Reach The Horizon

The IU Indianapolis men's basketball program officially announced Paul Corsaro as their 11th head coach in program history - Coach Corsaro knows the Indianapolis market very well and he spent some time with Justin Kinner on this week's Reach The Horizon Podcast!

Neal Ruhl, voice of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, joined Justin Kinner on Reach The Horizon following Oakland's win over Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 - Oakland will take on 3-seed Kentucky on Thursday night. Head Coach Greg Kampe joined Justin Kinner on this weeks Reach The Horizon ahead of the Grizzlies showdown with the Wildcats on Thursday night.

The Barbasol Horizon League Men's Basketball Championships Final Four is set - ESPN's Jordan Bernfield will be on the call for all three games on the ESPN family of networks Monday and Tuesday night. Jordan and Justin recapped the four quarterfinal round matchups and previewed the loaded Final Four field.

John Nolan is the voice of the Mastodon's for both the men and women's college basketball teams - Nolan joined Justin Kinner to recap the Mastodons regular season and weigh in on both teams chances as they prepare of quarterfinal action Thursday night.

The Youngstown State Penguins wrapped up the 2-seed and will take on the 7-seed Cleveland State Vikings Thursday night in the Quarterfinals. Robb Schmidt joined Justin Kinner on Reach The Horizon to weigh in on the state of the Penguins heading into postseason play.

The Green Bay Phoenix basketball programs are having phenomenal seasons for both the men and women's sides - Brian Kuklinski is the voice of the Phoenix and he helped Justin Kinner recap their tremendous regular seasons and both weigh in on how they stack up against the loaded HL competition.

Norse legend Drew McDonald is this weeks guest on Reach The Horizon - The guys recapped Drew's historic career at NKU and weighed in on the tight race for the top 4 spots in the Horizon League standings.

Sean Paul (Field of 68) joined Justin Kinner on this weeks edition of Reach The Horizon - Sean Paul concentrates on Mid-Major basketball and had a lot of insight on the state of the league with less than 10 games remaining in the regular season. Which team outside of the top 4 is the most dangerous? Is Youngstown the most dangerous team in the league? Noah Reynolds the favorite to win HL Player of...

The voice of the Wright State Raiders Chris Collins joins us this week to preview the big ESPNU showdown between two of the top four teams in the league as the YSU Penguins get set to take on the Wright State Raiders in Dayton Thursday night at 9pm. This will be the second matchup between the two with game one belonging to the Penguins back in early January.

Wright State baseball coach Alex Sogard took some time to join Chris Collins live at Mode X for the coaches show this past Monday night. Coach Sogard and Chris Collins highlighted the upcoming First Pitch Banquet thisweekend.

The voice of the Youngstown State Penguins joins us this week to preview the big ESPNU showdown between two of the top four teams in the league as the YSU Penguins get set to take on the Wright State Raiders in Dayton Thursday night at 9pm. This will be the second matchup between the two with game one belonging to the Penguins back in early January.

The Milwaukee Panthers currently sit third in the Horizon League standings as we sit here in mid-January but their road gets tougher as they get set to take on Northern Kentucky, Wright State, Oakland, & Purdue Fort Wayne in four of their next five games. Joining Justin Kinner on the podcast this week is the voice of the Panthers Scott Warras. The guys highlight the upcoming stretch for the Panthe...

ESPN's Jordan Bernfield is this weeks guest on Reach The Horizon - Jordan has called Horizon League basketball on ESPN for quite some time now and he shares his thoughts on the changes in the league over the years and the state of the conference today. Jordan will be on the call this Friday night on ESPN2 for the big showdown between two of the top teams in the Horizon League - The Wright State Ra...

Northern Kentucky enters Horizon League play at 7-6 on the season but the big story following the Norse is the unfortunate loss of one of their star players Sam Vinson. The voice of the Norse Jim Kelch hopped on the podcast with us to recap NKU's non-conference run and how they look heading into conference play. The guys also discussed the Vinson injury more in depth and how that can impact NKU's...

The Horizon League season is set to tip off this weekend and there are a lot of teams have who had real impressive non-conference results through out November and December. One of those teams is the Youngstown State Penguins who sit at 10-2 and are taking a 7-game win streak into their Horizon League opener when they take on Oakland on New Years Eve. The longtime voice of the Penguins Robb Schmidt...

Jim Brown has done it all and has seen it all at Wright State University. From Coaching, to teaching, and broadcasting. Coach Brown is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to Wright State basketball and he is our guest for this weeks edition of Reach The Horizon. The Raiders are gearing up, along with the rest of the conference, for Hoirzon League to tip-off next weekend. Jim Brown and Justin Kinn...

The voice of the Green Bay Phoenix Men & Women's Basketball programs joined Justin Kinner on this weeks edition of Reach The Horizon - The guys talked about the scheduling approach for mid major programs and how the records can be misconceiving heading into conference play. Kuklinski highlighted the women's success vs Top 25 opponents recently & shared what makes the hire of the men's new head coa...

We are officially a month and some change into the 2023-24 college hoops season for both men and women - There is not a program in the Horizon League that has both the men and women's programs rolling more than the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. Our guest on this weeks edition of Reach The Horizon is none other than the voice of the men and women's Mastodons Mr. John Nolan.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies have battled one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the Horizon League this season. They have come close to knocking off a few high major programs such as Ohio State and Illinois but fell just short. The impressive non-conference run continued however as the Golden Grizzlies put the Horizon League and all of College Basketball on notice with a huge win on the...

We tip off the season with our annual "Horizon League State of the Union Address" with the commissioner of the Horizon League Julie Roe Lach - Justin Kinner and Julie dive into the conferences Brand Recharge + they discuss the impact of the transfer portal & NIL on mid major conferences (Good and bad). Julie Roe Lach also closes out the episode with her thoughts on the NIT changes and how that imp...

The Cleveland State Vikings knocked off the Green Bay Phoenix this past Tuesday at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum to clinch their first Horizon League title since 2010. Justin Kinner caught up with Vikings head coach Chris Kielsmeier to reflect on their title win on Tuesday plus coach weighs in on what his message was for his players and staff heading into Selection Sunday.

The Northern Kentucky Norse knocked off Cleveland State in Tuesday night's Horizon League Championship game 63-61. It was the fourth conference title in the last seven years and the second title under the reign of head coach Darrin Horn. Coach Horn joined us on this week podcast to reflect on the huge Championship win and weighed in on what made this season and this roster so special.

The regular season is wrapping up this weekend and the regular season title is still unclaimed. Youngstown State is sitting at the top with the Cleveland State Vikings right behind them. Cleveland State is coming off of a huge weekend taking care of business vs Wright State and Northern Kentucky. The Vikings are easily the hottest team heading into the Tournament and that is why we had to get the...

Four teams are tied at the top of the conference with a 9-3 record and the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are just behind them sitting at 7-5. The Horizon League is as deep and competitive as it has been in a long time and that is what makes each weeks quantity of games all quality match-ups. The voice of the Oakland Golden Grizzlies joined Justin Kinner on this weeks podcast to highlight the top match-...