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2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season

FieldValue
title2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season
color#000000
color text#FFFFFF
leagueNCAA Division I
sportBasketball
logo_size150px
duration12/01/2011–02/25/2012
no_of_teams10
TVFox Sports Midwest, ESPN, CBS Sports, Horizon League Network
season2011–12
season_champs14–4 - Valparaiso
season_champ_nameRegular Season Champions
MVPRyan Broekhoff, VAL
MVP_linkHorizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
finals2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
finals_linkHorizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
finals_champ[Detroit](2011-12-detroit-titans-men-s-basketball-team)
finals_runner-up[Valparaiso](2010-11-valparaiso-crusaders-men-s-basketball-team)
finals_MVPRay McCallum, Jr.
finals_MVP_link2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
seasonslistlist of Horizon League men's basketball seasons
seasonslistnamesHorizon League men's basketball
prevseason_link2010–11 Horizon League men's basketball season
prevseason_year2010–11
nextseason_link2012–13 Horizon League men's basketball season
nextseason_year2012–13

| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = Valparaiso 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. 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

  • Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit
  • Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State
  • Eli Holman, Detroit
  • Chase Simon, Detroit
  • Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee

Second Team

  • Tony Meier, Milwaukee
  • Alec Brown, Green Bay
  • Andrew Smith, Butler
  • Ben Averkamp, Loyola
  • Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso

**Preseason Player of the Year **

  • Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit

Conference Previews

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

RankCBS SportsRivalsBlue RibbonSporting NewsLindy'sAthlonCollege Hoops InsiderESPN The MagazineCollege Sports Madness
1.ButlerButlerDetroitDetroitButlerButlerButlerButlerButler
2.DetroitDetroitCleveland St.MilwaukeeDetroitDetroitDetroitDetroitCleveland St.
3.Cleveland St.MilwaukeeButlerButlerCleveland St.Cleveland St.Cleveland St.Cleveland St.Detroit
4.MilwaukeeCleveland St.MilwaukeeCleveland St.MilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukee
5.ValparaisoValparaisoValparaisoValparaisoWright St.ValparaisoValparaisoLoyolaValparaiso
6.Wright St.Green BayYoungstown St.Green BayValparaisoGreen BayLoyolaValparaiso-
7.Green BayWright St.Green BayWright St.Green BayLoyolaWright St.Green Bay-
8.LoyolaLoyolaUICYoungstown St.LoyolaWright St.Green BayWright St.-
9.Youngstown St.Youngstown St.LoyolaLoyolaUICYoungstown St.UICYoungstown St.-
10.UICUICWright St.UICYoungstown St.UICYoungstown St.UIC-

Rankings

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18FinalButlerAPCMid-MajorCleveland StateAPCMid-MajorDetroitAPCMid-MajorGreen BayAPCMid-MajorIllinois-ChicagoAPCMid-MajorLoyolaAPCMid-MajorMilwaukeeAPCMid-MajorValparaisoAPCMid-MajorWright StateAPCMid-MajorYoungstown StateAPCMid-Major
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Schedule

Exhibition schedule

6 - Minerath 12 - Battle

Non-conference schedule

|- !colspan=12| November 3 - Harris 16 - Allen 2 - Allen 8 - Ward 3 - Turner 7 - Gac 4 - McCallum 5 - Nored 5 - Ward 16 - Brown 14 - Kelm 4 - Talton 6 - Gibler 3 - Crisman 6 - Woods 3 - Mays 3 - Montgomery 14 - Grady Kenney 2 - Nored |- !colspan=12| December 5 - Perry 2 - Valentin 10 - Stigall 7 - Lowe 4 - Montgomery 4 - Cougill 6 - Tuttle 20 - Harris 8 - Travis 11 - Pacher 2 - Mays 3 - Travis 17 - Simon 12 - Woods 10 - Gibler 7 - Smith 3 - Cougill |- !colspan=12| January |- !colspan=12| February

Horizon vs. other conferences

ConferenceWinsLosses%**Total**6656align="right".541
Am. East101.000
A-1045.444
ACC01.000
A-Sun01.000
Big 1201.000
Big East27.222
Big Sky00-
Big South101.000
Big Ten18.111
Big West101.000
Colonial12.333
C-USA00-
Great West101.000
Independents101.000
Ivy League00-
MAAC201.000
MAC1311.542
MEAC101.000
MVC33.500
MWC11.500
NEC21.667
OVC22.500
Pac-1212.333
Patriot00-
SEC13.250
SoCon31.750
Southland101.000
SWAC301.000
Summit34.429
Sun Belt101.000
WCC02.000
WAC201.000
NCAA Division II71.875
NCAA Division III201.000
NAIA501.000

