2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season explained

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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Duration:12/01/2011–02/25/2012
No Of Teams:10
Tv:Fox Sports Midwest, ESPN, CBS Sports, Horizon League Network
Season:2011–12
Season Champs:14–4 - Valparaiso
Season Champ Name:Regular Season Champions
Mvp:Ryan Broekhoff, VAL
Mvp Link:Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Link:Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Detroit
Finals Runner-Up:Valparaiso
Finals Mvp:Ray McCallum, Jr.
Finals Mvp Link:2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:list of Horizon League men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Horizon League men's basketball
Prevseason Link:2010–11 Horizon League men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:10–11
Nextseason Link:2012–13 Horizon League men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:12–13

The 2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 32nd season of Horizon League basketball.

Preseason

In the preseason, Butler was the conference favorite despite returning only one of their top four scorers from the 2011 national runner-up team. Butler received 28 first-place votes in the preseason poll of HL coaches, media, and sports information directors. Detroit captured second in the preseason poll with 19 first-place votes, and Cleveland State finished third for the third consecutive preseason.[1] The preseason player of the year was Ray McCallum, Jr. of Detroit who was also named to the John R. Wooden Award preseason candidate list.

HL Preseason Poll

RankTeamVotes
1Butler (28)468
2Detroit (19) 453
3Cleveland State (2) 388
4Milwaukee (1)356
5Valparaiso255
6Green Bay247
7Youngstown State195
8Wright State157
9Loyola145
10Illinois-Chicago86

Preseason All-Horizon

First Team

Second Team

Preseason Player of the Year

Conference Previews

Several media outlets projected the final Horizon League standings for the 2011–12 season:

Rank CBS Sports[2] Rivals[3] Blue Ribbon Sporting News Lindy's Athlon College Hoops Insider[4] ESPN The Magazine[5] College Sports Madness[6]
1. Butler Butler Detroit Detroit Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler
2. Detroit Detroit Cleveland St. Milwaukee Detroit Detroit Detroit Detroit Cleveland St.
3. Cleveland St. Milwaukee Butler Butler Cleveland St. Cleveland St. Cleveland St. Cleveland St. Detroit
4. Milwaukee Cleveland St. Milwaukee Cleveland St. Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee
5. Valparaiso Valparaiso Valparaiso Valparaiso Wright St. Valparaiso Valparaiso Loyola Valparaiso
6. Wright St. Green Bay Youngstown St. Green Bay Valparaiso Green Bay Loyola Valparaiso -
7. Green Bay Wright St. Green Bay Wright St. Green Bay Loyola Wright St. Green Bay -
8. Loyola Loyola UIC Youngstown St. Loyola Wright St. Green Bay Wright St. -
9. Youngstown St. Youngstown St. Loyola Loyola UIC Youngstown St. UIC Youngstown St. -
10. UIC UIC Wright St. UIC Youngstown St. UIC Youngstown St. UIC -

Rankings

See also: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

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Last updated:March 7, 2012 (Week 17)
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Schedule

Non-conference schedule

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Horizon vs. other conferences

Conference Wins Losses %
Am. East 1 0 1.000
A-10 4 5 .444
ACC 0 1 .000
A-Sun 0 1 .000
Big 12 0 1 .000
Big East 2 7 .222
Big Sky 0 0 -
Big South 1 0 1.000
Big Ten 1 8 .111
Big West 1 0 1.000
Colonial 1 2 .333
C-USA 0 0 -
Great West 1 0 1.000
Independents 1 0 1.000
Ivy League 0 0 -
MAAC 2 0 1.000
MAC 13 11 .542
MEAC 1 0 1.000
MVC 3 3 .500
MWC 1 1 .500
NEC 2 1 .667
OVC 2 2 .500
Pac-12 1 2 .333
Patriot 0 0 -
SEC 1 3 .250
SoCon 3 1 .750
Southland 1 0 1.000
SWAC 3 0 1.000
Summit 3 4 .429
Sun Belt 1 0 1.000
WCC 0 2 .000
WAC 2 0 1.000
NCAA Division II 7 1 .875
NCAA Division III 2 0 1.000
NAIA 5 0 1.000
Total66 56 .541

