Horizon League Notebook
by Jay Pearlman

UW-Milwaukee made quick work of Loyola-Marymount on Friday, leading from start to finish to win 75-51. Two newcomers led the way, as JUCO transfer guard Tone Boyle (Highland Community) scored 20 (8-14, 4-8 in treys), and 6-8 freshman Tony Meier (St. Louis) scored 14 (5-11, 4-9 in treys) and [...]

Horizon League 2008-09 Preview
by Nick Dettmann

Two Horizon League teams solidified their respective coaching situations this offseason.
The first came in April when the Detroit Titans hired Ray McCallum to take over the program.
McCallum replaces Perry Watson, who retired from the post in March, but took a leave of absence in January and didn’t coach the [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the Week: Marcus Skinner, UW-Milwaukee
Skinner averaged 15.5 points and 11 rebounds in two games last week for the Panthers, both victories over Youngstown State and Cleveland State. He posted collegiate-highs with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over Youngstown State.
Butler Bulldogs (19-2 overall, 8-2 Horizon)
Last week: [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the Week: Matt Howard, Butler. The freshman from Connersville, Ind., averaged 19.3 points and seven rebounds per game in leading the Bulldogs to three victories. He scored 22 points on Jan. 10 against Green Bay.
Butler Bulldogs (16-1 overall, 5-1 Horizon League)
Last week’s record: 3-0
Week recap:
Jan. 7 vs. Loyola: [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the Week: Samuel Haanpaa, Valparaiso. The sophomore guard from Finland averaged 26 points in two Crusaders victories last week. He scored 20 points against Evansville and 32 against Chicago State. Against Chicago State, he set a school-record for 3-pointers in a game with 10. The previous record was [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the Week: Josh Mayo, Illinois-Chicago. It is the second player of the week award for Mayo this season. He averaged 30.5 points in two games against UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay last week, including 32 against Green Bay.
Butler Bulldogs (8-1 overall, 1-1 Horizon League)
Week record: 1-1
Recap
Dec. 6 vs. Detroit [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the Week: Matt Howard, Butler. Howard, a freshman, scored a game-high 23 points and had seven rebounds off the bench in the Bulldogs’ 65-46 victory over Ohio State.
Butler Bulldogs (7-0 overall)
Week record: 1-0
Recap
Dec. 1 vs. Ohio State – W 65-46
Butler rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Player of the week: Mike Green, Butler Bulldogs. Green was named the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout after averaging 20 points, 6.7 assists and four rebounds a contest.
Butler Bulldogs (6-0 overall)
Week record: 3-0
Recap
Nov. 21 vs. Michigan, Great Alaska Shootout – W 79-65
Nov. 23 vs. Virginia Tech, Great Alaska Shootout [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Detroit senior guard Brandon Cotton has left the Titans’ basketball team, coach Perry Watson announced Nov. 16.
“Brandon remains in school and he is on schedule to graduate in December,” Watson said in a statement released by the university. “We wish him well in the future.”
Cotton was suspended Nov. 1 by [...]

Horizon League 2007-08 Preview
by Nick Dettmann

It’s an exciting time to be a fan of the Horizon League.
First, the Horizon League welcomes the Valparaiso Crusaders into the conference this season.
The Crusaders come to the league from the Mid-Continent Conference where they won a number of MCC regular season and tournament titles. In all, the Crusaders [...]

Horizon League Championship Recap
by Bill Kintner

DAYTON, Ohio – It was 90 minutes before game time and the upper lot outside the Ervin J. Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University was already filled. There were TV satellite trucks parked all round the outside and people hawking tickets.
This is the championship game [...]

Horizon League Tournament Semifinal Recap
by Bill Kintner

DAYTON, Ohio – Three games played, 415 points scored, one win for each team and one point separates the two teams.
It came down to just one possession in overtime, and on that possession Butler’s defense was able to collapse on Loyola’s J.R. Blount and prkintnernt him from getting [...]

Horizon League Tournament Quarterfinal Recap
by Bill Kintner

DAYTON, Ohio – Two out of three ain’t bad, or maybe it is the third time is a charm. The University of Illinois-Chicago, which had defeated Loyola in their two previous meetings, could not complete the season sweep as they fell to the Ramblers 66-62.
For most of [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Hearts on Fire
What do you think of that article title? Not only did I make a pun for a Valentines Day article, but I did using a song lyric from any number of the epic movies in the Rocky saga. Let’s stick with this theme of Valentines Day and Rocky [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Two-Horse Race
With only five games remaining in the conference season, the Horizon League championship is going to come down to two teams, the No. 9 Butler Bulldogs and the Wright State Raiders. Since it seems pretty certain only these two teams have a chance at the regular season title, let’s [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Ramblers Ramble Out, Raiders and Bulldogs Running Away
The Loyola, Ill. Ramblers may have missed their opportunity to make another run at the regular season Horizon League championship. Last Thursday, the Ramblers were only a game and a half out of first place when they took on the number one team [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

After another hard-fought week in the Horizon League, the conference standings have flip-flopped more than someone walking along a sandy beach. Last week saw Wright State leading the way, but after the Raiders lost a tough game at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 73-69 (proving once again how difficult conference road wins are to [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Tis the Conference Season
It’s already two full weeks into the conference season, and three teams have jumped out to impressive starts. Wright State, Illinois-Chicago and Butler are off and running.
Let’s start with Illinois-Chicago. The Flames have started 4-1 in conference play, including back-to-back six point wins against league-favorite Butler and [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Coaching Shake-up in the Horizon
Jimmy Collins, who holds the record for all-time wins at Illinois-Chicago, took a personal leave of absence from the team on Saturday citing personal reasons. There is no specific timetable for Collins to return, and associate head coach Mark Coomes has taken over the head coaching [...]

Horizon League Notebook
by Cory Eve

Butler and Loyola (Ill.) Class of the Horizon
At this point of the season it’s usually too early to tell who the best teams in the league are and who are the worst, but in the case of the Horizon League, two teams are head and shoulders above the rest right [...]

Horizon League 2006-07 Preview
by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal

The 2006-07 Horizon League season will be unpredictable and unfamiliar. For each of the past seven seasons, Butler or Wisconsin-Milwaukee have claimed the conference title. This year should be different because both teams lost a lot of talent, while the traditional chasers return much of theirs. It feels strange [...]

Horizon League 2005-06 Season Recap
by Nick Dettmann

The Horizon League had familiar company at the top with the rest of the league pretty much wide-open.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers won the regular season championship for the third straight season and reached the league tournament title game for the fourth straight season. The Panthers then went [...]