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2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

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The 2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament began on March 3, 2015, with the championship game on Tuesday, March 10. First round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The second round and semifinals were hosted by Valparaiso, because the Crusaders won the regular season conference championship. Since Valparaiso won its semifinal game, it also hosted the championship game. Only eight of the nine teams in the conference played in the Horizon League Tournament, as Milwaukee has been deemed ineligible for postseason play for the 2014–15 season.[1]

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Teams were seeded by 2014–15 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third and fourth seeds received byes to the quarterfinals.

Tie breaking system

The tiebreaking system is as follows:[2]

Two teams
  1. Head to head conference record.
  2. Record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings. Continue down through the standings until the tie is broken.
  3. Higher RPI based on Collegiate Basketball News.
Three or more teams
  1. Combined record of each of the tied teams against the other teams involved in the tie until the tie is broken.
  2. Record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings. Continue down through the standings until the tie is reduced to a two-team tie. Use the two team system.
  3. Higher RPI based on Collegiate Basketball News.

Seeds

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Schedule

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Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, March 3
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
ESPN3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU
Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN
1 Valparaiso 60
4 Cleveland State 55
4 Cleveland State 70
5 Detroit 77 5 Detroit 53
8 Youngstown State 67 1 Valparaiso 54
2 Green Bay 44
2 Green Bay 70
6 UIC 56
3 Oakland 69
6 UIC 60 6 UIC 72
7 Wright State 57

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds.
Second round and semifinals hosted by No. 1 seed.
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed.


References

  1. Gruman, Andrew (April 9, 2014). "Wisconsin Milwaukee Men's Program Receives Postseason Ban". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. "#HLMBB Update | 2016-17 Final" (PDF). Horizon League. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. "2015 Horizon League Men's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Horizon League. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

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