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Part 2 of the post-Preview Week wrap-up, with Bob, John and Blake Schumaker, includes a discussion about Detroit Mercy, led by the HoriZone Roundtable's pick for Player of the Year Antoine Davis, and the rest of the bottom half of the preseason poll.

Bob and John, filling in for Matt, are joined by Blake Schumaker to take about the top half of the HoriZone Roundtable's 2022-23 preseason poll for the Horizon League. This also includes a discussion about the release of the preseason KenPom rankings, in which the conference...did not fare well.

Bob and Matt are once again joined by the play-by-play voices from around the Horizon League to talk about their respective schools and much more. Guest includes:

Bob and Matt discuss the recent announcement that the Horizon League Tournament will continue to play at Indiana Farmers Coliseum for the the foreseeable future. And with nearly all of the non-conference schedules out, they talk about the overall strength of schedule, key games and MTEs, and, of course, the return of Vega Ocho (now Vegas Quatro), which naturally has a Horizon League team involved.

Horizon Boy returns to chat with Bob and Matt about the upcoming Horizon League season. This includes his preseason picks for the conference, as well as a conversation about the recent picks by Lindy's.

Bob talk with Matt Cox from Three Man Weave, who wrote about the Horizon League for The Almanac, a publication that features writers from Three Man Weave, Heat Check, Field of 68 and Verbal Commits. They discuss the season prospects for each team and how their rosters shake out.

In Part 2 of our annuals writer's forum, Bob, John, Kyle Rossi, Alec Kwait, Karic Jones, Nick Lorensen and Blake Schumaker continue their discussion of a variety of topics from the off-season in this Horizon League. They include the moves made by some of the women's teams, IUPUI's almost completely new roster, and the overall massive roster turnaround among the bottom half of the men's teams.

Bob and Matt welcome writers from horizoneroundtable.com for the 2022 edition of the Writer's Forum, including John Parker (@horizoneJohn), Kyle Rossi (@KyleHZRT), Karic Jones (@Karic_Jones), Nick Lorensen (@nlorensensports) and Blake Schumaker (@bschumakerRT). Among the topics discussed in Part 1 of this two-part forum are the new coaches on the women's side, Wright State's arrivals and departures, and what to expect from Oakland, Detroit Mercy and Milwaukee next season.

Bob speaks with new Cleveland State head coach Daniyal Robinson. Among the items they discuss are Robinson's relationship with Oklahoma coach Porter Moser, the current Vikings roster and the formation in 2020 of the Big 12 Black Assistant Coaches Alliance, which he played a key role in establishing as an assistant at Iowa State.

Bob and Matt, along with Horizon Boy, welcome back Oakland coach Greg Kampe to discuss his very productive off-season, among other things. They also talk with Golden Grizzlies point guard Jalen Moore about his expectations for the upcoming season.