INDIANAPOLIS – Cleveland State upset Butler on their home court 67-64.
- If you are a fan of the Horizon League, is it better financially for the schools in the Horizon League to get two teams or to get one team in with a good seed that is in a position to win several games? According to Horizon League Commissioner Jonathon LeCrone there is no difference financially for the League if Butler is the only team and goes two rounds versus Cleveland State winning the Championship, with both teams each playing one game. Obviously, the best scenario is two teams in and at least one winning multiple games.
- This is the 7th time Cleveland State has played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in the last 13 months.
- Butler owns more Horizon League Titles (5) than any other active member.
- Butler has won 57 of their last 62 home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
- Butler is 13-2 all-time as a No. 1 seed in Horizon League Tournament play.
- Matt Howard is the sixth player in League history to win Player of the year and Newcomer of the Year honors.
- Butler coach Brad Stevens has moved into the No. 2 spot on the NCAA Division I list for Best Career Coaching Starts-Two Seasons with his 56-8 career record. Bill Guthridge of North Carolina holds the top spot, with a 58-14 record from 1998-99.
- Former Xavier coach Pete Gillen returns to Hinkle to announce the game for the Westwood One radio network. When he coached the Musketeers he used to bring them up to Hinkle each year to play Butler in the old Midwest Colligate Conference.
- Tonight across town the Pacers are playing, but this is the place to be. For probably 10-20 percent of the cost of a Pacers ticket a fan can come to a true historic basketball cathedral and watch some fundamentally sound basketball. There isn’t any place else I would rather be.
- Cleveland is the first team to win the Horizon League Championship by winning four games since instituting the double bye for the top two seeds.
- When Butler receives their expected at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament it will be the third at-large they have received in the last seven years. The is probably the best of any Mid-major team.
- The Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team:
- Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State (MVP)
- Matt Howard, Butler
- Shelvin Mack, Butler
- Norris Cole, Cleveland State
- J’Nathan Bulock, Cleveland State
