RTC Conference Primers: #13 – Horizon League
Posted by Brian Goodman on October 23rd, 2010Jimmy 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 You Need To Know
- All Horizon League games and most non-conference home games will be streamed live at HorizonLeague.org, the conference’s website. All games are free and the feed is television quality in most arenas. It’s a service that has been around since 2007, and has expanded every year to be an all-encompassing athletics powerhouse for information, features and interviews on Horizon League basketball. By now, if you haven’t heard about Butler‘s run through the NCAA Tournament, you’re probably still counting your hours of free America Online.
- What most people don’t realize is how strong the conference is behind Butler. Yes, the Bulldogs ran roughshod over the conference, going 18-0 and paving their way to the title game in dominant fashion, but they had victories against the seventh and eighth place teams by a combined three points. It’s a deep league through the top seven programs, and even UIC, who finished ninth last year, looks to be strong this season. The Detroit Titans were seventh place despite posting a 20-win season, one of five Horizon League programs to do so.
- It is a guard-oriented league, but post players like Matt Howard, Eli Holman, Anthony Hill and Andy Polka have proven that they can bang with the big boys.