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Bob, John and Kyle recap Preview Week in the second of three episodes. In this episode, they discuss Youngstown State, Wright State, Cleveland State and Northern Kentucky on the men's side, and Milwaukee, Detroit Mercy, Wright State and Purdue Fort Wayne on the women's side.

Bob, John and Kyle recap Preview Week in the first of three episodes. In this episode, they discuss the Detroit Mercy men, the men's and women's teams for both IU Indy and Robert Morris, the Green Bay men and the Youngstown State and Northern Kentucky women.

As is annual tradition, Bob and Matt welcome back Horizon Boy (@HorizonBoy_HB) back to the podcast, where he provides his insight and his picks for the upcoming season. Also, they talk about something that the in-conference rivalries could use: Trophies.

Giovanni Moceri ( @GioMoceriWXOU on Twitter and @moceri_giovanni on IG), the host of the The GioMoShow on WXOU ( @thegiomoshow on IG and @TheGioMoShow on YouTube), is doing double duty, hosting his show and this episode. He talks about the history of the O'rena, something he recently wrote a feature about on our site . Griffin Beers joins him to talk about the article and some tidbits that weren't...

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...

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.spoti...

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...

In the second episode of On the Horizon, AJ and Kendall Nead go deep on basketball, grad school, and the famous hammerhead shark tattoo. Read more of AJ’s stories at ajmayowski.com and visit his YouTube channel .

The first week of the season is in the books, and Bob, Matt and John talk about the highlights, including IUPUI, Purdue Fort Wayne and Cleveland State, and the lowlights, including a host of games on Friday that are better well forgotten. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

Tanner Holden has been cleared to play this season for Wright State, completing his homecoming to the Raider. John Parker and Blake Schumaker join Bob to talk about the impact that will have on Wright State, as well as the rest of the Horizon League. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...

Daytona Beach — As the eyes of the college basketball world were on the NCAA Tournament, two Horizon League coaches had a day they would never forget in the CBI. Both Cleveland State head coach Daniyal Robinson and Milwaukee head coach Bart Lundy made their DI head coaching postseason debuts and had to scrap hard for their results. In the opener, Daniyal Robinson led Cleveland State to its t...

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 l...

Antoine Davis is now the all-time leading three-point shooter in NCAA history, yet Detroit Mercy sits near the bottom of the Horizon League standings. Bob and Matt discuss that weird dynamic that seems to have plagued the Titans throughout Davis' time there. They also talk about the three-way tie at the top of the standings, which includes Youngstown State making a statement against the Michi...

Bob and Matt go through the week that was in the Horizon League, which included a ton of MTEs, nearly all of which did not fare well for conference teams. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/support

Bob and Matt welcome Ethan Morrison ( @EthanMorrison26 ) from the Colonial Sports Network ( @RMU_CSN ) and Giovanni Moceri ( @GioMoceriWXOU ) from WXOU ( @WXOU ) to the 2022 edition of the Student Media Forum, where they discuss their respective teams, as well as their place in the overall sports media landscape. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcas...

Bob and Matt discuss the first exhibition game of the season between Oakland and Grand Valley State. They also pore over the box score that came out of what was supposed to be the secret scrimmage between Detroit Mercy and a Western Michigan squad that featured two ex-Horizon League players. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/h...

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://an...

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: Dan Hasty, Detroit Mercy ( @ThatDanHasty ) Greg Rakestraw, IUPUI ( @gregrakestraw ) Brady Laber, Northern Kentucky ( @BradyLaber1 ) Neal Ruhl, Oakland ( @nealruhl ) John Nolan, Purdue Fort Wayne ( @John_G_Nolan ) Chris Collins, Wright St...

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horizonert/s...

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 me...

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&apos...