Strength in numbers

MBB: Valpo's recent success is taking a village

Roger Powell Jr. has employed numerous catchphrases and slogans since he was introduced as the Valparaiso men’s basketball coach in 2023.

He hasn’t been shy about wanting to play a style that is “fun, fast and free,” and he’s also talked about wanting to build a team that embodied the manta of “strength in numbers.”

As the Beacons near the midway point of the Missouri Valley Conference season, Powell is getting his wish as one of the deeper rotations in recent program history is allowing the third-year coach to play the style he’s wanted to put on display at the Athletics-Recreation Center.