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68-610: A member of the Horizon League , Detroit Mercy sponsors 17 NCAA varsity teams (seven men's, eight women's, and one co-ed NCAA-sanctioned sports). Previously the Tigers, in either 1919 or 1924 the school adopted the Titans nickname. On June 13, 2018, Detroit Mercy named Mike Davis the 22nd head coach in men's basketball program history. The NCAA tournament -tested Davis previously coached at Texas Southern University , where he led

136-519: A 19–12 record in the NCAA tournament from 2003 to 2011, ranking tops among all 32 NCAA Division I conferences for winning percentage (.613) in March Madness during that span. This historic stretch of conference dominance was thanks to NCAA Tournament wins from Butler (15), Milwaukee (3), and Cleveland State (1) . Butler appeared in the men's national championship game in both 2010 and 2011 . Since

204-637: A 4–0–2 record in their next six games, they lost their last three. Conzelman gave up the franchise and joined the Providence Steam Rollers as player-coach . Following the 1927 season , the Cleveland Bulldogs were sold to a group of investors, who moved the team to Detroit. Coached by LeRoy Andrews , the team was renamed the Detroit Wolverines. They were named after quarterback Benny Friedman 's alma mater,

272-407: A 9 seed, lost in the first round to LSU while 13 seed Cleveland State upset No. 8 (AP)/No. 9 (ESPN) (4 seed) Wake Forest 84–69 (and achieved the third biggest upset in NCAA history winning by 15 points) and shocked the nation in the first round of play before falling to 12 seed Arizona in the second round of tournament play. Butler finished the season ranked No. 22 in the final AP poll and No. 25 in

340-490: A Sweet 16 berth by beating Old Dominion and Maryland before losing to eventual national champion Florida . Wright State also qualified for the NCAA tournament as the winner of the Horizon League tournament championship and tying Butler for the regular season championship. As a 14 seed, the Raiders fell to No. 13 (AP)/No. 11 (ESPN) (3 seed) Pittsburgh in the first round. During the 2007–08 basketball season, Butler won

408-399: A letter to athletic director Robert Vowels Jr. alleging NCAA rules violations, as well as rampant emotional and physical abuse, by Gilbert. After an internal investigation, Detroit Mercy retained Gilbert, but after all 14 players on the 2020–21 roster left the program, Gilbert resigned on June 15, with assistant Collins taking over on an interim basis. Gilbert's predecessor, Bernard Scott, led

476-496: A men's tennis associate, and Chicago State , which became a D-I independent after leaving the Western Athletic Conference days earlier, would become an associate in both men's and women's tennis. The Horizon later lost men's associate Lindenwood after they dropped nine NCAA sports, including men's tennis, after the 2023–24 season. Men's and women's associate Chicago State also announced they would join

544-543: A semi-professional team, then a professional team, ultimately joining the National Football League as a charter member in 1920. The Heralds folded in 1921. In 1928, the Detroit Titans under Gus Dorais finished with a record of 9–0–0. Several years later Parke H. Davis , considered to be a "major selector" by the NCAA, named the 1928 team to a share of the national championship John Idzik

612-552: Is a non-football conference. In May 1978, DePaul University hosted a meeting with representatives from Bradley , Dayton , Detroit , Illinois State , Loyola–Chicago , Air Force , and Xavier who all agreed in principle that a new athletic conference was needed. Further progress was made through a series of early 1979 meetings in San Francisco , Chicago , and St. Louis that included participation by Butler , Creighton , Marquette , and Oral Roberts . On June 16, 1979,

680-498: Is in his 17th year as league commissioner, just finished a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. As stated on their official website, the recent success of Horizon League athletic teams on the national stage heightened the visibility of the league and its member schools and quickly moved it closer toward its stated goal of becoming one of the nation's top 10 Division I NCAA athletic conferences. In

748-432: The 1963 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , Loyola defeated two-time defending champ Cincinnati . Before post-season tournaments determined champions, former Horizon member Butler claimed national titles in 1924 and 1929. The League hosted the men's Final Four in 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2010. It also hosted the women's Final Four in 2005 and 2007. Horizon League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone, who

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816-474: The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , the Horizon League entered two teams for the first time since 1998. Milwaukee , who earned a 12 seed in its first bid to the tournament since joining the conference, lost by one point to Notre Dame in the first round. Butler , who earned both an at-large bid and a 12 seed, made its fifth tournament appearance in seven years. The Bulldogs made it to

