Valparaiso University NCAA News

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho , June 17 -- North Idaho College issued the following news release: Two NCAA Division I transfers recently signed to play for the North Idaho College men's basketball team for the 2009-2010 season.

Valparaiso's roster overhaul continues, as sophomore-to-be De'Andre Haskins is leaving the program, and 6-7, 235-pound power forward Milos Milosevic has signed a national letter of intent.

Comments May 14, 2009 BY MARK LAZERUS Post-Tribune sports editor The Beas Hamga Era at Valparaiso is over before it ever began.

Wide receiver Sean McCarthy can't wait until Sept. 5. That's when Valparaiso University opens its season at St.

Benjamin Fumey was spotted on campus today at Valparaiso, but don't expect to see him there much longer.

The Horizon League season has been over for nearly a full day already. So I felt it was high time to put the 2008-09 season behind us and take a look ahead to next season .

Butler sophomore Matt Howard was voted Horizon League Player of the Year by media, coaches and sports information directors around the league.

So what's the point of this whole thing? What does Valparaiso seek to gain from the Horizon League Tournament, which the Crusaders open tonight at Wright State? Is it just to get the freshmen some tournament ...

Scott Grote came off the bench to score 19 and Wright State hit 17 free throws in the final five minutes as the Raiders beat Valparaiso 68-56 on Tuesday in the first round of the Horizon League tournament.

Freshman point guard Erik Buggs has lost his starting job and has seen his minutes decrease drastically in recent games.

Howard Little scored 13 points to lead five Crusaders in double figures and Valparaiso used a second-half spurt to beat Youngstown State 67-59 Saturday night in the Horizon League.

J'Nathan Bullock scored 25 points, including six during a decisive late run, as Cleveland State beat Valparaiso 71-64 Thursday night in the Horizon League.

Beware Cory Johnson. That's not a message to the rest of the Horizon League, though people in Valparaiso circles sure think the Iowa State transfer will be nothing short of a beast next year.

Howard Little scored 17 points and Valparaiso rallied from an 18-point first-half deficit to beat Akron 74-66 Saturday night.

Sporting his post-season haircut, Lancaster Catholic's Michael Blaszczyk went out and trimmed the competition in Friday's opening rounds of the District Three Class AA championships at the Hersheypark Arena.

Two members of the Horizon League staff spent Wednesday at the Resch Center preparing for the possibility that the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay could host the conference tournament.

VALPARAISO?-- It's an arbitrary number, of course. A mathematical coincidence and meaningless factoid that looks good in a headline, warrants a brief postgame speech and makes nice gameday program fodder.

Projected starters: UIC -- G Josh Mayo, 5-11 Sr., 16.5 ppg, 3.4 apg; G?Robo Kreps, 6-0 So., 11.3 ppg; F Jeremy Buttell, 6-7 Jr., 4.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg; F?Tori Boyd, 6-5 So., 9.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg; C?Scott VanderMeer, 7-0 ...

In Valparaiso circles, it's sort of like seeing the Sasquatch --?always a fleeting glimpse, a tease, a did-that-just-happen moment.

Michigan vs. No. 1 UConn Matchup: Michigan 15-8; Connecticut 21-1. Tip-off: 6 p.m., Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.