2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams8
First round siteCampus sites
Semifinals siteAthletics–Recreation Center
Valparaiso, Indiana
Finals siteAthletics–Recreation Center
Valparaiso, Indiana
ChampionsValparaiso (2nd title)
Winning coachBryce Drew (2nd title)
MVPAlec Peters (Valparaiso)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
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2014–15 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Valparaiso † 13 – 3   .813 28 – 6   .824
Green Bay 12 – 4   .750 24 – 9   .727
Oakland 11 – 5   .688 16 – 17   .485
Cleveland State 11 – 5   .688 19 – 15   .559
Milwaukee * 9 – 7   .563 14 – 16   .467
Detroit 7 – 9   .438 15 – 18   .455
UIC 4 – 12   .250 10 – 24   .294
Wright State 3 – 13   .188 11 – 20   .355
Youngstown State 2 – 14   .125 11 – 21   .344
* Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
† 2015 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament began on March 3, 2015, with the championship game on Tuesday, March 10. First round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were hosted by Valparaiso, because the Crusaders won the regular season conference championship. Since Valparaiso won its semifinal game, it also hosted the championship game. Only eight of the nine teams in the conference played in the Horizon League Tournament, as Milwaukee has been deemed ineligible for postseason play for the 2014–15 season.[1]

Teams were seeded by 2014–15 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third and fourth seeds received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tie breaking system

The tiebreaking system is as follows:[2]

Two teams
  1. Head to head conference record.
  2. Record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI based on Collegiate Basketball News.
Three or more teams
  1. Combined record of each of the tied teams against the other teams involved in the tie until the tie is broken.
  2. Record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings. Continue down through the standings until the tie is reduced to a two-team tie. Use the two team system.
  3. Higher RPI based on Collegiate Basketball News.

Seeds

Seed Team Record Tiebreaker
1 Valparaiso 13–3
2 Green Bay 12–4
3 Oakland 11–5 1–1 vs CSU, 1–1 vs. VU
4 Cleveland State 11–5 1–1 vs OU, 0–2 vs. VU
5 Detroit 7–9
6 UIC 4–12
7 Wright State 3-13
8 Youngstown State 2-14

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Television
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1 7:00 pm Youngstown State 67 at Detroit 77 ESPN3
2 7:00 pm Wright State 57 at UIC 60 ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6 (at Valparaiso)
3 7:00 pm Oakland 69 vs. UIC 72 ESPN3
4 9:30 pm Cleveland State 70 vs. Detroit 53 ESPN3
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7 (at Valparaiso)
5 7:00 pm Green Bay 70 vs. UIC 56 ESPNU*
6 9:30 pm Cleveland State 55 at Valparaiso 60 ESPNU
Championship – Tuesday, March 10 (at Valparaiso)
7 7:00 pm Green Bay 44 at Valparaiso 54 ESPN
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.
* Tape delayed on ESPNU at 11:30 pm EST.

Bracket

[3]

First round
Tuesday, March 3
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU 		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN
1 Valparaiso 60
4 Cleveland State 55
4 Cleveland State 70
5 Detroit 77 5 Detroit 53
8 Youngstown State 67 1 Valparaiso 54
2 Green Bay 44
2 Green Bay 70
6 UIC 56
3 Oakland 69
6 UIC 60 6 UIC 72
7 Wright State 57

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds.
Second round and semifinals hosted by No. 1 seed.
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed.

References

  1. ^ Gruman, Andrew (April 9, 2014). "Wisconsin Milwaukee Men's Program Receives Postseason Ban". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "#HLMBB Update | 2016-17 Final" (PDF). Horizon League. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "2015 Horizon League Men's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.