MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

Just saw on the MIAA board that according to Whitnable Trine is hiring VanderWal.  Massive blow to the Pios.  With JCU leaving and VanderWal heading north Fuline is licking his chops moving forward.

[Dr. Acula]

I completely missed the news that Young left ONU also.  He is changing gears and becoming a financial advisor.  One of the current assistants who had prior HC experience was hired as the new HC.  Lots of change in the OAC hoops universe this offseason.

[Onward on, John Carroll]

So does anyone have more insight on why Vanderwall left Marietta. The easy answer seems to be that he wanted to be closer to home, but is there more to it?  He has been away fromnhome for a very long time. After all that time in Marietta, why was he looking? Was it a financial thing (which is rare, admittedly, at the D3 level, that one school can pay substantially more than another)? Was he not feeling the commitment to basketball by the administration? Just curious.