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 Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State Eli Holman, Detroit Chase Simon, Detroit Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee Second Team Tony Meier, Milwaukee Alec Brown, Green Bay Andrew Smith, Butler Ben Averkamp, Loyola Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso Preseason Player of the Year Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit Conference Previews Several media outlets projected the final Horizon League standings for the 2011–12 season: Rankings Schedule Exhibition schedule Non-conference schedule |- !colspan=12| November |- !colspan=12| December |- !colspan=12| January |- !colspan=12| February Horizon vs. other conferences Conference schedule {{CBB schedule entry | date = Feb. 21 | time = 8:00 pm | nonconf = | away = | neutral = | rank = no | opponent = CSU at GRB'' | opprank = | site_stadium = Resch Center | site_cityst = Green Bay, WI | gamename = | tv = no | score = GRB Win71–67 | overtime = | record = GRB 8–8CSU 10–6 | conference = | attend = 2,819 | highscorer = Grady | points = 23 | highrebounder= Grady | rebounds = 8 | highassister = Sykes | assists = 4 }} Conference Chart Conference awards and honors Weekly awardsHL Players of the Week''' Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week. External links HL Official website Horizon League Network References