On The Horizon

Jim Squire

Betko conquers pain to play--The Indy Star
Bulldogs Begin Two-Game Wisconsin Trip At Green Bay--ButlerSports.com

Butler Closes Homestand Against Loyola On Saturday--ButlerSports.com

It's her point of pride--Cleveland Plain Dealer
First Place on the Line When Vikings Host Green Bay on Saturday--csuvikings.com

Vikings Lose Fifth Straight--The Fan Home of the Cleveland State Vikings
Vikings Host Detroit--csuvikings.com

Today's games--The Detroit Free Press
UDM In Action At Cleveland State--detroittitans.com

Women's Basketball Travels to Wright State--detroittitans.com

Rematch could determine Horizon playoff seeds--The Chicago Tribune
UIC Athletics Receives High Marks From National Consortium for Academics and Sports--uicflames.com
Women's Basketball Squares Off Against Valparaiso--uicflames.com

Men's basketball: No. 10 Bulldogs rank as difficult challenge--Green Bay Press Gazette
Men's basketball: Butler still rides Graves-y train--Green Bay Press Gazette
Showdown With No. 10 Butler Looms Saturday Night--uwgbathletics.com

Women's basketball: UWGB vs. Cleveland State preview--Green Bay Press Gazette

Panthers Head To Youngstown State Saturday--uwmpanthers.com

Crusaders play host to UIC with chance to move up in Horizon League standings--The NWI Times
Crusaders to Hold Summer Camps--www.valpo.edu

Valpo Wraps Up Homestand Saturday against UIC--www.valpo.edu

WSU's reserves playing key roles as of late--Dayton Daily News
WSU vs. Youngstown State preview--Dayton Daily News

YSU teams host Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle
Men's Basketball: YSU Goes For Two Straight Against Wright State--ysusports.com
Women's Basketball: Penguins Participate In WBCA's "Think Pink" Campaign--ysusports.com

Horizon League trio earns men's basketball Academic All-District recognition--The Horizon League

Jim Squire

Game! Of! The! Night! 2/7/2008: Wright State at Cleveland State--The Mid Majority

On campus: Jeff Rabjohns--The Indy Star

Two former Indiana high school players are among the 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior Class Award. Butler guard A.J. Graves (White River Valley) and Ball State guard Peyton Stovall (Lafayette Jeff) have made the final cut for the award created by sportscaster Dick Enberg in 2002 to honor seniors.

Those future schedules--Indy Star Butler Insider
Butler Unveils Upcoming Men's Basketball Game Promotions--ButlerSports.com

Bowen's Career Night, Solid Defense Key 56-48 Win Over UIC--ButlerSports.com

Vikings win sixth straight--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland State defeats Milwaukee, 68-58--csuvikings.com

Frustrated Vikings fall--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vikings testing Waters with poor play in their wake--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vikings Fall to Wright State, 55-49--csuvikings.com

MEN'S HOOPS: Titans can't hold lead against Youngstown--The Detroit Free Press
Titans Fall At Youngstown State--detroittitans.com

Hoops still close to Granderson’s heart--Whoosh!Net
Men's Basketball Meets Loyola In Rogers Park This Saturday Night--uicflames.com

Second-Half Run Falls Short Against Butler--uicflames.com

Surging Ramblers Aim For Fourth Straight Win When They Host UIC Saturday--LoyolaRamblers.com
Game Time Changed For Loyola Men's Basketball At William & Mary--LoyolaRamblers.com

Collins' 23 Points Not Enough As Loyola Falls At Valparaiso, 69-62--LoyolaRamblers.com

Photo gallery: UW-Green Bay vs. Valparaiso men's basketball--Green Bay Press Gazette
Men's basketball: Phoenix stops Valpo in OT--Green Bay Press Gazette
Green Bay Athletics Teams With Charities for Saturday Game--uwgbathletics.com
Phoenix Bursts Back For Comeback Victory Over Valpo--uwgbathletics.com
Schachtner Again Selected as Member of Academic All-District V First Team--uwgbathletics.com

Women's basketball: UWGB crushes Youngstown State, setting up showdown--Green Bay Press Gazette
Groh Gains Academic All-District V Second Team Honors For Second Straight Year--uwgbathletics.com
Women's Basketball Defeats Youngstown State 75-47--uwgbathletics.com

Panthers can't keep up--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panthers Storm Back, But Fall Late At Cleveland State, 68-58--uwmpanthers.com

Land of the Brave--UWM Post Sports Blog
Panther Fans Brackbuster Road Trip to Bradley Being Planned--Milwaukee Panther Tracks
Rivalry Week Finds Panthers Hosting Butler, Green Bay--uwmpanthers.com

Wis.-Green Bay edges Valpo in OT--The Indy Star
VU falls to Green Bay in overtime--The Post-Tribune
Crusaders collapse, lose in OT--The NWI Times
VU misses chance to salvage season--The NWI Times
Valpo Falls at Green Bay in Extra Session--www.valpo.edu

Hochstetler twins lift Valparaiso over pesky Loyola--The Post-Tribune
Crusaders thrive despite poor shooting--The NWI Times
Kulaga Earns Academic All-District Honors--www.valpo.edu
Crusaders Commit Just Four Turnovers in Victory over Loyola--www.valpo.edu

