NIT first round
March 14 at State Farm Center in Champaign, IL
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It's been an interesting last month for Illinois. The Illini had a four-game winning streak at the end of February that included wins over future NCAA teams Northwestern and Michigan State & gave them a chance at an at-large bid, followed by a terrible loss to Rutgers in the regular season finale that probably put an end to that chance and a blowout defeat to Michigan in the Big 10 Tournament.
Two days after the Michigan loss (NOTE: this was the game where the Wolverines had to use practice jerseys because their regular uniforms were still stuck on a plane that had crashed on the runway prior to takeoff. Yes, it was THAT game), Illinois fired head coach John Groce. So, anything was possible in the Illini's NIT opener.
Well, Illinois turned it around at least for one day, getting 25 points from Malcolm Hill in an 82-57 victory. That's a 1-0 record for interim coach Jamall Walker, who watched the hosts hold Valpo to 3-of-18 shooting from three-point range.
Valparaiso had a really difficult end to its season: the nation's eighth-best scorer, Alec Peters, went down with a season-ending injury, the second-seeded Crusaders scored 41 points (12 in the first half) in their first game of the Horizon League Tournament, a loss which ended a shot at an NCAA bid, and then Tuesday's blowout loss. That all happened in about a three-week span.
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Game 139 - Valparaiso at Green Bay
February 28 at Resch Center in Green Bay, WI
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In one of the tightest games we've seen at 200 Game Season, Horizon League regular season champion Valparaiso escaped with a 70-68 victory.
There were 14 ties and an amazing 23 lead changes, four of which came in the final three minutes:
* Green Bay, who I think as a No. 4 seed has a chance to go on a bit of a run in the Horizon Tournament, got a three-point play from Jordan Fouse with 1:04 left.
* Alec Peters was fantastic for the visitors (25 points, 15 rebounds in 37 minutes) & he hit his last bucket with 44.2 seconds left, then Jamar Hurdle's lay-up 24 seconds later put Green Bay back up 68-67.
* The last lead change came on a top of the key 3-pointer from Shane Hammink with 2.2 seconds left.
Scoochie Smith All Stars
E. Victor Nickerson, redshirt senior forward, Valparaiso (new co-captain)
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In one of the tightest games we've seen at 200 Game Season, Horizon League regular season champion Valparaiso escaped with a 70-68 victory.
There were 14 ties and an amazing 23 lead changes, four of which came in the final three minutes:
* Green Bay, who I think as a No. 4 seed has a chance to go on a bit of a run in the Horizon Tournament, got a three-point play from Jordan Fouse with 1:04 left.
* Alec Peters was fantastic for the visitors (25 points, 15 rebounds in 37 minutes) & he hit his last bucket with 44.2 seconds left, then Jamar Hurdle's lay-up 24 seconds later put Green Bay back up 68-67.
* The last lead change came on a top of the key 3-pointer from Shane Hammink with 2.2 seconds left.
Scoochie Smith All Stars
E. Victor Nickerson, redshirt senior forward, Valparaiso (new co-captain)
Game 16 - Valparaiso at Rhode Island
November 17 at Ryan Center in Kingston, RI
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I feel like this game really put me over the top when it comes to spelling "Valparaiso" correctly on the first try.
I scribbled it down a couple times at the very start of the game - a 58-55 win for the visitors - then had to type it twice for this post and I got it the first time each time.
It's been a long journey, from the early days of Valpraiso & Valapariso, but we've finally arrived.
VALPARAISO!
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I feel like this game really put me over the top when it comes to spelling "Valparaiso" correctly on the first try.
I scribbled it down a couple times at the very start of the game - a 58-55 win for the visitors - then had to type it twice for this post and I got it the first time each time.
It's been a long journey, from the early days of Valpraiso & Valapariso, but we've finally arrived.
VALPARAISO!
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