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Valpo Aims For Weekend Sweep Saturday Versus Wright State
Winners of six of its last seven contests, Valparaiso looks to maintain its spot within the top-two of the Horizon League standings as the Crusaders host Wright State Saturday evening at 7:05 p.m.
Valpo Aims For Weekend Sweep Saturday Versus Wright State
Broekhoff Leads Way In Come-From-Behind Win Over Detroit
Crusaders Return Home to Take On Detroit
Tom Smith Among Hall of Fame Class of 2012
Date Opponent/Event Location Time Coverage
Sat, 1/28 at Milwaukee * Milwaukee, Wis. W 55-52
Thu, 2/2 Detroit * Athletics-Recreation Center W 78-73
Sat, 2/4 Wright State * Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m.
Thu, 2/9 at Cleveland State * Cleveland, Ohio 6:00 p.m.
Sat, 2/11 at Youngstown State * Youngstown, Ohio 6:00 p.m.
Tue, 2/14 UIC * Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m.
Sears BracketBusters X
Fri, 2/17 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. 8:00 p.m.
Tue, 2/21 Loyola * Athletics-Recreation Center 7:05 p.m.
Fri, 2/24 Butler * Athletics-Recreation Center 6:00 p.m.
Horizon League Championship
Tue, 2/28 at Horizon League Championship TBA TBA
Fri, 3/2 at Horizon League Championship TBA TBA
Sat, 3/3 at Horizon League Championship TBA TBA
Tue, 3/6 at Horizon League Championship TBA TBA
January 30, 2012
The Valparaiso men’s basketball team learned Monday evening that it had earned a televised appearance in the 2012 Sears BracketBusters X event and will travel to the West Coast, as the Crusaders will face off against Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday evening, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. CT live on ESPNU.
January 28, 2012
Valparaiso rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit against Milwaukee and limited the Panthers to just11 points in the game’s final 17:30 as the Crusaders earned a hard-fought 55-52 victory Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wis.
January 27, 2012
Valparaiso closes out a four-game road trip, its longest road swing of the season, Saturday afternoon in the Horizon League Network Game of the Week at Milwaukee, which can be seen locally on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Both squads enter Saturday’s contest tied for second place in the league standings, just one-half game out of the league lead.
January 26, 2012
Junior Ben Boggs (Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley [Virginia Tech]) hit all five of his 3-point attempts en route to a career-best 17 points, but Valparaiso fell to Green Bay to start the second half of Horizon League play, 75-60, Thursday evening in Green Bay, Wis.
January 25, 2012
A fixture on the sidelines for more than two decades, Dr. Homer Drew led Valparaiso University to 371 victories and nine postseason appearances while at the helm of the Crusader basketball program, and on Saturday, February 4, he will be inducted into the Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame.
January 24, 2012
Valparaiso looks to maintain its current run of form this Thursday evening as the Crusaders continue their four-game road trip at Green Bay. Valpo has won four straight games and six of its last seven to ascend into a tie for first place in the Horizon League standings at the halfway point of the league slate.
January 21, 2012
Juniors Ryan Broekhoff (Frankston, Victoria, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport) and Kevin Van Wijk (Hoofddorp, Netherlands/Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Hoofddorp) combined for all ten points in a 10-0 run that put Valparaiso up nine points with seven minutes to play, and the Crusaders would never trail again, eventually earning a 60-55 victory over UIC Saturday afternoon in Chicago. The win guarantees Valpo a share of first place in the Horizon League standings at the halfway point of the league schedule.
January 20, 2012
Coming off their biggest road win in nearly 12 years, Valparaiso looks for its fourth consecutive victory as the Crusaders aim for a sweep of the Chicago road trip against UIC at 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The showdown with the Flames concludes the first half of the Horizon League slate. The game can be seen locally on Comcast SportsNet Chicago.
Men's BasketballConferenceOverall
WLWL
Cleveland State82184
Valparaiso93168
Milwaukee751410
Youngstown State751210
Butler751311
Detroit661212
Wright State661113
Green Bay56912
UIC39715
Loyola011516
M Basketball Valpo 60 Green Bay, Wis.
Jan 26 Green Bay 75
W Basketball Milwaukee 55 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 26 Valpo 47
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 27 2nd/28 (5-1)
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 28 3rd/28 (10-2)
M Track IPFW Quadrangular (with Detroit and Oakland) Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jan 28 No Team Score
W Track IPFW Quadrangular (with Detroit and Oakland) Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jan 28 No Team Score
M Tennis Valpo 1 Muncie, Ind.
Jan 28 Ball State 6
W Swimming Monmouth (Ill.) 40 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 63
M Swimming Monmouth (Ill.) 36 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 57
W Swimming Butler 56 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 39
M Basketball Valpo 55 Milwaukee, Wis.
Jan 28 Milwaukee 52
W Basketball #12/9 Green Bay 65 Athletics-Recreation Center
Jan 28 Valpo 37
W Bowling Kutztown Invitational Reading, Pa.
Jan 29 5th/28 (11-4)
W Basketball Valpo 58 Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 2 Youngstown State 64
M Basketball Detroit 73 Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 2 Valpo 78
W Tennis Valpo 0 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 3 IPFW 7
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 3 3rd/12 (2-3)
W Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 3 No Team Score
M Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 3 No Team Score
W Tennis Valpo 6 Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 3 Wittenberg 1
M Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 4, 9:00 a.m.
W Track Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind.
Feb 4, 9:00 a.m.
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 4, 9:40 a.m.
W Track Mastodon Invitational Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 4, 10:00 a.m.
M Track Mastodon Invitational Fort Wayne, Ind.
Feb 4, 10:00 a.m.
W Basketball Valpo Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 4, 1:00 p.m. Cleveland State
W Swimming Valpo Monmouth, Ill.
Feb 4, 1:00 p.m. Monmouth (Ill.) w/ Western Illinois and Augustana
M Swimming Valpo Monmouth, Ill.
Feb 4, 1:00 p.m. Monmouth (Ill.) w/ Western Illinois and Augustana
M Tennis Valpo Dayton, Ohio
Feb 4, 3:00 p.m. Dayton
M Basketball Wright State Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 4, 7:05 p.m. Valpo
W Bowling Prairie View A&M Invitational Arlington, Tex.
Feb 5, 8:30 a.m.
M Basketball Valpo Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 9, 6:00 p.m. Cleveland State
M Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 10, 9:00 a.m.
W Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 10, 9:00 a.m.
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 10, 7:00 p.m. UNI
W Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 11, 9:00 a.m.
M Track GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich.
Feb 11, 9:00 a.m.
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 11, 10:00 a.m. Nebraska-Omaha
W Tennis Valpo Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 11, 11:00 a.m. Kalamazoo
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 11, 12:00 p.m. Iowa State
W Basketball Valpo Indianapolis, Ind.
Feb 11, 1:00 p.m. Butler
M Tennis Grace Matchpoint Tennis Club
Feb 11, 3:00 p.m. Valpo
M Basketball Valpo Youngstown, Ohio
Feb 11, 6:00 p.m. Youngstown State
Softball Valpo Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 12, 12:00 p.m. Drake
W Tennis Bradley Homewood-Flossmoor
Feb 12, 3:30 p.m. Valpo
M Basketball UIC Athletics-Recreation Center
Feb 14, 7:05 p.m. Valpo