2009–10 Horizon League men's basketball season


The 2009–10 Horizon League men's basketball season marked the 30th season of Horizon League basketball.

Preseason

In the preseason, Butler was the conference favorite - returning all players from their regular season HL championship team. Butler received all but three first-place votes in the preseason poll of HL coaches, media, and sports information directors. Wright State received the one first place vote, capturing second in the preseason poll, and defending HL Tournament champion Cleveland State claimed two first place votes, finishing third. The preseason player of the year was 2009 HL MVP Matt Howard of Butler. Also in the preseason, one HL player was named to both the John R. Wooden Award preseason candidate list and the Naismith Award preseason candidate list: Gordon Hayward of Butler.

HL Preseason Poll

Preseason All-Horizon

First Team

Preseason Player of the Year

Weekly awards

HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.
WeekPlayer of the week
November 16Todd Brown, Wright State
November 23Eli Holman, Detroit
November 30James Eayrs, Milwaukee
December 7Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay
December 14Gordon Hayward, Butler
December 21Gordon Hayward, Butler
December 28Sirlester Martin, Youngstown State
January 4Shelvin Mack, Butler
January 11DeAndre Mays, Youngstown State
January 18Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay
Chase Simon, Detroit
January 25Norris Cole, Cleveland State
February 1Chase Simon, Detroit
February 8Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State
February 15Gordon Hayward, Butler
February 22Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay
March 1Anthony Hill, Milwaukee

All-Conference Honors

Tournament honors

Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP.
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamPlayerSchoolPositionYear
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamMatt HowardButlerForwardJunior
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamShelvin MackButlerGuardSophomore
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamGordon HaywardButlerGuard/ForwardSophomore
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamRonald NoredButlerGuardJunior
Horizon League All-Tournament TeamN’Gai EvansWright StateGuardJunior