Horizone Roundtable

Matt is back from vacation, and he and Bob get back up to speed with some of the news he didn't get a chance to talk about, along with some of things that did happen since he's been back, namely the retirement of Green Bay's Kevin Borseth the transfer to Oakland of Jaylen Jones, the brother of current Golden Grizzly Isaiah Jones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob talks with new Detroit Mercy head coach Mark Montgomery about his vision for the program, his previous career and bringing the Titans back to prominence in the Horizon League. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and John, still filling in for Matt, talk about the latest coaching hires, including the official promotion of Ethan Faulkner to the helm of Youngstown State and Mark Montgomery being chosen to lead Detroit Mercy, as well as the dismissal of Northern Kentucky women's coach Camryn Volz. They also talk about IUPUI's roster moves and Trey Townsend finally announcing the he will hit the transfer portal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and John, filling in for Matt, talk about the whirlwind of activity that has taken place in the past week, both with players in the transfer portal and with changes in head coaches. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Oakland became the first Horizon League team since 2011 to win an NCAA Tournament game, and Bob and Matt welcome Griffin Beers on to talk about his experience in Pittsburgh during the Golden Grizzlies' tourney run. Bob and Matt also talk about Cleveland State's win in the CBI, Purdue Fort Wayne's wins in the CIT and WNIT, and movement in the transfer portal, which opened on March 18th. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Oakland has made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since joining the Horizon League, and Matt and Bob talk about the conference tournament, as well as the Golden Grizzlies' tourney opponent, Kentucky. They also talk about the coaching changes at IUPUI and Detroit Mercy, along with who may be in the mix for those jobs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

The Horizon League semifinals are set, and Bob and Matt talk about the match-ups. Matt also talked to Oakland coach Greg Kampe, and Bob talked to Cleveland State head coach Daniyal Robinson. There's also a discussion about what appears to be return of the heated rivalry between Milwaukee and Green Bay. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob, Matt and Kyle discuss the last week of the regular season and how the Horizon League women's tournament shakes out. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob, Matt and John discuss the final week of the season and discuss how the Horizon League men's tournament shakes out. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Despite getting hammered by Wright State, Oakland will go into the final week of the regular season with at least a share of the Horizon League title. Bob and Matt, to shake things up, talk about the week that was in the vein of where each team's top player is positioned in the Player of the Year race. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Oakland has a half-game lead in the Horizon League standings and also have the inside track to take the regular season title. Bob and Matt break down what The Grizz and second-place Green Bay need to do to take the crown, and they also talk about the rest of the week, which included Detroit Mercy's first win and Milwaukee's last-second heroics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and Matt discuss the week that was, starting with Green Bay, which continues to completely outpace any preseason expectations with its sweep of Robert Morris and Youngstown State, the latter of which happening without star Noah Reynolds. They also talk about how the rest of the week went down and preview the IUPUI-Detroit Mercy game for...reasons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and Matt start of by remembering Earl Cureton, the staple of Detroit Mercy basketball who passed away on Sunday, a day after providing color for the Titans game against Robert Morris. They also talk about Detroit Mercy's luck being bad already, having clinched the Horizon League record for consecutive losses this week. Plus, they discuss the rest of the conference, which now has two teams tied for the top spot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

With another week in the books, and a good chunk of Horizon League teams close together, Bob and Matt discuss how the Wisconsin trip through Milwaukee and Green Bay has become a grind once again after a multi-year lull. They also talk about the seemingly never-ending saga that is the Detroit Mercy losing streak, team depth and...the Detroit Lions? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and Matt welcome back ESPN's play-by-play announced Jordan Bernfield (@jordanbernfield) to discuss both the upcoming ESPN broadcasts of league games and the conference teams themselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

With Matt out, Bob is joined by Scott Meier (@smeier87) to have an in-depth conversation about the situation at Robert Morris and what the future holds for head coach Andy Toole (hence the title, which is not what Bob said at the beginning). They also talk about what happened elsewhere this past week in the conference. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and Matt get into the week's conference action that included Wright State getting back into the swing of things with two big wins, and Oakland passing two critical tests against the Wisconsin teams. They also talk about the ongoing misery with Detroit Mercy, IUPUI's place in the world, and what to make of Northern Kentucky without Sam Vinson, among other things. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob, Kyle Rossi, John Parker and Blake Schumaker get into the New Year by discussing what went down in the games prior to 2024, including the return of BJ Freeman, Detroit Mercy's continued woes and the fight to keep up with Purdue Fort Wayne at the stop of the standings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Bob and Matt talk about the latest string of non-conference games, as well as the recent decision on multi-year waivers that could benefit Detroit Mercy. They start, though, with a conversation with Mantis (youtube.com/@YoungMantis2), whose appearance at the IUPUI-Lindenwood game was all the buzz across the Internet. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

As 19 straight days of non-conference games is in full swing, Bob, Matt and John talk about what has happened so far and which Horizon League teams are faring better than others. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message