2010 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Introduction The '''2010 Horizon League men's basketball tournament''' was played Tuesday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 9.The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship games were broadcast by ESPNU and ESPN/ESPN360.com respectively, and took place at the arena of the #1 overall seed, Butler University. The winner received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 Horizon League Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams, Butler and , received a bye to the Semifinals.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television First Round – Tuesday, March 28pm#10 Youngstown State at '''#3 Green Bay'''HLN 8pm'''#7 Detroit''' at #6 ValparaisoHLN8pm#9 UIC at '''#4 Milwaukee'''HLN7pm#8 Loyola at '''#5 Cleveland State'''HLN Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 – Hinkle Fieldhouse6pm'''#4 Milwaukee''' vs #5 Cleveland StateHLN8pm#3 Green Bay vs '''#7 Detroit'''HLN Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 – Hinkle Fieldhouse5:15pm#4 Milwaukee at '''#1 Butler'''ESPNU8pm#7 Detroit vs '''#2 Wright State'''ESPNU Championship Game – Tuesday, March 9 – Hinkle Fieldhouse9pm#2 Wright State at '''#1 Butler'''ESPN/ESPN360.com *Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seedsSecond round, semifinals, and championship were hosted by the #1 Overall Seed, Butler.All times ET.
Honors '''Matt Howard''' of Butler was named the tournament MVP. '''Horizon League All-Tournament Team''' Player School Position Year Matt Howard Butler Forward Junior Shelvin Mack Butler Guard Sophomore Gordon Hayward Butler Guard/Forward Sophomore Ronald Nored Butler Guard Sophomore N’Gai Evans Wright State Guard Junior
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