Valparaiso's Ryan Broekhoff tries to block the shot of Robert Morris' Baye Samba at Valparaiso University on Saturday November 3, 2012. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
Jeffrey D. Nicholls/Post-Tribune Post-Tribune sports writer Michael Osipoff
NCAA Tournament or bust. That’s Valparaiso’s 2012-13 season stripped down to its essence. That’s the brass-tacks situation. The Crusaders tasted the sweetness of a regular-season Horizon League championship in 2011-12, two games clear of the field with a 14-4 record. They then tasted the bitterness …
