The 2010 Horizon League men's basketball tournament was played Tuesday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 9. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship games were broadcast by ESPNU and ESPN/ESPN360.com respectively, and took place at the arena of the #1 overall seed, Butler University. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 Horizon League Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams, Butler and Wright State, received a bye to the Semifinals.
Schedule
GameTime*Matchup#Television First Round – Tuesday, March 28pm#10 Youngstown State at #3 Green BayHLN 8pm#7 Detroit at #6 ValparaisoHLN8pm#9 UIC at #4 MilwaukeeHLN7pm#8 Loyola at #5 Cleveland StateHLN Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 – Hinkle Fieldhouse6pm#4 Milwaukee vs #5 Cleveland StateHLN8pm#3 Green Bay vs #7 DetroitHLN Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 – Hinkle Fieldhouse5:15pm#4 Milwaukee at #1 ButlerESPNU8pm#7 Detroit vs #2 Wright StateESPNU Championship Game – Tuesday, March 9 – Hinkle Fieldhouse9pm#2 Wright State at #1 ButlerESPN/ESPN360.com *Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds Second round, semifinals, and championship were hosted by the #1 Overall Seed, Butler. All times ET.
Honors
Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP.
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamBulldogs Capture Horizon League Tournament Crown , retrieved 2010-03-10 Player School Position Year Matt Howard Butler Forward Junior Shelvin Mack Butler Guard Sophomore Gordon Hayward Butler Guard/Forward Sophomore Ronald Nored Butler Guard Sophomore N’Gai Evans Wright State Guard Junior
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