-13 

Jan. 25 at Lewis W 24-11 

Feb. 15 Gary YMCA L 35-20 

Feb. 22 Lake Forest W 27-25 

Mar. 1 Lewis W 32-8 

1918-19 1-2 

Head Coach - Sidney Winters 


Chicago YMCA L 42-36 

Gary Tech L 18-11 

Wheaton W 24-18 

1919-20 10-8 

Head Coach - George Keogan 


Dec. 11 Chicago L 22-9 

LaPorte YMCA W 55-12 

Indiana L 24-15 

Indiana Dental W 33-6 

Jan. 12 at Armour Institute W 19-15 

American College W 25-12 

Jan. 22 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 22-18 

Jan. 29 Lake Forest W 45-10 

Jan. 31 at Kalamazoo L 15-11 

Feb. 4 Wabash L 20-18 

Feb. 6 Chicago Tech W 48-11 

Feb. 13 Saint Louis W 25-18 

Feb. 14 Saint Louis W 25-15 

Feb. 17 at Lake Forest W 28-25 

Feb. 20 Kalamazoo L 15-12 

Feb. 25 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 32-13 

Feb. 28 Nebraska L 30-17 

Mar. 1 Nebraska L 35-20 

1920-21 20-4 

Head Coach - George Keogan 


Dec. 10 Michigan YMCA W 34-20 

Dec. 17 Hahnemann Medical W 48-12 

Dec. 20 Western Michigan W 32-26 

Dec. 21 Kalamazoo W 29-19 

Jan. 7 DePaul W 34-31 

Jan. 13 Notre Dame L 21-17 

Jan. 15 Northwestern (Wis.) W 14-13 

Jan. 17 Armour Institute W 35-13 

Jan. 19 Dayton L 38-6 

Jan. 21 at Dubuque L 31-14 

Jan. 23 at Dubuque W 24-11 

Jan. 28 Western Michigan W 29-10 

Jan. 29 at Detroit L 22-16 

Feb. 1 Northwestern Dental W 28-21 

Feb. 4 at American Gymnastics W 56-33 

Feb. 8 Milwaukee Tech W 23-19 

at Chicago Tech W 66-12 

American Gymnastics W 28-7 

Saint Louis W 30-17 

Saint Louis W 37-23 

Feb. 18 American College W 70-10 

Feb. 23 at Notre Dame W 32-26 

Feb. 25 at Michigan City YMCA W 35-32 

Mar. 2 Creighton L 26-24 

1921-22 14-7 

Head Coach - Earl Goheen 


Dec. 9 Hahnemann Medical W 29-3 

Dec. 14 American College W 23-19 

Dec. 17 at DePaul W 27-14 

Dec. 20 Lewis W 27-6 

Year-by-Year Results 

Dec. 22 Kalamazoo W 22-20 

Dec. 30 Indianapolis Law W 28-11 


Jan. 14 DePaul L 33-22 

Jan. 18 at Western Michigan L 21-14 

Jan. 19 at Michigan Agriculture L 30-21 

Arkansas Agriculture W 30-17 

Jan. 28 Kalamazoo L 24-23 

Jan. 31 at Wheaton W 18-9 

Feb. 3 at Saint Viator L 30-16 

Feb. 8 at Lewis W 23-19 

Feb. 10 at Concordia (Ill.) L 42-19 

Feb. 11 at Huntington W 26-16 

Feb. 17 Loyola W 28-15 

Feb. 24 Lake Forest W 20-15 

Feb. 28 Wheaton W 37-12 

Mar. 4 Saint Viator L 31-24 

1922-23 15-5 

Head Coach - Earl Goheen 


General Medical W 62-9 

Chicago Tech W 44-12 

Crane W 42-23 

Kalamazoo W 20-17 

Michigan Agriculture W 21-17 

Detroit L 28-26 

Indiana Dental W 23-22 

Western Michigan W 36-25 


Loyola W 23-12 


Indiana Dental L 34-26 

Detroit W 28-15 


Saint Viator L 36-22 


Loyola W 36-23 

YMCA College W 28-25 

Concordia (Ill.) L 35-22 


1923-24 24-4 

Head Coach - W.P. Shadoan 


Baden Hall W 14-11 

Illinois Steel W 35-7 


DePaul W 20-18 

Cincinnati YMCA W 24-21 

Kentucky Wesleyan W 38-21 

Centre College W 33-27 

Eastern Kentucky W 48-17 

Louisville W 26-15 

Detroit W 32-17 

Dubuque W 43-28 

Alumni Association W 24-16 

Luther W 14-11 

Columbia College W 33-31 


Campion College W 11-9 

Hope W 24-21 


Adrian W 35-33 

Saint Viator W 24-21 





Hope W 22-20 

Michigan Agriculture L 22-12 


Michigan City YMCA L 41-36 

1924-25 9-5 

Head Coach - W.P. Shadoan 




Wheaton L 20-17 



Western Michigan L 26-24 




Luther L 33-22 





1925-26 6-13 

Head Coach - Millard Anderson 


Crane L 25-20 

Crane L 32-23 

Lewis W 32-19 

Central Michigan L 35-34 


Loyola L 32-21 


DePaul L 42-26 

Notre Dame “B” L 44-27 





Adrian L 23-17 


Saint Mary’s (Mich.) L 32-31 

Concordia (Ill.) L 37-29 


Concordia (Ill.) W 37-29 

1926-27 10-10 

Head Coach - Conrad Moll 


Crane W 24-23 

Tri-State W 31-24 




Mount Morris W 40-24 



Saint Mary’s (Mich.) W 33-13 

Northern Illinois L 24-16 

Columbia College L 31-26 

Wheaton L 30-22 







Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 47-28 


1927-28 11-4 

Head Coach - Earl Scott 


Lewis W 32-28 




Gustavus Adolphus W 24-23 


Concordia (Ind.) W 40-20 

North Central W 22-21 

Oakland City W 41-38 


Chicago Teachers W 37-19 

Ball State L 46-35 

Danville Normal L 49-29 


Danville Normal W 42-37 

1928-29 11-10 

Head Coach - Earl Scott 



Lewis W 25-21 


Manchester L 45-36 






Luther L 30-16 


Northern Illinois W 38-27 

Notre Dame “B” W 31-21 


Concordia Seminary (Ill.) W 56-13 

Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 33-24 

Southern Illinois W 26-21 


Notre Dame “B” L 30-19 



1929-30 4-11 

Head Coach - J.M. Christiansen 


Crane L 41-13 


Elmhurst L 21-19 

Crane L 45-18 





Union W 32-11 

Western State L 37-23 

American College L 26-13 


Elmhurst W 23-21 


Aurora L 32-31 

1930-31 16-2 






Concordia (Wis.) W 35-22 








Rose Polytechnic W 17-15 

Aurora W 30-11 

Manchester W 22-21 

Aurora W 40-14 

Washburn W 37-8 


Delts of Valpo W 32-21 

1931-32 12-12 



American College L 21-18 

Huntington W 40-18 

Thornton Junior College W 47-21 


Theinsville Seminary W 15-8 

Saint Thomas L 22-14 


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Northwestern (Wis.) W 38-16 

Saint Thomas W 26-23 

Saint Olaf L 33-17 


Augustana W 25-24 


Indiana Central L 23-22 


Evansville L 23-21 



NAGU Evansville W 34-26 



NAGU Evansville L 25-23 


Thornton Junior College W 20-14 

1932-33 14-2 



Davis and Elkins W 37-34 

Saint Thomas W 30-28 


Crane L 29-25 


Gary YMCA W 26-24 


Crane W 38-19 



Gary YMCA W 37-29 






1933-34 9-9 




Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 41-29 


Marshall L 22-17 

Davis and Elkins W 50-42 

Geneva L 43-34 

Duquesne L 48-36 

Illinois College W 35-27 



Taylor W 33-20 

Notre Dame L 27-25 




Central State L 25-22 



1934-35 2-13 





Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 16-11 





Butler L 41-25 



Hanover L 25-24 




Concordia (Wis.) L 43-28 


1935-36 8-8 





Saint Olaf W 58-21 



Hanover W 40-30 











1936-37 9-9 






Evansville W 49-28 

Indiana State L 35-31 














1937-38 13-6 








Indiana State W 34-28 











! - National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) 

vs. Oregon College ! W 53-48 

vs. Central Missouri ! L 44-24 


1938-39 5-10 















Saint Ambrose L 28-18 



1939-40 6-14 




Illinois State L 39-22 



Illinois State L 28-27 




Oakland City L 59-44 




Central State W 58-41 



Grand Rapids Junior College L 53-52 





1940-41 4-12 



















1941-42 4-13 

Head Coach - Loren Ellis 




2008-09 





Huntington L 67-50 

Chicago Teachers L 39-35 










1942-43 17-5 

















Kingsbury Ordinance W 87-37 







! - National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) 

vs. Eastern Washington ! L 54-42 

1943-44 17-8 



Stout Field W 61-46 


Illinois Central W 49-31 


Concordia Seminary (Mo.) W 62-54 

Bunker Hill Navy W 47-46 

Beechcraft Fliers W 50-48 

Cessna Bobcats L 55-44 

Boeing Aircraft L 48-26 

Illinois State W 59-53 

DePauw Pre-Flight W 47-35 

“The World’s Tallest Team”, the 1944-1945 Crusaders, 

playing Long Island at Madison Square Garden. 


2008-09 


Fort Sheridan W 71-60 


DePauw Pre-Flight L 51-44 

Bunker Hill Navy L 64-41 



Bridgeport Brass W 60-43 



Camp Grant L 54-31 

Concordia Seminary (Mo.) W 42-36 

Camp Grant L 57-47 

Stout Field W 61-48 

1944-45 21-3 



Nov. 25 Concordia Seminary (Mo.) W 68-51 

Dec. 2 Central State W 48-36 

Dec. 4 Bunker Hill Navy W 52-46 

Dec. 9 vs. Long Island W 64-59 

Dec. 16 Loras W 61-41 

Dec. 19 Illinois State W 49-31 

Dec. 22 Drake W 62-42 

Dec. 23 vs. Drake W 66-41 

Jan. 1 vs. Hamline W 56-53 

Jan. 3 Texas Christian W 52-27 

Jan. 5 Wyoming W 48-30 

Jan. 8 vs. Great Lakes NTS L 52-38 

Jan. 10 at Indiana State L 48-41 

Jan. 13 at Hamline L 50-43 


Jan. 25 vs. Holy Cross W 64-51 

Feb. 1 at Great Lakes NTS W 69-61 

Illinois State W 49-42 

Feb. 8 Central State W 50-42 

Hamline W 61-46 

Feb. 17 Indiana State W 56-55 

Feb. 20 at Western Michigan W 70-58 

Feb. 24 at Concordia Seminary (Mo.) W 62-42 

Mar. 2 Chanute Field W 86-60 

1945-46 17-11 



Nov. 24 Concordia (Ill.) W 47-37 

Dec. 5 Long Island L 60-40 

Dec. 15 Drake W 56-54 

Dec. 17 Bowling Green L 54-51 

Dec. 20 vs. Pepperdine W 65-60 

Dec. 22 West Texas A&M W 51-34 

Dec. 29 Wyoming L 48-40 

Jan. 3 Puerto Rico L 54-51 

Jan. 5 Brigham Young W 72-58 

Jan. 7 vs. Wyoming L 51-49 

Jan. 9 Puerto Rico W 62-50 

Jan. 12 at Hamline L 34-32 

Jan. 16 at Indiana State W 52-51 

Jan. 19 Western Michigan L 54-43 

Jan. 23 vs. Bowling Green L 72-49 

Jan. 26 at Butler W 55-50 

Jan. 28 at Central State W 51-40 

Feb. 5 at Dartmouth L 56-51 

Feb. 7 vs. Holy Cross W 73-61 

Feb. 9 at Muhlenberg L 61-55 

Feb. 14 Butler W 85-49 

Feb. 16 Hamline W 51-48 

Feb. 19 Western Michigan L 75-59 


Feb. 25 Central State W 69-42 


Mar. 9 Indiana Central W 77-38 

UIC W 90-44 


1946-47 11-20 



Nov. 23 Indiana Central W 73-42 

Nov. 23 Huntington W 61-48 

Nov. 25 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 81-53 


Dec. 2 Wheaton L 65-63 

Dec. 5 at Long Island L 71-52 

Dec. 12 Pepperdine W 53-46 

Dec. 18 vs. Tulane L 74-49 

Dec. 25 at Puerto Rico W 61-37 



Jan. 6 vs. Wyoming L 68-55 

Jan. 11 Hamline L 48-44 

Jan. 14 at Holy Cross L 76-49 

Jan. 16 at Toledo L 69-45 

Jan. 20 Havana W 69-44 

Jan. 22 at Western Michigan W 78-77 

Jan. 25 at Butler L 55-43 

Feb. 1 at Indiana State L 65-46 



Feb. 8 at Hamline L 70-39 

Feb. 12 Butler L 68-44 

Feb. 15 at Muhlenberg L 81-65 

Feb. 17 at Duquesne L 63-39 

Feb. 20 vs. Toledo L 77-65 

Feb. 22 Bowling Green L 73-53 

Feb. 25 Western Michigan L 54-42 

Mar. 1 at Bowling Green L 66-38 

Mar. 5 at Indiana State L 56-43 

Mar. 7 Beloit L 71-70 

1947-48 8-15 

Head Coach - Emory Bauer 



Dec. 1 Wheaton W 72-59 

Dec. 6 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 59-51 

Dec. 9 at Holy Cross L 80-45 

Dec. 11 at American International W 61-52 

Dec. 13 at Siena L 49-45 

Dec. 17 Arkansas State W 67-47 

Dec. 19 Texas Christian W 60-46 

Jan. 7 Loyola L 70-59 

Jan. 9 at Eastern Kentucky L 58-53 

Jan. 10 at Cincinnati W 75-69 

Jan. 17 Indiana State L 70-66 

Jan. 20 at Toledo L 55-53 



Jan. 31 at Beloit L 69-39 

Feb. 7 at Kalamazoo L 49-46 

Feb. 12 at Loyola L 62-48 



Feb. 24 at Western Michigan L 58-57 


Mar. 2 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 58-56 

1948-49 8-17 

Head Coach - Don Warnke 


Nov. 23 Chicago Teachers W 63-40 


Dec. 1 Beloit L 69-60 

Dec. 4 at Hamline L 70-35 

Dec. 6 Wheaton L 83-73 

Dec. 10 Brigham Young L 62-57 

Dec. 13 Arkansas State W 75-62 

Dec. 17 at Toledo L 53-50 

at Bowling Green L 72-44 

Jan. 3 Connecticut State W 57-40 

Jan. 7 Kalamazoo W 72-42 

Jan. 12 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 49-48 



Jan. 21 Denver L 40-37 

at Beloit L 64-59 

Feb. 5 Loyola L 63-41 

Feb. 12 Hamline L 60-42 

at Loyola L 81-47 

Feb. 19 Indiana State L 66-58 

Feb. 23 Western Michigan W 66-6 

Feb. 25 vs. Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 49-43 

at Washington (Mo.) L 51-47 


Mar. 7 at Manchester W 68-63 

1949-50 15-8 

Head Coach - Wilbur Allen 


Nov. 26 at Concordia Seminary (Mo.) W 67-54 

Nov. 29 Toledo W 86-73 

Dec. 3 Chicago Teachers W 74-48 

Dec. 5 at Wheaton L 67-65 

Dec. 8 Guatemala Olympics W 97-33 

Dec. 10 Ball State W 63-61 

Dec. 17 Western Ontario W 83-53 


Jan. 7 at Villanova L 60-55 

Jan. 9 Indiana State W 64-58 

Jan. 11 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 64-37 


Feb. 2 Manchester W 67-51 

Feb. 4 at Toledo L 66-36 


Feb. 11 Hawai’i W 78-60 

Feb. 14 at Indiana State W 63-56 


Feb. 24 at Washington (Mo.) L 51-40 


Feb. 28 at Holy Cross L 82-54 

Mar. 2 at Seton Hall L 81-61 

Mar. 6 at Loyola L 70-63 

1950-51 12-10 (5-3) 

Head Coach - Wilbur Allen 

Indiana Collegiate Conference (3 rd /6) 


Nov. 25 Hope W 98-81 


Paul Meadows played for Valpo 

in the 1940’s and later coached the 

Crusaders. 


