2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season
Season of an American college basketball league
Sports season
2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | December 4, 2008 through February 28, 2009 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports Midwest, ESPN, CBS Sports, Horizon League Network |
Regular Season | |
Champions | Butler Bulldogs |
Coach of the Year | Brad Stevens, Butler |
Runners-up | Green Bay Phoenix |
Season MVP | Matt Howard, Butler |
Tournament | |
Champions | Cleveland State |
Runners-up | Butler |
Finals MVP | Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State |
Basketball seasons | |
← 07–08 09–10 → |
| Conf | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Butler | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Chicago | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Horizon League Tournament winner As of April 1, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 29th season of Horizon League basketball.
Conference awards & honors
Weekly awards
HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.[1]
Week | Player of the week |
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November 24 | Josh Mayo, UIC |
December 1 | J'Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State |
December 8 | Josh Mayo, UIC |
December 15 | Gordon Hayward, Butler |
December 22 | J'Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State |
December 29 | Gordon Hayward, Butler |
January 5 | Avery Smith, Milwaukee |
January 12 | Kelvin Bright, Youngstown State |
January 19 | James Eayrs, Milwaukee |
January 26 | Ryan Tillema, Green Bay |
February 2 | Troy Cotton, Green Bay |
February 9 | Gordon Hayward, Butler Ryan Tillema, Green Bay |
February 16 | Norris Cole, Cleveland State |
February 23 | Justin Cerasoli, Loyola |
All-Conference Honors
Honor | Recipient(s) | School | Position | Year |
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Player of the Year | Matt Howard | Butler | Forward | Sophomore |
Coach of the Year | Brad Stevens | Butler | Head coach | 2nd |
Newcomer of the Year | Gordon Hayward | Butler | Guard/Forward | Freshman |
Defensive Player of the Year | Cedric Jackson | Cleveland State | Guard | Senior |
Sixth Man of the Year | Ryan Tillema | Green Bay | Guard | Senior |
All Horizon League First Team | J'Nathan Bullock | Cleveland State | Forward | Senior |
Gordon Hayward | Butler | Guard/Forward | Freshman | |
Matt Howard | Butler | Forward | Sophomore | |
Josh Mayo | UIC | Guard | Senior | |
Ryan Tillema | Green Bay | Guard | Senior | |
All Horizon League Second Team | Todd Brown | Wright State | Guard | Junior |
Tone Boyle | Milwaukee | Guard | Junior | |
Rahmon Fletcher | Green Bay | Guard | Sophomore | |
Urule Igbavboa | Valparaiso | Forward | Senior | |
Cedric Jackson | Cleveland State | Guard | Senior | |
All-Newcomer Team | Tone Boyle | Milwaukee | Guard | Junior |
James Eayrs | Milwaukee | Forward | Junior | |
Gordon Hayward | Butler | Guard/Forward | Freshman | |
Shelvin Mack | Butler | Guard | Freshman | |
DeAndre Mays | Youngstown State | Guard | Junior | |
All Defensive Team | Terry Evans | Green Bay | Forward | Senior |
Will Graham | Wright State | Guard | Senior | |
Matt Howard | Butler | Forward | Sophomore | |
Cedric Jackson | Cleveland State | Guard | Senior | |
Scott VanderMeer | UIC | Center | Senior |
[1]
Tournament honors
[1]
Cedric Jackson of Cleveland State was named the tournament MVP.
Horizon League All-Tournament Team | Player | School | Position | Year |
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Cedric Jackson | Cleveland State | Guard | Senior | |
J'Nathan Bullock | Cleveland State | Forward | Senior | |
Norris Cole | Cleveland State | Guard | Sophomore | |
Matt Howard | Butler | Forward | Sophomore | |
Shelvin Mack | Butler | Guard | Freshman |
References
- ^ a b c Horizon League Men's Basketball Recordbook, retrieved 2011-November-06.
External links
- HL Official website