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RTC Conference Primers: #13 – Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:30:34 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League. You can find his daily ramblings @PantherU or @JimmyLeMKE on Twitter.

Reader’s Take I

Last season, the Horizon League put four teams in the postseason — can it do it again?

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Top Storylines

Eli Holman’s Leave of Absence: The Detroit big man is easily the best returning post player in the H-League, but whether or not he will return is a big question. Holman was placed on “indefinite leave” from the team at the end of September to handle some legal issues drawn from an incident at a fraternity house [...]

Set Your Tivo: 03.08.11

Brian Otskey — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:41:03 +0000

***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013 * – don’t waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo’s) of any kind on this game

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

Only two games affect the bubble tonight, [...]

Horizon League Wrap & Tourney Preview

Brian Goodman — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:37:07 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the Horizon League Correspondent for RTC. With the conference tournament set to tip tonight, get a leg up on all things Horizon in this week’s recap and postseason preview.

Tournament Preview

To be perfectly honest, the Horizon League Tournament is stacked to allow the top two seeds the ability to get into the tournament, and it’s hard to argue with the success – each of the co-champions has won in the NCAA Tournament since the current format began. The funny thing is, hot teams really should be able to win the [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:44:46 +0000

Jimmy Lemke is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

A Look Back

How They Fared: It was a week that had mixed results for the Horizon League. The torch-bearer for the conference, Butler, won a difficult MAAC road game by double-digits against Siena before dropping an overtime decision in Hinkle Fieldhouse against state foe Evansville. Detroit picked up three solid victories over Albany, Bowling Green and Niagara after dropping an early-week decision at Missisippi State. Milwaukee‘s upset bid over Marquette just failed at the end, with a missed front end of a one-and-one giving Marquette [...]

RTC Live: Marquette @ Milwaukee

rtmsf — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:42:10 +0000

Game #45. It’s a crosstown rivalry between Brew City schools and RTC Live is happy to visit Milwaukee for the first time.

This Saturday night, Marquette and Milwaukee will meet for the 38th time for an 8 p.m. showdown at U.S. Cellular Arena. And in all 37 previous encounters between these city-sharing rivals, Marquette has emerged victorious. This year’s edition comes with a new wrinkle, though: for the first time in the series, Milwaukee is the home team. With a large blue and gold contingent expected at the Cell, a raucous atmosphere is [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:03:46 +0000

Jimmy Lemke is the RTC Horizon League correspondent. You can find his ramblings daily at PantherU.com.

A Look Back

The biggest news out of the Horizon League has been a dearth of dumb losses. Things that have hampered the conference in the past such as losses to low-majors and D-II schools, or blowouts to evenly matched opponents just haven’t been the case as much as in recent years. Despite a couple of puzzling losses — such as Milwaukee to Florida Atlantic and UIC to Charleston — the conference has been very strong out of the gate. In fact, those [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #13 – Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:05:37 +0000

Jimmy Lemke is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

Predicted Order of Finish

Butler (15-3) Cleveland State (12-6) Detroit (12-6) Milwaukee (11-7) Valparaiso (9-9) Wright State (9-9) Green Bay (8-10) UIC (7-11) Loyola (5-13) Youngstown State (2-16)

All-Conference Team

G: Shelvin Mack, Butler G: Norris Cole, Cleveland State F: Cory Johnson, Valparaiso F: Matt Howard, Butler C: Eli Holman, Detroit

6th Man

G: Brandon Wood, Valparaiso

Impact Newcomer

Paul Carter (F), UIC

What does Brad Stevens and Butler have in mind for an encore after their run to the title game?

What You Need To Know

All Horizon League games and most non-conference home games will be streamed live at HorizonLeague.org, the conference’s [...]

Horizon League Tournament Preview

rtmsf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:04:27 +0000

John Templon of Chicago College Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

The Horizon League finished its regular season on Saturday. The first round matchups for the tournament are all set. Of course the favorite to win the conference tournament is Butler. The Bulldogs went a perfect 18-0 in conference. The Bulldogs played without star forward Gordon Hayward – the assumed Horizon League Player of the Year – and still managed to defeat Valparaiso on the road on Friday. Butler will be playing at home and receives a double-bye into the semifinals. The team joining [...]

Checking in on the… Horizon League

rtmsf — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:15:14 +0000

Damon Lewis, a reporter and play-by-play announcer for the Horizon League Network, is RTC’s Horizon League correspondent.

Butler (#17/18) 6-0 15-1 Milwaukee 6-1 11-6 Green Bay 5-1 12-5 Cleveland State 4-3 13-6 Wright State 3-3 9-8 UIC 2-4 9-7 Loyola 2-4 10-8 Youngstown St. 2-5 5-11 Valparaiso 2-5 5-13 Detroit 0-6 4-11

Much to my surprise, there seems to be as much attention on the Horizon League this year, [...]