884-655: The Detroit Lions . The Heralds played in 1920, and had played as an independent as far back as 1905. The Tigers , a continuation of the Heralds, played in 1921, folding midseason and sending their players to the Buffalo All-Americans . The Panthers competed from 1925 to 1926 and the Wolverines in 1928. In 1905, several University of Detroit football players, led by Bill Marshall , organized

952-810: The Michigan Wolverines . The Wolverines finished their 1928 season in third place with a 7–2–1 record, losing only to the Providence Steam Rollers and the Frankford Yellow Jackets , the NFL's first and second place teams. During the offseason, Tim Mara , the owner of the New York Giants , was interested in acquiring Friedman. Rather than simply trade for Friedman, Mara bought the entire Wolverines franchise and promptly deactivated it, delivering Friedman and other star Wolverines players to New York. The NFL would not return to

1020-650: The Midwestern City Conference (nicknamed the MCC or Midwestern City 6) was formed by charter members Butler, Evansville , Loyola, Oklahoma City , Oral Roberts, and Xavier, with Detroit joining the following year. As of the 2023–24 academic year , Detroit, now known as Detroit Mercy, is the only remaining member from the league's original members. In 1980, the league established its headquarters in Champaign, Illinois . The MCC gained an automatic bid to

1088-548: The Milwaukee Badgers . Conzelman served as the team's owner, coach, and starting quarterback. The Panthers started the season 8–1. However, a 6–3 upset loss to the Independents on Thanksgiving Day knocked them out of first place and they ended the season in third with a 8–2–2 record. The Panthers hoped to build on their 1925 season, but they opened the 1926 season with an 0–3 record. After rallying to

1156-676: The Missouri Valley Football Conference ; Robert Morris originally planned to play the 2020–21 season as an independent and join Big South Conference football in July 2021, but COVID-19 issues led the Big South to bring Robert Morris into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season. Detroit Heralds Detroit had four early teams in the National Football League before

1224-517: The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1981, followed by the announcement that Saint Louis University would be joining the following season. The University of Notre Dame joined the conference for all sports except basketball and football in 1982. The conference attained automatic qualification for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 1984 and the conference moved its headquarters to Indianapolis . Three changes occurred in

1292-574: The Northeast Conference , which sponsors the sport for both sexes— however, they announced that they would keep their tennis programs in the Horizon for one extra year before moving them to the NEC for the 2025–26 season. Prior to the 2023–24 academic year, the conference announced a brand refresh with the introduction of a new secondary logo. The logo is a gold stylized H that incorporates

1360-605: The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) and Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) National Tournament. In 2010–11, Rademacher led Detroit Mercy to a win over in-state rival and Big Ten member Michigan. The victory not only ended a six-game losing streak to Michigan, it was the first triumph over the Wolverines – as well as against the Big Ten – since 1994. The Detroit Mercy men's lacrosse team, coached by Matt Holtz, won

1428-570: The 2013 MAAC Championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament, where they were downed in the fourth quarter by Notre Dame. The first attempt at a football team for the University of Detroit was known as the Detroit Heralds . That team was disbanded after the 1904 season, and most of the players formed an amateur team of the same name in 1905. Although the university team returned in 1906, the amateur team remained, eventually evolving into

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1496-588: The 2020s set further membership changes into motion, with the arrivals of Purdue Fort Wayne and Robert Morris from the Summit League and the Northeast Conference (NEC), respectively, announced on August 5, 2019 and June 15, 2020. This brought the Horizon League up to 12 full-time members for the first time since the 1994–95 season. It was short-lived, however, as the UIC Flames were reported to be following many of their former conference colleagues to

1564-594: The 2021 First and Second Round games at Little Caesars Arena, but the entire tournament was moved to Indianapolis due to COVID-19 concerns. Detroit Mercy and Oakland are scheduled to co-host the 2024 Midwest Regional at Little Caesar's Arena. Horizon League The Horizon League is a collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . Headquartered in Indianapolis ,

1632-412: The 2021–22 season, replacing AnnMarie Gilbert. The program went through turmoil in what proved to be Gilbert's only season. During the 2020–21 season, extensively affected by COVID-19 , Detroit Mercy was one of several Division I programs that canceled its season early, but the only one that did so for reasons unrelated to the pandemic. On January 17, 2021, the parents of all 14 players on the roster sent

1700-649: The Bulldogs claimed victory over Purdue in the Wooden Tradition. On February 5, 2007, Butler became the first school in Horizon League history to rank in the Top 10 of the national college basketball polls, as the Bulldogs reached No. 9 and No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls, respectively. The Bulldogs ended their season with a No. 21 ranking in the final AP poll, a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament and