Dec. 7 at Saint Bonaventure L 79-61 

Dec. 9 at Ball State W 54-52 


Dec. 16 at Loyola L 61-53 

Dec. 19 Western Michigan L 80-68 

Dec. 21 at Ohio Wesleyan W 70-59 


Jan. 9 at Wayne State W 65-61 







Feb. 15 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 67-59 

Feb. 17 Ball State L 77-76 

Feb. 23 at Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 55-54 

Feb. 24 at Washington (Mo.) L 62-53 

Mar. 6 Loyola L 69-67 

1951-52 12-12 (6-4) 

Head Coach - Kenneth Suesens 

Indiana Collegiate Conference (2 nd /6) 


Nov. 24 Hope W 82-68 

Dec. 1 Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 64-48 

Dec. 6 at Indiana L 68-59 



Dec. 31 Dartmouth W 59-43 

Jan. 3 Evansville L 62-59 


Jan. 8 Wayne State W 53-50 

Jan. 12 Ball State W 58-37 


Jan. 19 at Marquette W 63-60 

Jan. 26 Butler L 51-49 

Jan. 30 Wayne State L 52-47 


Feb. 9 Evansville W 78-68 

Feb. 14 at Ball State W 60-51 



Feb. 23 at Butler W 75-55 

Feb. 29 Washington (Mo.) W 55-43 

Mar. 1 Concordia Seminary (Mo.) L 53-47 

Mar. 4 Loyola L 75-61 

Mar. 6 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 75-61 

1952-53 9-15 (2-8) 


Indiana Collegiate Conference (6 th /6) 


Nov. 25 Hope W 104-68 



Dec. 6 John Carroll W 81-76 

Dec. 13 at Mississippi Southern L 69-62 

Dec. 15 at Loyola (La.) L 52-41 

Dec. 17 at Evansville W 73-66 

Dec. 18 at Indiana State L 69-55 

Dec. 30 at Western Michigan L 90-60 

Jan. 2 at John Carroll L 70-69 

Jan. 8 at Ball State L 62-50 


Jan. 17 at Marquette L 86-67 



Feb. 3 Wayne State L 64-61 

Feb. 7 Evansville L 72-68 

Feb. 10 at Wayne State W 80-71 

Feb. 14 Ball State W 73-62 

Feb. 16 Hamline W 78-75 

Feb. 21 at Butler L 75-53 

Feb. 26 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 66-64 


Mar. 7 at Villanova W 64-62 

66 


1953-54 10-13 (7-5) 




Nov. 28 Wayne State L 76-58 

Dec. 2 at Purdue L 83-64 

Dec. 8 at Michigan L 100-63 


Dec. 14 Marquette L 82-74 

Dec. 18 DePauw W 84-81 

Jan. 2 at Wayne State L 65-56 

Jan. 7 at Ball State W 70-65 



Jan. 16 at Marquette L 91-72 


Jan. 28 at Evansville L 76-50 




Feb. 11 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 81-66 


Feb. 15 at John Carroll L 88-77 



Feb. 27 at DePauw W 66-60 

Mar. 1 John Carroll W 70-63 

1954-55 13-11 (8-4) 




Dec. 1 Wayne State W 64-59 



Dec. 11 Evansville W 72-69 


Dec. 18 at Marquette L 78-67 

Dec. 22 at Evansville L 66-63 

Dec. 30 at Michigan L 82-55 

Jan. 3 John Carroll L 83-77 





Jan. 29 Butler W 67-57 

Jan. 31 Washington (Mo.) W 62-59 

Feb. 3 at DePauw L 83-65 





Feb. 21 Wayne State L 70-60 

Feb. 26 Marquette L 81-68 

Feb. 28 at Washington (Mo.) W 55-54 

Mar. 4 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 75-61 

1955-56 12-14 (8-4) 




Dec. 3 South Dakota W 81-55 


!- Birmingham Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) 

Dec. 9 vs. Houston ! W 84-80 

Dec. 10 vs. Alabama L 82-56 

Dec. 14 Wayne State L 61-58 



Dec. 30 at Washington (Mo.) L 67-55 



Jan. 10 Marquette L 78-76 

Jan. 13 at DePauw W 64-56 

Jan. 14 at Louisville L 79-53 




Feb. 1 Washington (Mo.) L 69-59 





Feb. 14 at Wayne State L 75-52 

Feb. 18 DePauw L 65-64 

Feb. 21 at Western Michigan L 76-70 



Mar. 1 John Carroll W 81-77 

1956-57 11-14 (6-6) 




Dec. 1 Southern Illinois W 77-66 



Dec. 11 Washington (Mo.) W 72-65 

Dec. 14 San Jose L 71-69 

Dec. 17 at Notre Dame L 86-74 


!- Orange Bowl Classic (Miami, Fla) 

vs. Stanford ! L 68-51 

Dec. 28 vs. Miami (Fla.) ! W 81-76 

Dec. 29 vs. LaSalle ! L 103-73 

Jan. 2 at Washington (Mo.) L 77-62 

Jan. 5 at Ball State L (ot) 69-66 


Jan. 12 DePauw W 78-76 


Jan. 26 Purdue L 74-65 









Mar. 2 at DePauw L 76-63 

1957-58 7-14 (4-8) 




Dec. 2 Coe W 73-61 

Dec. 7 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 64-56 




Dec. 30 Columbia L 66-64 


Jan. 8 Washington (Mo.) L 79-70 

Jan. 10 Notre Dame L 94-69 



Jan. 25 LaSalle L 96-86 








Feb. 25 at Marquette W 92-74 

Mar. 1 DePauw L 82-65 

1958-59 12-11 (5-7) 

Head Coach - Paul Meadows 



Dec. 1 Hope W (ot) 90-86 


Dec. 10 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 100-91 

Dec. 13 at Washington (Mo.) W 68-60 


Dec. 20 at Western Michigan W 90-65 

Dec. 29 North Dakota State W 91-85 

Jan. 3 at Air Force L 63-49 

Jan. 6 at John Carroll W (2ot) 95-93 



Jan. 16 at DePaul L 89-64 

Jan. 24 Northern Michigan W 73-65 








Feb. 21 Ball State W (2ot) 88-85 


Mar. 2 at Notre Dame L 93-65 

1959-60 12-13 (8-4) 







Dec. 12 Washington (Mo.) L 78-74 

Dec. 17 UC-Davis W 89-45 


! - Motor City Tournament (Detroit, Mich.) 

Dec. 28 vs. Western Michigan ! L 76-74 

Dec. 29 vs. New Mexico ! L 80-76 

at Saint Bonaventure L 105-77 

Jan. 6 John Carroll W 81-64 



Jan. 16 DePaul L 81-64 

Jan. 23 at Wheaton L 80-70 












1960-61 7-16 (3-9) 




Dec. 1 Hope L 69-58 



Dec. 13 Culver-Stockton (Mo.) W 49-47 

Dec. 15 San Francisco State L 78-70 



Dec. 31 at Hope L 94-93 


Jan. 7 DePauw L 101-95 

Jan. 10 at Chicago L 88-65 

Jan. 13 Wheaton W 95-76 









Feb. 23 Air Force L 75-66 



2008-09 

1961-62 17-8 (7-5) 







Dec. 14 Hope W 106-81 


! - Washington Tournament (Saint Louis, Mo.) 

Dec. 28 at Washington (Mo.) ! W 72-65 

vs. Harvard ! W 68-66 



Jan. 9 Chicago W 75-55 










Feb. 21 at Air Force L 74-59 


Mar. 1 Marquette L 86-77 

# - NCAA Midwest Regional 

vs. Kentucky State # W 75-61 

vs. Concordia (Ill.) # W 75-72 

$ - NCAA National Quarterfinal (Evansville, Ind.) 

vs. Sacramento State $ L 62-54 

1962-63 7-16 (1-11) 




Dec. 1 Hope W 85-72 

Dec. 4 Kentucky State L 81-68 

Dec. 8 Notre Dame L 102-90 

Dec. 13 San Francisco State W 76-75 



! - Washington Invitational (Saint Louis, Mo.) 

Dec. 28 at Washington (Mo.) ! L 66-65 

Dec. 29 vs. Wheaton ! W 84-64 

Jan. 2 at Hope W 81-74 



Jan. 12 Ball State L 90-71 


Jan. 26 Wheaton L 73-69 


Feb. 2 at Evansville L 79-60 





Feb. 20 at Ball State L 92-77 


Mar. 2 at Wheaton W 81-79 

1963-64 9-15 (2-10) 




Nov. 30 Northern Illinois W 97-62 


Dec. 4 Kentucky State W 94-72 





Dec. 19 at Buffalo L 68-67 

Dec. 21 at Syracuse L 100-66 



2008-09 


Jan. 11 Ball State L 100-88 











Feb. 24 at Marquette W 74-68 

Mar. 2 at Wheaton L 89-77 

1964-65 13-12 (5-7) 

Head Coach - Gene Bartow 



Dec. 1 at Hope W 83-64 


Dec. 12 Wabash W 66-39 

Dec. 15 Marquette W 72-61 

Dec. 17 at North Dakota State W 96-80 


! - Motor City Tournament (Detroit, Mich.) 

Dec. 28 at Detroit ! L 59-56 

Dec. 29 vs. Houston ! L 84-81 

* - Game later forfeited to Valpo 

Jan. 2 at Indiana State * L 66-64 

Jan. 4 Washington (Mo.) L 69-68 




Jan. 23 at Wheaton L 72-61 




Feb. 8 San Francisco State W 87-66 




Feb. 20 at Air Force W 52-47 



Mar. 1 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 62-59 

1965-66 18-10 (7-5) 






Dec. 7 Hope W 104-85 

! - Crusader Classic (Valparaiso, Ind.) 

Dec. 10 Capital ! W 112-59 

Dec. 11 Luther ! W 120-85 

Dec. 14 at Wabash W 90-69 

Dec. 16 Alberta W 120-60 

Dec. 18 at DePauw L 80-77 

Dec. 22 Purdue W 114-96 

Dec. 30 at Washington (Mo.) W 70-59 



Jan. 8 Evansville W 83-73 





Feb. 2 DePauw W 110-71 







Feb. 26 Wabash W 109-77 

Mar. 1 at Drake L 78-74 


# - NCAA Midwest Regional (Grand Forks, N.D.) 

Mar. 4 vs. Saint Procopius # W 107-76 

Mar. 5 at North Dakota # L 112-82 

1966-67 21-8 (7-5) 




Dec. 1 Saint Procopius W 105-101 

Dec. 3 at Hope W 74-62 


Dec. 9 Carthage ! W 107-83 

Dec. 10 Concordia (Minn.) ! W 117-73 

Dec. 13 at Wabash W 84-75 


Dec. 17 at Pacific W 76-74 

Dec. 20 at Long Beach State L 81-72 



Jan. 9 Air Force W 68-66 






Feb. 4 at Evansville W 71-61 


at Butler L 82-72 

at Wheaton W 78-75 





Mar. 1 at Washington (Mo.) W 81-65 

Mar. 4 Wheaton W 102-83 

# - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Terre Haute, Ind.) 

vs. Southern Colorado # W 89-52 

at Indiana State # W 80-77 

$ - NCAA National Quarterfinal (Evansville, Ind.) 

Southwest Missouri State $ L 86-72 

1967-68 11-15 (3-9) 




Dec. 1 Saint Procopius W 110-85 




Dec. 9 Wagner ! W 80-71 

Dec. 15 Long Beach State W 89-78 

Dec. 16 at Northwestern L 91-64 

Dec. 20 Drake L 92-76 

# - Motor City Tournament (Detroit, Mich.) 

Dec. 29 vs. Niagara # L 113-82 

Dec. 30 vs. Portland # W 63-52 

Jan. 4 Western Ontario W 103-55 







Jan. 31 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 86-84 







Feb. 24 at Houston L 158-81 

Feb. 27 at Notre Dame L 87-75 

Mar. 2 at Wheaton L 106-105 

1968-69 16-12 (4-4) 


Indiana Collegiate Conference (t-2 nd /5) 


Nov. 30 Carroll W 109-86 

Dec. 2 at Air Force L 91-74 


Dec. 6 Muhlenberg ! W 138-89 

Dec. 7 Luther ! W 95-80 


Dec. 17 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo W 67-54 

Dec. 19 MacMurray W 94-87 

Dec. 31 Dartmouth L 82-81 


Jan. 8 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 91-87 




Jan.25 Indiana State L 87-86 

Jan. 30 Long Island W 61-58 

Gene Bartow’s 1966-1967 squad advanced to the 

NCAA National Quarterfinal. 

Feb. 1 at Evansville W 101-95 






Feb. 22 Eastern Illinois W 94-78 



Mar. 1 Wheaton W 121-104 

Mar. 3 at Tulane L 107-90 

# - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Valparaiso, Ind.) 

Concordia (Ill.) # W 91-81 

Illinois State # L 103-87 

1969-70 13-13 (2-6) 




Saint Procopius W 106-78 


at Air Force L 81-65 

Whittier W 72-68 


Pacific Lutheran ! W 76-66 

Gustavus Adolphus ! W 99-78 

South Alabama W (ot) 91-85 

# - Senior Bowl Classic (Mobile, Ala.) 

vs. Mississippi # L (ot) 80-77 

vs. Navy # W 87-71 

Brown W 70-65 

Westmont W 99-87 

at Butler L 95-80 



at Kansas L 74-58 

at Dartmouth W 75-73 



at DePauw L 90-80 



at Indiana State L 108-96 

DePauw W 95-84 

at Evansville L 101-97 

at Wheaton W 94-85 

at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L 105-95 

1970-71 13-13 (4-4) 

Head Coach - Bill Purden 




Dec. 5 MacMurray L 78-68 

Dec. 7 at Air Force L 91-80 



Dec. 12 Saint Olaf ! W 109-79 

Dec. 15 Wabash W 83-79 


# - Hall of Fame Tournament (Springfield, Mass.) 

Dec. 28 vs. Long Island # L 73-52 

Dec. 29 vs. American International # W 78-61 

Dec. 30 at Springfield # L 54-49 

Jan. 2 Harvard W 82-79 





Jan. 30 Tulane W 66-65 




Feb. 13 Lakeland W 78-53 


Feb. 17 at Loyola W 71-60 



Feb. 27 Indiana Central W 69-58 

Mar. 1 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W 79-76 

1971-72 15-11 (4-4) 




Dec. 1 Carroll W 110-74 




Dec. 11 Augustana ! W 76-69 


Dec. 18 at Northwestern W 73-55 

68 



# - Motor City Tournament (Detroit, Mich.) 

Dec. 27 at Detroit # W 57-56 

Dec. 28 vs. Stanford # L 80-66 


Jan. 8 Air Force W 68-60 

Jan. 11 Loyola (La.) L 69-62 


Jan. 20 at Indiana Central L 65-64 

Jan. 22 Wisconsin State W 94-72 

Jan. 27 at Charlotte W 70-60 

Jan. 29 at Virginia Commonwealth L 86-76 



Feb. 9 Evansville L (ot) 74-71 


Feb. 16 at Wabash W 102-75 



Feb. 26 Rose-Hulman W 104-66 

Feb. 29 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) L (ot) 74-73 

1972-73 17-11 (8-4) 


Indiana Collegiate Conference (t-1 st /7) 


Dec. 1 North Central W 87-72 

Dec. 2 Wisconsin State L 80-72 

Dec. 4 at Illinois L 80-62 




Dec. 9 Lenoir-Rhyne ! W 70-63 

Dec. 13 at Eastern Illinois W 90-88 

Dec. 16 Northwestern W 94-76 

at Buffalo State W 110-83 

at Capital L 79-77 

Jan. 3 at Ohio L 86-68 



Jan. 13 Loyola W 98-79 

Jan. 20 Indiana Central L 70-68 


Jan. 27 Wabash W 104-87 


Feb. 7 at Indiana Central L 78-66 


Feb. 14 at Wabash W 97-74 

Feb. 19 at Tulane W 105-86 




Mar. 3 Butler W 75-53 

# - NCAA Great Lakes Regional 

vs. Capital # W 69-64 

vs. Kentucky Wesleyan # L 74-66 

1973-74 15-11 (8-4) 


Indiana Collegiate Conference (t-3 rd /7) 


Nov. 30 Wisconsin-Oshkosh W 94-69 


Dec. 4 at Wisconsin-Whitewater L 94-64 


Dec. 7 Saint Olaf ! W 114-74 

Dec. 8 Wartburg ! W 74-67 


Dec. 29 at South Florida L 84-70 

Dec. 31 at Valdosta State W 76-75 


Jan. 7 Tulane W 68-63 

Jan. 9 Illinois Wesleyan W 83-73 

Jan. 12 Eastern Illinois W 79-78 

Jan. 16 at Wabash W 102-71 


Jan. 23 Indiana Central W 83-65 






Feb. 6 at Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) W(ot) 61-59 

Feb. 9 at Indiana Central L 64-58 






1974-75 14-11 (8-4) 




Nov. 30 Notre Dame L 91-80 



Dec. 6 Gustavus Adolphus ! W (ot) 84-82 

Dec. 7 Wittenberg ! W 61-53 


Dec. 11 at Illinois Wesleyan L 71-59 

Dec. 14 Indiana State W 86-77 

# - Christmas Tournament (Detroit, Mich.) 

Dec. 27 vs. Capital # L 61-58 

Dec. 28 at Wayne State # W 71-66 

Jan. 8 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh L 78-77 



Jan. 18 Wabash W 75-70 




Feb. 3 at Loyola W 69-60 

Feb. 5 at Wabash L 82-75 

Feb. 8 Air Force W 78-59 






Mar. 1 at Tulane L (ot) 79-75 

1975-76 12-14 (7-5) 




Nov. 29 Wisconsin-Oshkosh W 93-79 




Dec. 6 Capital ! W 69-63 

Dec. 9 Northwestern L 98-77 

Dec. 13 Illinois Wesleyan L 66-65 

Dec. 20 at Augustana (S.D.) L 72-68 

Dec. 22 at South Dakota State L 76-74 

Dec. 29 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire L 66-59 

Dec. 30 at Armstrong State W 75-59 

Jan. 10 Indiana Central W 75-54 

Jan. 14 at Butler L(2ot) 73-69 






Jan. 28 at Wabash W 96-70 







Feb. 21 at Indiana Central W 81-73 

Feb. 24 Butler W (ot) 82-81 

1976-77 13-12 

Head Coach - Ken Rochlitz 



Nov. 26 Augsburg ! W (ot) 61-60 

Nov. 27 Wartburg ! W 92-74 


Dec. 7 at Illinois Wesleyan L 69-63 

Dec. 11 Augustana (S.D.) W 82-72 

Dec. 13 South Dakota State W 83-72 


# - Christmas Tournament (Eau Claire, Wis.) 

Dec. 29 vs. Augustana (Ill.) # L 81-78 

Dec. 30 vs. Saint Thomas # W 86-79 






Jan. 24 at Loyola L 78-65 

Jan. 26 Milwaukee W 70-61 




Feb. 14 Tulane W (ot) 79-76 



Feb. 26 at Wayne State W 68-63 

Feb. 28 at DePaul L 88-72 

Mar. 5 Indiana State L 77-70 

1977-78 6-19 (1-4) 




Nov. 26 Western Michigan L 90-77 

Nov. 29 at Illinois State L 98-81 



Dec. 13 at Missouri L 91-75 


Dec. 16 Carthage ! W(2ot) 94-87 


Dec. 29 Navy W 62-60 


Jan. 14 Loyola W 70-65 



Jan. 23 Maine L 79-66 

Jan. 25 at Loyola L 90-65 

Jan. 30 at Tennessee Tech L 81-73 

Feb. 1 Xavier L 69-60 

Feb. 4 Northern Colorado L 83-80 


Feb. 13 Air Force L 67-60 


Feb. 18 at Xavier W (ot) 76-75 



Mar. 1 DePaul L 89-62 

Mar. 4 at Milwaukee L 102-58 

1978-79 4-21 



Nov. 24 Gustavus Adolphus W 97-87 

Nov. 25 Carthage L 77-76 

Nov. 29 at Western Michigan L 72-66 


Dec. 5 Baltimore W 73-62 

Dec. 7 Centenary L (ot) 76-69 

Dec. 9 Northwestern L 85-61 

Dec. 13 at Bowling Green L 80-70 

Dec. 18 Arkansas-Little Rock W 66-64 

Dec. 30 Ball State L 80-63 

Jan. 6 at Northern Colorado L (ot) 64-56 


2008-09 



Jan. 24 Illinois State L 88-67 




Feb. 12 at Northern Illinois L 110-68 

Feb. 14 DePauw L (ot) 77-75 

Xavier L 70-59 

Feb. 21 at DePaul L 104-76 


Mar. 3 Butler L 88-75 

at Xavier L 63-60 

1979-80 8-18 




Dec. 3 at Southern Illinois L 94-86 




Dec. 17 Bowling Green L 60-59 

Dec. 22 Central Michigan W 61-58 

! - KOA Classic (Billings, Mont.) 

