UIC coach Steve McClain said his team was entering this year’s Horizon League Tournament with a totally different mindset than last year, and it showed in Sunday’s quarterfinals. The sixth-seeded Flames held off a late comeback from third-seeded Green Bay for a 79-70 victory. The Phoenix were the…
UIC coach Steve McClain readily admits that last year’s 5-win team didn’t think too highly of its chances last year heading to Detroit for the Horizon League Tournament. What a difference a year and a few more wins can make. The Flames finished the regular season…
The Horizon League wanted to use an innovative conference tournament bracket for the 2014-15 season that involved double-elimination, but the NCAA did not approve the plan, former Horizon League director of communications Bill Potter revealed Thursday on the Union Street Hoops podcast. “If anyone really…
Four Green Bay players scored in double figures Tuesday to lead their team to a 78-69 win against Wright State in the Horizon League championship game. The Phoenix will advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years. Fourth-seeded Green Bay opened up a 15-point lead in…
No. 1 seed Valparaiso mounted a comeback against No. 5 Green Bay in the closing minutes Monday in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals, culminating in this full-court pass to forward Alec Peters for a game-tying layup. The Crusaders and the Phoenix are currently in overtime…
Wright State coach Billy Donlon and his staff were furious to find out no players from their third-place team made the All-Horizon League teams. On top of that, Donlon was upset with the Horizon League Tournament format, which gives the top-two teams a double-bye to…
Wright State shot 14-of-28 from 3-point range Saturday en route to a 74-43 win against 10th-seeded UIC in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. UIC (5-25, 3-15 Horizon) scored the first four points of the game, but third-seeded Wright State responded with an…
MILWAUKEE — UIC has one of the best playmakers in the Horizon League in forward Dikembe Dixson, but the Flames offense had been missing a lethal outside shooter during the conference season. The Flames appear to have filled that hole with the reemergence of senior…
Although no local teams made the NCAA Tournament, 2015 was the best year in a long time for Chicago college basketball. The Catch and Shoot has chosen its top 10 moments of the year and will be rolling out one per day until New Year’s Eve, when the…
The Horizon League Tournament will transition to a neutral-site format and move to Detroit starting in the 2015-16 season, the league announced Thursday. The deal with Olympia Entertainment is for five years. Joe Louis Arena, home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, will host the…
