Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Championship Rematch by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – In the league’s proudest moment last season, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers and Butler Bulldogs met for the 2003 Horizon League conference championship. It was a much-anticipated match-up, as 10,000-plus fans packed their way into the U.S. Cellular Arena in […]
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Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Ah, welcome to the year 2004! Happy New Year! If 2003 is any indication of how 2004 is going to go for the Horizon League – look out! 2003 saw the league grow from an 8-year-old boy to almost a 30-year-old man in just […]
Nick Dettmann
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann A Mid-Season in Review As the Horizon League flips the calendar to 2004, it is time to evaluate where each team sits. The 2003-’04 season has seen their share of surprises and has already established many memories and classic moments. The University of Wisconsin-Green […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann The final week of the 2003 portion of the schedule was full of tournaments for the Horizon League. But the highlight game occurred in the Windy City with a fantastic match-up between 20th-ranked Illinois and Illinois-Chicago from the United Center in Chicago. Illinois would […]
Flames-Panthers Rematch
Illinois-Chicago at UW-Milwaukee: A heated rivalry reunited by Nick Dettmann MILWAUKEE – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther fans can remember the beating UWM gave to Butler in the Horizon League conference championship game last season. But not many will recall how they got to that all-important game. On March 8, 2003, […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann In a very wild week for the Horizon League, none could be more proud of Detroit head coach Perry Watson as he picked up his 200th career win on Monday night. The Titans defeated Western Illinois 98-61 in front of 2,285 fans at Calihan […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann This past weekend was a very intense weekend in the Horizon League. There were three in-state rivalry games being played, two of which where the Horizon League was the visitor. The first one featured the UW-Milwaukee Panthers and the Wisconsin Badgers from the Kohl […]
UWM at Valparaiso
Panthers down Valparaiso at the End by Nick Dettmann VALPARAISO, IND. – In their third game of a four-game road trip, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers took on Mid-Continent Conference powerhouse, and former conference rival, Valparaiso from the Athletics-Recreation Center. Early on, the contest looked more like a track meet […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Continuing their very tough non-conference schedule, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers traveled to Raleigh, N.C. for a showdown with the North Carolina State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Panthers were led by Dylan Page as he, yet again, contributed with a […]
Horizon League Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann The hot-spot game was thought to be in Milwaukee as it was a re-match between Southern Illinois and the UW-Milwaukee Panthers after the classic in Carbondale last year. Instead, the classic happened in one of the unlikely places, Cleveland. The Cleveland State Vikings played […]