Conference schedule

Conference Chart

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CSU 		@
DET 		@
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UIC 		@
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UWM 		@
VAL 		@
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YSU 		vs.
BUT 		vs.
CSU 		vs.
DET 		vs.
GRB 		vs.
UIC 		vs.
LUC 		vs.
UWM 		vs.
VAL 		vs.
WSU 		vs.
YSU
ButlerW 52–49L 65–76L 68–80W 57–49W 63–57L 42–53L 59–71W 63–62W 68–59L 69–76L 61–65W 53–49W 69–44W 63–57W 54–50L 71–77OTW 64–53W 71–55
Cleveland StateW 76–69W 66–61L 67–71W 70–42W 65–47L 84–86L 66–72W 45–43W 67–47L 49–52W 77–64W 78–68W 73–56W 69–48W 83–57L 41–59Feb. 25L 67–73
DetroitW 65–61L 64–77W 80–73L 59–63W 65–54L 74–84L 73–78W 71–55Feb. 25W 76–65L 61–66W 77–74W 70–66W 67–52W 58–57L 71–73W 69–53L 61–64
Green BayL 49–53L 68–78L 74–77Feb. 25W 73–70OTL 63–64L 87–90W 53–48L 47–77W 80–68W 71–67L 73–80W 71–68W 57–47L 75–81W 75–60W 57–56W 71–65
Illinois-ChicagoL 44–69L 56–73L 66–70L 68–71L 69–78L 71–73OTL 65–74L 63–69L 50–71L 49–57L 42–70W 63–59Feb. 25W 58–51L 61–72L 55–60L 70–74OTW 72–68
LoyolaL 57–63L 48–69L 52–67L 47–57L 51–58L 41–59L 62–66OTL 41–47L 64–68OTL 57–63L 47–65L 54–66L 70–73OTW 78–69Feb. 25L 48–69L 48–64L 63–80
MilwaukeeL 50–54L 57–83L 57–58W 81–75W 72–61Feb. 25W 57–55L 46–70L 66–68W 53–42W 86–84W 84–74W 64–63W 73–71OTW 59–41L 52–55W 58–38L 65–73
ValparaisoW 77–71OTW 59–41W 71–73L 60–75W 60–55W 69–48W 55–52L 55–73L 53–71W 71–59W 72–66W 78–73W 90–87 W 74–65W 66–62L 55–57W 63–54W 76–62
Wright StateL 53–64Feb. 25L 53–69L 56–57W 74–70OTW 64–48L 38–58L 54–63L 54–61L 62–63L 43–45L 55–71L 48–53W 69–63W 47–41W 70–46W 73–55W 63–62
Youngstown StateL 55–71W 73–67W 64–61L 65–71L 68–72W 80–63W 73–65L 52–76L 62–63L 59–68L 47–67Feb. 25W 77–47W 71–50W 68–64OTW 68–66W 71–53W 61–54

Conference awards and honors

Weekly awards

HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.

WeekPlayer of the weekTeam
11/14[7] D'Aundray BrownCleveland State
11/21[8] Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
11/28[9] James HaarsmaMilwaukee
12/5[10] DuShawn BrooksYoungstown State
12/12[11] Trey HarmonCleveland State
12/19[12] Andrew SmithButler
12/26[13] Brennan CougillGreen Bay
Julius MaysWright State
1/2[14] Damian EargleYoungstown State
1/9[15] Julius MaysWright State
Ashen WardYoungstown State
1/16[16] Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
1/23[17] Blake AllenYoungstown State
1/30[18] Ray McCallum, Jr.Detroit
2/6[19] Kendrick PerryYoungstown State
2/13[20] Roosevelt JonesButler
2/20[21] Ben AverkampLoyola
2/27

