2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2007–08
Teams	10
First round site	campus sites
Quarterfinals site	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Semifinals site	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Finals site	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Butler (5th title)
Winning coach	Brad Stevens (1st title)
MVP	Mike Green^[1] (Butler)
Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournaments

The 2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled at the end of the 2007–2008 regular season. The better seed will host each first round match. Butler hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed. The final was hosted by the better remaining seed.

Tiebreakers

The first tiebreaker resolved is the one between seeds 2 and 3.

Seeds 2–3

The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record.
The second tiebreaker is record against the top seed Butler.
The third tiebreaker is record against the teams tied for 4th.
- Cleveland State earns the 2nd seed by virtue of its 5–3 record against UIC, Valparaiso, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.
- Wright State earns the 3rd seed because of its 4–4 record against UIC, Valparaiso, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.^[2]

Seeds 4–7

The first tiebreaker is record against the tied teams.
- UIC earns the 4th seed by virtue of a 4–2 record against Valparaiso, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.
- UW-Green Bay earns the 7th seed because of its 2–4 record against UIC, Valparaiso and UW-Milwaukee.
Since UW-Milwaukee and Valparaiso had identical 3–3 records against the other three teams, the tiebreaker between those two teams is head-to-head record.
The second tiebreaker is record against the top seed Butler.
The third tiebreaker is record against the second seed Cleveland State.
- UW-Milwaukee earns the 5th seed by virtue of its 1–1 record against Cleveland State.
- Valparaiso earns the 6th seed because of its 0–2 record against Cleveland State.^[2]

Bracket

First Round Tuesday, March 4			Second Round Friday, March 7			Semifinals Saturday, March 8			Championship Tuesday, March 11


			1	Butler

				(bye)



						1	Butler	66

						4	UIC	50
4	UIC	70

9	Youngstown State	59
			4	UIC	60

			8	Loyola	49
5	Milwaukee	51

8	Loyola	57
									1	Butler	70

									2	Cleveland State	55



			2	Cleveland State

				(bye)



						2	Cleveland State	78

						6	Valparaiso	73
3	Wright State	60

10	Detroit	37
			3	Wright State	67

			6	Valparaiso	72
6	Valparaiso	75

7	UW-Green Bay	67

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals will be hosted by the top seed. Championship will be hosted by lower-numbered remaining seed

External links

Horizon League Track the Bracket

References

2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT CBI

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