Dec. 28 at Montana State ! L 73-50 

Dec. 29 vs. Fordham ! W(2ot) 87-84 

Jan. 5 Milwaukee L 63-62 

Jan. 7 Westmont W 76-58 

Jan. 12 Northern Iowa L 69-55 




Jan. 24 at Arkansas-Little Rock L 82-73 

Jan. 26 at Centenary L 76-68 

Jan. 30 Northern Illinois L 52-48 


Feb. 6 UIC W 58-53 


Feb. 13 DePaul L 95-71 



Feb. 23 at Cleveland State L 85-67 

Mar. 1 Air Force W 67-60 

1980-81 12-15 

Head Coach - Tom Smith 


Dec. 1 Montana State W 59-52 

Dec. 3 Tri-State W 72-57 

Dec. 6 Northland W 91-59 

Dec. 8 at Central Michigan L 80-64 



Dec. 20 at Bradley L 100-47 


Dec. 30 Southern Illinois L 60-59 

Jan. 3 at New Orleans W 60-58 

Jan. 6 at South Florida L 74-61 

! - Florida Southern Festival (Lakeland, Fla.) 

Jan. 9 at Florida Southern ! W 92-79 

Jan. 10 vs. Texas-Arlington ! L 70-67 

Jan. 12 Baltimore W 83-68 


Jan. 17 Bethel W 58-52 

Jan. 19 Illinois State L 72-58 

Jan. 22 Northern Iowa W (ot) 61-58 

Jan. 26 at Northern Illinois L 69-46 

Jan. 29 UIC W 80-60 


Feb. 4 Cleveland State L 74-53 

Feb. 7 at Northern Iowa L(2ot) 58-54 

Feb. 16 at Illinois State L 55-38 

Feb. 19 Portland State W 87-81 

Feb. 26 at Marquette L 73-58 



2008-09 

1981-82 9-18 



Nov. 28 Anderson W 63-58 

Nov. 30 Loyola L 84-59 

Dec. 5 at Bradley L 79-58 

Dec. 7 Cleveland State L 76-72 

Dec. 12 at Butler L 85-76 

Dec. 14 Evansville L 78-56 



Jan. 2 at Montana State W 50-48 


Jan. 9 Green Bay L 69-62 

Jan. 16 at Western Illinois L 80-70 

Jan. 19 Tri-State W 85-60 

Jan. 23 at Green Bay L 58-49 

Jan. 25 Saint Francis W 75-66 

Jan. 27 at UIC L 95-81 

Jan. 28 Utica W 61-59 

Jan. 30 at Northern Iowa L 76-70 


Feb. 3 Eastern Illinois L 66-65 

Feb. 8 Northern Iowa L 70-65 

Feb. 10 Western Illinois W 80-75 

Feb. 13 UIC L 67-66 


Feb. 20 at Eastern Illinois L 84-75 



1982-83 13-15 (4-9) 


AMCU (6 th /8) 


Nov. 27 Illinois Tech W 80-67 

Nov. 30 Butler W 76-74 


Dec. 4 Bethel W 70-67 

Dec. 7 Saint Xavier W 67-59 

Dec. 11 at Baltimore W 75-73 


Dec. 18 Saint Louis W 73-65 


! - Senior Bowl Classic (Mobile, Ala.) 

Dec. 27 vs. Northeastern ! L 74-71 

Dec. 28 vs. Baltimore ! W 97-83 

Jan. 5 Cleveland State W 75-64 

Jan. 8 Green Bay W 61-56 


Jan. 13 at UIC L 85-68 

Jan. 15 Eastern Illinois L 91-71 




Jan. 29 SW Missouri State L 76-65 

Jan. 31 at Cleveland State W 64-59 

Feb. 5 Western Illinois L 66-63 




Feb. 19 at Green Bay L 73-51 


Feb. 26 UIC W 75-61 

1983-84 9-19 (3-11) 




Nov. 28 Goshen W 86-65 

Nov. 30 at Butler L 56-44 

Dec. 3 Huntington W 89-65 



Dec. 17 Bradley W 73-55 


! - UAB Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) 


Dec. 22 at Ala.-Birmingham ! L 64-49 

Dec. 23 vs. Samford ! L 75-69 

Dec. 31 at Central Michigan L 78-67 

Jan. 4 at Cleveland State W 52-49 

Jan. 9 Eastern Kentucky L 60-55 


Jan. 16 Western Illinois L 41-40 


Jan. 23 at UIC L 95-65 



Feb. 4 at Western Illinois L 78-66 

Feb. 6 at SW Missouri State L 73-53 


Feb. 16 at Green Bay W 75-70 

Feb. 18 at Northern Iowa L 87-71 

Feb. 25 UIC L 57-54 


Mar. 1 at Saint Louis L 70-62 

Mar. 4 Butler W 76-73 

# - AMCU Tournament 

Mar. 9 vs. UIC # L 67-46 

1984-85 8-20 (4-10) 




Nov. 27 Western Michigan L 90-57 

Dec. 1 Illinois Tech W 81-56 


Dec. 5 Saint Xavier L 51-47 


Dec. 12 at Maine L 63-61 

! - AAA-Drake Classic (Des Moines, Iowa) 

Dec. 14 vs. Texas A&M ! L 76-66 

Dec. 15 vs. North Texas State ! W 79-63 

Jan. 5 Tri-State W 57-56 

Jan. 10 Huntington W 66-49 

Jan. 12 at UIC L 84-64 


Jan. 17 Utica L 64-47 




Jan. 28 SW Missouri State W(3ot) 79-74 


Feb. 9 UIC L 62-47 

Feb. 11 at Green Bay W 66-55 






Mar. 2 at Cleveland State L 105-87 

Mar. 4 Butler L 56-50 


Mar. 6 at Western Illinois # L 76-71 

1985-86 9-19 (5-9) 




Nov. 24 Illinois Tech W 66-46 

Dec. 2 at Eastern Kentucky L 73-48 

Dec. 5 Huntington W 80-46 


Dec. 9 Marion W (ot) 77-75 



! - Milwaukee Classic (Milwaukee, Wis.) 

Dec. 27 at Marquette ! L 70-57 

Dec. 28 vs. Penn State ! L 52-40 

Jan. 7 Knox W 58-56 

Jan. 9 at UIC L 91-71 



Jan. 18 Western Illinois L (ot) 62-56 



Jan. 25 at Eastern Illinois W 88-80 

Jan. 27 at SW Missouri State W 66-62 


Feb. 8 UIC W 87-70 

Feb. 10 Green Bay W (ot) 62-55 





Feb. 24 SW Missouri State L 62-44 



Mar. 6 vs. Eastern Illinois # L 85-65 

1986-87 12-16 (4-10) 




Nov. 30 Western Michigan W 77-76 


Dec. 6 Illinois Benedictine W 76-68 

Dec. 10 Butler W 74-56 

! - Cardinal Varsity Club Classic (Muncie, Ind.) 

Dec. 12 at Ball State ! L 62-61 

Dec. 13 vs. Miss. Valley State ! W 70-68 



Jan. 7 Huntington W 91-73 


Jan. 13 Marian W 66-61 



Jan. 24 at Western Illinois W 62-58 

Jan. 26 Cleveland State L (ot) 78-67 

Jan. 31 at SW Missouri State L 72-38 



Feb. 7 UIC L 77-65 








Mar. 2 at UIC L 75-64 


Mar. 5 vs. UIC # L 95-74 

1987-88 12-16 (3-11) 




Dec. 1 Bethel W 81-49 



Dec. 9 Grinnell W 68-40 



! - Met Life Classic (San Francisco, Calif.) 

Dec. 21 at San Francisco ! W 78-69 

Dec. 22 vs. Texas A&M ! L 72-67 

Dec. 30 at Ball State L 69-63 

Jan. 2 Eastern Michigan W 59-57 


Jan. 11 Manchester W 79-41 



Jan. 23 Western Illinois W 86-79 

Jan. 25 at Cleveland State L 91-72 


Feb. 1 at Eastern Illinois W 63-59 


Feb. 6 at UIC L 71-56 

Feb. 8 Green Bay L 54-52 





Feb. 24 Marquette W 70-66 


Feb. 29 UIC W 86-80 

1988-89 10-19 (4-8) 

Head Coach - Homer Drew 

AMCU (t-5 th /7) 


Nov. 25 at Butler L 83-53 

Nov. 27 Evansville L 75-56 



Dec. 5 Air Force L 59-56 

! - Champion Holiday Classic (Missoula, Mont.) 

Dec. 9 at Montana ! L 73-61 

Dec. 10 vs. Centenary ! W 81-79 


Dec. 17 Notre Dame W (ot) 71-68 

Jan. 7 at Xavier L 97-88 

Jan. 9 at Eastern Michigan L 78-63 

Jan. 14 UIC L 92-64 






Feb. 4 Cleveland State W 91-88 


Feb. 11 at UIC L 95-74 




Feb. 20 Northern Iowa W 79-70 


Feb. 27 at SW Missouri State W 62-59 

Mar. 4 at Cleveland State L 107-86 


Mar. 6 vs. Green Bay # W 53-51 

Mar. 7 at SW Missouri State # L 82-50 

1989-90 4-24 (1-11) 




Nov. 25 at Air Force L 79-65 

Nov. 27 at Colorado L 93-53 


Dec. 9 Kent State L 70-48 

Dec. 11 at Youngstown State L 89-71 


Dec. 16 Xavier L 95-63 


Jan. 2 at Florida International W 91-69 

! - Tangerine Classic (Orlando, Fla.) 

Jan. 5 vs. Central Florida ! W 90-89 

Jan. 6 at Rollins ! L 82-65 

Jan. 11 Indiana Wesleyan W 78-57 

Jan. 15 at Cleveland State L 79-65 

Jan. 18 Northern Illinois L 68-59 

Jan. 20 at SW Missouri State L 73-56 

Jan. 22 at Eastern Illinois L 67-63 




Feb. 7 UIC L 66-65 




Feb. 21 at UIC L 81-64 



Mar. 1 Green Bay L 71-56 


Mar. 5 vs. Green Bay # L 64-57 

70 


1990-91 5-22 (2-14) 


Mid-Continent Conference (9 th /9) 


! - Boise Classic (Boise, Idaho) 

Nov. 23 at Boise State ! L 70-53 

Nov. 24 vs. Eastern Washington! L 77-66 


Dec. 3 Air Force W 72-61 


Dec. 10 Youngstown State W 68-65 


Jan. 2 at Notre Dame L 66-50 

Jan. 5 Akron L 73-60 

Jan. 7 Cleveland State L 70-57 


Jan. 12 UIC W 75-68 

Jan. 14 at Green Bay W 58-55 




Jan. 29 at Toledo W 82-76 

Feb. 2 at Akron L 70-53 


Feb. 7 Northern Illinois L 72-42 

Feb. 9 at UIC L 73-58 

Feb. 14 Detroit L 79-68 




Feb. 25 at Cincinnati L 90-47 


1991-92 5-22 (2-14) 


Mid-Continent Conference (9 th /9) 


Nov. 23 at Air Force W 73-68 

Nov. 26 at Detroit L 82-65 

Dec. 2 Baylor L 77-68 

Dec. 4 Toledo W 61-58 

Dec. 7 Florida International W 74-69 


Dec. 11 Butler L 83-80 

Dec. 14 at Kent State L 76-45 



Jan. 6 UIC L 74-45 

Jan. 11 at Eastern Illinois L 51-46 


Jan. 18 at Wright State L 70-63 

Jan. 23 Bethel L 85-82 


Jan. 27 Akron L 72-61 

Feb. 3 Wright State L 68-66 




Feb. 15 Northern Illinois L 81-75 


Feb. 22 at Akron L 64-60 


Feb. 29 at UIC L 86-77 

Mar. 2 at Green Bay L 69-25 

1992-93 12-16 (7-9) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-6 th /9) 


Dec. 1 Air Force W 66-58 

! - Baylor Classic (Waco, Texas) 

Dec. 4 at Baylor ! L 104-87 

Dec. 5 vs. Centenary ! L (ot) 92-89 

Dec. 9 Evansville L 84-77 

Dec. 12 Ball State W(2ot) 78-75 

Dec. 21 at Brown L (ot) 80-79 

Dec. 23 at Niagara L 102-68 



Jan. 9 Wright State L 92-78 




Jan. 25 UIC L(2ot) 88-86 


Jan. 30 Youngstown State W (ot) 85-76 


Feb. 6 at UIC W(2ot)101-94 

Feb. 8 Green Bay L (ot) 78-71 

Feb. 13 Northern Illinois W 72-61 

Feb. 15 at Wright State L 79-67 

Feb. 18 at Youngstown State W 93-72 


Feb. 25 Carthage W 84-68 


Mar. 1 at Western Illinois W(ot)104-100 

Mar. 3 at Notre Dame W 80-66 

# - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament 

Mar. 7 vs. Northern Illinois # W 83-75 

Mar. 9 at Wright State # L 82-72 

1993-94 20-8 (14-4) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-2 nd /10) 


Nov. 28 at Notre Dame L 95-74 

Dec. 1 Niagara W 90-59 


Dec. 6 Indiana-South Bend W 92-60 


Dec. 18 Dartmouth W 100-54 

Dec. 30 at Air Force W 84-79 

Jan. 6 Brown L 76-73 


Jan. 13 at Milwaukee W 73-65 

Jan. 15 Northern Illinois W 77-70 

Jan. 17 Wright State W 63-59 


Jan. 24 Youngstown State W (ot) 93-84 

Jan. 27 UIC L 72-61 


Jan. 31 at Eastern Illinois W 65-60 

Feb. 5 at Northern Illinois L 69-63 

Feb. 7 at Wright State W (ot) 75-68 

Feb. 12 Milwaukee W 62-53 

Feb. 14 at Western Illinois W(2ot) 94-92 

Feb. 19 Green Bay W 63-56 


Feb. 24 at UIC L 92-71 

Feb. 26 at Cleveland State W 83-76 


! - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament 

Mar. 6 vs. Eastern Illinois ! W 74-62 

Mar. 7 vs. UIC ! L 84-79 

Mike Jones took the court for 

the Crusaders from 

1986-1990. 

1994-95 20-8 (14-4) 


Mid-Continent Conference (1 st /10) 


Nov. 27 at Notre Dame L 77-69 


Dec. 3 Carthage W 86-56 

Dec. 6 at Wisconsin L 69-51 

! - Boilermaker Invitational (W. Lafayette, Ind.) 