1768-502: The Great Alaska Shootout with wins over Michigan , Virginia Tech and Texas Tech , and also claimed wins over Ohio State and Florida State , who extended their record against BCS schools to 10–1 since the start of the 2006–07 season. As a 7 seed in the 2008 NCAA basketball tournament , the Bulldogs beat 10 seed South Alabama before falling in overtime to No. 5 (AP)/No. 4 (ESPN) (2 seed) Tennessee . Butler finished

1836-501: The Heralds as an amateur team after the university did not field a squad. While the university's football team resumed play in 1906, the Heralds continued to play as an amateur team. In 1911, the team dropped its amateur status and became semi-professional . In 1916, several out-of-town players were brought in to replace some of the older players, several of whom had been with the Heralds since 1905. Despite not being based in Ohio ,

1904-707: The Heralds continued to play a full schedule and even travel to other cities, accruing a 6–2 record with both losses coming to the Ohio League champion Dayton Triangles . In 1919, as the suspended teams resumed play and travel restrictions eased significantly, the Heralds went 1–4–2, including losses to the Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers . In 1920, the American Professional Football Association, predecessor to

1972-473: The Heralds played many of their games against teams in the Ohio League . In 1917, the team recorded an 8–2 record, their only losses coming at the hands of the Ohio League champion Canton Bulldogs and a military team from Battle Creek . The Heralds were a rarity in 1918; while most teams either stopped play or reduced their schedules to only local teams because of World War I and the flu pandemic ,

2040-673: The Horizon League Board of Directors unanimously approved the membership of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to replace Valparaiso, also effective July 1. IUPUI was dissolved in 2024 and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with the Indiana University and Purdue University systems. At that time, the athletic program transferred to the new Indiana University Indianapolis with an athletic brand name of IU Indy, maintaining IUPUI's Division I and Horizon League memberships. The start of

2108-662: The Horizon League Championship during the 2011–12 season, granting the Titans an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament . Detroit Mercy received a 15 seed and lost to the University of Kansas in the tournament's second round. McCallum's predecessor Perry Watson led a successful program at Detroit's Southwestern High School and served as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan before coming to Detroit Mercy and maintained strong recruiting ties within

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2176-528: The Horizon League Championship in 2019 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Detroit Mercy has been a host institution for several NCAA Tournament men's basketball games. The university hosted the 2008 Midwest Regional and 2009 Final Four , played at Ford Field , as well as the 2018 First and Second Round games, played at Little Caesars Arena . In 2021, Detroit Mercy and Oakland University were scheduled to co-host

2244-485: The Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools: In addition to the above sports, Northern Kentucky will add men's triathlon, which has no NCAA recognition of any kind, as a varsity sport in 2024–25. Departing member in pink. Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools: In 2006, the conference launched the Horizon League Network (HLN) as

2312-555: The MCC and the Mid-Continent Conference, who also used the initials. That year, Youngstown State University joined from the Mid-Con, and on May 17, 2006, Valparaiso University announced it would do the same in 2007. In April 2013, the split of the original Big East Conference caused a ripple effect that fell to the Horizon League; Loyola announced that it would leave the Horizon League effective July 1 to join

2380-645: The MVC effective July 1, 2022. On July 6, 2022, the Horizon League and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) jointly announced that they would merge their men's tennis leagues under the Horizon banner, effective immediately. The five OVC members that sponsored the sport became Horizon associates. At the same time, the Horizon announced that Belmont , which had just left the OVC for the Missouri Valley Conference (which sponsors tennis only for women), would become

2448-558: The March 7 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. In the 2006 NCAA basketball tournament , 11 seed Milwaukee once again advanced in the Tournament by upsetting the No. 20 (6 seed) Oklahoma 82–74. The Panthers, led by first year head coach Rob Jeter , fell to eventual national champion No. 11 (AP)/No. 10 (ESPN) (3 seed) Florida in the second round of the tournament. The league had a team advance past

2516-507: The Midwestern Collegiate Conference beginning with the 1994–95 academic year. With Evansville's departure to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) , there were 12 league members. Xavier, Notre Dame, and La Salle withdrew the following summer of 1995, followed by Northern Illinois in 1997. The conference changed its name to the Horizon League on June 4, 2001, in part due to the initials causing confusion between

2584-592: The Missouri Valley Conference, who itself lost Creighton to the reconfigured Big East. Butler also left the Horizon League. They spent a season in the Atlantic 10 before joining the Big East. The Horizon announced that Oakland University , formerly of the Summit League, would immediately replace Loyola within a month. The next change in the Horizon League's membership came in 2015 with

2652-418: The NCAA began seeding teams in 1979, Loyola's 4 seed in the 1985 tournament is the best for a Horizon League team. The Horizon League currently holds the best winning percentage among non- BCS conferences in the men's NCAA basketball Tournament (.488, 7th overall amongst the 32 Division I conferences). One former Horizon League member claims a national championship from the era before the league's creation. In

2720-609: The National Football League, was established. While the Heralds did not officially join the association, they are listed in league standings for the season. Overall, the Heralds went 2–3–3. The Heralds were reorganized into the Detroit Tigers, after the city's Major League Baseball team , for the 1921 season . However, after a tie and a win in their first two games, the Tigers lost the next five. Several players complained about not getting paid and left

2788-587: The South Regional Champions, No. 3 (1 seed) Duke for the NCAA Division I National Championship. Butler lost what many call the most thrilling college basketball game in a generation, losing 61–59 in a game that came down to the final play. This is the farthest any team has reached in the tournament while a member of the Horizon League. Butler was the first Division I men's team to play in the Final Four in its hometown since UCLA in 1972, and

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2856-718: The Sweet 16 with victories over No. 20 (5 seed) Mississippi State and No. 14 (4 seed) Louisville before falling to No. 3 (1 seed) Oklahoma in the East Regional. The Bulldogs finished the year ranked No. 21 in the final ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. In the men's 2005 NCAA basketball tournament , the Horizon League enjoyed one of its best showings ever as 12 seed Milwaukee marched to the Sweet 16 with victories over No. 19 (5 seed) Alabama and No. 14 (4 seed) Boston College before they fell to then-No. 1 and eventual tournament runner-up Illinois . Milwaukee ranked as high as No. 23 in

2924-416: The Titans to 33 wins in his first two seasons, including a trip to the Horizon League championship game at Joe Louis Arena in 2016–17. His contract was not renewed following the 2019–20 season. Scott took over for Autumn Rademacher , a former star guard at Detroit Mercy. Rademacher coached the Titans from 2008 to 2015, guiding the team to 89 victories, including a 20-win season in 2011–12 and appearances in

2992-924: The arch of the conference's primary logo and a number one to symbolize unity. As of the 2023–24 academic year , eight of the 11 full Horizon League members are former members of the Mid-Con (now known as the Summit League), with the exceptions being Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky, and Robert Morris. Nicknames and school names reflect those used in the last school year of conference membership. Full members  Affiliate members  Other Conference  Other Conference  The Horizon League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports: For 2020–21, Detroit Mercy, Wright State and Green Bay announced eliminating men's and women's tennis, while Youngstown State reinstated men's swimming & diving. Departing members in pink. Men's varsity sports not sponsored by

3060-585: The arrival of Northern Kentucky University from the Atlantic Sun Conference . Two more membership changes were announced near the end of the 2016–17 school year. First, Valparaiso announced on May 25, 2017, that it would leave for the MVC effective July 1. The Crusaders replaced Wichita State , who announced that it would leave the MVC for the American Athletic Conference . Three days before Valparaiso's departure,

3128-724: The arrival of the Northern Kentucky Norse to the league, who departed from the Atlantic Sun Conference . Valparaiso won the regular season championship again but was defeated by Green Bay in the tournament championship 78–69. The Milwaukee baseball team made national headlines during the 1999 College World Series by upsetting No. 1 ranked Rice in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the 2004–05 academic year, Milwaukee's men's soccer team defeated 16th-ranked San Francisco , while Detroit upset Michigan in women's soccer in their respective NCAA tournaments. Also that year, Butler's men's cross country team finished fourth in

3196-591: The centerpiece of a revamped web portal. The digital network aired over 200 live events free on the league's official website at the time. The Horizon League and WebStream Productions launched a completely redesigned HLN website in September 2009. The site serves as a portal to hundreds of live and on-demand videos while giving its users the ability to interact on an array of social media platforms. The Horizon League Network migrated to ESPN3 in 2014, and over 700 events streamed live in 2015–16. Horizon League coverage

3264-475: The city's public league. After 14 seasons Watson stepped down as head coach at the end of the 2007–2008 season. Watson guided Detroit Mercy to 10 winning seasons, three league titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT Final Four. The Titans two NCAA appearances also included victories over St. John's and UCLA . Between 1997–98 and 2000–01, the Titans had four straight 20-victory seasons. Dick Vitale , ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator,

