On The Horizon

Jim Squire

#HLMBB Power Rankings – Week 6--HoriZone Roundtable
Recapping the Horizon League: Dec. 8-14--Mid-Major Madness
Horizon League watch guide for Dec. 15-21--Mid-Major Madness
Week 7 Watchlist: Strange Geometry--Basket Under Review

Tuesday, December 16

C Games

#119 Miami (OH) at #141 Wright State (-1), 7 PM ET, ESPN+. Miami Not That Miami: 10-0 and just one win away (okay, they also have a non-D1 later on) from a perfect non-conference run. It's almost like Travis Steele isn't actually a bad coach, folks. This will still be a pretty tough task, but Wright State is actually sub-50% ATS as a home team post-COVID.

Wednesday, December 17

C Games

#149 Oakland (-1) at #195 Northern Kentucky, 7 PM ET, ESPN+. Early Horizon League battle amongst two of the six or so best teams in a flat conference. Also two AWFUL defenses, so tune in if you like points.

#164 Youngstown State at #176 Robert Morris (-2), 7 PM ET, ESPN+. Same as above but with much better defenses. Robert Morris may have the widest FT Rate split I'm aware of, as opponents attempt double the free throws of their offense.

Friday, December 19

C Games

#175 South Dakota State (-2) vs. #241 Milwaukee, 5 PM ET, BTN+. I cannot figure out why this is on BTN+. It's the pre-cursor to the Wisconsin/Villanova game, which is on FOX...but neither of these teams are in the Big Ten. I'm guessing that since the latter is a FOX product they're having to use this as one, too, but I thought that's what FS2 was for? Who knows.

#HLWBB Power Rankings — Week 6--HoriZone Roundtable

Cleveland State Men's Basketball Defeats Oakland City, 96-52--csuvikings.com

Cleveland State Women's Basketball Returns To #HLWBB Play With Annual Health + Hoops Game--csuvikings.com

Titans Drop Close One At Purdue Fort Wayne--detroittitans.com

Game 9: Detroit Mercy Continues #HLWBB Play at Robert Morris--detroittitans.com

The Women’s Other Top 25: Top holds steady, movement further down--Mid-Major Madness

Four teams joined the ranking this week after not being in the top 25 last week: Green Bay (19), High Point (21), New Mexico (22) and Murray St. (23).

The Phoenix are 8-4 and beat Kansas St. back in November. They just took Washington, who was No. 20 in the AP poll, down to the wire and lost by five.

Here is the full ranking:

Ranking

Team

Last Week

19 Green Bay NR