Dec. 9 vs. Rutgers ! L 75-60 

Dec. 10 vs. Austin Peay ! W 73-69 

Dec. 31 Saint Francis (Ind.) W 73-66 


Jan. 5 at UMKC L 72-60 

Jan. 7 Northeastern Illinois W 64-45 

Jan. 9 Chicago State W 104-68 

Jan. 14 at Troy State L 93-76 

Jan. 16 at Central Conn. State W 74-43 


Jan. 26 Oral Roberts W 81-66 

Jan. 28 Buffalo W 64-63 

Jan. 30 Youngstown State W 72-58 

Feb. 4 UMKC W 78-57 


Feb. 11 at Chicago State W 93-73 

Feb. 13 at Northeastern Illinois W 87-78 

Feb. 18 Central Conn. State W 80-63 

Feb. 20 Troy State W 99-83 


Feb. 27 at Youngstown State L 79-75 

Mar. 1 at Buffalo L 90-85 


Mar. 5 Youngstown State # W 77-52 

Mar. 7 Western Illinois # W(3ot) 88-85 

1995-96 22-10 (13-5) 




! - Big Island Invitational (Hilo, Hawaii) 

Nov. 24 vs. Minnesota ! L 70-66 

Nov. 25 vs. Utah State ! W 79-70 

Nov. 26 vs. Toledo ! W 84-65 

Dec. 2 Grace W 75-51 

Dec. 6 Marian W 76-65 

Dec. 9 at Milwaukee W (ot) 82-77 


* - Game later forfeited to Valpo 

Dec. 21 at Purdue L* 74-53 

Dec. 23 Canisius L 72-68 

Dec. 28 at UIC L 84-72 




Jan. 13 at Central Conn. State W 79-76 

Jan. 15 at Troy State L 115-104 



Jan. 27 at UMKC W 65-57 



Feb. 10 Troy State W 102-92 

Feb. 12 Central Conn. State W 97-82 


Feb. 19 at Buffalo W 73-64 


Feb. 24 UMKC W 69-57 

Feb. 26 at Northeastern Ill. L(ot) 100-96 



Mar. 3 vs. Chicago State # W 118-83 

Mar. 4 vs. Eastern Illinois # W 78-65 

Mar. 5 vs. Western Illinois # W 75-52 

$ - NCAA First Round (Tempe, Ariz.) 

Mar. 15 vs. Arizona $ L 90-51 

2008-09 

1996-97 24-7 (13-3) 




! - Preseason NIT 

Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt ! L 74-66 

Nov. 25 at Canisius W 66-52 

Nov. 27 at Northern Illinois W 88-83 

Dec. 4 Indiana Wesleyan W 92-69 

Dec. 7 Milwaukee W 71-46 

Dec. 10 Green Bay W 50-44 

Dec. 14 UIC W 77-68 

# - Hoosier Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Dec. 27 vs. Army # W 88-48 

Dec. 29 vs. Indiana # L 72-51 

Jan. 2 at Troy State W 76-70 




Jan. 11 at Northeastern IllinoisW(ot) 82-80 

Jan. 14 at Chicago State W 76-59 

Jan. 18 Central Conn. State W 61-54 

Jan. 20 at Oral Roberts L 76-72 


Jan. 27 Northland W 110-77 



Feb. 6 Chicago State W 85-58 

Feb. 8 Northeastern Illinois W 102-84 

Feb. 12 at Central Conn. State W 71-59 

Feb. 15 at Western Illinois W 83-74 

Feb. 22 UMKC W 90-63 

Feb. 24 at Troy State L (ot) 72-69 

$ - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament 

Mar. 2 vs. Central Conn. State$ W 97-73 

Mar. 3 vs. Northeastern Illinois$W 88-82 

Mar. 4 vs. Western Illinois $ W 63-59 

% - NCAA First Round (Salt Lake City, Utah) 

Mar. 13 vs. Boston College % L 73-66 

1997-98 23-10 (13-3) 




Nov. 15 Bethel L 85-75 

Nov. 17 Purdue L 73-56 

! - Big Island Invitational (Hilo, Hawaii) 

Nov. 28 vs. Montana ! W 70-58 

Nov. 29 vs. Stanford ! L 70-65 

Nov. 30 vs. Pacific ! W 75-73 

Dec. 6 Elmhurst W 85-70 

Dec. 9 at Green Bay L 60-52 

Dec. 13 at UIC L 72-51 

Dec. 20 at UMKC W 80-68 

Dec. 22 at Belmont W 78-62 

Dec. 31 at Western Illinois L 63-62 



Jan. 8 at Southern Utah W 79-70 



Jan. 21 Northern Illinois W 87-73 

Jan. 24 Youngstown State L 69-66 

Jan. 26 at Saint Louis L 77-66 

Jan. 29 at Northeastern Illinois W 88-82 


Feb. 5 Oral Roberts W 90-68 

Feb. 7 Southern Utah W 66-56 


Feb. 14 Belmont W 95-61 


Feb. 23 UMKC W 75-65 



Mar. 2 vs. Buffalo # W 84-73 

Mar. 3 vs. Youngstown State # W 67-48 

$ - NCAA First Round (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 


2008-09 

Mar. 13 vs. Mississippi $ W 70-69 

% - NCAA Second Round (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 

Mar. 15 vs. Florida State % W (ot) 83-77 

^ - NCAA Regional Semifinal (St. Louis, Mo.) 

Mar. 20 vs. Rhode Island ^ L 74-68 

1998-99 23-9 (10-4) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-1 st /8) 


! - NABC Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Nov. 7 vs. South Carolina ! W 67-61 

Nov. 8 vs. Seton Hall ! W 64-54 

Nov. 15 Northland W 84-72 

Nov. 23 Kendall W 86-50 

Nov. 28 at Norfolk State W 79-59 

Nov. 30 at Illinois L 53-49 

Dec. 2 Norfolk State W 104-69 

Dec. 5 UMKC W 66-63 

Dec. 7 Oral Roberts W 71-62 

# - Boilermaker Invitational (W. Lafayette, Ind.) 

Dec. 11 at Purdue # L 78-70 

Dec. 12 vs. Eastern Washington#L 70-66 

Dec. 22 at Green Bay L 77-50 

Jan. 2 Southern Utah W 90-69 

Jan. 7 at Oakland W 76-72 

Jan. 9 Youngstown State W (ot)83-76 

Jan. 11 Belmont W 71-68 



Jan. 23 IUPUI W 86-71 

Jan. 28 Oakland W 72-68 


Feb. 4 at UMKC W 86-73 

Feb. 6 at Oral Roberts L 68-67 




Feb. 20 at IUPUI W 75-58 

Feb. 22 at Belmont W 74-62 


Feb. 28 vs. Chicago State $ W 81-43 

Mar. 1 vs. Western Illinois $ W 77-59 

Mar. 2 vs. Oral Roberts $ W 73-69 

% - NCAA First Round (Orlando, Fla.) 

Mar. 11 vs. Maryland % L 82-60 


1999-2000 19-13 (10-6) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-2 nd /9) 


Nov. 21 Trinity International W 100-49 

! - Hoop and Quill Classic (St. Charles, Mo.) 

Nov. 26 vs. Mississippi State ! W 68-59 

Nov. 27 vs. Murray State ! L 78-58 

Nov. 28 vs. Evansville ! L 71-66 

Dec. 2 at Oral Roberts L 61-55 

Dec. 4 at Minnesota L 57-44 


Dec. 11 at Houston L 90-72 

Dec. 12 at Texas A&M-CC W 75-67 

Dec. 19 Wisconsin Lutheran W 82-43 

# - All-College Tournament (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 

Dec. 29 vs. Arkansas State # L 64-56 

Dec. 30 vs. Mount Saint Mary’s # W 68-48 


Jan. 6 at Southern Utah L 86-79 

Jan. 10 Belmont W (ot) 89-86 


Jan. 15 at Youngstown State L 55-49 



Jan. 29 at IUPUI W 65-49 

Feb. 3 at Oakland W 65-62 


Feb. 7 at Belmont W 86-60 

Feb. 10 UMKC W 92-76 



Feb. 19 Youngstown State W 65-57 

Feb. 24 at Chicago State L 69-47 

Feb. 26 IUPUI W 68-41 


Mar. 6 vs. Oral Roberts $ W 71-56 

Mar. 7 vs. Southern Utah $ W 71-62 

% - NCAA First Round (Cleveland, Ohio) 

Mar. 16 vs. Michigan State % L 65-38 

Valparaiso took on Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament in 2000. 

2000-01 24-8 (13-3) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-1 st /9) 


Nov. 18 Indiana-South Bend W 80-66 

! - Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 

Nov. 22 at Alaska-Anchorage ! W 83-67 

Nov. 24 vs. Missouri ! L 77-61 

Nov. 25 vs. Ohio State ! W 67-64 

Nov. 29 at Milwaukee L 61-59 

Dec. 2 UNC-Wilmington W 77-69 

Dec. 4 Belmont W 70-58 

Dec. 7 Texas A&M-CC W 94-72 

Dec. 9 at Rhode Island W 69-62 

# - at Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Dec. 16 vs. Purdue # L 73-46 

Dec. 22 Cal State-Fullerton W 65-52 

$ - Hoosier Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Dec. 28 vs. Colorado State $ W 61-47 

Dec. 29 vs. Indiana $ L 63-60 








Jan. 29 Western Illinois W (ot) 77-69 


Feb. 3 UMKC W 72-61 



Feb. 15 at Oakland W 82-70 

Feb. 17 IUPUI L 64-56 



% - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament 

Mar. 4 vs. Chicago State % W 84-72 

Mar. 5 vs. IUPUI % W 65-54 

Mar. 6 vs. Southern Utah % L 62-59 

2001-02 25-8 (12-2) 




Nov. 16 Purdue L 73-69 

Nov. 19 at Belmont L 74-72 

Nov. 21 at Indiana State W 71-54 

Nov. 24 Milwaukee W 82-69 

Nov. 27 at Northern Illinois W 70-50 

Nov. 29 Youngstown State W 80-50 

Dec. 5 at Charlotte W 70-63 

Dec. 8 Rhode Island W 68-43 

Dec. 13 Goshen W 98-54 

! - Yahoo Sports Invitational (Laie, Hawaii) 

Dec. 20 vs. New Mexico State ! L 94-77 

Dec. 21 vs. Columbia ! W 71-55 

Dec. 22 vs. Buffalo ! W 87-80 

# - Fiesta Bowl Classic (Tucson, Ariz.) 

Dec. 28 vs. West Virginia # W 76-57 

Dec. 30 at Arizona # L 74-70 

Jan. 2 at Kansas L 81-73 





Jan. 19 UMKC W 78-60 

Jan. 24 at IUPUI W (ot) 74-73 







Feb. 21 Oakland W 79-72 



Mar. 3 vs. Chicago State $ W 81-50 

Mar. 4 vs. UMKC $ W 71-58 

Mar. 5 vs. IUPUI $ W 88-55 

% - NCAA First Round (St. Louis, Mo.) 

Mar. 14 vs. Kentucky % L 83-68 

2002-03 20-11 (12-2) 

Head Coach - Scott Drew 



Nov. 24 at Syracuse L 81-66 

Nov. 26 Indiana State W 81-56 

Nov. 30 Northern Illinois W 78-67 

Dec. 2 at Cincinnati L 76-50 


Dec. 11 at Milwaukee L 75-61 

Dec. 14 Samford W(2ot) 87-79 

Dec. 20 Belmont W 83-65 



Dec. 30 at Missouri L 65-47 

! - at United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 

Jan. 4 vs. Notre Dame ! L 55-53 







Feb. 1 UMKC L (ot) 71-68 

Feb. 4 Charlotte W 73-59 



Feb. 15 at Southern Utah W 69-61 

Feb. 20 Oakland W 81-65 



Mar. 1 at Oral Roberts L 89-75 


Mar. 9 vs. Chicago State # W 82-62 

Mar. 10 vs. UMKC # W 71-50 

Mar. 11 vs. IUPUI # L 66-64 

$ - NIT First Round (Iowa City, Iowa) 

Mar. 17 at Iowa $ L 62-60 

72 


2003-04 18-13 (11-5) 




! - Blue and Gold Classic (Milwaukee, Wis.) 

Nov. 21 vs. Ark.-Monticello ! W 72-53 

Nov. 22 at Marquette ! L 75-70 

Nov. 25 South Florida L 64-62 

Dec. 2 Cincinnati L 68-49 

Dec. 8 Indiana State W 59-53 

Dec. 10 Milwaukee L 86-82 

Dec. 12 Loyola L 76-69 

# - Fiesta Bowl Classic (Tucson, Ariz.) 

Dec. 28 vs. La.-Lafayette # L 95-71 

Dec. 30 vs. Liberty # W 72-54 


Jan. 5 IUPUI L 79-67 


Jan. 10 at Oral Roberts L (ot) 87-81 



Jan. 22 Centenary W 77-66 



Jan. 31 at Western Illinois W (ot) 81-79 

Feb. 5 at Centenary L 78-73 



Feb. 14 UMKC W 70-60 

Feb. 21 at Southern Utah L 75-58 

Feb. 26 at Duke L 97-63 

Feb. 28 IPFW W 83-61 

Mar. 2 Chicago State W 74-66 


Mar. 7 vs. Oakland $ W 73-64 

Mar. 8 vs. UMKC $ W 90-78 

Mar. 9 vs. IUPUI $ W 75-70 

% - NCAA First Round (Seattle, Wash.) 

Mar. 18 vs. Gonzaga % L 76-49 

2004-05 15-16 (10-6) 


Mid-Continent Conference (3 rd /9) 


Nov. 19 at Cincinnati L 88-70 

Nov. 23 at Central Michigan L 68-55 

Nov. 27 Charlotte L 85-71 

! - at United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 

Dec. 4 vs. Duke ! L 93-61 

Dec. 9 at Indiana State L(ot) 70-68 

Dec. 11 Milwaukee W 72-71 

# - Las Vegas Holiday Classic (Host sites/Las Vegas, Nev.) 

Dec. 16 Northwestern State # W 74-61 

Dec. 19 at Illinois # L 93-56 

$ - Arizona State Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) 

Dec. 28 vs. Penn State $ W 69-56 

Dec. 29 at Arizona State $ L 89-65 

Dec. 30 vs. Northern Iowa # L 67-49 

Dec. 31 vs. Longwood # W 75-68 


Jan. 8 Oral Roberts L 75-68 


Jan. 13 UMKC L 84-78 





^ - at Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) 

Feb. 3 at IUPUI ^ W 64-61 

Feb. 5 Centenary W (ot) 81-75 


Feb. 12 IUPUI L 63-57 

Feb. 14 at Centenary W 61-51 



Feb. 23 IPFW W (ot) 74-72 



Feb. 28 at UMKC L 80-79 

& - Mid-Continent Conference Tournament 

Mar. 6 vs. Chicago State & L 72-67 

2005-06 17-12 (8-8) 


Mid-Continent Conference (t-4 th /9) 


Nov. 23 at IPFW W 74-68 

Nov. 28 Indiana-South Bend W 111-41 

! - Hawkeye Challenge (Iowa City, Iowa) 

Dec. 2 vs. Tulane ! W 79-72 

Dec. 3 at Iowa ! L 72-59 


Dec. 10 at Charlotte W 80-77 

Dec. 18 at Duke L 104-77 

Dec. 20 at Longwood W 82-79 

Dec. 27 UMKC L 75-62 

Dec. 29 at Centenary W 89-74 


Jan. 7 Longwood W 105-73 


Jan. 11 IPFW W 88-72 


Jan. 19 at Chicago State L 90-76 


Jan. 26 at Oakland L 95-89 

Jan. 28 IUPUI L (ot) 87-82 

Feb. 2 Centenary W 99-73 


Feb. 9 at IUPUI L 75-67 



Feb. 18 Niagara W 88-82 

Feb. 23 at UMKC L 73-70 



Mar. 5 vs. Southern Utah # W 77-66 

Mar. 6 vs. Oral Roberts # L 77-58 

2006-07 16-15 (9-5) 


Mid-Continent Conference (3 rd /8) 


Nov. 11 Calumet W 84-65 


Nov. 18 at Niagara W 70-58 

Nov. 21 at North Carolina St. L 78-64 

Nov. 27 #8/9 Marquette L 65-62 

Nov. 29 #19/18 Butler L 60-47 

Dec. 2 at #3/1 Ohio State L 78-58 



# - Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) 

Dec. 21 vs. Creighton # L 68-43 

Dec. 22 vs. Charlotte # L 74-62 

Dec. 23 vs. San Francisco # W 64-59 

Dec. 30 Chicago State W 67-64 

Jan. 4 at Centenary W 66-62 


Jan. 11 Oakland L 81-76 

Jan. 13 IUPUI W 69-55 


Jan. 22 IPFW W 59-45 

Jan. 25 at UMKC W (ot) 56-52 


Feb. 1 Oral Roberts W (ot) 70-67 

Feb. 3 Centenary W 68-50 


Feb. 8 at IUPUI L 68-54 

Feb. 10 at Oakland L 64-61 


Feb. 17 at Western Michigan L (ot) 89-80 


Feb. 24 UMKC W 77-61 

$ - Mid-Con Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) 

Mar. 4 vs. UMKC $ L 84-76 

2007-08 22-14 (9-9) 


Horizon League (t-4 th /10) 


! - South Padre Island Invitational 

Nov. 12 Grace ! W 90-59 


Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt ! L 87-78 

Nov. 23 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore ! W 66-55 

Nov. 24 vs. Austin Peay ! W 61-47 

Nov. 28 Western Michigan W 77-65 

Dec. 1 Ball State W 71-58 

Dec. 6 at Wright State * W 71-66 

Dec. 8 at Detroit * W 81-68 

Dec. 11 Evansville W 75-67 

Dec. 15 Chicago State W 90-61 


Dec. 30 at #1/1 North Carolina L 90-58 

Jan. 2 Indiana Wesleyan W 93-46 

Jan. 5 at #16/17 Butler * L 73-65 

Jan. 10 Milwaukee * L 71-69 

Jan. 12 Green Bay * W 82-73 

Jan. 17 at Youngstown State * W 67-61 

Jan. 19 at Cleveland State * L 69-63 

Jan. 24 UIC * W 60-56 

Jan. 26 Loyola * L 65-63 

Feb. 5 #10/11 Butler * L 71-68 

Feb. 7 at Green Bay * L(ot) 76-71 

Feb. 11 at UIC * L 77-53 

Feb. 14 Cleveland State * L 71-58 

Feb. 16 Youngstown State * W 77-58 

Feb. 20 at Loyola * L 68-61 

Feb. 23 Miami (Ohio) W(2ot) 99-94 

Feb. 25 at Milwaukee * W 66-57 

Feb. 28 Detroit * W 59-56 

Mar. 1 Wright State * W(ot) 75-73 

# - Horizon League Championship 

Mar. 4 Green Bay # W 75-67 

Mar. 7 vs. Wright State # W 72-67 

Mar. 8 vs. Cleveland State # L 78-73 

$ - College Basketball Invitational 

Mar. 19 at Washington $ W 72-71 

Mar. 24 at Houston $ L 91-67 

2008-09 

Special thanks goes to Judy 

Miller, Special Collections 

Librarian at Valparaiso 

University, for her assistance 

in gathering dates and 

locations for games previously 

missing information. 

