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

Horizon League

The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

.

Preseason

In the preseason, Butler

2011–12 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Brad Stevens, serving his 5th year...

 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 director

Sports information director

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s. Detroit

Detroit Titans men's basketball

The Detroit Titans team is the basketball team that represents the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1999...

 captured second in the preseason poll with 19 fist-place votes, and Cleveland State finished third for the third consecutive preseason. The preseason player of the year was Ray McCallum of Detroit

2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represents the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Ray McCallum...

 who was also named to the John R. Wooden Award

John R. Wooden Award

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 preseason candidate list.

HL Preseason Poll

Rank	Team	Votes
1	Butler (28)	468
2	Detroit (19)	453
3	Cleveland State (2)	388
4	Milwaukee (1)	356
5	Valparaiso	255
6	Green Bay	247
7	Youngstown State	195
8	Wright State	157
9	Loyola	145
10	Illinois-Chicago	86

First Team

• Ray McCallum, 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, Detroit

Conference Previews

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

Rank	CBS Sports	Rivals	Blue Ribbon	Sporting News	Lindy's	Athlon	College Hoops Insider	ESPN The Magazine	College Sports Madness
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

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
Butler	AP	RV	RV	-	-
	C	RV	RV	-	-
	Mid-Major	2	9	14	14
Cleveland State	AP	-	RV	RV	RV
	C	-	RV	RV	RV
	Mid-Major	22	4	3	5
Detroit	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	15	16	20	RV
Green Bay	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	RV	RV	-	-
Illinois-Chicago	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-
Loyola	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-
Milwaukee	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	RV	RV	RV	RV
Valparaiso	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	RV	RV	RV	RV
Wright State	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	RV	-
Youngstown State	AP	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-
	Mid-Major	-	-	-	-

Exhibition schedule

Non-conference schedule

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Horizon vs. other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses	%
Am. East	1	0	1.000
A-10	4	3	.571
ACC	0	1	.000
A-Sun	0	1	.000
Big 12	0	1	.000
Big East	0	2	.000
Big Sky	0	0	-
Big South	1	0	1.000
Big Ten	0	6	.000
Big West	1	0	1.000
Colonial	0	1	.000
C-USA	0	0	-
Great West	0	0	-
Independents	0	0	-
Ivy League	0	0	-
MAAC	0	0	-
MAC	3	4	.429
MEAC	1	0	1.000
MVC	0	2	.000
MWC	1	0	1.000
NEC	1	0	1.000
OVC	1	1	.500
Pac-12	0	1	.000
Patriot	0	0	-
SEC	1	1	.500
SoCon	3	1	.750
Southland	0	0	-
SWAC	2	0	1.000
Summit	1	1	.500
Sun Belt	1	0	1.000
WCC	0	0	-
WAC	0	0	-
NCAA Division II	5	1	.833
NCAA Division III	1	0	1.000
NAIA	5	0	1.000
Total	24	16	.600

