Bob and Jimmy introduce the new writers to the horizoneroundtable.com, including guests Karic Jones (@Karic_Jones), Marc Weems (@bigweems) and Kyle Craven (@KyleCraven_NR). Since Purdue-Fort Wayne announced its move to the Horizon League in 2020, this is discussed, as is any potential 12th member. Also discussed were the new tournament format and venue, Detroit Mercy's APR issues and the latest in the Cleveland State rebuild.

It only took two weeks from the announcement that Dennis Felton was fired as head coach at Cleveland State to the hiring of Florida State assistant Dennis Gates as the new head coach. Bob and Matt Dudek, filling in for Jimmy, break down the new hire and how this will impact the Vikings. Also, Bob and Matt finally get to talk about the new Horizon League Tournament format, which includes some old incentives for the top teams.

Dennis Felton is out at Cleveland State, as is his entire staff. Bob and Jimmy discuss the events leading up to the firing, including the seemingly never-ending exodus of players. They also talk about who is in the mix for the job and what CSU could be looking for as the ideal candidate for the coaching role.

Cleveland State's basketball program as imploded, as four of its five top scorers have entered the transfer portal, including All-Horizon League player Tyree Appleby. Bob, with Matt Dudek (@GrizzTalkOU) filling in for Jimmy, discuss the impact this will have on CSU. Also, there may be some implications for other Horizon League schools, specifically Oakland.

In this episode, Bob talks with Scott Garrett, the new athletic director at Cleveland State. They discuss Garrett's Horizon League roots. as well as his plan for Cleveland State moving forward.

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Since technical difficulties wiped out Bob and Jimmy's original discussion about the ongoing spring signing period, Bob has had to come up with an episode by himself (Sorry, Jimmy). Oakland's got a scholarship left to give, and Northern Kentucky and Wright State are finalists in the Marcus Domask sweepstakes. Plus, does anyone know what Detroit Mercy is going to do with its six open scholarships. Finally, Bob had to say something about the Christian Dawkins trial.

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Sam Rosenstiel (@SamRosenstiel), the editor-in-chief of Northern Kentucky's student newspaper, The Northerner (@northernermedia), joins Bob to discuss the recent hire of Darrien Horn as the NKU's new head coach, replacing John Brannen. They talk about the overall search process, what impact it will have on the current players, as well as spring recruiting. Bob and Sam also discuss the recent controversy surrounding women's basketball coach Camryn Whitaker.

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Kyle Craven (@KyleCraven_NR) joins Bob (minus Jimmy, due to technical difficulties Bob caused) to talk about the aftermath of John Brannen leaving Northern Kentucky to coach Cincinnati. They also talk about the impact of recent transfers by Jaevin Cumberland and Braden Norris from Oakland, Malachi Smith from Wright State and Camron Justice from IUPUI.

In the second part of the Second Annual Fan Battle Royale, Bob (@BobMcDonald) and Jimmy (@PantherU) discuss the recent end to the Horizon League’s tournament presence in Detroit and look towards the future in Indianapolis.