Horizon League Tournament Predictions 2013

Tuesday, March 5 - First Round (at home of highest seed) 

8 PM No. 9 Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at No. 4 Wisconsin-Green Bay (Game 1) 

8 PM No. 8 Cleveland State at No. 5 Illinois-Chicago (Game 2) 

7:05 PM No. 7 Loyola-Chicago at No. 6 Youngstown State (Game 3)

Friday, March 8 - Second Round (at Valparaiso) 

8:30 PM No. 4 Wisconsin Green Bay vs. No. 8 Cleveland State (Game 4) 

6 PM No. 3 Wright State vs. No. 6 Youngstown State (Game 5) 

Saturday, March 9 - Semifinals (at Valparaiso) 

6 p.m. ET: No. 6 Youngstown State vs. No. 2 Detroit (Game 6) - ESPNU
8:30 p.m. ET: No. 4 Wisconsin Green Bay vs. No. 1 Valparaiso (Game 7) - ESPNU

Tuesday, March 12 - Championship Game (at home of highest remaining seed) 

9:00 p.m ET: No. 2 Detroit vs. No. 1 Valparaiso - ESPN or ESPN2

Horizon League Winner 

Detroit: The Titans have beaten Valpo at home already this season. Ray McCallum Jr. dropped 21 in a win over Valparaiso in last year's HL Championship. 

Horizon League Runner up

Valparaiso: The Crusaders have the advantage of being at home. They went 14-2 this season at the ARC. 

Horizon League Sleeper Team 

Youngstown State: It's not likely that the HL winner won't be Valpo or Detroit, but for a sleeper I'll take YSU. Kendrick Perry does it all for the Penguins, but they will need him to be even better to make a run at the HL title. 

My Horizon League Preseason Predictions

#1 Detroit 
#2 Valparaiso
#3 Green Bay
#4 Cleveland State
#5 Youngstown State
#6 Milwaukee 
#7 UIC
#8 Wright State
#9 Loyola

Horizon League Final Standings 

TEAM                CONF        OVERALL

Valparaiso           13-3         24-7

Detroit               12-4         20-11

Wright State       10-6         19-11

Green Bay           10-6         16-14

Illinois-Chicago     7-9          16-14

Youngstown State  7-9         16-14

Loyola (IL)            5-11        15-15

Cleveland State    5-11        14-17

Milwaukee            3-13        8-23