Horizon Notebook OK, it’s time for some midseason awards. Without further ado… Player of the Year: Before the conference season started, Butler’s Thomas Jackson looked like a stone cold lock to win player of the year honors, but no one has been as impressive or meant as much to his […]

Horizon Notebook Well, so much for the so-called “experts”. The first Horizon League contests created a lot of question marks for so early in the season. Not only did 19th-ranked (though not for long) Butler get upended – at home, no less – by Wright State, but Detroit Mercy lost […]

Horizon Notebook If you’re looking for a potential surprise team when Horizon League conference games kick off, look no further than Illinois Chicago. It should be said that it’s still unlikely for anyone except Detroit Mercy to unseat Butler as conference champion (and for more on the Bulldog juggernaut, keep […]

Horizon Notebook Getting no respect is part and parcel of being a mid-major program. But Butler sometimes appears as if they’re being absolutely ignored. Despite rolling to a 7-0 record, including wins against Washington, Indiana State and Purdue, Butler hasn’t even received a sniff of the Top 25. In the […]

2001-02 Horizon League Preview by Brian Seymour While doing research on the Internet, I had to jump through dozens of hoops — no pun intended — to get information about the Horizon League, which is evidence of a conference with a serious identity problem. Of course, part of the identity […]