Conference schedule

45–43 WSU 0–1 64–61 DET 0–1 71–68 UIC 0–1 41–59 LOY 0–1 71–77 BUT 0–1 66–61 DET 0–2 71–73OT UIC 0–2 63–62 YSU 1–1 57–47 LOY 0–2 57–55 VAL 1–1 53–49 GRB 2–1 59–63 DET 0–3 64–48 LOY 0–3 54–50 UWM 3–1 73–67 CSU 2–1 65–54 LOY 0–4 74–70OT UIC 1–3 87–90 GRB 2–2 56–73 UIC 1–4 56–73 LOY 0–5 63–62 WSU 3–2 73–71 DET 1–4 48–69 LOY 0–6 50–71 UIC 1–5 63–64 GRB 2–3 55–73 VAL 3–2 76–65 BUT 3–2 80–73 GRB 2–4 38–58 WSU 4–3 76–69 BUT 3–3 62–76 YSU 4–2 56–57 WSU 4–4 51–58 LOY 0–7 74–84 DET 3–5 55–71 YSU 4–3 66–72 CSU 5–2 69–48 LOY 0–8 57–49 UIC 2–6 66–68 UWM 6–2 68–78 GRB 3–5 53–69 WSU 4–5 63–57 LOY 0–9 60–55 UIC 2–7 57–83 UWM 6–3 47–77 GRB 3–6 52–67 LOY 0–10 63–69 UIC 2–8 42–53 BUT 6–4 60–75 VAL 7–3 66–70 UIC 2–9 41–47 LOY 0–11 55–52 UWM 7–4 68–80 BUT 6–5 67–47 YSU 6–4 73–65 UWM 7–5 53–64 WSU 6–6 68–72 YSU 7–5 73–78 DET 6–6 65–47 LOY 0–12 65–61 BUT 7–6 81–75 GRB 5–7 63–54 WSU 6–7 70–42 UIC 3–10 80–63 LOY 0–13 68–59 YSU 8–6 59–41 CSU 10–3 58–57 UWM 8–6 53–48 WSU 6–8 52–49 CSU 10–4 78–69 UIC 3–11 71–53 VAL 11–4 77–74 GRB 6–8 70–46 UWM 8–7 63–57 LOY 1–14 86–84 CSU 10–5 71–65 YSU 9–7 74–65 UIC 3–12 71–55 WSU 7–9 69–44 UIC 3–13 71–67 CSU 10–6 66–62 LOY 1–15 77–64 DET 10–7 61–54 WSU 7–10 72–61 UIC 3–14 73–70OT LOY 1–16 71–59 BUT 11–7 – – – – – – – –

