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O26 Weekly Awards: Wichita State, Davon Usher, Gary Waters & Yale…

Tommy Lemoine — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:31:08 +0000

With just over a month until Selection Sunday, many teams across the landscape of college basketball are beginning to show their true colors, for better or for worse. Some early conference pace-setters have returned back to the pack, while a number of apparent-disappointments have readjusted and begun to find their way. And others yet just keep on winning. Let’s pass out a few awards to those who took care of business last week.

O26 Team of the Week

Wichita State. The Shockers have been written about and discussed at length over the past several days, so there’s no need to overanalyze the implications of last week’s big road [...]

2012-13 RTC Conference Primers: Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:46:20 +0000

Ethan Back is the Horizon League correspondent for RTC.

Top Storylines

The Departure of Butler: It’s pretty crazy to think that the Horizon League has produced two of the last three runners-up in the NCAA Tournament, but Butler did indeed reach the final game of the season in both 2010 and 2011. The Bulldogs have been the reason why the conference receives the national attention that it does, but they are now members of the A-10. What does this mean for the conference? Wright State head coach Billy Donlon and Cleveland State head coach Gary Waters don’t seem to think much of the [...]

Checking in on … the Horizon League

Deepak Jayanti — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:06:17 +0000

Deepak Jayanti is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League. Follow him on Twitter (@10thYearSeniors) for his thoughts on college basketball.

Reader’s Take

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Halfway Checkpoint

Don’t Bet On It: Parity has been a common term used to describe certain conference races such as the Big Ten, CAA or Pac-12 so far this season. Add the Horizon League to that list after the games this past weekend. Cleveland State and a surprising Valparaiso team sit on top of the standings at the halfway point of conference play. Fans of this league with a gambling itch might want to stay away because there [...]

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 [...]

NCAA Tournament Tidbits: 03.31.11

Brian Goodman — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:29:22 +0000

Throughout the NCAA Tournament, we’ll be providing you with the daily chatter from around the webosphere relating to what’s going on with the teams still playing.

Butler

It seems like head coach Brad Stevens is getting as much attention for his glasses as he is for his coaching. Stevens is drawing comparisons to Clark Kent due to this look. “The Butler Way” consists of team-first basketball and an emphasis on defense. One columnist argues that it represents all that is right with sports. Cleveland State head coach Gary Waters believes that Horizon League foe Butler has a legitimate chance of winning the National Championship. [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:20:02 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

A Look Back

The big picture of the Horizon League got further muddled when Valparaiso, who owned first place not one week ago, lost two successive games in Wisconsin (sandwiched around an excellent Bracketbusters victory over Missouri State) and dropped back to the pack. Cleveland State is in first for the time being after defeating Wright State last week. Their loss at Old Dominion all but ensured the Vikings need to win the conference tournament to make their way into the Big Dance, but it’s not over [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:00:37 +0000

Jimmy Lemke is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

A Look Back

Everyone thought that Cleveland State had asserted its dominance on the conference; their first four victories yielded four blowouts. We should have known, by looking at the Power Rankings, that the teams CSU smashed into the ground were the teams that sit in the bottom half of the rankings. It should have been no surprise, then, that the Vikings were blown out at Butler and then dropped a close one against Valparaiso at the ARC in their trip through Indiana, never an easy [...]

Set Your Tivo: 01.07-01.09

Brian Otskey — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:01:31 +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.

The first big hoops weekend of 2011 [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:09:48 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

A Look Back

After a couple months of beating good teams but never getting over the hump and beating a great team, the Horizon League finally got that signature Top-15 program win. The only surprising part was that it wasn’t Cleveland State at West Virginia, with the Vikings rolling into town and playing respectably before bowing out in the final five minutes. Instead, the victory came from the hands of the UIC Flames against Illinois, who was stunned in a “home” game [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:41:16 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the RTC correspondent for the Horizon League.

A Look Back

It was a sobering week for Horizon League schools as the conference went 8-9 over the week and plummeted from seventh in the conference RPI to twelfth. Upset bids against high majors were either blowouts or close, but at the end of the day, they all ended in losses. Cleveland State owned the week’s most impressive victory yet again with a 12-point road victory at Sam Houston State, but perhaps the biggest news was the emergence of Ray McCallum, Jr. Across the [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

Brian Goodman — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:09:52 +0000

Jimmy Lemke of PantherU.com is the Horizon League correspondent for Rush The Court

A Look Back

How They Fared: The Horizon League, unlike most conferences, begins its conference season the first week of December; most teams play two games, with a couple playing only one game and competing non-conference the rest of the week. Easily the most impressive team of the week was Cleveland State, who rolled through Wisconsin and preserved their undefeated record. Norris Cole has the inside track on Player of the Year, and coach Gary Waters has assembled a dominant team behind him. Gunnin’ For That [...]

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 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 [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

rtmsf — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:04:12 +0000

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

Standings

Butler 3-0 Green Bay 4-1 Detroit 3-1 Wright State 3-1 Cleveland State 2-2 Loyola (IL) 2-3 Valparaiso 1-2 Milwaukee 1-3 Youngstown State 1-4 UIC 1-4

Top Storylines

Into conference play to stay. Besides the Bracket Busters event everyone is locked in and focused on conference play in the Horizon League. Butler is still the team to beat. The Bulldogs haven’t been challenged yet in the Horizon League, but every team is gunning for them. There’s a huge game coming up at Wright State on Friday and another at Detroit on Saturday. Parity reigns in league play. Besides the [...]

Checking in on… the Horizon League

jstevrtc — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:36:55 +0000

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

Standings:

Green Bay 2-0 (9-3) Wright State 1-0 (6-4) Detroit 2-0 (6-4) Butler 1-0 (7-3) Loyola-Chicago 1-1 (7-2) Milwaukee 1-1 (7-4) Valparaiso 0-1 (4-6) Youngstown State 0-2 (4-5) Cleveland State 0-2 (4-7) UIC 0-2 (2-6)