HoriZone Roundtable

For what will be the final time, Bob and Jimmy bring fans from Horizon League schools together to talk about their respective team's season, the future, and, of course, other teams in the conference. Fans participating:

For what will be the final time, Bob and Jimmy bring fans from Horizon League schools together to talk about their respective team's season, the future, and, of course, other teams in the conference. Fans participating:

Matt (and later on, Bob) welcome new Green Bay head coach Sundance Wicks (@CoachSundance) to the podcast, talking about all things Phoenix, as well as some of Coach Wicks' history, his love of Star Wars, and of course, the origins of bringing the juice.

The season has come to an end, and Bob and Matt discuss the post-season outcomes from Northern Kentucky, Youngstown State, Cleveland State and Milwaukee, along with who was not in any post-season tournament (hint: Detroit Mercy). They kick the episode off, of course, with the recent hiring of Sundance Wicks to Green Bay, then close things out with their assessment of the transfer portal and how it's worked out for players coming in and out of the Horizon League over the years.

The Horizon League Tournament is over, and Bob and Matt reflect on their time there, as well as briefly recap the games, in which Northern Kentucky emerged as the champion. They also talk about the Norse's first-round foe in the NCAA Tournament, Houston, as well as Youngstown State's home NIT contest against Oklahoma State and Cleveland State and Milwaukee reaching the CBI (while Detroit Mercy did not). Finally, with the transfer portal opening, they discuss the one big name that is stay: Wright State's Trey Calvin.

Bob and Matt not only talk about the upcoming semifinal match-ups for the Horizon League tournament, they also chat with Cleveland State head coach Daniyal Robinson (at the 17:20 mark) and Milwaukee head coach Bart Lundy (at the 24:54 mark). They also talk about the roads that Youngstown State and Northern Kentucky took to get to Indianapolis, as well as Antoine Davis, who may yet still get the all-time NCAA scoring record if the CBI invites Detroit Mercy to Daytona.

In this bonus episode, Bob and John break down the HoriZone Roundtable's picks for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, 6th Man of the Year and Defensive Player of the year, as well as the pick for all three All-Horizon League teams. 

With the regular season over for the Horizon League, Bob and Matt talk about the champions, Youngstown State, along with all of the preseason predictions that the HoriZone Roundtable, along with everyone else, made that were completed wrong. They also talk about how the seedings shook out, as well as a small glimpse into the conference tournament itself.

Youngstown State is on the cusp of its first regular season conference crown ever, and Bob and Matt talk about the Penguins' dominances over both Milwaukee, who struggled the entire week, and Green Bay. They also talk about Cleveland State's sweep of Wright State and Northern Kentucky, Detroit Mercy making more noise to close out the season, and the general lack of consistency within a lot of the league's teams this season.

This past week's Horizon League action featured rivals that played each other hard regardless of record, and Bob and John, filling in for Matt, broke down all of them. They also got into what the various scenarios for the top four teams would be going into the last two weeks of the season, which the Thursday match-up between Youngstown State and Milwaukee being the most critical contest.