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College Basketball - Horizon League
Valparaiso Crusaders
Location: Valparaiso, IN
University Founded: 1859
Enrollment: 3,874
Nickname: Crusaders
Mascot: The Crusader
School Colors: Brown and gold
Joined the
C-USA: 2007
Varsity Teams: 18
U. President: Dr. Alan Harre
Director of Athletics:
Mark LaBarbera
Basketball Head Coach:
Homer Drew
Conference Titles:
Summit Reg.Sea: 1995,’96,’97,’98,’99,2001,’02,’03,’04
Summit Tournament:
1995,’96.’97,’98,’99,2000,’02,’04
Basketball Arena:
Athletics-Recreation Center
Current Capacity: 5,000
First Year of Basketball: 1917 |
The school men’s basketball team is known as the Crusaders and the program first began in 1917.
The team’s first coach was Sidney Winters.
For the 1978-1979 season the team joined the Division I; then the team became part of the Mid Continent Conference (now called Summit League) and more recently in 2007 it joined the Horizon Conference.
The Crusaders are known for being a power house as they achieved 9 Conference Championships and 8 Tournament titles with the Summit League.
Valparaiso Crusaders are currently coached by Homer Drew who is one of the winning’s head coaches in the history of the NCAA Division I. |
Coach Drew is in 19th season coaching the team and in his 31st season in his coaching career with a record of 571 victories. The team plays its home games at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
Valparaiso 2007-08 Schedule
| Date |
Opponent |
Time/Result |
Record |
| November 12 |
Grace College |
W 90-59 |
1-0 |
| November 15 |
at IPFW |
W 74-64 |
2-0 |
| November 20 |
at Vanderbilt |
L 87-78 |
2-1 |
| November 23 |
Maryland-Eastern Shore |
W 66-55 |
3-1 |
| November 24 |
at Austin Peay |
W 61-47 |
4-1 |
| November 28 |
Western Michigan |
W 77-65 |
5-1 |
| December 1 |
Ball State |
W 71-58 |
6-1 |
| December 6 |
at Wright State |
W 71-66 |
7-1 (1-0) |
| December 8 |
at Detroit |
W 81-68 |
8-1 (2-0) |
| December 11 |
Evansville |
W 75-67 |
9-1 |
| December 15 |
Chicago State |
W 90-61 |
10-1 |
| December 22 |
at Wisconsin |
L 68-58 |
10-2 |
| December 30 |
at No. 1 North Carolina |
L 90-58 |
10-3 |
| January 2 |
IND Wesleyan |
W 93-46 |
11-3 |
| January 5 |
at No. 17 Butler |
L 73-65 |
11-4 (2-1) |
| January 10 |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
L 71-69 |
11-5 (2-2) |
| January 12 |
Wisconsin-Green Bay |
W 82-73 |
12-5 (3-2) |
| January 17 |
at Youngstown State |
W 67-61 |
13-5 (4-2) |
| January 19 |
at Cleveland State |
L 69-63 |
13-6 (4-3) |
| January 24 |
Illinois-Chicago |
W 60-56 |
14-6 (5-3) |
| January 26 |
Loyola (IL) |
L 65-63 |
14-7 (5-4) |
| February 5 |
No. 11 Butler |
L 71-68 |
14-8 (5-5) |
| February 7 |
at Wisconsin-Green Bay |
L 76-71 |
14-9 (5-6) |
| February 11 |
at Illinois-Chicago |
L 77-53 |
14-10 (5-7) |
| February 14 |
Cleveland State |
L 71-58 |
14-11 (5-8) |
| February 16 |
Youngstown State |
W 77-58 |
15-11 (6-8) |
| February 20 |
at Loyola (IL) |
L 68-61 |
15-12 (6-9) |
| February 23 |
Miami (OH) |
W 99-94 |
16-12 |
| February 25 |
at Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
W 66-57 |
17-12 (7-9) |
| February 28 |
Detroit |
W 59-56 |
18-12 (8-9) |
| March 1 |
Wright State |
W 75-73 |
19-12 (9-9) |
| March 4 |
Wisconsin-Green Bay |
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