Matt Lottich out as Valparaiso head coach
Valparaiso has parted ways with head men's basketball coach Matt Lottich.
Matt Lottich out
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Reggie1857
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Maybe we’ll finally be able to beat those guys.Matt Lottich out as Valparaiso head coach
Valparaiso has parted ways with head men's basketball coach Matt Lottich.www.nwitimes.com
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My guess is Roger Powell Jr will be named head coach within a few days of Gonzaga's season being over, if not before. For the record, I wanted him to be our head coach. I accept coach Pedon and am fully behind him because he was the choice, and i understand the reasoning to hire him. I do believe Roger will be a great head coach and that he'll be able to recruit some really good players. I also love the style of play that Gonzaga plays. Valpo should not, in any way be able to compete with Illinois State from a university and facilities perspective but I believe Roger will do a great job there. He has young kids and grandparents on both sides of their family in the Chicago area. I'll be pulling for him to succeed.
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Wonder if Valpo can pay Powell Jr. more than he makes at Gonzaga? Wasn’t this a concern last year when his name was being mentioned on this board for the ISU opening?
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Money wasn't the issue with him not coming to ISU. Pedon was chosen to be the head coach. I've grown to really like and embrace him as our coach.
I feel Roger wants to be a head coach and close to family which matters much more than the money, especially for the short term. His recruiting base is Chicago and the midwest. The only other realistic job that I could see him taking would be if DePaul were hiring but I don't see that happening. Roger's first coaching job was with Bryce Drew at Valparaiso so there's familiarity both from the administration and from Roger and it's really close to family. I absolutely believe he's worthy of getting a better job if he were to wait it out and this job would be a big uphill battle compared to other options he could have.
Tommy Lloyd was a longtime assistant with Mark Few at Gonzaga and was hired as Arizona's coach last year. My gut is just telling me that Roger will get this job. I could be wrong but if he does, I believe it would be great for the Valley and I'd much rather him be at Valparaiso than Bradley or SIU because he could potentially do some much better things there, and they're more of a rival to us than Valpo.
My sources have said that Kyle B stated that he spoke to RP jr. for over two hours and never felt like he “connected” with him.
Maybe...
I dn't want to come off as a prick or a know-it-all, butI'm a little bit 'sprised that nobody corrected the inferences in the first few posts in this thread that the horrendous 3-point gift came in the 1978-79 DePaul game at Horton.
In fact, in January of 1979 DePaul had a Final Four team that beat the Redbirds 87-69. The controversial 3-pointer ended the final game played at Horton in December of 1989 and resulted in a one point win for the visitors; but it was indeed one of the most horseshit calls in college basketball history.
In fact, in January of 1979 DePaul had a Final Four team that beat the Redbirds 87-69. The controversial 3-pointer ended the final game played at Horton in December of 1989 and resulted in a one point win for the visitors; but it was indeed one of the most horseshit calls in college basketball history.
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Lamonica pointed out in his Bird Fans 4 Ever interview that the terrible call followed another terrible call that gave DePaul the ball when it should have belonged to us. I was at the game but didn't remember that.
Did the blown 3-point call make the SportsCenter top 10 list for the day? I have a vague recollection that it made the list, but if I'm being honest, many of the things I think I remember from college probably never happened. Too much time at the Cellar, I reckon.
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Was Angel Hernandez working this game.
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I was there. It was a much closer call than most think.
This was 1988. I'm not sure there was a SC top 10 list that early. But I could be wrong! BTW...your last 2 lines? FANTASTICO!
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If memory serves, DePaul had a previous loss that season when the refs missed the call on a 3-pointer toward the end of that game. After the egregious call that went in his favor at the end of the ISU game, Joey Meyer said something to the effect of the call "maybe balancing things out." Not only was T. Greene clearly inside the line, it should have been ISU's ball on the missed out-of-bounds call preceding the play. To top it off, the refs quickly looked at each other after Greene's basket, looking for help on the call, and the one closest to Greene then threw his hands up to signal a "3" and high-tailed it off the court. It was an incorrect call, unprofessionally executed in a chicken$#!+ fashion.
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Is a heel on the line the same call as a toe on the line?
Were you drinking?
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Precisely. Even better: What if the left heel is on the line, the right foot is completely inside the line and on the floor, and the shooter is leaning forward at the point of release? That, ladies and gentlemen, is not...even...close. My vantage point was halfway up the upper deck at that end of the floor, with a view looking down at Greene and the basket in almost a straight line. My roommates and I immediately called BS; unfortunately, we didn't get to make the call. Probably the most gut-wrenching loss of my time as an undergrad, having a W taken away in such a manner on our home court.