Valpo hosted Duke at the United Center in front of over 10,000 fans 

on December 4, 2004 and will return to Chicago’s premier facility 

on December 20, 2008 to host North Carolina. 


2008-09 

All-Time Series Records 

First Last 

Opponent Mtg. Mtg. Record 

Adrian 1923-24 1925-26 1-1 

Air Force 1925-26 1993-94 9-14 

Akron 1990-91 1991-92 0-4 

Alabama 1955-56 1955-56 0-1 

Alabama-Birmingham 1983-84 1983-84 0-1 

Alaska-Anchorage 2000-01 2000-01 1-0 

Alberta 1965-66 1965-66 1-0 

Alumni Association 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

American College 1919-20 1932-33 10-2 

American Gymnastics 1920-21 1920-21 2-0 

American International 1947-48 1970-71 2-0 

Anderson 1981-82 1981-82 1-0 

Arizona 1995-96 2001-02 0-2 

Arizona State 2004-05 2004-05 0-1 

Arkansas Agriculture1921-22 1927-28 5-0 

Arkansas State 1947-48 1999-2000 2-1 

Arkansas-Little Rock 1978-79 1979-80 1-1 

Arkansas-Monticello 2003-04 2003-04 1-0 

Armour Institute 1919-20 1920-21 2-0 

Armstrong State 1975-76 1975-76 1-0 

Army 1996-97 1996-97 1-0 

Augsburg 1976-77 1976-77 1-0 

Augustana 1931-32 1971-72 2-0 

Augustana (Ill.) 1976-77 1976-77 0-1 

Augustana (S.D.) 1975-76 1976-77 1-1 

Aurora 1929-30 1930-31 2-1 

Austin Peay 1994-95 2007-08 2-0 

Baden Hall 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

Ball State 1927-28 2007-08 27-30 

Baltimore 1978-79 1982-83 4-0 

Baylor 1991-92 1992-93 0-2 

Beechcraft Fliers 1943-44 1943-44 1-0 

Belmont 1997-98 2002-03 8-1 

Beloit 1946-47 1948-49 0-4 

Bethel 1980-81 1997-98 3-2 

Boeing Aircraft 1943-44 1943-44 0-1 

Boise State 1990-91 1990-91 0-1 

Boston College 1996-97 1996-97 0-1 

Bowling Green 1945-46 1979-80 0-7 

Bradley 1980-81 1983-84 1-2 

Bridgeport Brass 1943-44 1943-44 1-0 

Brigham Young 1945-46 1948-49 1-1 

Brown 1969-70 1993-94 1-2 

Buffalo 1963-64 2001-02 9-2 

Buffalo State 1972-73 1972-73 1-0 

Bunker Hill Navy 1943-44 1944-45 2-1 

Butler 1934-35 2007-08 32-62 

Cal-Davis 1959-60 1959-60 1-0 

Cal Poly 1968-69 1968-69 1-0 

Cal State-Fullerton 2000-01 2000-01 1-0 

Calumet 2006-07 2006-07 1-0 

Camp Custer 1917-18 1917-18 1-0 

Camp Grant 1943-44 1943-44 0-2 

Campion College 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

Canisius 1995-96 1996-97 1-1 

Capital 1965-66 1975-76 3-2 

Carroll 1968-69 1971-72 2-0 

Carthage 1966-67 1994-95 7-1 

Centenary 1978-79 2006-07 8-4 

Central Connecticut St. 1994-95 1996-97 7-0 

Central Florida 1989-90 1989-90 1-0 

Central Michigan 1925-26 2004-05 3-4 

Central Missouri 1937-38 1937-38 0-1 

Central State 1933-34 1945-46 10-13 

Centre College 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

Cessna Bobcats 1943-44 1943-44 0-1 

Chanute Field 1944-45 1944-45 1-0 

Charlotte 1971-72 2006-07 4-2 

First Last 


Chicago 1917-18 1961-62 1-3 

Chicago State 1994-95 2007-08 30-3 

Chicago Tech 1919-20 1932-33 7-0 

Chicago YMCA 1918-19 1918-19 0-1 

Cincinnati 1947-48 2004-05 1-4 

Cincinnati YMCA 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

Cleveland State 1979-80 2007-08 7-24 

Coe 1957-58 1957-58 1-0 

Colorado 1989-90 1989-90 0-1 

Colorado State 2000-01 2000-01 1-0 

Columbia 1957-58 2001-02 1-1 

Columbia College 1923-24 1928-29 8-1 

Concordia 1932-33 1932-33 1-0 

Concordia (Ill.) 1921-22 1968-69 13-3 

Concordia (Ind.) 1927-28 1934-35 4-0 

Concordia (Minn.) 1966-67 1966-67 1-0 

Concordia (Wis.) 1930-31 1942-43 7-3 

Concordia Seminary (Ill.) 1928-29 1928-29 1-0 

Concordia Seminary (Mo.) 1926-27 1952-53 14-6 

Connecticut State 1948-49 1948-49 1-0 

Crane 1917-18 1932-33 4-5 

Creighton 1920-21 2006-07 0-2 

Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 1960-61 1960-61 1-0 

Danville Normal 1927-28 1929-30 1-5 

Dartmouth 1945-46 1993-94 3-2 

Davis and Elkins 1932-33 1933-34 2-0 

Dayton 1920-21 1920-21 0-1 

Delts of Valpo 1930-31 1930-31 1-0 

Denver 1948-49 1948-49 0-1 

DePaul 1920-21 1979-80 8-16 

DePauw 1953-54 1983-84 33-18 

DePauw Pre-Flight 1943-44 1943-44 1-1 

Detroit 1920-21 2007-08 5-8 

Drake 1944-45 1967-68 3-2 

Dubuque 1920-21 1924-25 5-1 

Duke 2003-04 2005-06 0-3 

Duquesne 1933-34 1946-47 0-2 

Eastern Illinois 1968-69 1995-96 16-20 

Eastern Kentucky 1923-24 1985-86 1-3 

Eastern Michigan 1987-88 1988-89 1-1 

Eastern Washington 1942-43 1998-99 0-3 

Elmhurst 1929-30 1997-98 7-4 

Evansville 1931-32 2007-08 17-65 

Florida International 1989-90 1991-92 2-0 

Florida Southern 1980-81 1980-81 1-0 

Florida State 1997-98 1997-98 1-0 

Fordham 1979-80 1979-80 1-0 

Fort Sheridan 1943-44 1943-44 1-0 

Gary Tech 1918-19 1918-19 0-1 

Gary YMCA 1917-18 1932-33 2-1 

General Medical 1922-23 1922-23 1-0 

Geneva 1933-34 1933-34 0-1 

Gonzaga 2003-04 2003-04 0-1 

Goshen 1983-84 2001-02 2-0 

Grace 1995-96 2007-08 2-0 

Grand Rapids JC 1939-40 1939-40 0-1 

Great Lakes NTS 1944-45 1944-45 1-1 

Green Bay 1981-82 2007-08 14-20 

Grinnell 1987-88 1987-88 1-0 

Guatemala Olympics 1949-50 1949-50 1-0 

Gustavus Adolphus 1927-28 1978-79 4-0 

Hahnemann Medical 1920-21 1921-22 2-0 

Hamline 1944-45 1952-53 4-6 

Hanover 1934-35 1941-42 5-8 

Harvard 1961-62 1970-71 2-0 

Havana 1946-47 1946-47 1-0 

Hawaii 1949-50 1949-50 1-0 

Holy Cross 1944-45 1949-50 2-3 

First Last 


Hope 1923-24 1967-68 14-2 

Houston 1955-56 2007-08 1-4 

Huntington 1921-22 1986-87 21-1 

Illinois 1972-73 2004-05 0-5 

Illinois Benedictine 1986-87 1986-87 1-0 

Illinois Central 1943-44 1943-44 1-0 

Illinois College 1933-34 1933-34 1-0 

Illinois State 1939-40 1980-81 3-7 

Illinois Steel 1923-24 1923-24 1-0 

Illinois Tech 1982-83 1988-89 6-0 

Illinois Wesleyan 1973-74 1976-77 1-3 

Indiana 1919-20 2000-01 0-7 

Indiana Central 1931-32 1977-78 10-10 

Indiana Dental 1919-20 1922-23 2-1 

Indiana-South Bend 1993-94 2005-06 3-0 

Indiana State 1936-37 2004-05 29-50 

Indiana Wesleyan 1989-90 2007-08 3-0 

Indianapolis Law 1921-22 1921-22 1-0 

Iowa 2002-03 2005-06 0-2 

IPFW 2003-04 2007-08 7-0 

IUPUI 1998-99 2006-07 15-7 

John Carroll 1952-53 1959-60 5-3 

Kalamazoo 1919-20 1948-49 7-4 

Kansas 1969-70 2001-02 0-2 

Kendall 1998-99 1998-99 1-0 

Kent Law School 1917-18 1917-18 1-0 

Kent State 1989-90 1991-92 0-2 

Kentucky 2001-02 2001-02 0-1 

Kentucky State 1961-62 1963-64 2-1 

Kentucky Wesleyan 1923-24 1972-73 1-1 

Kingsbury Ordinance1942-43 1942-43 1-0 

Knox 1985-86 1985-86 1-0 

Lake Forest 1917-18 1921-22 4-0 

Lakeland 1970-71 1970-71 1-0 

LaPorte YMCA 1919-20 1919-20 1-0 

LaSalle 1956-57 1957-58 0-2 

Lenoir-Rhyne 1972-73 1972-73 1-0 

Lewis 1917-18 1983-84 10-0 

Liberty 2003-04 2003-04 1-0 

Long Beach State 1966-67 1967-68 1-1 

Long Island 1944-45 1970-71 2-3 

Longwood 2004-05 2005-06 3-0 

Loras 1944-45 1944-45 1-0 

Louisiana-Lafayette 2003-04 2003-04 0-1 

Louisville 1923-24 1955-56 1-1 

Loyola 1921-22 1946-47 3-5 

Loyola (Chicago) 1947-48 2007-08 4-26 

Loyola (La.) 1952-53 1971-72 0-2 

Luther 1923-24 1977-78 10-2 

MacMurray 1968-69 1970-71 1-1 

Maine 1977-78 1984-85 0-2 

Manchester 1928-29 1987-88 11-22 

Marian 1986-87 1995-96 2-0 

Marion 1985-86 1985-86 1-0 

Marquette 1951-52 2006-07 5-21 

Marshall 1933-34 1933-34 0-1 

Maryland 1998-99 1998-99 0-1 

Maryland Eastern Shore 2007-08 2007-08 1-0 

Miami (Fla.) 1956-57 1956-57 1-0 

Miami (Ohio) 2007-08 2007-08 1-0 

Michigan 1953-54 1954-55 0-2 

Michigan Agriculture1921-22 1923-24 1-2 

Michigan City YMCA1920-21 1923-24 1-1 

Michigan State 1999-2000 1999-2000 0-1 

Michigan YMCA 1920-21 1920-21 1-0 

Milwaukee 1976-77 2007-08 8-6 

Milwaukee Tech 1920-21 1920-21 1-0 

Minnesota 1995-96 1999-2000 0-2 

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First Last 


Mississippi 1969-70 1997-98 1-1 

Mississippi Southern 1952-53 1952-53 0-1 

Mississippi State 1999-2000 1999-2000 1-0 

Mississippi Valley State 1986-87 1986-87 1-0 

Missouri 1977-78 2002-03 0-3 

Montana 1988-89 1997-98 1-1 

Montana State 1979-80 1981-82 2-1 

Mount Morris 1926-27 1930-31 5-0 

Mount Saint Mary’s 1999-2000 1999-2000 1-0 

Muhlenberg 1945-46 1968-69 1-2 

Murray State 1999-2000 1999-2000 0-1 

NAGU Evansville 1931-32 1931-32 1-1 

Navy 1969-70 1977-78 2-0 

Nebraska 1919-20 1919-20 0-2 

New Mexico 1959-60 1959-60 0-1 

New Mexico State 2001-02 2001-02 0-1 

New Orleans 1980-81 1980-81 1-0 

Niagara 1967-68 2006-07 3-2 

Norfolk State 1998-99 1998-99 2-0 

North Carolina 2007-08 2007-08 0-1 

North Carolina State 2006-07 2006-07 0-1 

UNC Wilmington 2000-01 2000-01 1-0 

North Central 1927-28 1972-73 2-0 

North Dakota 1965-66 1965-66 0-1 

North Dakota State 1958-59 1964-65 2-0 

North Park 

First Meeting 

North Texas State 1984-85 1984-85 1-0 

Northeastern 1982-83 1982-83 0-1 

Northeastern Illinois 1994-95 1997-98 8-1 

Northern Colorado 1977-78 1978-79 0-2 

Northern Illinois 1926-27 2002-03 9-14 

Northern Iowa 1979-80 2004-05 2-22 

Northern Michigan 1958-59 1958-59 1-0 

Northland 1980-81 1998-99 3-0 

Northwestern (Ill.) 1967-68 1979-80 2-8 

Northwestern (Wis.) 1920-21 1931-32 2-0 

Northwestern Dental 1920-21 1920-21 1-0 

Northwestern State (La.) 2004-05 2004-05 1-0 

Notre Dame 1920-21 2002-03 3-37 

Notre Dame ‘B’ 1925-26 1928-29 1-2 

Oakland 1998-99 2006-07 16-3 

Oakland City 1927-28 1939-40 6-1 

Ohio 1972-73 1972-73 0-1 

Ohio State 2000-01 2006-07 1-1 

Ohio Wesleyan 1950-51 1950-51 1-0 

Oral Roberts 1994-95 2006-07 12-13 

Oregon College 1937-38 1937-38 1-0 

Pacific 1966-67 1997-98 2-0 

Pacific Lutheran 1969-70 1969-70 1-0 

Penn State 1985-86 2004-05 1-1 

Pepperdine 1945-46 1946-47 2-0 

Portland 1967-68 1967-68 1-0 

Portland State 1980-81 1980-81 1-0 

Puerto Rico 1945-46 1946-47 4-1 

Purdue 1953-54 2002-03 2-11 

Rhode Island 1997-98 2001-02 2-1 

Rollins 1989-90 1989-90 0-1 

Rose Polytechnic 1930-31 1930-31 1-0 

Rose-Hulman 1971-72 1971-72 1-0 

Rutgers 1994-95 1994-95 0-1 

Sacramento State 1961-62 1961-62 0-1 

Saint Ambrose 1938-39 1938-39 0-1 

Saint Bonaventure 1950-51 1959-60 0-2 

Saint Francis 1981-82 1981-82 1-0 

Saint Francis (Ind.) 1994-95 1994-95 1-0 

Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) 1919-20 1982-83 52-35 

Saint Louis 1919-20 1997-98 5-2 

Saint Mary’s (Mich.)1925-26 1931-32 4-3 

Saint Olaf 1931-32 1973-74 3-1 

Saint Procopius 1965-66 1969-70 4-0 

Saint Thomas 1931-32 1976-77 3-1 

All-Time Series Records 

First Last 


Saint Viator 1921-22 1937-38 8-18 

Saint Xavier 1982-83 1984-85 1-1 

Samford 1983-84 2002-03 1-1 

San Diego 

First Meeting 

San Francisco 1987-88 2006-07 2-0 

San Francisco State 1960-61 1964-65 2-1 

San Jose 1956-57 1956-57 0-1 

Seton Hall 1949-50 1998-99 1-1 

Siena 1947-48 1947-48 0-1 

South Alabama 1969-70 1969-70 1-0 

South Carolina 1998-99 1998-99 1-0 

South Dakota 1955-56 1955-56 1-0 

South Dakota State 1975-76 1976-77 1-1 

South Florida 1973-74 2003-04 0-3 

Southern Colorado 1966-67 1966-67 1-0 

Southern Illinois 1928-29 1980-81 2-2 

Southern Utah 1997-98 2006-07 16-7 

Southwest Missourt State 1966-67 1989-90 3-14 

Springfield 1970-71 1970-71 0-1 

Stanford 1956-57 1997-98 0-3 

Stout Field 1943-44 1943-44 2-0 

Syracuse 1963-64 2002-03 0-2 

Taylor 1933-34 1938-39 3-0 

Texas A&M 1984-85 1987-88 0-2 

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1999-2000 2000-01 2-0 

Texas-Arlington 1980-81 1980-81 0-1 

Texas Christian 1944-45 1947-48 2-0 

Thiensville Seminary 1931-32 1931-32 1-0 

Thornton JC 1931-32 1931-32 2-0 

Toledo 1946-47 1995-96 4-5 

Trinity International 1999-2000 1999-2000 1-0 

Tri-State 1926-27 1984-85 4-0 

Troy State 1994-95 1996-97 3-3 

Tulane 1946-47 2005-06 5-3 

UIC 1945-46 2007-08 10-27 

UMKC 1994-95 2006-07 21-9 

Union 1929-30 1929-30 1-0 

Utah State 1995-96 1995-96 1-0 

Utica 1981-82 1984-85 1-1 

Valdosta State 1973-74 1973-74 1-0 

Vanderbilt 1996-97 2007-08 0-2 

Villanova 1949-50 1952-53 1-1 

Virginia Commonwealth 1971-72 1971-72 0-1 

Wabash 1919-20 1975-76 14-2 

Wagner 1967-68 1967-68 1-0 

Wartburg 1973-74 1976-77 2-0 

Washburn 1930-31 1930-31 1-0 

Washington 2007-08 2007-08 1-0 

Washington (Mo.) 1948-49 1966-67 13-15 

Wayne State 1950-51 1976-77 8-7 

West Texas State 1945-46 1945-46 1-0 

West Virginia 2001-02 2001-02 1-0 

Western Illinois 1981-82 2006-07 34-23 

Western Michigan 1920-21 2007-08 27-37 

Western Ontario 1949-50 1967-68 5-0 

Western State 1929-30 1929-30 0-1 

Westmont 1969-70 1979-80 2-0 

Wheaton 1918-19 1969-70 31-10 

Whiting Owls 1917-18 1917-18 1-0 

Whittier 1969-70 1969-70 1-0 

Wisconsin 1994-95 2007-08 0-3 

UW-Eau Claire 1975-76 1975-76 0-1 

UW-Oshkosh 1973-74 1975-76 2-1 

Wisconsin State 1971-72 1972-73 1-1 

UW-Whitewater 1973-74 1973-74 0-1 

Wittenberg 1974-75 1974-75 1-0 

Wright State 1991-92 2007-08 5-5 

Wyoming 1944-45 1946-47 1-3 

Xavier 1977-78 1989-90 1-5 

YMCA College 1922-23 1922-23 1-0 

Youngstown State 1989-90 2007-08 18-7 

2008-09 

CRUSADER 

COACHING HISTORY 

SIDNEY WINTERS 1917-19 

8-4 (.667) 

