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September 27th, 2008

Getting to know the Summit League (III)

Many Summit League teams thrive off the three point shot. Last year the league had 11 players who shot at least 40% from downtown (minimum of 100 attempts). Summit League teams and players don’t necessarily make jaw dropping amounts of threes. They just consistently shoot quality percentages.
I equate 40% from the long […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

September 24th, 2008

Getting to know the Summit League (II)

Stuff you need to know about Summit League hoops other than the mascot inferiority complexes that exist.
-2007/08 was the inaugural season for the Summit League.
-The league was called the Mid-Continent Conference from 1989-2007. From 1982-1989 it was called the Association of Mid-Continent Universities.
May 15th 2007
“Beginning June 1st, the Mid-Continent Conference will be known as the […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

September 24th, 2008

Getting to know the Summit League (I)

Last year’s Summit League championship game featured the IUPUI Jaguars and the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles.
The Golden Eagles won the tourney but their mascot, well, “got owned”.

And it’s worth mentioning that you gotta give it up to those YouTube commenter types.
You can’t make that stuff up.
Tags: basketball conferences, Golden Eagle, iupui, Jaguar, Mid-Con, […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

July 4th, 2008

But At Least The Shoes Will Get There

A few weeks ago we reported that IUPUI Coach Ron Hunter and his players were going to travel to African this summer to deliver some 250,000 pairs of shoes for underprivileged children with the non-profit group Samaritan’s Feet and Shoes of Hope.
But word has it that while the shoes have already been delivered to Africa […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

May 21st, 2008

IUPUI’s Basketball Team Gets Off On The Right Foot

As I was scanning over the latest goings on in the world of college basketball, I ran across this tidbit that made me feel like everything was good with the world today.
According to the Associated Press, the IUPUI men’s basketball team and Coach Ron Hunter are going to Nigeria to deliver nearly 200,000 donated pairs […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments