2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Teams 10
First round site campus sites
Semifinals site U.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finals site U.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions Butler (7th title)
Winning coach Brad Stevens (3rd title)
MVP Matt Howard (Butler)
Television ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3
and Horizon League Network
Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»

The 2011 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament was played Tuesday, March 1 through Tuesday, March 8. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast by ESPNU and took place at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, the home court of the #1 overall seed, the Milwaukee Panthers. As Milwaukee defeated Valparaiso in its semifinal match, it secured host status for the championship game against Butler as well; the final was broadcast by ESPN/ESPN3.com. Butler defeated Milwaukee 59–44 in the final, winning its second consecutive Horizon League tournament title and receiving an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals.

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 1
1
7:00 PM #10 UIC at #3 Cleveland State HLN
2
7:00 PM #7 Green Bay at #6 Wright State HLN
3
8:00 PM #9 Youngstown State at #4 Valparaiso HLN
4
7:00 PM #8 Loyola at #5 Detroit HLN
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
5
8:30 PM #3 Cleveland State vs. #6 Wright State HLN/ESPN3.com
6
6:00 PM #4 Valparaiso vs. #5 Detroit HLN/ESPN3.com
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
7
6:00 PM #3 Cleveland State vs #2 Butler ESPNU/ESPN3.com
8
8:30 PM #4 Valparaiso at #1 Milwaukee ESPNU/ESPN3.com
Championship Game – Tuesday, March 8
9
9pm #2 Butler at #1 Milwaukee ESPN/ESPN3.com
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, March 1
Second Round
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Tuesday, March 8
      
               
               
           2  Butler 76  
3  Cleveland State 73       3  Cleveland State 68  
10  UIC 61     3  Cleveland State 73  
6  Wright State 60     6  Wright State 59  
7  Green Bay 50       2  Butler 59
           1  Milwaukee 44
               
               
           1  Milwaukee 70  
4  Valparaiso 80       4  Valparaiso 63  
9  Youngstown State 71     4  Valparaiso 88       
5  Detroit 90     5  Detroit 78       
8  Loyola 69  

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by #1 overall seed (Milwaukee)
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed

Honors

Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP for the second successive year.[1]

Horizon League All-Tournament Team[2]

Player School Position Year
Matt Howard Butler Forward Senior
Shelvin Mack Butler Guard Junior
Shawn Vanzant Butler Guard Senior
Anthony Hill Milwaukee Forward Senior
Brandon Wood Valparaiso Guard Junior

References

  1. "Matt Howard". butlersports.com. Butler University. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. "Butler Snares NCAA Tournament Bid With 59-44 Win Over Milwaukee". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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