GEORGE KEOGAN 1919-21 

32-12 (.727) 

EARL GOHEEN 1921-23 

30-12 (.714) 

W.P. SHADOAN 1923-25 

33-9 (.768) 

MILLARD ANDERSON 1925-26 

6-13 (.316) 

CONRAD MOLL 1926-27 

10-10 (.500) 

EARL SCOTT 1927-29 

22-14 (.611) 

J.M. CHRISTIANSEN 1929-41 

102-108 (.486) 

LOREN ELLIS 1941-47 

87-60 (.592) 

EMORY BAUER 1947-48 

8-15 (.348) 

DON WARNKE 1948-49 

8-17 (.320) 

WILBUR ALLEN 1949-51 

27-18 (.600) 

KENNETH SUESENS 1951-58 

74-93 (.443) 

PAUL MEADOWS 1958-64 

64-79 (.448) 

GENE BARTOW 1964-70 

93-69 (.574) 

BILL PURDEN 1970-76 

86-71 (.548) 

KEN ROCHLITZ 1976-80 

31-70 (.307) 

TOM SMITH 1980-88 

84-138 (.378) 

DR. HOMER DREW 1988-2002, 03-pres. 

324-254 (.561) 

SCOTT DREW 2002-03 

20-11 (.645) 


2008-09 

All-Time Roster 

A 

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (1994-1996) 

Ahrendt, Maynard (1940-1941) 

Allen, David (1950-1952) 

Allison, Anthony (1994-1996) 

Anderson, Gerry (1953-1956) 

Anderson, Millard ** (1920-1924) 

Anderson, Richard (1931-1932) 

Anselm, Scott (1985-1989) 

Artis, Chris (1995-1997) 

Asberry, Tony (1983-1984) 

Ashby, Darryl (1974-1978) 

B 

Baerwald, John (1943-1944) 

Baran, John * (1932-1936) 

Barker, Lance (1991-1995) 

Barnekoff, Ed * (1930-1934) 

Barton, Lubos (1998-2002) 

Battle, Jerome (1984-1987) 

Bauer, Emory * (1930-1934) 

Bauer, Lee (1936-1938) 

Bauerle, John (1921-1922) 

Baur, Walter (1927-1928) 

Bayne, Paul (1984-1986) 

Bean, Ted ** (1942-43, 46-49) 

Becher, John (1988-1990) 

Beesley, Joel (1990-1994) 

Bell, Eric (1973-1975) 

Bell, Harry (1984-1988) 

Belzowski, Zig (1946-1948) 

Benigni, Tom * (1979-1984) 

Bennett, Matt (2006-2008) 

Berdiel, Ali* (2001-2006) 

Berning, Henry (1946-1948) 

Berning, William (1950-1952) 

Beto, Walter (1938-1939) 

Bielke, Donald (1951-1953) 

Black, Jim (1971-1972) 

Blaese, Robert ** (1927-1929) 

Bleke, Bert (1963-1964) 

Bloedel, George (1928-1929) 

Blum, Scott (1988-1990) 

Bookwalter, William (1919-1920) 

Borrasso, Jim (1977-1979) 

Bouchie, Bryan (2007-2008) 

Bourquin, Kenneth (1924-1925) 

Brackmann, Milton (1949-1953) 

Bradley, Dick * (1919-1921) 

Briars, Dick (1966-1968) 

Bruick, Don (1946-1948) 

Brunes, Craig (1995-1997) 

Bugaieski, Mike (1979-1981) 

Bushong, Robert (1938-1939) 

C 

Cadwallader, Robert (1921-1925) 

Callaway, Terry (1959-1960) 

Camann, John (1940-1941) 

Casey, Nigel (1982-1984) 

Cavanaugh, Rob (1990-1994) 

Chambers, Joseph (1944-1945) 

Charles, Wayne (1993-1995) 

Charleston, Peter (1987-1990) 

Clauss, Clifford (1939-1941) 

Clements, Fran ** (1959-1962) 

Close, Oscar (1923-1925) 

Cobb, Kendal (1979-1981) 

Coleman, Jerry (1989-1990) 

Collins, Harley (1945-1946) 

Colclasure, Seth * (2002-2006) 

Comer, Bruce (1976-1977) 

Conley, Kenneth (1919-1920) 

Cook, John (1921-1923) 

Cook, Steve (1963-1966) 

Curtis, Vern * (1964-1967) 

D 

Dalrymple, Allen ** (1917-1919) 

Damrau, Don (1954-1955) 

Dandelet, Thomas (1919-1921) 

Degrazia, Eugene (1929-1930) 

Denig, Harold (1938-1940) 

Dewey, Bob (1975-1977) 

Diamond, John (1943-1944) 

Dick, Mark (1994-1996) 

Diebler, Jake ** (2005-pres.) 

Dillard, Oren (1979-1981) 

Dille, Bob * (1943-1946) 

Dinnon, Matt (1989-1992) 

Dobbs, Greg * (1975-1979) 

Doehrman, Willard * (1949-1952) 

Domroese, Eric (1949-1952) 

Doran, James * (1924-1929) 

Dorre, Edward (1928-1930) 

Dougherty, Larry (1984-1985) 

Drew, Bryce (1994-1998) 

Dry, James (1941-1942) 

Duchay, John (1929-1930) 

E 

Eades, Charles (1941-1944) 

Ebel, Clarence (1949-1950) 

Eckart, Ed * (1953-1957) 

Ecklund, Ray (1920-1921) 

Eggers, Paul (1940-1941) 

Eggold, Henry (1937-1940) 

Ensminger, Chris (1992-1996) 

Evans, Andrew (1921-1922) 

Evans, Marvin (1968-1971) 

Eynon, Richard ** (1963-1966) 

F 

Falu, Tony (2001-2002) 

Ferguson, Shelly (1966-1969) 

Fierke, Dave (1935-1937) 

Finneran, Don (1936-1940) 

Fisher, Terry (1922-1923) 

Flavin, Shannon (1989-1991) 

Florance, Reynolds (1924-1928) 

Florance, Duke (1922-1924) 

Ford, Jim (1985-1989) 

Fredlake, Paul (1970-1973) 

Fritz, Wilfred (1936-1937) 

Frost, Vernon (1942-1943) 

Frye, Keaton (2006-2007) 

G 

Garrard, Fred (1958-1959) 

Gaza, Steve (1942-1943) 

Geary, John (1981-1985) 

Geisler, Bill (1953-1956) 

Gerken, Martin (1938-1939) 

Gibson, Cory (1995-1998) 

Gibson, Walter (1921-1922) 

Gierke, Glen (1944-1946) 

Giessing, Vernon * (1931-1935) 

Gilbert, Walter * (1919-1921) 

Gilmore, Geoff (1990-1992) 

Gingrich, Kevin (1978-1980) 

Gipson, Tracy (1989-1993) 

Goede, Randy (1967-1969) 

Goheen, Earl (1919-1921) 

Gomes, Joaquim (2000-2004) 

Goodwin, Arthur (1987-1989) 

Gordon, Monte (1997-1998) 

Grafs, Raitis (1999-2003) 

Graham, Aric (1997-1999) 

Grass, Kurt (1958-1959) 

Green, Harold (1969-1971) 

Grimwood, Greg (1994-1997) 

Groll, Jon (1991-1992) 

Grosnick, Art (1940-1941) 

Gross, Clyde (1941-1942) 

Gulliford, Andrew (1922-1923) 

Guth, Jerry (1962-1964) 

H 

Haanpää, Samuel (2006-2008) 

Haas, Clarence (1919-1920) 

Haeberle, Thomas (1970-1973) 

Hagberg, Gus (1971-1972) 

Hanna, Jerry (1941-1942) 

Hanson, Mike (1986-1988) 

Harden, Rob (1983-1984) 

Harris, Byron (1985-1989) 

Harris, Harold “Beanie” (1920-1925) 

Harris, Kenny (2003-2005) 

Hashu, Nicholas (1943-1944) 

Haueisen, Arthur (1930-1931) 

Hawkins, Jason (2000-2003) 

Hawkins, Owen (1927-1928) 

Heinrich, Richard (1948-1949) 

Helwig, Dalter (1934-1935) 

Henderson, Kelvin (1981-1982) 

Henderson, Ron (1981-1982) 

Hiltpold, Walter * (1921-1925) 

Hines, Harry (1944-1948) 

Hinckey, John (1964-1966) 

Hinz, Theodore (1927-1929) 

Hoerl, Thomas (1970-1973) 

Hoffman, Greg (1966-1967) 

Holle, Larry (1960-1963) 

Holmes, Jeff (1971-1975) 

Holt, Tod (1939-1941) 

Hooper, Jim (2003-2006) 

Hostetler, Tim ** (1974-1978) 

Howard, Ron * (2003-2006) 

Howard, James ** (1952-1955) 

Tracy Gipson 

Hubbard, Brian (1981-1983) 

Hudson, Julian (1979-1982) 

Hudson, Steve (1985-1987) 

Huff, Shawn ** (2004-2008) 

Hughes, Brett * (1984-1986) 

Hughes, Myron (1922-1923) 

Humphrey, Vince (2004-2005) 

I 

Igbavboa, Urule 

(2005-pres.) 

J 

Janisch, John * (1943-1946) 

Jarm, Bob (1954-1956) 

Jenkins, Bill (1994-1998) 

Jenkins, Bob (1994-1998) 

Jenkins, Jason (1997-2001) 

Jewell, Don (1959-1961) 

Johnson, “Red” (1936-1937) 

Johnson, Robert (1933-1934) 

Jones, Knoefel (1962-1964) 

Jones, Mike (1986-1990) 

Jones, Dick * (1965-1968) 

Jordan, Jim (1960-1961) 

K 

Kaleel, William (1921-1923) 

Karr, Willie (1933-1937) 

Kassner, Mark * (1973-1975) 

Kedrowski, Jon (2000-2002) 

Keller, Lewis (1957-1960) 

Kenney, Harold * (1937-1941) 

Kent, Mark (2004-2005) 

Kesler, Rob (1999-2000) 

Kinney, Chris (1989-1990) 

Kipfer, Max (1975-1979) 

Kizer, Tim (1975-1978) 

Kleckner, Dave (1981-1982) 

Knape, Ned (1949-1952) 

Koenig, Richard (1940-1942) 

Koepke, Luther (1939-1940) 

Kolb, Fred (1927-1928) 

Kone, Mohamed (2005-2006) 

Koss, William (1934-1935) 

Kowalski, Joe (1930-1934) 

Krasinski, Jerry (1957-1959) 

76 


All-Time Roster 

2008-09 

Krause, Gil (1932-1935) 

Krautstrunk, Steve (1976-1978) 

Kremer, Ken (1975-1978) 

Krenzke, Edward * (1937-1940) 

Kriss, Rick (1978-1979) 

Kriston, Chuck * (1960-1963) 

Krueger, LeRoy (1939-1940) 

L 

Lajcin, Chris (1973-1974) 

Leitzke, Maury (1991-1993) 

Lesicki, Dale (1970-1973) 

Lexow, Bob (1940-1941) 

Lichtenberger, Jim (1959-1962) 

Lindner, Bruce * (1967-1970) 

Lindstrom, Ivan (1923-1924) 

Little, Howard (2007-pres.) 

Lockhart, Scott (1993-1994) 

Loerke, Edward (1935-1937) 

Logan, Mike (1967-1968) 

Lorenzi, Garry (1993-1995) 

Lorko, Juju (1939-1941) 

Lowe, Joseph (1924-1925) 

Loyd, Jarryd ** (2004-2008) 

Ludwig, Leo (1975-1977) 

Luekens, Norman (1934-1935) 

Luethy, Dave * (1979-1983) 

Luther, Calvin (1947-1951) 

M 

Maack, Richard (1952-1953) 

Maass, Craig * (1977-1981) 

Macahon, Jamie (1978-1981) 

Mack, Harold (1944-45, 48-49) 

MacLeod, Calum (2006-2008) 

Maddock, George (1942-1946) 

Madrick, Robert (1951-1956) 

Mailhot, Jeff (2000-2001) 

Manske, Paul (1957-1958) 

Markle, Jeff (1978-1982) 

Markworth, Jason (1990-1994) 

Marovich, Don (1946-1947) 

Martin, Val (1977-1979) 

Massa, Marc (1987-1990) 

Mbaye, Moussa * (2003-2007) 

McCulloch, David (1937-1938) 

McGee, Milt (1972-1973) 

McGinnis, John (1937-1939) 

McGlennon, Baldwin (1920-1921) 

McIlvain, John * (1980-1984) 

McKenzie, Craig (1988-1990) 

McMahon, Dave (1985-1988) 

McNeil, John (1969-1971) 

McPherson, Brandon **(2005-pres.) 

McSwine, Ivier (1985-1987) 

Meadows, Paul (1941-42, 45-47) 

Meisberger, Chet * (1952-1955) 

Meloy, Walter (1922-1923) 

Mertz, Ralph * (1928-1931) 

Metcalf, Robert * (1946-1950) 

Metcalf, William (1948-1949) 

Meyer, Herman (1957-1958) 

Meyne, John * (1982-1984) 

Mierendorf, Ed (1940-1942) 

Miles, Jimmie (2003-2006) 

Miller, Dean (1940-1941) 

Miller, Dick (1956-1958) 

Mitchell, Matt (1982-1984) 

Moellenhoff, Ralph (1960-1963) 

Moore, Bill (1954-1955) 

Morfas, Nick (1949-1950) 

Morgan, David (1986-1988) 

Morrison, Scott (1990-1992) 

Mostello, Gregg (1982-1984) 

Muckler, Robert (1941-1942) 

Mueller, Arlo * (1940-1941) 

Mueller, Tom (1972-1973) 

Mullen, Dan (2004-2005) 

Murphy, Patrick (1921-1922) 

N 

Neims, Steve (1969-1970) 

Nelson, John (1948-1949) 

Nelke, Mike (2000-2002) 

Nieves, Roberto (2002-2004) 

Nikkila, Antti (1999-2003) 

Niksch, Mike (1969-1971) 

Noak, John (1953-1957) 

Nuendorf, Bob (1946-1948) 

Nuness, Jared (1997-2002) 

O 

Oberman, Joel (1972-1975) 

Okrzesik, Randy * (1980-1982) 

Olson, Dennis * (1961-1964) 

Olson, Kenneth (1929-1932) 

Oppland, Dan * (2002-2006) 

Oppland, Mike (2003-2004) 

Ortiz, Stalin (2001-2003) 

Orton, Tom (1957-1960) 

Ove, James (1949-1951) 

P 

Parker, Austin * (1926-1927) 

Parris, Greg (1976-1977) 

Patterson, George (1967-1969) 

Pavicic, Joseph (1949-1951) 

Pendlebury, Howard (1939-1940) 

Penoza, Bill (1969-1970) 

Peppler, Jason (1985-1987) 

Perry, Marty (1998-1999) 

Peters, Mark (1971-1975) 

Peterson, Clarence (1922-1925) 

Petties, Nolan (1975-1979) 

Phifer, Jay (1995-1998) 

Pickren, Rick (1983-1984) 

Plinke, Thomas * (1950-1953) 

Ploetz, John (1978-1980) 

Pollitz, Ken * (1977-1979) 

Price, Tarrance (1998-2000) 

Punda, Marko (1997-2001) 

R 

Radecki, Walter (1945-1946) 

Rahe, John (1952-1953) 

Rainwaters, Jim (1967-1969) 

Rakow, Ken * (1964-1967) 

Rathburn, Curtis (1934-1935) 

Reasoner, Bob (1977-1979) 

Reck, Arnold (1922-1923) 

Redmon, David (1992-1995) 

Reinbold, Eric (1941-1942) 

Reincke, John Neil * (1955-1958) 

Rekeweg, Jeff (1984-1985) 

Rias, Curtis (1984-1985) 

Riddle, Robert (1922-1923) 

Rieman, Derek (1996-1997) 

Roark, Dan (1973-1977) 

Roberts, Nolan (1991-1993) 

Robinson, Anthony (1982-1983) 

Robisch, Jon (1961-1964) 

Roby, Larry (1982-1983) 

Roedel, George (1935-1938) 

Rogasky, Joseph (1921-1922) 

Rogers, Michael (2007-pres.) 