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://horizonleague.org/blog/butler-chosen-favorite-for-third-straight-year-detroits-mccallum-voted-player-of-the-year-in-preseason-poll.html Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Release
  2. Web site: College Basketball Horizon League Preview. CBSSports.com. CBS. 29 October 2011.
  3. Web site: League Preview: Horizon. Rivals. Yahoo. 29 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Curi. Ryan. Horizon League Preview. College Fantasy Hoops Insider. 2 November 2011.
  5. Brenner. Jordan. Power Rankings. ESPN the Magazine. November 2011. 67–84.
  6. Web site: HORIZON MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS. College Sports Madness. 2 November 2011.
  7. Web site: Potter. Bill. Cleveland State's Brown Picks Up First Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolade. Horizon League. 17 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111118025149/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/cleveland-states-brown-picks-up-first-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-accolade.html. 18 November 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Potter. Bill. Valpo's Van Wijk Notches Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor. Horizon League. 21 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235655/http://horizonleague.org/blog/valpos-van-wijk-notches-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honor.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  9. Web site: Potter. Bill. Milwaukee's Haarsma Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week Nod. Horizon League. 3 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235700/http://horizonleague.org/blog/milwaukees-haarsma-earns-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-nod.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  10. Web site: Potter. Bill. Youngstown State's Brooks Nabs Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors. Horizon League. 5 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235704/http://horizonleague.org/blog/youngstown-states-brooks-nabs-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honors.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  11. Web site: Potter. Bill. Cleveland State's Harmon Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolades. Horizon League. 12 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235711/http://horizonleague.org/blog/cleveland-states-harmon-collects-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-accolades.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  12. Web site: Potter. Bill. Butler's Smith Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor. Horizon League. 19 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235715/http://horizonleague.org/blog/butlers-smith-earns-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honor.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  13. Web site: Potter. Bill. Green Bay's Cougill, WSU's Mays Split Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors. https://archive.today/20120709084746/http://horizonleague.org/blog/green-bays-cougill-wsus-mays-split-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honors.html. dead. 9 July 2012. Horizon League. 7 January 2012.
  14. Web site: Potter. Bill. YSU's Eargle Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors. Horizon League. 7 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213102056/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/ysus-eargle-collects-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honors.html. 13 February 2012. dead.
  15. Web site: Potter. Bill. WSU's Mays, YSU's Ward Share Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolades. Horizon League. 12 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120120112536/http://horizonleague.org/blog/wsus-mays-ysus-ward-share-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-accolades.html. 20 January 2012. dead.
  16. Web site: Potter. Bill. Valpo's Van Wijk Notches Second Player of the Week Honor. https://archive.today/20120709065251/http://horizonleague.org/blog/valpos-van-wijk-notches-second-player-of-the-week-honor.html. dead. 9 July 2012. Horizon League. 16 January 2012.
  17. Web site: Potter. Bill. YSU's Allen Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor. Horizon League. 23 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126003107/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/ysus-allen-collects-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honor.html. 26 January 2012. dead.
  18. Web site: Potter. Bill. Detroit's McCallum Earns Player of the Week Recognition. Horizon League. 31 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309032726/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/detroits-mccallum-earns-player-of-the-week-recognition.html. 9 March 2012. dead.
  19. Web site: Potter. Bill. YSU's Perry Grabs Player of the Week Accolade. Horizon League. 10 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120505125522/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/ysus-perry-grabs-player-of-the-week-accolade.html. 5 May 2012. dead.
  20. Web site: Potter. Bill. Butler's Jones Snares Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor. https://archive.today/20120907030144/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/butlers-jones-snares-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honor.html. dead. 7 September 2012. Horizon League. 13 February 2012.
  21. Web site: Potter. Bill. Loyola's Averkamp Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week. https://archive.today/20120803050726/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/loyolas-averkamp-earns-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week.html. dead. 3 August 2012. Horizon League. 22 February 2012.

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