--The Post-Tribune
Aug. 30, 2006
By Steve T. Gorches / Post-Tribune staff writer
The Valparaiso men won’t have exclusive rights to tough basketball schedules on the VU campus this winter.
The Crusader women’s non-conference schedule will be difficult again with six games against state and area schools that have provided some history in recent years.
Notre Dame coming to the Athletics-Recreation Center will be the biggest home contest, as well as Bradley coming to Valpo after a 79-71 double-overtime victory over VU last year in Peoria, Ill.
“We’re playing some of the best teams,” VU coach Keith Freeman said. “It’s a very challenging non-conference schedule with some great rivalry games.”
He includes Northwestern, Ball State, Indiana State, Loyola (Ill.) and a return to Bloomington to face Indiana as rivalry games.
VU played Indiana on a semi-regular basis up until 1999. With the NCAA changing the rule on how many games schools can play (now 29 with an exempt tournament), putting the Hoosiers back on the schedule was an easy choice.
Ball State and Indiana State both will be part of classic events in back-to-back weeks. The Crusaders will face the Sycamores on Dec. 2 at the Hoosier State Classic in Indianapolis, and the Cardinals on Dec. 10 at Hoopla: A Celebration of Women’s Basketball at IPFW in Fort Wayne. Last year VU faced Purdue in the same classic.
The pre-Mid-Con schedule will provide several different styles of play as a great precursor to the Mid-Con season.
“We have a good assortment with different types of play,” Freeman said. “Primary zone, pressing, man-to-man, halfcourt, athletic teams and some that just want to run and score 80-90 points per game. It’s a wide variety of teams and hopefully that gets us ready for Mid-Con.”
Crusaders add Hoosier flavor to schedule--The NWI Times
Men’s Basketball Set for Games in Canada--OUGrizzlies.com
A Visit from Notre Dame, Trips to Northwestern and Indiana Highlight 2006-2007 Valpo Women’s Hoops Schedule--www.valpo.edu
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