HoriZone Roundtable

Chris Kielsmeier strongly believes in the old axiom that teams and individuals play like they practice. Often, after a big win, the Cleveland State head...

For Oakland on Wednesday night, it felt like the type of game that you win if you’re for real, and lose if you aren’t....

Late collapse leaves Norse 8-9 on season Well, Norse men’s basketball fans… Welcome to the Horizon League: 2023-24 Edition.  “Are you not entertained!?” - Gen. Maximus Decimus...

As if it’s set by Holy Decree, the Horizon League standings, specifically from second place down to about eighth, have to be either even...

The Horizon League needs to start figuring itself out. Five games into the Horizon League schedule, there are no undefeated teams left. Eight of the 11 teams have winning records in league play and are within a game of first place. This season is clearly shaping up to be one where disagreement reigns over the rankings, and we all have seven more weeks of being angry at them to look forward to. It didn't seem possible to top the parity of last season, but a 6-way tie for a 2-seed doesn't seem out of the question right now. If you're disappointed that your team's not higher at any point this season, wait 3 days. Either you won't have any reason to be disappointed anymore, or they'll be moving up 5 slots. Even the team that had been willing its way to wins over inferior competition no matter the margin was finally taken out. It's starting to feel like this could be a season where the league actually does beat preseason prognosticators' expectations, but still finds itself playing in Dayton in March as the entire league cannibalizes itself. Disclaimer: the above does not apply to Robert Morris, IUPUI, or Detroit Mercy. Thank you for all you're doing. Anyway, rant over. Here are the rankings:

RankTeamLWChange1Green Bay1-2Cleveland State2-3Wright State4+14Detroit Mercy5+15Purdue Fort Wayne3-26Milwaukee6-7Youngstown State9+28Oakland7-19Robert Morris8-110IUPUI11+111Northern Kentucky10-1 Green Bay left very few questions on their trip to Northern Kentucky and Wright State,...

Despite Cleveland State’s four game winning streak coming to an end at the hands of Wright State on the road, the Vikings were able...

At the beginning of last week, Oakland sat at 1-2 in the league starting down three games against teams ahead of them in the...

Vikings capitalize on rebounding advantage, turnovers This time, second half heroics were not enough to carry the day for the black and gold.  Sunday night on...

The calendar could not turn from 2023 to 2024 fast enough for Robert Morris and head coach Andy Toole, I am sure. The RMU...