Valparaiso 58, Wright State 56 In a conference whose race is cluttered even as it careens toward the finish line, at least one thing can safely be said: Wright State won’t take home the 2011 Horizon League title. The Valparaiso Crusaders held on to defeat the Wright State Raiders in a hotly contested Horizon League [...]

Butler 71, Wright State 63 If you hate headaches, you must hate the evolution of the 2011 Horizon League basketball season. Of all the conferences in Division I men’s basketball this year, the Horizon has confounded, confused and utterly befuddled the national press corps and the full army of hoops pundits who try, sometimes desperately, [...]

Butler 73, Cleveland State 61 The chances that the Butler Bulldogs will win the regular-season Horizon League championship are slim to none. The chances that last year’s national runner-up will host the semifinals and finals of its league tournament – as has so often been the case in recent years – are virtually nil. Just [...]

Cleveland State 76, Valparaiso 65 On a night when the Butler Bulldogs lost yet again, it’s quite reasonable to say that the passing of the torch in the Horizon League just might have begun in earnest. In a battle of the top two squads from the Horizon League, it was the Cleveland State Vikings who [...]

Valparaiso 85, Butler 79 -F/OT For one afternoon, it felt like 1998 all over again in a town where upsets are beloved and cherished with a passion. You remember 1998 – that was the year when a team from Valparaiso, Indiana, captured the imagination of college basketball fans everywhere. A coach named Homer Drew coached [...]

Cleveland State 63 Illinois-Chicago 49 It’s a different kind of season with a distinctly weird vibe. Don’t ask the kids from Cleveland State if they have any objections. A team that crashed the NCAA Tournament party two years ago is making a push to get back to the Big Dance. The Cleveland State Vikings continued [...]

UW-Milwaukee 86, Butler 80 (OT) Roger Federer has Rafael Nadal on clay. The Indianapolis Colts have the San Diego Chargers. The Iowa Hawkeyes’ football team has the Northwestern Wildcats. And the Butler Bulldogs’ basketball team has the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers. There are several matchups in sports that simply possess a Superman-and-Kryptonite quality. Evidently, in 2011, a [...]

Wright State 69, Butler 64 Just when you thought the Butler freight train was getting ready to plow over and through the Horizon League, a feisty underdog just managed to Wright its own ship on Sunday night while throwing a monkey wrench into the plans of America’s most credentialed mid-major program. N’Gai Evans had a [...]

Butler 87, Detroit 64 Remember the night when the Butler Bulldogs got undressed by more than 20 points in a Horizon League game? Yes, of course you don’t. It’s back to the same old song and dance in the Horizon League. After a drama-free Friday night in Detroit, the annual master of this mid-major conference [...]

Valparaiso 71, Wright State 60 A good 20 minutes gives you nothing more than good odds in college basketball. It’s a good 40 minutes that will produce a victory. One team played 20 minutes and one team played 40 on Friday night. As a result, the Butler Bulldogs have company atop the Horizon League standings. [...]