2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

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]

2015 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	8
First round site	Campus sites
Semifinals site	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana
Finals site	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, Indiana
Champions	Valparaiso (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bryce Drew (2nd title)
MVP	Alec Peters (Valparaiso)
Television	ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
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2014–15 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Valparaiso †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
Green Bay	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
Oakland	11	–	5		.688			16	–	17		.485
Cleveland State	11	–	5		.688			19	–	15		.559
Milwaukee *	9	–	7		.563			14	–	16		.467
Detroit	7	–	9		.438			15	–	18		.455
UIC	4	–	12		.250			10	–	24		.294
Wright State	3	–	13		.188			11	–	20		.355
Youngstown State	2	–	14		.125			11	–	21		.344
* Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
† 2015 Horizon League Tournament winner

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

Seed	Team	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Valparaiso	13–3
2	Green Bay	12–4
3	Oakland	11–5	1–1 vs CSU, 1–1 vs. VU
4	Cleveland State	11–5	1–1 vs OU, 0–2 vs. VU
5	Detroit	7–9
6	UIC	4–12
7	Wright State	3-13
8	Youngstown State	2-14

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1	7:00 pm	Youngstown State 67 at Detroit 77	ESPN3
2	7:00 pm	Wright State 57 at UIC 60	ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6 (at Valparaiso)
3	7:00 pm	Oakland 69 vs. UIC 72	ESPN3
4	9:30 pm	Cleveland State 70 vs. Detroit 53	ESPN3
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7 (at Valparaiso)
5	7:00 pm	Green Bay 70 vs. UIC 56	ESPNU*
6	9:30 pm	Cleveland State 55 at Valparaiso 60	ESPNU
Championship – Tuesday, March 10 (at Valparaiso)
7	7:00 pm	Green Bay 44 at Valparaiso 54	ESPN
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. * Tape delayed on ESPNU at 11:30 pm EST.

Bracket

^[3]

	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.