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2011-12 Men’s BasketBall ProsPectus ® Horizon League Men’s Basketball: 2010-11 In Review STANDINGS Horizon League Overall Team W L Pct. PF PA Streak W L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neutral Last 10 Streak Milwaukee (NIT) 13 5 .722 71.9 70.1 W-9 19 14 .576 68.7 69.7 10-5 8-8 1-1 7-3 L-2 #rv/rv Butler (NCAA) 13 5 .722 71.9 65.8 W-7 28 9 .757 72.1 64.4 12-2 7-6 9-1 10-0 W-14 Cleveland State (NIT) 13 5 .722 72.7 65.9 W-1 27 9 .750 71.0 63.6 17-3 9-5 1-1 6-4 L-1 Valparaiso (CIT) 12 6 .667 70.3 66.7 W-1 23 12 .657 73.3 68.0 13-4 6-8 4-0 5-5 L-2 Detroit 10 8 .556 74.4 73.7 W-2 17 16 .515 74.5 72.6 11-4 6-11 0-1 6-4 L-1 Wright State 10 8 .556 64.8 63.5 L-4 19 14 .576 64.3 61.7 14-3 5-8 0-3 5-5 L-1 Green Bay 8 10 .444 68.7 69.3 L-1 14 18 .438 67.3 68.4 10-4 4-12 0-2 3-7 L-2 Loyola 7 11 .389 66.2 67.1 L-1 16 15 .516 69.5 66.6 9-8 7-7 3-7 L-2 Youngstown State 2 16 .111 67.2 77.4 L-6 9 21 .300 69.1 74.2 9-7 0-14 2-8 L-3 UIC 2 16 .111 63.2 71.8 L-4 7 24 .226 62.7 69.4 4-9 1-14 2-1 2-8 L-5 2011 Horizon League Championship Horizon League Players of the Week First Round -- Tuesday, March 1 Nov. 15 ..........................................Norris Cole, Cleveland State ON THE HORIZon (at campus sites, hosted by higher seeds) Nov. 22 ................................................................. Robo Kreps, UIC CONTINUED TOURNAMENT SUCCESS: The Ho- (3) Cleveland State 73, (10) UIC 61 Nov. 29 ........................................................... Eli Holman, Detroit rizon League is the only conference outside of (4) Valparaiso 80, (9) Youngstown State 71 Dec. 6 .............................................Norris Cole, Cleveland State the Power 6 conferences to have won a NCAA (5) Detroit 90, (8) Loyola 69 Dec. 13 .....................................................Ray McCallum, Detroit Tournament game in each of the last seven sea- (6) Wright State 60, (7) Green Bay 50 Dec. 20 .........................................................Matt Howard, Butler sons. Butler has carried the League banner to Second Round -- Friday, March 4 Dec. 27 .........................................................Matt Howard, Butler wins in four of those years (2007, 2008, 2010, (at Milwaukee, Wis.; U.S. Cellular Arena) Brandon Wood, Valparaiso 2011), with Milwaukee (2005, 2006) and Cleve- Jan. 3 .....................................Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State land State (2009) adding victories in the streak. (3) Cleveland State 73, (6) Wright State 59 Jan. 10 ................................................ Cory Johnson, Valparaiso (4) Valparaiso 88, (5) Detroit 78 Jan. 17 ..............................................Brandon Wood, Valparaiso Semifinals -- Saturday, March 5 Jan. 24 ...........................................Norris Cole, Cleveland State In the last decade, the Horizon League has found (at Milwaukee, WIs.; U.S. Cellular Arena) Jan. 31 ......................................Vaughn Duggins, Wright State plenty of success in the NCAA Tournament: (2) Butler 76, (3) Cleveland State 68 Feb. 7 ................................................... Anthony Hill, Milwaukee (1) Milwaukee 70, (4) Valparaiso 63 Feb. 14 ...........................................Norris Cole, Cleveland State • The Horizon League owns the seventh-best NCAA Tournament winning percentage among Championship -- Tuesday, March 8 Feb. 21 ...........................................Norris Cole, Cleveland State (at Milwaukee, WIs.; U.S. Cellular Arena) Feb. 28 .....................................................Tony Meier, Milwaukee the 31 conferences in the last nine years (19-12, (2) Butler 59, (1) Milwaukee 44 .613), ranking first among the non-Power 6 con- 2010-11 Horizon League Award Winners ferences (Conference USA - 30-22, .577). All-Tournament Team All-League First-Team Name, School Yr. Pos. Name, School Yr. Pos. • The Horizon League was represented in the Matt Howard, Butler (MVP) Sr. F Norris Cole, Cleveland State Sr. G national championship game for the second Shelvin Mack, Butler Jr. G Matt Howard, Butler Sr. F straight season. The League joined the Mis- Shawn Vanzant, Butler Sr. G Vaughn Duggins, Wright State Sr. G souri Valley (Cincinnati, 1961-62) and West Anthony Hill, Milwaukee Sr. F Anthony Hill, Milwaukee Sr. F Coast Conferences (San Francisco, 1955-57) as Brandon Wood, Valparaiso Jr. G Brandon Wood, Valparaiso Jr. G the only non-BCS conferences to send a mem- ber to consecutive national title game appear- NCAA Championship All-League Second-Team First Round -- Thursday, March 17 Name, School Yr. Pos. ances. (Washington, D.C.; Verizon Center) Shelvin Mack, Butler Jr. G (8) Butler 60, (9) Old Dominion 58 Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay Sr. G • A League member reached the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in nine seasons and sixth time Second Round -- Saturday, March 19 Ray McCallum, Detroit Fr. G (Washington, D.C.; Verizon