Conference Chart

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YSU[Butler](2011-12-butler-bulldogs-men-s-basketball-team)[Cleveland State](2011-12-cleveland-state-vikings-men-s-basketball-team)[Detroit](2011-12-detroit-titans-men-s-basketball-team)[Green Bay](2011-12-green-bay-phoenix-men-s-basketball-team)[Illinois-Chicago](2011-12-uic-flames-men-s-basketball-team)[Loyola](2011-12-loyola-ramblers-men-s-basketball-team)[Milwaukee](2011-12-milwaukee-panthers-men-s-basketball-team)[Valparaiso](2011-12-valparaiso-crusaders-men-s-basketball-team)[Wright State](2011-12-wright-state-raiders-men-s-basketball-team)[Youngstown State](2011-12-youngstown-state-penguins-men-s-basketball-team)
**W** 52–49**L** 65–76**L** 68–80**W** 57–49**W** 63–57**L** 42–53**L** 59–71**W** 63–62**W** 68–59**L** 69–76**L** 61–65**W** 53–49**W** 69–44**W** 63–57**W** 54–50**L** 71–77OT**W** 64–53**W** 71–55
**W** 76–69**W** 66–61**L** 67–71**W** 70–42**W** 65–47**L** 84–86**L** 66–72**W** 45–43**W** 67–47**L** 49–52**W** 77–64**W** 78–68**W** 73–56**W** 69–48**W** 83–57**L** 41–59Feb. 25**L** 67–73
**W** 65–61**L** 64–77**W** 80–73**L** 59–63**W** 65–54**L** 74–84**L** 73–78**W** 71–55Feb. 25**W** 76–65**L** 61–66**W** 77–74**W** 70–66**W** 67–52**W** 58–57**L** 71–73**W** 69–53**L** 61–64
**L** 49–53**L** 68–78**L** 74–77Feb. 25**W** 73–70OT**L** 63–64**L** 87–90**W** 53–48**L** 47–77**W** 80–68**W** 71–67**L** 73–80**W** 71–68**W** 57–47**L** 75–81**W** 75–60**W** 57–56**W** 71–65
**L** 44–69**L** 56–73**L** 66–70**L** 68–71**L** 69–78**L** 71–73OT**L** 65–74**L** 63–69**L** 50–71**L** 49–57**L** 42–70**W** 63–59Feb. 25**W** 58–51**L** 61–72**L** 55–60**L** 70–74OT**W** 72–68
**L** 57–63**L** 48–69**L** 52–67**L** 47–57**L** 51–58**L** 41–59**L** 62–66OT**L** 41–47**L** 64–68OT**L** 57–63**L** 47–65**L** 54–66**L** 70–73OT**W** 78–69Feb. 25**L** 48–69**L** 48–64**L** 63–80
**L** 50–54**L** 57–83**L** 57–58**W** 81–75**W** 72–61Feb. 25**W** 57–55**L** 46–70**L** 66–68**W** 53–42**W** 86–84**W** 84–74**W** 64–63**W** 73–71OT**W** 59–41**L** 52–55**W** 58–38**L** 65–73
**W** 77–71OT**W** 59–41**W** 71–73**L** 60–75**W** 60–55**W** 69–48**W** 55–52**L** 55–73**L** 53–71**W** 71–59**W** 72–66**W** 78–73**W** 90–87**W** 74–65**W** 66–62**L** 55–57**W** 63–54**W** 76–62
**L** 53–64Feb. 25**L** 53–69**L** 56–57**W** 74–70OT**W** 64–48**L** 38–58**L** 54–63**L** 54–61**L** 62–63**L** 43–45**L** 55–71**L** 48–53**W** 69–63**W** 47–41**W** 70–46**W** 73–55**W** 63–62
**L** 55–71**W** 73–67**W** 64–61**L** 65–71**L** 68–72**W** 80–63**W** 73–65**L** 52–76**L** 62–63**L** 59–68**L** 47–67Feb. 25**W** 77–47**W** 71–50**W** 68–64OT**W** 68–66**W** 71–53**W** 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
11/14D'Aundray BrownCleveland State
11/21Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
11/28James HaarsmaMilwaukee
12/5DuShawn BrooksYoungstown State
12/12Trey HarmonCleveland State
12/19Andrew SmithButler
12/26Brennan CougillGreen Bay
Julius MaysWright State
1/2Damian EargleYoungstown State
1/9Julius MaysWright State
Ashen WardYoungstown State
1/16Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
1/23Blake AllenYoungstown State
1/30Ray McCallum, Jr.Detroit
2/6Kendrick PerryYoungstown State
2/13Roosevelt JonesButler
2/20Ben AverkampLoyola
2/27

References

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] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-11-16 , [[Horizon League]], retrieved 2010-10-28)
  2. "College Basketball Horizon League Preview". CBS.
  3. "League Preview: Horizon". Yahoo.
  4. Curi, Ryan. "Horizon League Preview". College Fantasy Hoops Insider.
  5. Brenner, Jordan. (November 2011). "Power Rankings". ESPN the Magazine.
  6. "HORIZON MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS". College Sports Madness.
  7. Potter, Bill. "Cleveland State's Brown Picks Up First Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolade". Horizon League.
  8. Potter, Bill. "Valpo's Van Wijk Notches Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor". Horizon League.
  9. Potter, Bill. "Milwaukee's Haarsma Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week Nod". Horizon League.
  10. Potter, Bill. "Youngstown State's Brooks Nabs Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors". Horizon League.
  11. Potter, Bill. "Cleveland State's Harmon Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolades". Horizon League.
  12. Potter, Bill. "Butler's Smith Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor". Horizon League.
  13. Potter, Bill. "Green Bay's Cougill, WSU's Mays Split Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors". Horizon League.
  14. Potter, Bill. "YSU's Eargle Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors". Horizon League.
  15. Potter, Bill. "WSU's Mays, YSU's Ward Share Men's Basketball Player of the Week Accolades". Horizon League.
  16. Potter, Bill. "Valpo's Van Wijk Notches Second Player of the Week Honor". Horizon League.
  17. Potter, Bill. "YSU's Allen Collects Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor". Horizon League.
  18. Potter, Bill. "Detroit's McCallum Earns Player of the Week Recognition". Horizon League.
  19. Potter, Bill. "YSU's Perry Grabs Player of the Week Accolade". Horizon League.
  20. Potter, Bill. "Butler's Jones Snares Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honor". Horizon League.
  21. Potter, Bill. "Loyola's Averkamp Earns Men's Basketball Player of the Week". Horizon League.
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