Freshman Evans steps up after Tabler concussion--Dayton Daily News
Raiders in second after seventh straight win--Dayton Daily News
WSU men win 7th straight, beat Vikings--Fairborn Daily Herald
Men Win 7th Straight at Cleveland State--wsuraiders.com

Turnover troubles doom Penguins--Youngstown Vindicator
Guins Erase Nine-Point Second-Half Deficit for 55-48 Win Over Detroit--ysusports.com

Women's Basketball: Cold Shooting Dooms Guins in Loss to UWGB--ysusports.com

Men's Basketball Roundup - February 7--The Horizon League

Women's Basketball Roundup - February 7--The Horizon League

Jim Squire

Scores from 2/7/2008:


Butler     56 UIC 48
CSU        68 Milwaukee 58
Green Bay  75 YSU 47
Valpo      69 Loyola 62

Seed Team        Conf  1st round matchup
---- ----------  ----  -----------------
#1   Green Bay   9-1   Would host winner of 8/9 game
#2   CSU         8-2   Would host winner of 7/10 game
#3   Milwaukee   6-4   Would host Butler
#4   Wright St.  5-4   Would host Valpo
#5   Valparaiso  5-5
#6   Butler      5-5
#7   YSU         5-5   Would host Detroit in play-in game
#8   UIC         4-6   Would host Loyola in play-in game
#9   Loyola (IL) 2-8
#10  Detroit     0-9

Valpo, Butler, and YSU are each 1-1 in the head-to-head.
Valpo beat Green Bay.
Butler is 1-0 against YSU.

Jim Squire

Scores from 2/7/2008:


WSU 55       CSU 49
YSU 55       Detroit 48
Green Bay 76 Valpo 71 OT

Seed Team        Conf  1st-round match up
---- ----------  ----  ------------------
#1   Butler      9-2   Double-bye
#2   Wright St.  8-4   Double-bye
#3   Milwaukee   7-5   Would host Detroit
#4   Green Bay   7-5   Would host YSU
#5   CSU         7-5   Would host Loyola
#6   UIC         6-5   Would host Valpo
#7   Valparaiso  5-6
#8   Loyola (IL) 5-7
#9   YSU         4-9
#10  Detroit     1-11

Milwaukee is 2-0 against CSU/Green Bay

Green Bay is 1-0 against CSU

Thanks to WAJC69 from the Butler board for providing the Official Tie Breaker Rules

Thanks to uwmfansince1997 from the Milwaukee board for providing a link to the Horizon League's official "Track the Bracket" page.

Jim Squire

Waters considers making changes--Cleveland Plain Dealer

TONIGHT'S GAMES: Area basketball match-ups--The Detroit Free Press

Men's basketball: Bennett to be honored tonight--Green Bay Press Gazette

Women's basketball: Today's UWGB-Youngstown State preview--Green Bay Press Gazette

UWM reels in guard--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

College Basketball: It's Wright State's turn to make a run at the No. 2 spot--The Post-Tribune
Valpo needs to find its killer instinct - and fast--The Post-Tribune
Steelheads to sign ex-VU star Howard--The NWI Times
Free throws tell the tale for VU--The NWI Times
Crusaders Look to Rebound Thursday at Green Bay--www.valpo.edu

Peller perseveres in adjusted role--The NWI Times

Balanced league has WSU on toes--Dayton Daily News
WSU vs. Cleveland preview--Dayton Daily News

Lewis Named First Team Academic All-District--wsuraiders.com

YSU BASKETBALL \ Today’s games--Youngstown Vindicator
Penguin women host Green Bay Phoenix--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle
Men look to end six-game skid vs. Detroit--Mahoning Valley Tribune Chronicle
Second time around: Penguins will look to end six game slide tonight--The Jambar
Penguins seek revenge against league's top squad--The Jambar

Four Horizon League women's basketball players receive CoSIDA Academic All-District honors--The Horizon League

Jim Squire

Scores from 2/5/2008:


Butler 71 Valpo 68

Seed Team        Conf    
#1   Butler      9-2   Double-bye
#2   CSU         7-4   Double-bye
#3   Wright St.  7-4   Hosts Detroit
#4   Milwaukee   7-5   Hosts YSU
#5   UIC         6-5   Hosts Loyola
#6   Green Bay   6-5   Hosts Valpo
#7   Valparaiso  5-5
#8   Loyola (IL) 5-7
#9   YSU         3-9
#10  Detroit     1-10

CSU is 1-0 against Wright St.

UIC is 1-0 against Green Bay.

Thanks to WAJC69 from the Butler board for providing the Official Tie Breaker Rules

Thanks to uwmfansince1997 from the Milwaukee board for providing a link to the Horizon League's official "Track the Bracket" page.

Jim Squire

BracketBusters Matchups 2008--The Mid Majority

3's Keep Butler, Drake Among Top Teams--MICentralSports.com
Campbell's 3 Leads Butler to Win--MICentralSports.com
The State Of The Other 22, Week 12--The Mid-Majority

4. Butler (Horizon League), 94.368, 19-2 (8-2) [4]

All we can say is: rollin'. Worth pointing out, once again, that 6-8 freshman big Matt Howard has led the team in scoring for the past seven games, and if he doesn't win the league newcomer of the year award, then there's some kind of political stuff going on. The improved inside game has led to an increase in 2-point field goal percentage from 49.5 percent last year (when they went to the Sweet 16) to 50.7, the difference between third in the Horizon and first.