Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Big loss for IUP. Wonder who Joe will choose to take his place.

Big John is just moving up a seat.

[IUPHawks24]

Sad to see coach Fudala go but he's moving up the chain to a head coach spot. Good luck to him.

Big loss for IUP. Wonder who Joe will choose to take his place.

[IUPalum]

Sad to see coach Fudala go but he's moving up the chain to a head coach spot. Good luck to him.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Sometimes I wonder what these really successful small college coaches think when stuff like this happens. In 3.5 years goes from Fairmont State to Head Coach of the Boston freaking Celtics. Still remember the really good forward for Mercyhurst ripping their heart out with that game winning 3 in overtime in the NCAA’s that year.

FSU blowing that game in the final minute and then losing in OT ... had quite the ripple effect as we at IUP remember all too well.

[IUPHawks24]

Speaking of coaching jobs, looks like Joe Mazzulla is going from D2 coach to interim head coach of the Celtics in just a few years time. Quite a career progression, even if the circumstances are a bit nuts.

Sometimes I wonder what these really successful small college coaches think when stuff like this happens. In 3.5 years goes from Fairmont State to Head Coach of the Boston freaking Celtics. Still remember the really good forward for Mercyhurst ripping their heart out with that game winning 3 in overtime in the NCAA’s that year.

[Chuck Norris]

Speaking of coaching jobs, looks like Joe Mazzulla is going from D2 coach to interim head coach of the Celtics in just a few years time. Quite a career progression, even if the circumstances are a bit nuts.

[IUPalum]

They'll get a way larger candidate pool immediately after the season.

D2 coaches seem to have way higher morals than D1. The timing was just awful.

What a joke! Unless Tom has health issues that he didn't disclose, he should be ashamed of himself for leaving this program in this condition.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It just looks like he had no where to go after his dad retired, and he was the best available, but not what IUP wanted.

They'll get a way larger candidate pool immediately after the season.

D2 coaches seem to have way higher morals than D1. The timing was just awful.

[Bart]

I'd guess, as FS82 eluded, due to the timing they probably got very limited applicants. Tom couldn't have left at a worse time.

I read they will re-open the position after the season.

Who knows. Perhaps the interim coach will do well and they will keep him.

It just looks like he had no where to go after his dad retired, and he was the best available, but not what IUP wanted.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Why an interim coach?

I'd guess, as FS82 eluded, due to the timing they probably got very limited applicants. Tom couldn't have left at a worse time.

I read they will re-open the position after the season.

Who knows. Perhaps the interim coach will do well and they will keep him.

[Bart]

Why an interim coach?

[Matt Burglund]

Division I Assistant Named Interim IUP Women's Basketball Coach

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I do the North Hills to Slippery Rock drive every weekday! 1 mile to 279 and up to 79 then 5 easy miles to campus. My point was that not everyone is comfortable driving an hour on older two-lane roads over the river and through the woods to Indiana they go, especially on those dark winter nights after a weeknight game. 22 is just fine until it gets more rural around Delmont. You're right about 119 but that's the easy part - it cuts off that hill on 22 right after the interchange. That hill can be almost as treacherous as 22 at Ebensburg. Plum is a little more desirable but you've still got 286, which is even hillier and windier.

It's all what part of Pittsburgh. I usually take 422 to 28. It's terrible in the winter. And, well, 28 is terrible 365 days a year -- for a large variety of reasons. Now, that's at rush hour (a.m. and p.m.). In non-rush hour times, that drive is long but simple (non-winter). You don't really get traffic until the RIDC stretch (normal conditions ... not this summer). In the winter the stretch from Elderton to Kittanning isn't real fun -- 12 miles up and down the whole way with coal trucks doing 65 mph in blizzards. I've had more white knuckle commutes than I can count over the years.

[Fightingscot82]

You're right –– if Pittsburgh is the size of Slippery Rock. But it's not. It all depends on where in Pittsburgh you're coming from.

I'm sure you know your geography, but North Hills to Slippery Rock is quick and easy while Monroeville to Slippery Rock is not (~$50 a week in turnpike tolls).

Just like North Hills to Indiana is not quick or easy, but Monroeville to Indiana is (22/119).

I do the North Hills to Slippery Rock drive every weekday! 1 mile to 279 and up to 79 then 5 easy miles to campus. My point was that not everyone is comfortable driving an hour on older two-lane roads over the river and through the woods to Indiana they go, especially on those dark winter nights after a weeknight game. 22 is just fine until it gets more rural around Delmont. You're right about 119 but that's the easy part - it cuts off that hill on 22 right after the interchange. That hill can be almost as treacherous as 22 at Ebensburg. Plum is a little more desirable but you've still got 286, which is even hillier and windier.

[Matt Burglund]

One person I assumed would be interested referenced that very thing - they could figure out a way to make metro Pittsburgh work but not Indiana.

You're right –– if Pittsburgh is the size of Slippery Rock. But it's not. It all depends on where in Pittsburgh you're coming from.

I'm sure you know your geography, but North Hills to Slippery Rock is quick and easy while Monroeville to Slippery Rock is not (~$50 a week in turnpike tolls).

Just like North Hills to Indiana is not quick or easy, but Monroeville to Indiana is (22/119).