The win was Butler's fourth straight and lifted the Bulldogs into a tie for third place in the league standings. 2/15 – Butler at Green Bay Butler Edges Green Bay, 64–62 Senior Matt Howard's slam dunk with 0:01.8 left on the clock lifted visiting Butler to a 64–62 victory over Green Bay in a Horizon League game at the Resch Center on Tuesday (Feb. 15). The win was Butler's fifth straight and boosted the Bulldogs into third place in the league standings. 2/19 – Butler at UIC Butler Rolls At UIC, 79–52 Senior Matt Howard led four Butler players in double-figures and the Bulldogs used a strong finish to the first half to pull away from host UIC and post a 79–52 victory at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday, Feb. 19. The win was Butler's sixth straight and gave the Bulldogs a sixth consecutive 20-win season. 2/26 – Butler vs Loyola Butler Clinches Record Fifth Straight League Title Junior Shelvin Mack scored a game-high 18 points and Butler rallied in the absence of head coach Brad Stevens to defeat Loyola, 63–56, in a key Horizon League game at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Saturday. The win, Butler's seventh straight, gave the Bulldogs a share of a league-record fifth straight Horizon League title. Postseason Postseason awards Postseason game capsules 3/5 – Butler vs Cleveland State Horizon League Tournament Semifinal Vanzant Leads Butler To Horizon League Title Game Senior Shawn Vanzant scored all his team-high 18 points in the final 13 minutes of the game to help lead Butler past Cleveland State, 76–68, in the semifinals of the 2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship at U. S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wis., on Saturday (March 5). The win sends Butler to a league-record sixth straight tournament championship game. 3/8 – Butler vs Milwaukee Horizon League tournament championship Defense Lifts Butler To League Crown Senior Matt Howard scored a game-high 18 points and Butler used a rock-solid defensive effort to defeat top-seeded Milwaukee, 59–44, in the title game of the 2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship at U. S. Cellular Arena on Tuesday, March 8. 3/17 – Butler vs Old Dominion NCAA second round (round of 64) Howard Lifts Butler Over Old Dominion Forward Matt Howard hit a lay-up with less than a second remaining to lift Butler to a 60–58 victory over Old Dominion in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball