2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2011–12
Teams	10
First round site	campus sites
Semifinals site	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana
Finals site	Athletics-Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana
Champions	Detroit (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ray McCallum (1st title)
MVP	Ray McCallum, Jr. (Detroit)
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3 and Horizon League Network
Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournaments «2011  2013»

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Valparaiso	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
Cleveland State	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
Detroit†	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Milwaukee	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Butler	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Youngstown State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Green Bay	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Wright State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
UIC	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
Loyola (IL)	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament began on February 28 and ended on March 6.^[1] The Horizon League Network broadcast the first and second rounds. The semifinals were televised by ESPNU, with the championship game on ESPN. The Detroit Titans won the tournament and an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Each first-round game was played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were held at the Athletics-Recreation Center in Valparaiso, Indiana, home to the #1 overall seed Valparaiso. Since Valparaiso advanced to the championship game, the Crusaders also hosted the final.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2011–12 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams receive a bye to the semifinals.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
First Round – Tuesday, February 28
1	7:00 PM	#10 Loyola at #3 Detroit	HLN
2	7:05 PM	#7 Green Bay at #6 Youngstown State	HLN
3	8:00 PM	#9 UIC at #4 Milwaukee	HLN
4	7:00 PM	#8 Wright State at #5 Butler	HLN
Second Round – Friday, March 2
5	6:00 PM	#3 Detroit vs. #6 Youngstown State	HLN
6	8:30 PM	#4 Milwaukee vs. #5 Butler	HLN
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
7	6:00 PM	#3 Detroit vs #2 Cleveland State	ESPNU
8	8:30 PM	#5 Butler at #1 Valparaiso	ESPNU
Championship Game – Tuesday, March 6
9	9:00 PM	Detroit vs Valparaiso	ESPN/ESPN3
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, February 28, 2012 HLN					Second Round Friday, March 2, 2012 HLN					Semifinals Saturday, March 3, 2012 ESPNU					Championship Game Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ESPN
											1	Valparaiso	65
	4	Milwaukee	68								5	Butler	46
	9	UIC	55			4	Milwaukee	49
	5	Butler	70			5	Butler	71
	8	Wright State	52													1	Valparaiso	50
																3	Detroit	70
											2	Cleveland State	58
	3	Detroit	80								3	Detroit	63
	10	Loyola	71			3	Detroit	93
	6	Youngstown State	77			6	Youngstown State	76
	7	Green Bay	60

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by Valparaiso
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed

Honors

Tournament MVP

Ray McCallum, Jr. of Detroit was named the tournament MVP.^[2]

Horizon League All-Tournament Team

Player	School	Position	Year
Ray McCallum, Jr.	Detroit	Guard	Sophomore
Jason Calliste	Detroit	Guard	JR
LaMarcus Lowe	Detroit	Forward/Center	SR
Ryan Broekhoff	Valparaiso	Guard/Forward	JR
Kevin Van Wijk	Valparaiso	Forward	JR

References

1. "2012 Horizon League men's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
2. "Detroit Captures Men's Basketball Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved March 7, 2012.