Rollins, Jahn (1958-1959) 

Rose, Ron (1984-1985) 

Rucinski, Pete * (1930-1934) 

Ruehr, Carl * (1935-1939) 

Rump, Jack (1952-1954) 

S 

Sabrowsky, Al (1969-1970) 

Samuelson, Jim (1940-1941) 

Sauer, Louie (1935-1936) 

Sawyer, Rossman (1921-1922) 

Schade, William (1960-1963) 

Schaper, Fred (1932-1933) 

Scherer, Louis (1921-1924) 

Schirmer, Robert (1943-1944) 

Schmelzer, Peter (1974-1978) 

Schmidt, Albert (1943-1947) 

Schmidt, Alvin (1943-1945) 

Schmidt, Bob (1930-1932) 

Schmidt, Casey (1992-1994) 

Schmidt, Jim (1964-1965) 

Schmidt, Robert (1952-1953) 

Schoenfeldt, Jerry (1950-1951) 

Schoenherr, Magnus (1935-1936) 

Schoon, Milt (1943-1946) 

Schoon, Robert (1960-1961) 

Schreiber, George (1946-1950) 

Schroeder, Raymond (1936-1937) 

Schroer, Dick * (1956-1959) 

Schroer, William * (1948-1951) 

Schultz, Harold (1929-1933) 

Schultz, Jerome (1919-1920) 

Schultz, Wally * (1970-1973) 

Schulz, Paul (1963-1966) 

Schwandt, Steve (1966-1968) 

Schwartz, Herbert (1919-1920) 

Scott, Earl * (1922-1925) 

Sears, John * (1968-1971) 

Semmelhack, John * (1972-1974) 

Sexson, Ryan (1998-1999) 

Seyfert, Lynn (1970-1972) 

Seymour, Hershel (1929-1930) 

Shaw, Kenneth (1947-1948) 

Shook, Lorin (1930-1932) 

Sickles, Jack (1977-1981) 

Sievers, Roland (1934-1935) 

Simmons, Jeff * (1978-1982) 

Sittler, Tom * (1953-1956) 

Skoglund, Arden (2006-2007) 

Smatlak, Rudy (1933-1934) 

Smith, Brian (1992-1995) 

Smith, Jeff (1992-1995) 

Smith, Morris ** (1979-1981) 

Smith, Todd (1985-1989) 

Smith, Tom * (1963-1965) 

Sommer, Brian (1989-1993) 

Sparks, Chris (1997-2000) 

Spindler, John (1927-1929) 

Spitz, Donald (1950-1952) 

Stachowicz, Paul (1981-1982) 

Stapleton, Robert (1941-1943) 

Stevens, Curtiss (1987-1991) 

Stockbarger, Ryan (1990-1991) 

Stovall, Milo (1998-2002) 

Stringer, Rico (1993-1995) 

Strutz, Clarence (1929-1933) 

Stueve, Jim * (1982-1986) 

Suiter, Eric (1990-1992) 

Surface, Ralph (1923-1924) 

Susnis, Edward (1944-1945) 

Swanson, Robert (1938-1939) 

Sykes, Jamie (1993-1998) 

Sylla, Oumar (2003-2004) 

Szikora, Ted (1942-1943) 

T 

Tauber, Rhett (1969-1970) 

Taylor, Mike (1976-1977) 

Tenuta, JP (1999-2000) 

Thies, Larry (1966-1969) 

Thomason, Aaron (1997-2000) 

Thompson, Mike * (1982-1984) 

Tilden, Paul (1986-1987) 

Toatley, Dwayne (1999-2001) 

Toepel, Mark (1927-1929) 

Tonagel, Greg (1998-2004) 

Towery, Rob (1986-1989) 

Traupmann, Ken (1961-1964) 

Tribble, Phil (1968-1969) 

Twietmeyer, Jerry (1956-1958) 

U 

Urbanik, Jim (1976-1978) 

V 

Van Buskirk, Charles (1927-1929) 

Vater, William (1922-1923) 

Verseman, Jim (1965-1966) 

Vilcinskas, Tony (1995-1998) 

Viskovic, Zoran (1996-1999) 

Vujic, Ivan (1998-2000) 

W 

Wagner, Tom * (1964-1967) 

Warnke, Don * (1942-1944) 

Warnke, Wally (1942-1943) 

Waters, Lyall (1948-1951) 

Weber, Erhardt (1939-1940) 

Wehrenberg, Fritz (1940-1942) 

Wilbrandt, Don (1952-1955) 

Wille, Phil (1998-2003) 

Williams, Aris (2004-2005) 

Williams, Tyrone * (1966-1969) 

Wilson, Richard (1937-1938) 

Winebrenner, Tom * (1929-1931) 

Winebrenner, Tyrus (1944-1945) 

Woelfer, Wilmer (1957-1960) 

Wojciechowski, Dave * (1981-1983) 

Wolfenberg, John * (1970-1973) 

Workman, Tom (1963-1965) 

Woyhan, Harlan (1941-1942) 

Y 

Young, Cordell (1959-1960) 

Young, Ken (1958-1960) 

Youngren, Robert (1929-1930) 

Z 

Zweifel, Jim (1959-1961) 

Active players in bold. 

* - Denotes one year as captain. 


2008-09 


In 1978-1979, a Valparaiso University 

student survey circulated which identified an 

overwhelming student-felt need for improved 

recreational facilities on campus. This was 

the birth of the Athletics-Recreation Center 

(ARC). This survey was followed in 1979 by 

a comprehensive University-wide study by 

the Council on University Priorities and Planning. 

Subsequently, a program of needs was 

developed by a campus committee. The 

Valpo Board of Directors then designated 

the ARC as a priority capital component of 

Valparaiso University, thus a national comprehensive 

effort to raise $50 million in support 

of the University. Ground was broken 

for the ARC on April 23, 1983. 

The $7.25 million Athletics-Recreation 

Center added 84,000 square feet of new 

construction to the existing facility, thereby 

providing at one site a complex of over 

142,000 square feet for physical education, 

athletics, and recreational activities. 

The new building was designed with primary 

emphasis on supplementing the already 

existing recreational areas. It contains: 

seven playing floors for basketball and volleyball; 

a free play area for recreational 

basketball, volleyball, and other activities; 

a nine-lap per mile running track; six racquetball/handball 

courts; classrooms and 

lounges; and a coed training room. 

The ARC arena currently has 5,000 

seats and will accommodate 6,000. The 

building was designed so that expansion will 

permit its seating capacity to increase approximately 

10,000. The arena is complemented 

by an attractive entrance, lobbies, 

ticket offices, and permanent display cases. 

Since the original completion of the 

ARC, renovation of the existing facility has 

provided upgraded facilities for all Valpo 

students and faculty, including a new weight 

room, classrooms, locker rooms, and staff offices. 

A new cardiovascular room for students 

was constructed during 2005, and the Mosak 

Performance Center was created as a weight 

room facility for varsity athletes. 

On Sunday afternoon, December 9, 

1984, Notre Dame's Fighting Irish visited 

Valparaiso and provided the opposition for 

the ARC's dedication game in men’s basketball. 

The ARC was also the site of Valpo's 

dramatic upset of then 19th-ranked Notre 

Dame in 1988, played in front of 4,913 

overjoyed fans. 

The 1984-1985 season also marked the 

beginning for the women’s basketball team 

to compete in the ARC. The volleyball team 

then began play during the 1985 season. 

Last season brought a record number 

of games to the ARC, as the Crusaders 

hosted 17 games at their home facility, including 

first-round Horizon League Championship 

action. Valpo also set a new singlegame 

attendance record at the ARC, as 

5,432 fans packed the stands for the Crusaders’ 

February 5 game against Butler. 

The ARC has hosted several postseason 

sporting events, including the Mid-Continent 

Conference Tournament for both men’s and 

women’s basketball as well as volleyball. 

The Crusaders have enjoyed a significant 

home-court advantage at the ARC, with 

an all-time record of 216-96 (.692) at home 

since it was built prior to the 1984-85 season. 

Valpo has also finished above .500 in 

each of the last 16 seasons in its home 

games. 

Valpo at the Athletics-Recreation Center Since 1993 

Year Record 

1993-1994 12-2 

1994-1995 14-0 

1995-1996 10-2 

1996-1997 11-1 

1997-1998 10-3 

1998-1999 11-1 

1999-2000 10-1 

2007-2008 13-4 

Last 15 Years: 162-31 

(.839 winning percentage) 

Year Record 

2000-2001 12-1 

2001-2002 11-1 

2002-2003 12-1 

2003-2004 9-5 

2004-2005 8-4 

2005-2006 10-2 

2006-2007 9-3 

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2008-09 

VALPO: ONE OF NATION’S 

BEST GAME ATMOSPHERES 

ESPN.com writer Kyle Whelliston named Valparaiso as one of 

his five best college basketball game atmospheres as part of 

ESPN.com’s Student Spirit Week during the 2006-07 season. 

In conjunction with Student Spirit Week, ESPN.com had seven 

experts select five schools apiece based on the best game atmospheres. 

Valpo was one of 22 schools named by the writers, with 

other selections including Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana, 

among others. 

Valparaiso also ranked ninth in a poll asking the fans to rank 

the 22 schools selected by the experts. Valpo is the highest midmajor 

in the poll, with schools such as Florida, Syracuse, Gonzaga 

and longtime rival Butler ranked below the Crusaders. 


2008-09 

Crusader Facilities 

Hilltop Gymnasium 

Valpo basketball’s home through 1984, 

Hilltop Gymnasium played host to the first 

67 years of Crusader men’s basketball and 

the first 12 seasons of women’s basketball. 

Seating 3,500 fans, the Hilltop Gym 

gave way to the Athletics-Recreation Center 

and disappeared from campus, until prior 

to the 2005-2006 season, when the Valpo 

athletic department 

renovated 

the ARC’s upstairs 

facility, turning it 

into a practice 

gymnasium. The 

facility, which was 

renamed Hilltop 

Gymnasium, provides 

a practice 

home for both 

Valpo’s men’s and 

women’s basketball 

teams. 

The new Hilltop 

not only provides 

a first-class practice environment for the Crusader 

basketball program, it is also an homage 

to the great Valpo traditions. 

The department of athletics raised 

nearly $100,000 for the renovations, and 

received additional contributions from the 

university at large. The changes include gi- 

ant new windows, a new bank of lighting, a 

redesigned court surface, as well as a new 

softball practice area up on the mezzanine. 

The greatest improvement, though, was 

saved for last. Several giant photos honoring 

great Crusader teams, players, and 

coaches hang throughout the arena. Along 

with the photographs are 37 championship 

banners, only part of the winning tradition 

at Valpo. 

Dedicated in 1999 as an addition to 

the Athletics-Recreation Center, the Schrage 

Basketball Wing is the operations center of 

Valpo basketball. 

Men’s and women’s basketball coaches 

offices, computer labs, study rooms, video 

rooms and team lounges are all a part of 

the cutting edge facility. This is the most likely 

place to find any player while they’re off 

the court, and is conveniently located adjacent 

to the main gymnasium, training room, 

and locker rooms. 

The area is named after Paul Schrage, 

a Valpo alumnus who is credited with creating 

the Ronald McDonald character. The now 

retired Schrage formerly worked as the 

Senior Executive Vice President of 

McDonald’s Corporation. 

Schrage Basketball Wing 

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The new locker rooms for the men’s basketball 

program opened during the summer 

of 2002, beginning a multi-phase renovation 

of the facility. 

The initial gift was donated by Otis 

Bowen, former governor of the state of Indiana 

and grandfather of former Crusader 


Locker Room 

assistant coach Matt Bowen. 

Phase one included new wood 

lockers, new carpets, freshly 

painted walls, and a re-alignment 

of the entire room. Each 

student-athlete has an individual 

locker area for his 

practice and game necessities. 

Phase two, already completed, 

put in place a bigscreen 

plasma television, DVD 

player, VCR, CD changer, stereo 

tuner and new speaker 

system. 

More changes to the room 

are in the works and planned for upcoming 

seasons. The locker room area is located 

directly adjacent to the main ARC gymansium 

and is accesible throughout the day for athletes 

looking to work out, shoot around or 

just relax. 

2008-09 

Team Room 

The Valpo men’s basketball team room 

serves as a multi-purpose facility for the Crusader 

squad. 

The team room is often used by the players 

as an off-the-court hangout. Equipped 

with two flat-screen LCD televisions, a HDTVequipped 

projection screen, a PlayStation 

3 with all of the latest sports games, and a 

booming surround sound system, the team 

room is a true entertainment hub for the players. 

The team room 

also serves as a 

meeting room for 

the Crusaders. The 

projection screen is 

equipped with a 

built-in telestrator to 

assist with the 

breakdown of game 

film. 

Finally, the 

room serves 

as a reminder 

of the 

history of the 

Crusader 

basketball program. When you walk 

into the room, the wall on the left contains 

posters from each of Valpo’s 

seven NCAA Tournament appearances, 

complete with action shots and 

brackets from each year. On the right-hand 

wall are framed photos of each of Valpo’s 

29 players who have gone on to play professionally. 

The back wall contains a framed 

photo of the current year’s team. 


2008-09 

In the summer of 2005, the Valparaiso 

University athletic strength facilities underwent 

a major facelift. Thanks to a generous 

donation from the Mosak family, the facility’s 

equipment was completely replaced and 

upgraded to reach the cutting edge. 

A full line of Nautilus selectorized and 

plate-loaded equipment was brought in 

along with a full repertoire of York power 

racks, York solid oak platforms, York urethane 

plates emblazoned with the Valpo logo and 

four sets of dumbbells. The facility, which also 

includes Stairmaster stepmill and upright 

bikes and a complete line of bands, 

physioball balls, and medicine balls, has 

made training safer than ever before. For 

the entertainment of the student-athletes, the 

room is also equipped with two cable televisions. 

The new room, named the Mosak Performance 

Center, is headed up by strength 

and conditioning coach Bob Brooks, and is 


Strength and Conditioning 

exclusively used by Crusader student-athletes. 

The facility can serve as 

many as 40 student-athletes at 

one time, making sure any athlete 

can use the room at any time. 

And for the benefit of the teams 

and student-athletes, the room is 

arranged in training zones so up 

to four different teams can work 

out simultaneously with limited 

wait for equipment. 

In addition to the Mosak Performance 

Center, another weight 

room facility is located in 

Kroencke Hall, the home of the 

Valparaiso University football 

program. Due to the proximity to 

the football offices, most of the 

time the Crusader football team 

uses this facility for their workouts 

instead. 

Sports Medicine 

The athletic training room, 

located in the Athletics-Recreation 

Center, is available 

to all student-athletes to help 

treat injuries, go through rehabilitation, 

as well as prevention 

of mishaps throughout 

their careers with Valparaiso 

University. 

With a staff of four fulltime 

athletic trainers that are 

fully certified, as well as 

three graduate assistants, 

and several student aides, 

the training room opens daily 

at 7:30 a.m. and remains available throughout 

most of the day and into the early 

evening. 

The room contains the latest in treatment 

and rehab modalities, including a new infrared 

system designed to treat tendon injuries. 

The staff works closely with the doctors and 

rehabilitation personnel at Lakeshore Bone 

and Joint Institute, Porter Memorial Hospital, 

and the Valparaiso University Health Center. 

In addition, the sports medicine staff has 

a smaller training room facility located at 

Eastgate Field in the baseball clubhouse. This 

facility is used for the soccer programs as 

well as baseball. 

