(2) Butler 76, (3) Cleveland State 68   Senior forward Shawn Vanzant scored 18 points in the final 13 minutes of the game, as Butler (22-9) beat the Cleveland State Vikings (26-8) to claim a spot in the Horizon League Tournament championship game Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee.  The championship game appearance [...]

Cleveland State (Featured Team) Game Review: Wright State Horizon League Tournament – Second Round   Norris Cole and the Cleveland State Vikings (26-7) mean business. The Horizon League Player of the Year scored 13 of his 15 points in the final nine minutes of the game, as the Vikings blew a close contest wide open [...]

Second Round – Milwaukee, WI Valparaiso 88, Detroit 78 Junior guard Brandon Wood drilled seven three-pointers and scored 30 points, as the Valparaiso Crusaders put on an absolute shooting clinic in an 88-78 win over the Detroit Titans in a Horizon League quarterfinal clash on Friday evening in Milwaukee.  Paced by Wood’s sizzling 7-of-10 shooting [...]

(4) Valparaiso 80, (9) Youngstown State 71 Junior guard Brandon Wood scored 20 points and snared 13 boards to lead the Valparaiso Crusaders to an 80-71 victory over a game Youngstown State squad in the opening round of the Horizon League Tournament. The Crusaders took a 44-35 halftime lead, which they extended to 65-46 in [...]

(5) Detroit 90, (8) Loyola 69 The Detroit Titans overwhelmed the visiting Loyola Ramblers with a balanced attack that saw six Detroit players reach double figures, as the Titans routed the Ramblers in the opening round of the Horizon League Tournament. Junior guard Chase Simon led the way with 19 points while frosh sensation Ray [...]

(6) Wright State 60, (7) Green Bay 50 Senior guard Vaughn Duggins may have led the Wright State Raiders with 22 points, but it was sophomore forward Armond Battle who came up big during the game’s most important moments. With 3:04 left to play and the Raiders clinging to a 50-48 lead, Battle sank 5 [...]

Looking beyond the firmly-established matchups, what do the later rounds of the Horizon League tournament offer? The second round on March 4 – which would be contested in Milwaukee – promises a tasty tilt pitting No. 3 Cleveland State against sixth-seeded Wright State. A Cleveland-Dayton duel, like any other all-Ohio showdown, promises to be nothing [...]

#8 Loyola (16-14, 7-11) at #5 Detroit (16-15, 10-8) Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST Site: Calihan Hall Last Meeting: Detroit 81, Loyola 71 (2/4/11) Season Series: Detroit 2-0 Vegas Says: Detroit -5.0 Frosh sensation Ray McCallum, an All-Horizon League Second Team selection and the league’s newcomer of the year, may get [...]

Game One: (7) Detroit 62, (3) Wisconsin-Green Bay 53 The Horizon isn’t the Norris Division of men’s NCAA college hoops without reason.  Now that Bruce Pearl has split (from Wisconsin-Milwaukee several seasons ago), most Horizon League teams play a brand of ball that’s neither easy on the eye nor on opponents.  Sure, Butler, with all [...]