Valparaiso Crusaders

After an emotional speech praising his seven seniors, after many tears and just as many hugs, Wright State baseball coach Rob Cooper had one more thing to add. "Seniors eat first," he said. It wasn't the happiest of postgame meals. A senior class that...

It will be a busier summer than usual for Wright State women's basketball coach Mike Bradbury and the Raiders. In a couple of weeks, they'll start summer practices, and they get eight weeks of practice time. A year ago, for the first time, Division I...

Mitchell Black of Brunswick is currently the second-fastest 800-meter runner in Division III men's track and field programs. Not bad for a young man who hoped he would be a soccer player in college. Black was a four-sport varsity athlete at...

Last winter Oakland University basketball coach Greg Kampe spent most of his Thursdays and Saturdays coaching Summit League basketball games. The nights in between? Spent checking out the future competition. "Every Friday night I could I watched a...

Citing increased exposure, a schedule with proximity to home and a higher level of competition, Oakland athletic director Tracy Huth said the program’s membership to the Horizon League is one it can hardly wait to begin. “Let’s just...

The Sports Xchange Oakland headed to Horizon League Oakland University is the latest school to change conferences, announcing Tuesday that it will move from the Summit League to the Horizon League. Oakland will officially join the Horizon League on...

Oakland University is the latest school to change conferences, announcing Tuesday that it will move from the Summit League to replace Loyola in the Horizon League. Oakland, which is located in southeast Michigan, will officially join the Horizon...

When packing for Illinois' trip to Austin, Texas, to play Colorado in Friday's NCAA tournament matchup, Illini coach John Groce will skip the cowboy hat and boots. He cannot vouch for his wife, Allison. "I'll leave that to her,'' Groce said Sunday...

Bill Carmody has elevated Northwestern basketball from Point C to Point B. Or is it Z to B? He took over after Kevin O'Neill's 1999-2000 misfits went 5-25. The point guard, Collier Drayton, was legally blind in one eye. Two years later, Carmody's crew...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Derrick Nix got a pass down low, backed up his beefy body to put an opponent on his back and scored. For much of Michigan State's NCAA tournament-opening win, it was as easy as giving Nix the ball and getting out of his way....

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Valparaiso has earned a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004 with one of the most seasoned teams in college basketball. When the 14th-seeded Crusaders shoot to upset third-seeded Michigan State on...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — At Valparaiso, Bryce Drew will always be known as the kid who made "The Shot." He'd rather be known today as simply The Coach. Fifteen years after making an indelible mark on the NCAA tournament with one of the greatest...