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1998 

Gene Bartow, basketball 

Elsie Bauer, volleyball/golf 

Emory Bauer, baseball/football/ 

basketball/golf/director of athletics 

Patti (Shook) Boice, golf 

Ruth Brown, field hockey/basketball 

Steve Cook, track and field/basketball 

Bob Dille, basketball 

Dick Jones, baseball/basketball 

Richard Koenig, director of athletics 

Lloyd McClendon, baseball 

Joe Pahr, football 

Lori (Barton) Pelletier, volleyball 

Garry Puetz, football/baseball 

Ken Schreiber, baseball/football 

Fred Thurston, football 

1999 

Debbie Bolen, basketball 

Jake Christiansen, football/basketball/ 

director of athletics 

John Knight, football/track 

Bill Tatman, football 

1950 football team 

2000 

Richard Beumer, baseball 

Ursula Moser, swimming 

Rod Poppe, football/baseball 

Milt Schoon, basketball 

John David Thomas, wrestling 

2001 

Lee Engert, baseball 

Jerry Goeglein, football 

Tim Juran, baseball 

Bob Metcalf, basketball 

Pete Rucinski, basketball/baseball/ 

football 

Lorrie Woycik, WAA athlete 

This is Valparaiso University 

Valpo Hall of Fame Members by Class 

2002 

Marjorie Albohm, athletic training 

Joel Bretscher, swimming 

Bill Buhler, athletic training 

Melvin Doering, athletics 

Tracy Gipson, basketball 

Bruce Lindner, basketball/baseball 

Walt Reiner, football/track coach 

Robert Stoltz, M.D., team physician 

2003 

Ted Bean, basketball 

Lee Ann Berning, tennis/basketball 

Dan Bogar, football 

Vern Curtis, baseball/basketball 

Bryce Drew, basketball 

Mike Healey, football/baseball 

Dave Lass, football/baseball 

Patty (Giannis) McKay, tennis 

Robert Montgomery, wrestling 

Jim Ove, basketball 

Gerry Raasch, football 

Jim Wacker, football 

2004 

Millard “Andy” Anderson, football/ 

basketball/baseball 

Nick Browder, football 

Raymond “Skip” Coley, baseball 

Robert Hadrick, baseball 

William Harbeck, cross country/ 

track/wrestling 

Collette Liss, cross country/track 

Laurie Pajakowski, softball/ 

volleyball 

David Redmon, basketball 

Cheri (Hughes) Sutton, volleyball 

1944-1945 men’s basketball team 

“The World’s Tallest Team” 

2005 

Tim Holmes, baseball 

Willie Karr, football/basketball/ 

track 

Scott Lange, football/baseball 

Kari (Wiseman) Nelson, softball 

Dr. William Steinbrecher, director of 

athletics/student-athlete/coach 

Jamie Sykes, basketball/baseball 

Dave Wilson, swimming 

2006 

Ruth Born, baseball/softball 

Patty Cisneros, basketball 

Sarrah (Stricklett) Mosher, 

basketball 

Aaron Rhame, soccer 

LeRoy Schramm, cross country/track 

Joe Sever, football 

J.J. Swiatkowski, baseball 

1968 baseball team 

2007 

John Belskis, football/baseball 

Nathan Buckert, tennis 

Aaron Crague, cross country/track 

Randy Goede, baseball/basketball 

Mark Pedersen, baseball 

2008 

Don Bielke, basketball 

Jeanette Gray, basketball 

Lori Moore, soccer 

Stephanie (Schuricht) Paquette, 

volleyball 

Casey Schmidt, basketball 

William Wilke, cross country/track 

The Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1998 to pay tribute 

and recognize former athletes, coaches, administrators, and others from Valparaiso 

University who have made exceptional contributions to athletics. 

Any athlete or coach may be nominated five years after leaving Valpo. Teams may be 

nominated after a ten-year waiting period. A current employee of Valpo may be nominated 

with a minimum of 20 years of service to the school. A former employee with less than 20 

years of service to the University may be nominated five years after completion of his/her 

tenure. 

The charter class in 1998 consisted of 15 inductees. In each succeeding year, at least four 

new members have been added, plus, at the option of the Hall of Fame selection committee, 

one additional posthumous awardee. 

In 2008, the 11 th class of members was inducted into the Hall of Fame. With the addition 

of six individuals, there are now 85 individual members of the Hall of Fame. The 1950 

football team, the 1944-1945 men’s basketball team, and the 1968 baseball team are also 

in the Hall of Fame. 

David Redmon - Class of 2004 

Jamie Sykes - Class of 2005 

2008-09 

Casey Schmidt - Class of 2008 


2008-09 


Valparaiso University History 

The history of Valparaiso University falls 

into three distinct periods. 

Founded in 1859 as Valparaiso Male 

and Female College, the institution was one 

of the first coeducational colleges in the 

United States. A little more than a decade 

later, the young institution struggled with 

problems brought on by the Civil War and 

changes were necessary. 

The school was reorganized and opened 

in 1873 as the Northern Indiana Normal 

School and Business Institute, a proprietary 

school under the leadership of Henry Baker 

Brown. The institution, rechartered as Valparaiso 

College in 1900 and Valparaiso University 

in 1906, grew steadily. During the 

first decade of the 20th century, enrollment 

reached 5,000 and ranked second in size to 

Harvard, the nation’s oldest private university. 

Based upon its Midwestern location, its 

low costs, and its ranking in size, the institution 

became known as “the poor man’s 

Harvard.” 

New challenges faced the University following 

President Brown’s death in 1917, including 

the loss of students to fight in World 

War I and the need to invest heavily in facilities 

at a time of economic stress. As a 

result, the Brown family eventually chose to 

sell the institution. 

The modern history of Valparaiso University 

begins with its purchase in 1925 by 

The Lutheran University Association, a group 

Academics 

Valparaiso University’s distinctive academic 

curriculum integrates liberal arts with 

professional studies and attracts national attention. 

The University has earned recognition 

from numerous publications, including U.S. 

News & World Report. The magazine consistently 

rates Valpo among the best regional 

universities in the Midwest, both for academic 

quality and for its value, which is based on a 

ratio of quality to cost for a typical student. 

The University is a charter member of 

the Associated New American Colleges, an 

organization of colleges and universities who 

share a commitment to liberal learning 

through a blend of knowledge and experience 

by drawing on the best of the traditions 

of the liberal arts college and the 

research university. Valpo is also home 

to the national Lilly Fellows Program in 

Humanities and the Arts, a network of 

the nation’s outstanding church-related 

colleges formed to address common issues. 

More than 25 degrees are offered 

in more than 70 fields of study, most of 

them available to undergraduate students 

in the colleges of Arts and Sciences, 

Business Administration, Engineering, 

and Nursing. Christ College, one 

of the nation’s first honors colleges, serves 

students from each of the undergraduate colleges. 

Valparaiso University also has a 

graduate division and a well regarded 

School of Law. Student interaction with faculty 

members is frequent and encouraged. 

A 13:1 student-to-teacher ratio and a 

typical class size of 22 ensure that students 

receive personal attention. Student-faculty 

collaboration on research and other scholarly 

activity is common. Students benefit 

from state-of-the-art technology such as a 

Virtual Nursing Learning Center, VisBox virtual-learning 

system, theater, nonlinear 

video editing lab, a campus radio station, 

16-inch computer-controlled reflecting tele- 

of clergy and lay 

leaders affiliated 

with the Lutheran 

Church–Missouri 

Synod. Although 

historically linked 

to the LCMS, Valparaiso 

University 

operates today as 

a international independent 

Lutheran 

university committed to excellence in liberal 

arts and professional education. 

In October, 2008, Mark A. Heckler will 

be inaugurated as the 18th president in 

Valpo history and the seventh since its purchase 

by the Lutheran University Association. 

Enrollment is approximately 4,000 students, 

with some 3,000 of them enrolled in undergraduate 

programs. Students come from 

nearly every state and more than 50 countries. 

scope, DNA sequencing, weather station with 

Doppler Radar, and Christopher Center for 

Library and Information Resources that is 

equipped with a robotic book-retrieval system. 

A new 202,000 square foot union is 

currently under construction, and scheduled 

to open during the 2008-2009 academic 

year. 

Many faculty members are internationally 

recognized, providing both leadership 

and scholarship to their disciplines. Nearly 

90 percent of the faculty have earned the 

highest terminal degree in their fields and 

all are committed to helping their students 

succeed. 

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2008-09 

MARK HECKLER 

President * 1 st Year 

Elizabethtown, 1977 

Mark A. Heckler assumed his role as the 18th president in the 150-year history of Valparaiso University on July 1. He succeeded 

Alan F. Harre, who had served as president since 1988. 

Previously he served the University of Colorado Denver for more than a decade, most recently as chief academic officer for the 

three-campus university. He joined the institution as director of the School of the Arts and a professor of theatre, later was named 

founding dean of the College of Arts and Media and professor of theatre, film and television, and served as acting chancellor prior 

to being named provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs in 2003. He also served as UC Denver’s coordinator of 

the International College at Beijing, 1996-98. 

Prior to moving to Denver, he was professor of fine arts and director of theatre at Siena (N.Y.) College. Active in numerous 

professional and civic organizations, he is a past president of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and founder and codirector 

of its Leadership Institute. 

He and his wife, Veronica, grew up together in Windber, Pa., and were married while he was completing his master of fine arts 

degree with an emphasis in directing at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in 

communications with honors at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. 

The Hecklers are parents of four children. 

MARK LABARBERA 

Director of Athletics * 5 th Year 

North Park, 1981 

Mark LaBarbera became Valparaiso University’s director of athletics on July 1, 2004. At Valparaiso, he has guided an 18-sport 

program which has seen its teams make five NCAA Tournament appearances during his first four years in office. The Crusaders have also 

been recognized by the NCAA for placing five programs in the top 10% nationally in Academic Performance Rate. 

LaBarbera was instrumental in assisting with Valparaiso’s move to the Horizon League, which took place on July 1, 2007, the school’s 

first change in conference affiliation in 25 years. Over his first four years at Valpo, the department has seen the renovation of Brown 

Field, including the installation of a new ProGrass playing surface, the renovation of Hilltop Gymnasium, completion of the Valparaiso 

University Tennis Complex as well as the Mosak Performance Center. 

He arrived at Valparaiso from the University of New Hampshire, where he served as an athletics administrator for a 24-sport 

program from 1999-2004. He joined the staff as associate director of athletics in 1999 and was promoted to senior associate director 

of athletics two years later. As senior associate director of athletics at New Hampshire, LaBarbera was responsible for all business, 

revenue generating, and personnel areas of the athletics department. His other responsibilities included the oversight of the men’s and 

women’s basketball programs, as well as the gymnastics and women’s crew programs. 

Prior to his days at New Hampshire, LaBarbera served as an athletics administrator at North Carolina State from 1989-1999. After 

joining North Carolina State as an assistant director of athletics, LaBarbera was promoted to associate director of athletics in 1994. He 

supervised all business and operational areas and was responsible for oversight of the women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, 

and indoor/outdoor track programs. 

From 1984-1989 LaBarbera was the comptroller at Chicago’s North Park College, his alma mater. His primary duties focused on the 

management, investment, distribution, and accounting of $14 million of operating funds. He also worked as the accounting manager and 

as an accountant at North Park from 1981-1984. 

LaBarbera earned a B.A. in business administration in 1981 from North Park College. He went on to earn an M.B.A. from DePaul 

University in 1987. A native of North Tonawanda, New York, LaBarbera earned an A.A.S. in business administration from Erie Community 

College in Buffalo. 

LaBarbera and his wife, Sally, have three children, Matthew, Tim, and Sarah. 


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Lakeshore Public Television 

Joe Arredondo, Sports Director 

8625 Indiana Place 

Merrillville, IN 46410 

(219) 756-5656 phone 

(219) 755-4312 fax 

WVUR, 95.1 FM 

David Schroeder, Sports Director 

Valparaiso University 

Valparaiso, IN 46383 

(219) 464-5383 

WE FM, 95.9 FM 

Ron Miller, Station Manager 

Michigan City, IN 

(219) 879-8201 

All Valparaiso University Crusader men’s basketball and football games 

are broadcast on the Valpo Sports Radio Network. No matter where you 

are located in Northwest Indiana, you can tune into one of the Network’s 

four stations to hear exciting Crusader athletics: WVUR, 95.1 FM; WAKE, 

1500 AM; WEFM, 95.9 FM and WWLO, 89.1 FM. 

And even if you’re not in Northwest Indiana, you can still catch every minute 

of Crusader action live via webcast. Just point your web browser to 

www.valpoathletics.com and click on the webcast link. 

Dick Harlan, a longtime Northwest Indiana broadcaster, is the Executive 

Producer of the Valpo Sports Radio Network. Veteran broadcaster Todd 

Ickow returns for his 18 th season behind the microphone as the play-byplay 

voice of Crusader athletics, while WVUR’s David Schroeder will handle 

the color commentary. 

MEDIA INFORMATION 

Aaron Leavitt, Assistant Director of Sports Media Relations (Men’s Basketball Contact) 

Valparaiso University 


1009 Union Street 


(219) 464-6953 (office), (219) 476-6680 (cell) 

(219) 464-5762 (fax) 

Credentials 

Members of the media needing credentials for 

Crusader men’s basketball should contact Aaron 

Leavitt, Assistant Director of Sports Media Relations. 

Seating is available on press row, located 

along the south side of the playing floor, 

for working media only. Media guides and updated 

statistics from both schools will be available 

in the media room along with game notes. 

Following the game, a final statistical packet will 

be made available to media outlets and can be 

faxed to requested outlets not in attendance. 

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Media Information 

LAKESHORE PUBLIC TELEVISION 

2008-09 

Valparaiso University men’s basketball can be seen on Lakeshore Public 

Television at least six times this season. A full schedule of games to be 

broadcast on Lakeshore can be found on page 2 of this guide. Dick Harlan 

will handle the play-by-play, with Joe Arredondo providing color commentary. 

HORIZON LEAGUE NETWORK 

The Horizon League, in partnership with Indianapolis-based MediaSauce, will offer the Horizon League Network 

(HLN) as the premier destination for free, live video web casts of league games and other video-on-demand 

features. An extension of a venture that produced more than 300 events last year, the Horizon League Network is 

the centerpiece of the League's web site at www.horizonleague.org. During the 2008-09 academic year, Horizon 

League Network programming will include: 

Free, live coverage of ... 

* More than 200 Horizon League regular season men's and women's basketball conference games 

* First- and second-round games of the Horizon League men's basketball championship 

* First-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games of the Horizon League women's basketball championship 

* All matches of the Horizon League volleyball, soccer, softball and baseball championships 

On-demand access to ... 

* Archives of Horizon League men's and women's basketball games 

* Live coverage and replays of additional selected team sport championship games 

* Highlights of all 19 Horizon League postseason championships 

Additional features ... 

* "The HLN Update", a look at the week past and the week ahead in Horizon League sports 

* Other special features of teams, events and personalities around the Horizon League 

VALPO SPORTS RADIO NETWORK 

Interviews 

During the week, all player and coach interviews 

should be coordinated through the Sports Media 

Relations Office at (219) 464-6953. Media 

planning to attend practice should call ahead 

to the media relations office to confirm practice 

time. Game-day interviews prior to the contest 

are not permitted. Coach Drew and requested 

players will be available following the game. 

WAKE, 1500 AM 

Scott Rosenberg, Station Manager 

Valparaiso, IN 

(219) 462-6111 

Web: www.wakeradio.com 

Format: Adult Standards 

NEWSPAPERS 

Post-Tribune 

Mark Lazerus, Sports Editor 

1433 E. 83rd Avenue 

Merrillville, IN 46410 

(219) 648-3140 phone 

(219) 648-3236 fax 

The Torch 

Alex Smith, Sports Editor 

1809 Chapel Drive 


(219) 464-5426 phone 

(219) 464-6728 fax 

The Times 

Justin Breen, Sports Editor 

601 W. 45th Avenue 

Munster, IN 46321 

(219) 933-3337 phone 

(219) 933-3249 fax 

Greg Smith, Porter County Sports Editor 

(219) 462-5151 phone 

(219) 465-7298 fax 


2008-09 

TV/Radio Roster 

#00 

URULE 

IGBAVBOA 

Sr. F 6’8” 230 lbs. 

Oakdale, Minn. 

Tartan H.S. 

#1 

MICHAEL 

ROGERS 

So. G 6’5” 215 lbs. 

Kingston, Jamaica 

Redemption [N.Y.] Christian 

#2 

BENJAMIN 

FUMEY 

So. F 6’8” 235 lbs. 

Bremen, Germany 

Freie Hansestadt 

#3 

DE’ANDRE 

HASKINS 

Fr. G 6’4” 180 lbs. 

Long Beach, Calif. 

La Lumiere [Ind.] School 

#4 

CORY 

JOHNSON 

Jr. F 6’7” 225 lbs. 

Duluth, Minn. 

Iowa State Univ. 

#5 

CAMERON 

WITT 

Fr. F 6’9” 205 lbs. 

Launceston, Tasmania 

Launceston College H.S. 

#10 

BRANDON 

McPHERSON 

Sr. G 6’2” 210 lbs. 


Lawrence North 

#11 

NICK 

SHELTON 

Fr. G 5’11” 145 lbs. 

Frankenmuth, Mich. 

Frankenmuth H.S. 

#12 

ANDREW 

FERRY 

Fr. G 6’2” 170 lbs. 


Milwaukee Lutheran H.S. 

#14 

HOWARD 

LITTLE 

So. G 6’3” 210 lbs. 

Chicago, Ill. 

Stoneridge [Calif.] School 

#15 

ERIK 

BUGGS 

Fr. G 6’0” 150 lbs. 

Memphis, Tenn. 

Mitchell H.S. 

#22 

LOGAN 

JONES 

Fr. G 6’2” 170 lbs. 

Madison, Ind. 

Madison H.S. 

#33 

JAKE 

DIEBLER 

Sr. G 6’3” 180 lbs. 

Upper Sandusky, Ohio 

Upper Sandusky H.S. 

HEAD COACH 

HOMER 

DREW 

20th season at Valpo 

32nd season overall 

593-376 all-time 

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