2010 Horizon League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2010
Conference:	Horizon League
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Hinkle Fieldhouse
City:	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Champions:	Butler
Titlecount:	6th
Coach:	Brad Stevens
Coachcount:	2nd
Mvp:	Matt Howard
Mvpteam:	Butler
Attendance:	6,065
Topscorer:	Matt Howard
Topscorerteam:	Butler
Topscorer2:	Shelvin Mack
Topscorer2team:	Butler
Points:	14
Television:	ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN360 and Horizon League Network

The 2010 Horizon League men's basketball tournament was played Tuesday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 9. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship games were broadcast by ESPNU and ESPN/ESPN360.com respectively, and took place at the arena of the #1 overall seed, Butler University. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 Horizon League Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams, Butler and Wright State, received a bye to the Semifinals.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 2
	8pm	10 Youngstown State at #3 Green Bay	HLN
	8pm	7 Detroit at #6 Valparaiso	HLN
	8pm	9 UIC at #4 Milwaukee	HLN
	7pm	8 Loyola at #5 Cleveland State	HLN
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 – Hinkle Fieldhouse
	6pm	4 Milwaukee vs #5 Cleveland State	HLN
	8pm	3 Green Bay vs #7 Detroit	HLN
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 – Hinkle Fieldhouse
	5:15pm	4 Milwaukee at #1 Butler	ESPNU
	8pm	7 Detroit vs #2 Wright State	ESPNU
Championship Game – Tuesday, March 9 – Hinkle Fieldhouse
	9pm	2 Wright State at #1 Butler	ESPN/ESPN360.com
Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Second round, semifinals, and championship were hosted by the #1 Overall Seed, Butler.
All times ET.

Honors

Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP.^[1]

Horizon League All-Tournament Team^[2]

Player	School	Position	Year
Matt Howard	Butler	Forward	Junior
Shelvin Mack	Butler	Guard	Sophomore
Gordon Hayward	Butler	Guard/Forward	Sophomore
Ronald Nored	Butler	Guard	Sophomore
N’Gai Evans	Wright State	Guard	Junior

References

https://archive.today/20120904145207/http://www.horizonleague.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aac.html Butler defeats Wright State for Horizon League Title
http://www.butlersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/releases/030910aab Bulldogs Capture Horizon League Tournament Crown