Jump to content

2005 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2005 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams9[1]
First round sitecampus sites
Quarterfinals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Semifinals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finals siteU.S. Cellular Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ChampionsMilwaukee (2nd title)
Winning coachBruce Pearl (2nd title)
MVPJoah Tucker (Milwaukee)
← 2004
2006 →
2004–05 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Milwaukee 14 2   .875 26 6   .813
Green Bay 10 6   .625 17 11   .607
Detroit 9 7   .563 14 16   .467
Loyola Chicago 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Illinois-Chicago 8 8   .500 15 14   .517
Wright State 8 8   .500 15 15   .500
Butler 7 9   .438 13 15   .464
Cleveland State 6 10   .375 9 17   .346
Youngstown State 2 14   .125 5 23   .179
2005 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2005 Horizon League men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 2004–05 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed overall, as well as the final because they were the highest remaining seed.

Seeds

[edit]

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2004–05 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

[edit]
First Round
Tuesday, March 1
Second Round
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Tuesday, March 8
1 Milwaukee 94
4 Loyola 78 4 Loyola 76
9 Youngstown State 75 4 Loyola (OT) 87
5 UIC 84 5 UIC 81
8 Cleveland State 65 1 Milwaukee 59
3 Detroit 58
2 Green Bay 55
3 Detroit 61
3 Detroit 61
6 Wright State 61 6 Wright State 48
7 Butler 57

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

References

[edit]