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Bradbury looking forward to summer practices
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 men’s coaches got to work with ...
Horizon League took time with Oakland decision
Horizon League commissioner Jon LeCrone helped diminish the uncertainty around the league by bringing in Oakland University this week. The Horizon League will still have nine schools by the fall sports season begin. That’s not as many as it had when Butler was around, but it’s more than it would ...
It’s official: Oakland joins Horizon League
The long-rumored move of Oakland University to the Horizon League became official Tuesday. The Golden Grizzlies will officially join the league July 1, the Horizon League announced, and will compete in all the conference’s sports, except men’s tennis. “I’ve respected their program for many years,” Wright State Athletic Director Bob ...
Three Wright State freshmen leaving program
Wright State announced the departure of three freshman men’s basketball players Sunday: guards Joe Bramanti and Bobo Drummond and forward Jacoby Roddy. The three have not announced their future plans. Coach Billy Donlon said he had known about Drummond and Roddy leaving for some time. Neither of the Peoria, Ill, ...
WSU Insider: Softball team showing improvement
The Wright State softball team won two of its first 15 games, and coach Lynn Curylo did her best to keep the players’ focus off the record. “We’ve been trying hard to focus on the good things within the game,” the third-year coach said. “Did someone execute the bunt? How ...
Horizon League loses Loyola to MVC
Horizon League expansion rumors have been swirling since Butler left last spring, but for now the conference appears be shrinking. Loyola has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference, the Chicago Tribune reported late Saturday night. An official announcement is expected this week. Loyola will become a member ...
Raiders win Nuxhall Classic
Wright State baseball coach Rob Cooper approached this week as if it were a tournament week, and in a way, it was because his team played in the Joe Nuxhall Classic in Cincinnati on Tuesday and Wednesday. That preceded a three-game Horizon League series at Illinois-Chicago starting today. “The biggest ...
WSU baseball team seeks consistency
Wright State baseball coach Rob Cooper is searching for consistency in his team as the season nears its midpoint. The Raiders are 10-15 and 4-5 in the Horizon League going into a three-game series at Penn State beginning today. They started off the season 3-0, but have won two games ...
Former Wright State AD named to interim post at NKU
Michael Cusack guided the Wright State athletic department through a period of great change, helping oversee the program’s move from Division II to Division I during his 26-year tenure. Since his retirement in 2008, Cusack has been teaching a graduate course in sports management at Wright State, and he’ll continue ...
Wright State players grateful for chance to play in CBI
The crowd at the Nutter Center gave Wright State a standing ovation as the final seconds of the 2012-13 season ticked away. It didn’t matter that the Raiders had just the lost game. The fans understood what the team had accomplished by getting this far. The 81-69 loss to Santa ...
Raiders' CBI dreams die in second half
Wright State coach Billy Donlon, as he always does, waited until his last player had left the court before heading to the locker room himself. There were no visible tears. This wasn’t that type of loss, even if the disappointment was etched on all the Raiders’ faces. When you win ...
Preview: Wright State vs. Santa Clara
Who: Santa Clara (23-11) at Wright State (23-12) When: 9 p.m. Wednesday Where: Nutter Center Radio/TV: 100.3/AXS TV (DirecTV Channel 340, AT&T U-Verse Channel 1106 and Dish Network Channel 362). What: Semifinals of College Basketball Invitational Tickets: $13, or $10 for season-ticket holders. Probable Wright State starters Matt Vest, 6-5, ...
Four mid-major teams in CBI final four
The final four of the College Basketball Invitational features mid-major teams from the Horizon League, the West Coast Conference, the Mid-American Conference and, for the time being at least, the Colonial Athletic Association. Wright State will host Santa Clara at 9 p.m. Wednesday, and at 7 p.m., Western Michigan will ...
‘Rolling’ Raiders reach CBI semis, will host Santa Clara on Wednesday
No one knew what to expect from this Wright State team back in November. Four months later, the resilient Raiders, who have now played in more games than any Wright State team ever and have won as many games as any Wright State team playing a Division I schedule, left ...
Preview: Wright State vs. Richmond
Who: Richmond (19-14) at Wright State (22-12) When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: Nutter Center Radio: 100.3 What: Quarterfinals of College Basketball Invitational Tickets: $13, or $10 for season-ticket holders. Probable Wright State starters Matt Vest, 6-5, Jr., G, 5.6 Kendall Griffin, 6-4, So., G, 6.3 Jerran Young, 6-6, Jr., F, ...
5 sports storylines to watch this week
CBI, Dayton: The College Basketball Invitational returns to the Nutter Center tonight as Wright State (22-12) hosts Richmond (19-14) in the quarterfinals. WSU attempts to build on momentum from its first postseason victory (excluding league tournaments), a 72-52 win over Tulsa. Richmond advanced with a 76-71 win against Bryant. Keeping ...
First Four committee steps up, helps WSU sell tickets
The First Four Local Organizing Committee helped sell out the NCAA’s first four games in record time in October. Now it’s turning its attention to helping Wright State get a good crowd at the Nutter Center for Monday’s 7 p.m. game against Richmond in the second round of the College ...
Butler transfer doing all he can to help Raiders in practice
This will go down as one of the most successful seasons in Wright State men’s basketball history, and the Raiders have done it all with potentially one of their best players on the bench in street clothes all season. Butler transfer Chrishawn Hopkins, a 6-foot-1 junior guard from Indianapolis, won’t ...
Notes: Griffin stars in Wright State’s victory over Tulsa
Wright State has had a different leading scorer in five of its last six games, a trend that has lasted all season long. It was Kendall Griffin’s turn on Wednesday in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. The sophomore guard from Avon, Ind., scored 15 points on 6-of-9 ...
Wright State routs Tulsa in CBI
Bill Donlon Sr. stopped by the media workroom before the game Wednesday at the Nutter Center to grab his lucky Diet Pepsi.The Wright State coach’s dad, the director of operations for the program, said he was never a superstitious coach until he started working with this staff. His fellow coaches ...
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