2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season


The 2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 32nd season of Horizon League basketball.

Preseason

In the preseason, Butler was the conference favorite despite returning only one of their top four scorers from the 2011 national runner-up team. Butler received 28 first-place votes in the preseason poll of HL coaches, media, and sports information directors. Detroit captured second in the preseason poll with 19 first-place votes, and Cleveland State finished third for the third consecutive preseason. The preseason player of the year was Ray McCallum, Jr. of Detroit who was also named to the John R. Wooden Award preseason candidate list.

HL Preseason Poll

Preseason All-Horizon

First Team

Preseason Player of the Year
Several media outlets projected the final Horizon League standings for the 2011–12 season:
RankCBS SportsRivalsBlue RibbonSporting NewsLindy'sAthlonCollege Hoops InsiderESPN The MagazineCollege Sports Madness
1.ButlerButlerDetroitDetroitButlerButlerButlerButlerButler
2.DetroitDetroitCleveland St.MilwaukeeDetroitDetroitDetroitDetroitCleveland St.
3.Cleveland St.MilwaukeeButlerButlerCleveland St.Cleveland St.Cleveland St.Cleveland St.Detroit
4.MilwaukeeCleveland St.MilwaukeeCleveland St.MilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukeeMilwaukee
5.ValparaisoValparaisoValparaisoValparaisoWright St.ValparaisoValparaisoLoyolaValparaiso
6.Wright St.Green BayYoungstown St.Green BayValparaisoGreen BayLoyolaValparaiso-
7.Green BayWright St.Green BayWright St.Green BayLoyolaWright St.Green Bay-
8.LoyolaLoyolaUICYoungstown St.LoyolaWright St.Green BayWright St.-
9.Youngstown St.Youngstown St.LoyolaLoyolaUICYoungstown St.UICYoungstown St.-
10.UICUICWright St.UICYoungstown St.UICYoungstown St.UIC-

Rankings

Schedule

Exhibition schedule

Non-conference schedule

!colspan=12| November
!colspan=12| December
!colspan=12| January
!colspan=12| February

Horizon vs. other conferences

ConferenceWinsLosses%
Am. East101.000
A-1045.444
ACC01.000
A-Sun01.000
Big 1201.000
Big East27.222
Big Sky00-
Big South101.000
Big Ten18.111
Big West101.000
Colonial12.333
C-USA00-
Great West101.000
Independents101.000
Ivy League00-
MAAC201.000
MAC1311.542
MEAC101.000
MVC33.500
MWC11.500
NEC21.667
OVC22.500
Pac-1212.333
Patriot00-
SEC13.250
SoCon31.750
Southland101.000
SWAC301.000
Summit34.429
Sun Belt101.000
WCC02.000
WAC201.000
NCAA Division II71.875
NCAA Division III201.000
NAIA501.000
Total6656.541

Conference schedule

Conference Chart

Conference awards and honors

Weekly awards

HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.
WeekPlayer of the weekTeam
11/14D’Aundray BrownCleveland State
11/21Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
11/28James HaarsmaMilwaukee
12/5DuShawn BrooksYoungstown State
12/12Trey HarmonCleveland State
12/19Andrew SmithButler
12/26Brennan CougillGreen Bay
12/26Julius MaysWright State
1/2Damian EargleYoungstown State
1/9Julius MaysWright State
1/9Ashen WardYoungstown State
1/16Kevin Van WijkValparaiso
1/23Blake AllenYoungstown State
1/30Ray McCallum, Jr.Detroit
2/6Kendrick PerryYoungstown State
2/13Roosevelt JonesButler
2/20Ben AverkampLoyola
2/27