HoriZone Roundtable #HLMBB Preseason Poll 2023-24
Defending Horizon League Tournament champion Northern Kentucky — who put forth a valiant effort in a 63-52 loss to 1-seed Houston in the NCAA Tournament — is the HoriZone Roundtable's pick to win the league in 2023-24. The Norse return two All-League performers to a team that went 14-6 in league play last year.
The rest of our Top 4 were the other three teams with byes last year: Milwaukee, Cleveland State, and Youngstown State. Wright State, Oakland, and Robert Morris were similarly projected to hold down their spots from last year in the middle of the league. Then things get interesting.
After being among the worst teams in the nation each of the last two seasons, IUPUI and Green Bay are projected to finish eighth and ninth in the league this year for wildly different reasons. IUPUI had its most stable offseason in years and added a few Division I transfers to its young core, while Green Bay blew up its roster and landed some transfers who should instantly be among the best players on the team.
Purdue Fort Wayne is tasked with replacing its entire starting lineup from a team that finished eighth last season, and although the Mastodons added some talent in the transfer portal our staff is uncertain that they'll be able to put it together right away.
And finally, we've entered the first season of the HoriZone Roundtable that won't involve Antoine Davis. With the difficulty Detroit Mercy had putting a cohesive team that could stay on the court around him seemingly continuing after his graduation, we see the Titans finishing last this year.
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