On The Horizon

Jim Squire

The Other Top 25: How ‘bout them Aggies?--Mid-Major Madness

Also receiving votes: Jacksonville State 17, Georgia Southern 17, San Diego State 16, Northern Kentucky 14, Utah Valley 12, Montana 11, Norfolk State 10, Northeastern 9, San Francisco 8, Charleston 7, Wright State 5, Harvard 4, Drake 4, Texas State 3, Loyola University Chicago 2, Colgate 1, Northern Colorado 1, Campbell 1.

March Manifesto: Picks for Every Conference Tournament--CBB Central

Horizon League:

Champion: Northern Kentucky

Drew McDonald can cap his storied career with a second NCAA Tournament appearance in the last three seasons. McDonald, now over 2,000 points on his career, is the biggest reason the Norse have been so successful in their D1 infancy. Throw in a pair of talented guards in Jalen Tate and Tyler Sharpe, and this team has the makings of a sneaky 13 or 14 seed that could give a high-major some fits.

Conference tourney previews (Part 1 of 2)--Hoops HD

Horizon tourney predicted champ: Northern Kentucky (#2 seed)
Dates: March 5-12
Location: Detroit, MI
Last year’s tourney champ: Wright State (#2 seed)
Fun fact: 7 different champs in past 8 years
Seeding: 6 of past 8 champs were not #1 seed

I like to pick a lot of #1 seeds but not in this conference where the only “chalk” you will see is the piece that was left in ruins next to the blackboard in the locker room of the regular season champ. Wright State was 8-10 overall in mid-January but has turned into a completely different team with only 2 road losses since then. The Norse struggled mightily down the stretch with 4 February losses after winning 10 of their previous 11 in December and January, but since they split the season series with the Raiders I think they have as good a chance as anyone. There are few players in the conference who can handle 280-pound Wright State big man Loudon Love but 1 who can certainly pose a challenge is 250-pound Northern Kentucky big man Drew McDonald (who is almost averaging a double-double this year after having 19 PTS/13 REB in an NIT loss to Louisville last March). Each of NKU’s last 6 losses were by single-digits so even if they are not great at closing out games you can never truly count them out.

Davis Nets Seventh HL Freshman Of The Week Accolade--detroittitans.com

GAME 30: NO. 8 OAKLAND OPENS MOTOR CITY MADNESS AT NO. 1 WRIGHT STATE--goldengrizzlies.com

Motown mowdown--Whoosh! Net

JAGS TO OPEN #MOTORCITYMADNESS AT TOP-SEEDED WRIGHT STATE--iupuijags.com

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS NKU IN HORIZON LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL ON TUESDAY--iupuijags.com

UWGB men: Run to the NCAA tournament starts with a big challenge--Green Bay Press Gazette
No. 4 Green Bay Ready for Quarterfinal Matchup with No. 5 UIC at the Resch Center--greenbayphoenix.com

Postseason Play Starts Wednesday At Youngstown State--mkepanthers.com

3/4 Men's Basketball Players of the Week--College Sports Madness