Center) Eli Holman, Detroit Jr. F overall. The five years in the regional semifinal (8) Butler 71, (1) Pittsburgh 70 N’Gai Evans, Wright State Sr. G are the second-most among non-BCS confer- ences over the last nine years (Conference USA Southest Regional Semifinals -- Thursday, March 24 All-Newcomer Team - seven). Butler has accounted for four of the (New Orleans, La.; New Orleans Arena) Name, School Yr. Pos. last five appearances. (8) Butler 61, (4) Wisconsin 54 Ray McCallum, Detroit Fr. G Southest Regional Finals -- Saturday, March 26 Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee Jr. G FOUR TEAMS IN 2011 POSTSEASON: With four (New Orleans, La.; New Orleans Arena) Paul Carter, UIC Sr. F teams participating in postseason play, the Hori- (8) Butler 74, (2) Florida 71 (ot) Alec Brown, Green Bay Fr. C zon League equaled its highest amount of tour- Damian Eargle, Youngstown State So. F NCAA Semifinals -- Saturday, April 2 nament bids. In 1990, the then-Midwestern Col- (Reliant Stadium; Houston, Texas) All-League Defensive Team legiate Conference earned four bids (two NCAA, (8) Butler 70, (11) VCU 62 Name, School Yr. Pos. two NIT). Cleveland State and Milwaukee gave Norris Cole, Cleveland State Sr. G the Horizon League two postseason NIT partici- NCAA Championship Game -- Monday, April 4 pants for the first time since 1994. (Reliant Stadium; Houston Texas) Eli Holman, Detroit Jr. F (3) Connecticut 53, (8) Butler 41 Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State Jr. G Ronal Nored, Butler Jr. G 2011 Horizon League Tournament champion Postseason NIT Matt Howard, Butler Sr. F Butler memorably returned to the National First Round -- Tuesday, March 15 Championship game, while regular season co- (Wolstein Center; Cleveland, Ohio) Player of the Year: Norris Cole, Cleveland State champions (along with Butler) Milwaukee and (2) Cleveland State 63, (7) Vermont 60 Newcomer of the Year: Ray McCallum, Detroit Cleveland State each represented the League in Coach of the Year: Rob Jeter, Milwaukee First Round -- Wednesday, March 16 the NIT. Valparaiso competed in the CollegeIn- Sixth Man of the Year: Geoff McCammon, Loyola sider.com Tournament. (Ryan Arena; Chicago) Defensive Player of the Year: Norris Cole, Cleveland State (4) Northwestern 70, (5) Milwaukee 61 Second Round -- Saturday, March 19 (Wolstein Center; Cleveland, Ohio) (6) College of Charleston 64 (2) Cleveland State 56 CollegeInsider.com Tournament First Round -- Wednesday, March 16 (Athletics Recreation Center; Valparaiso, Ind.) 2 Iona 85, Valparaiso 77 ® Horizon League Men’s Basketball: 2011-12 Notes NUMEROLOGY HORIZON LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES Rank of Butler’s winning percentage TURNOVER among Men’s Basketball programs with- • Only two First or Second Team All-League honorees from 2011 return to the Horizon out FBS football in the last six years, a League, both from Detroit: Ray McCallum (Second Team, Newcomer of the Year) and Eli 1 Holman (Second Team, All-Defensive Team). 78.7-percent clip. • Three members of last year’s All-Defensive Team return to the Horizon League - Holman, Trevon Harmon and Ronald Nored. in the last two Final Four appearances • 12 Horizon League players signed professional contracts in the offseason, with two play- seasons for Horizon League institutions. The ers taken in the NBA Draft: 2League joins the Big West (UNLV, 1990-91), Mis- - Norris Cole, Cleveland State (28th overall, Chicago Bulls - rights traded to Miami) souri Valley (Cincinnati, 1961-62), West Coast - Shelvin Mack, Butler (44th overall, Washington Wizards) Conferences (San Francisco, 1955-56) as the - Vytas Sulskis, Youngstown State [Zalgiris (Lithuania) - on loan to Prienai] only non-Power 6 conferences to send a mem- - Matt Howard, Butler [Olympiacos (Greece)] ber to the Final Four in back-to-back years. - Shawn Vanzant, Butler [Korihait (Finland)] - Cooper Land, Wright State [Asker (Norway)] - Vaughn Duggins, Wright State [Walter Tigers Tubingen (Germany)] in the last nine sea- Sweet 16 appearances - N’Gai Evans, Wright State [F.F. Feni Industries (Macedonia)] sons for Horizon League institutions. - Cory Johnson, Valparaiso [WCAA Giants (Netherlands)] 5 - Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay [WCAA Giants (Netherlands)] - Robo Kreps, UIC [MIA Tblisi (Georgia)] Consecutive seasons a Horizon League - Paul Carter, UIC [Proteas Danoi (Cyprus)] team has won at least one game in the • Two new coaches have taken over in the Horizon League, Porter Moser was hired at NCAA Tournament, expanding to 10 times Loyola following a four-year stint as an assistant head coach at St. Louis. Following the 7 retirement of Homer Drew, Valparaiso introduced associate head coach Bryce Drew as in 13 years. the program’s new leader. Conferences that have won first-round JET-SettING NCAA Tournament games each of the • Five Horizon League players starred in international competition this summer with their respective national teams.