Just another MANIC MONDAY
Horizon League Madness is in FULL SWING. Here's everything we got right & wrong about last week, plus: ALL THE INFO YOU NEED AHEAD OF THE NKU v. OAKLAND showdown
by Kyle Craven
WOW. WHAT A WEEK we had, and it was all packed in to one day!! NKU won at the buzzer in regulation, Oakland beat Youngstown State in overtime, Milwaukee erased a 24-point deficit and beat Wright State in overtime (statistically impossible!!) and to top it all off, it took Cleveland State 3 overtimes to hold off the surging Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. All of this INSANITY culminated in the Horizon League getting a five minute segment on the Scott Van Pelt Sportscenter show. If you don’t know how significant that it, Greg Kampe put it best when he said “I studied journalism in school, and they taught us that Jesus coming back to Earth wouldn’t get 5 minutes on the news.” That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but he’s got a point. The league getting that big of a spot in the national limelight is HUGE.
That said, we have A LOT of content to go through and not a lot of time to do it. We appreciate you all and hope you’ll at least skim the full newsletter so you can see what we have planned for you.
Here’s some of what you’ll see:
Let’s get into it!!
RECAP: NKU thrills YET AGAIN at the buzzer in a Horizon League Tournament
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HOLY. CRAP. WHAT A GAME.
NKU didn't play particularly well, but the way this game ended kind of makes it all worth it! Larry and Mike ran the show this with Kyle producing behind the scenes and they broke down the Detroit Mercy game, while also looking a little bit ahead to the Oakland matchup.
Preview: NKU Norse meet Oakland Grizzlies in [another] semi-final show down
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We finally got Matt Dudek on the show
to talk to us about the Oakland Grizzlies.
How did they win against YSU?
Show some love to the YSU players
Preview the OU/NKU game
The last time these two teams played…. this happened…
FINAL 4 PREVIEW: Cleveland State plays Milwaukee and the winners show down in the championship on Tuesday
ONE ROUND DOWN, ONE TO GO
Two wins away. 80 minutes. 40 minutes twice. NKU looks to hang their 5th straight banner, and all it takes is a win against two of these three teams
Watching the Horizon: Alec Kwait Update from INSIDE THE ARENA (halftime show)
We have a special inside the arena report from Alec Kwait set up for tomorrow! We are excited to get to do this with you all!
HoriZone RoundTable’s THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER:
Keep an eye out today for @HorizoneRT’s tweets, they’ve got some good stuff coming today too, including:
Our entire staff picked the games for the semi-finals and the final
John Parker put together a drinking game, specifically tailored to the semifinal matchups
They were also nice enough to have me (Kyle) on their podcast this week, here’s the link: https://horizoneroundtable.com/2021/03/07/sorting-out-the-madness/
Vote in this poll! We’re going to unpack this topic over the summer and we’d love your thoughts - or at least your vote! (Click on the tweet and vote)
That’s it for this week, folks! Be sure to share this newsletter and leave a comment if you have something to say.. We love hearing from you guys, too!
Always great information. Especially on the transfer portal.