Conference schedule

	@BUT	@CSU	@DET	@UWGB	@UIC	@LUC	@UWM	@VAL	@WSU	@YSU	vs. BUT	vs. CSU	vs. DET	vs. UWGB	vs. UIC	vs. LUC	vs. UWM	vs. VAL	vs. WSU	vs. YSU
Butler 2011–12 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team The 2011–12 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Brad Stevens, serving his 5th year...		Feb. 11	Jan. 8	Jan. 28	Jan. 19	Jan. 21	Jan. 26	Feb. 24	Jan. 6	Feb. 9		Jan. 13	Feb. 4	Dec. 29	Feb. 21	Feb. 14	Dec. 31	Dec. 3	Feb. 2	Jan. 15
Cleveland State 2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team The 2011–12 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center and are members of the Horizon League. It was the...	Jan. 13		Dec. 3	Feb. 21	Feb. 5	Feb. 3	Feb. 14	Jan. 15	Dec. 1	Jan. 28	Feb. 11		Feb. 23	Jan. 20	Jan. 5	Jan. 7	Jan. 22	Feb. 9	Feb. 25	Dec. 31
Detroit 2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team The 2011–12 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represents the University of Detroit Mercy in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Ray McCallum...	Feb. 4	Feb. 23		Jan. 12	Dec. 29	Dec. 31	Jan. 14	Feb. 2	Feb. 15	Feb. 25	Jan. 8	Dec. 3		Feb. 12	Jan. 27	Jan. 25	Feb. 10	Jan. 6	Jan. 21	Dec. 1
Green Bay 2011–12 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team The 2011–12 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represents University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Brian Wardle...	Dec. 29	Jan. 20	Feb. 12		Feb. 25	Feb. 23	Jan. 7	Dec. 31	Feb. 10	Jan. 22	Jan. 28	Feb. 21	Jan. 12		Dec. 1	Dec. 3	Feb. 4	Jan. 26	Jan. 14	Feb. 14
Illinois-Chicago 2011–12 UIC Flames men's basketball team The 2011–12 UIC Flames men's basketball team represents the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Howard Moore, serving his second year...	Feb. 21	Jan. 5	Jan. 27	Dec. 1		Feb. 11	Dec. 3	Feb. 14	Jan. 25	Jan. 7	Jan. 19	Feb. 5	Dec. 29	Feb. 25		Jan. 24	Feb. 23	Jan. 21	Dec. 31	Feb. 2
Loyola 2011–12 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team The 2011–12 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Porter Moser. The Ramblers play their home games at the Joseph J...	Feb. 14	Jan. 7	Jan. 25	Dec. 3	Jan. 14		Dec. 1	Feb. 21	Jan. 27	Jan. 5	Jan. 21	Feb. 3	Dec. 31	Feb. 23	Feb. 11		Feb. 25	Jan. 19	Dec. 29	Feb. 5
Milwaukee	Dec. 31	Jan. 22	Feb. 10	Feb. 4	Feb. 23	Feb. 25		Dec. 29	Feb. 12	Jan. 20	Jan. 26	Feb. 14	Jan. 14	Jan. 7	Dec. 3	Dec. 1		Jan. 28	Jan. 12	Jan. 31
Valparaiso 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team The 2011–12 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represents the Valparaiso University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Bryce Drew...	Dec. 3	Feb. 9	Jan. 6	Jan. 26	Jan. 21	Jan. 19	Jan. 28		Jan. 8	Feb. 11	Feb. 24	Jan. 15	Feb. 2	Dec. 31	Feb. 14	Feb. 21	Dec. 29		Feb. 4	Jan. 13
Wright State 2011–12 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team The 2011–12 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represents Wright State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Billy Donlon, serving his second year...	Feb. 2	Feb. 25	Jan. 21	Jan. 14	Dec. 31	Dec. 29	Jan. 12	Feb. 4		Feb. 23	Jan. 6	Dec. 1	Feb. 15	Feb. 10	Jan. 25	Jan. 27	Feb. 12	Jan. 8		Dec. 3
Youngstown State 2011–12 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team The 2011–12 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team represents Youngstown State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Jerry Slocum...	Jan. 15	Dec. 31	Dec. 1	Feb. 14	Feb. 2	Feb. 5	Jan. 31	Jan. 13	Dec. 3		Feb. 9	Jan. 28	Feb. 25	Jan. 22	Jan. 7	Jan. 5	Jan. 20	Feb. 11	Feb. 23

Weekly awards

HL Players of the Week

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

Week	Player of the week	Team
11/14	D’Aundray Brown	Cleveland State
11/21	Kevin Van Wijk	Valparaiso
11/28
12/5
12/12
12/19
12/26
1/2
1/9
1/16
1/23
1/30
2/6
2/13
2/20
2/27

External links

• HL Official website
• Horizon League Network