3332-470: The conference while Dayton joined and Notre Dame rejoined. The conference earned its first at-large bid to the men's basketball tournament and automatic qualification to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship in 1989. In 1991, the conference received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and lost members Marquette and Saint Louis. Duquesne and La Salle joined the MCC in 1992,

3400-559: The final ESPN/USA Today poll. After defeating No. 25 (12 seed) UTEP , 13 seed Murray State and No. 4 (1 seed) Syracuse , the No. 8 (ESPN)/No. 11 (AP) (5 seed) Butler men's team defeated No. 7 Kansas State , the 2 seed in the West, by a score of 63–56 to advance to their first Final Four. After beating the No. 12 (ESPN)/No. 13 (AP) (5 seed) Michigan State Spartans 52–50 in the national semifinals, Butler played in Indianapolis against

3468-645: The first of either sex since Texas played in the 1987 Women's Final Four on its home court . Also of note, former Milwaukee head coach Bruce Pearl coached the Tennessee Volunteers to the Elite Eight and narrowly lost the opportunity to play Butler by losing to Michigan State, who Butler beat in the Final Four. Butler once again represented the Horizon League in the tournament with another very strong showing. As an 8 seed, Butler defeated (9 seed) Old Dominion , narrowly upset Pittsburgh (who

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3536-720: The first round for the second straight year and third time in the last four years. In the 2006–07 basketball season, Butler won the Preseason NIT tournament in Madison Square Garden with wins over in-state rivals Notre Dame and Indiana in the NIT's Midwest regional bracket, followed by wins over No. 21 Tennessee and No. 23 Gonzaga in the NIT Final Four in Madison Square Garden. Later,

3604-679: The league's eleven member schools are located in and near the Great Lakes region and in part of the Southern United States . The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference . The conference changed its name to Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and then the Horizon League in 2001. The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times. The league currently has 11 members. The Horizon League currently sponsors 19 sports and

3672-574: The most prolific mid-major (non-power 6) conferences in all of college basketball. Even more impressively, those 24 clubs produced 22 wins in that span, including five "Sweet 16" appearances, making the Horizon League the only non-BCS conference to have Sweet 16 participants in five NCAA tournaments during that span (2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011). Four schools from the conference have produced "modern-day" Sweet 16 appearances – Loyola ( 1985 ), Xavier ( 1990 ), Butler ( 2003 , 2007 , 2010 and 2011 ), and Milwaukee ( 2005 ). The Horizon League also compiled

3740-724: The nation at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, and their own Victoria Mitchell became the first Horizon League athlete to win an individual national title when she captured the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Green Bay also upset 6th-ranked Oregon State in the opening round of the NCAA softball tournament. Although the league does not sponsor football , current members Robert Morris and Youngstown State play in Division I FCS . Youngstown State plays in

3808-404: The same year the conference gained an automatic berth to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship . Duquesne and Dayton left the conference in 1993. The largest non-merger conference expansion in NCAA history occurred on December 9, 1993, when Cleveland State , UIC , Northern Illinois , Wisconsin–Green Bay , Wisconsin–Milwaukee , and Wright State left the Mid-Continent Conference to join

3876-439: The season ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Cleveland State also earned a 6 seed in the NIT, losing in the first round to Dayton . Starting in 2009, regional convenience store and gas station chain Speedway served as the title sponsor of the conference tournament that Cleveland State won and earned the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney while Butler earned an at-large bid. Butler,

3944-506: The second consecutive season. This time they faced Connecticut at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The Huskies were too much for the Butler Bulldogs to handle, as Butler lost the game 53–41 in an unusually low-scoring national championship game. This made Butler national runner-up for the second straight season. In the 2012 postseason, the Detroit Titans won their first Horizon League Championship since 1999 under head coach Ray McCallum . They defeated top seeded Valparaiso 70–50. The tournament MVP

4012-431: The summer of 1985: Oklahoma City dropped out of the NCAA altogether; the conference name was altered slightly to Midwestern Collegiate Conference ; and the conference began sponsoring women's athletics. The latter triggered Notre Dame's temporary withdrawal from the league as its women's teams were contracted to the North Star Conference . ESPN began televising the MCC Championship game in 1986. In 1987, Oral Roberts left

4080-411: The team during the season. As a result, the Tigers officially folded in mid-November. Its remaining players were given to the Buffalo All-Americans . In 1925, Detroit fielded its second NFL franchise, the Detroit Panthers. The team was organized by future Hall of Famer , Jimmy Conzelman . Conzelman was a quarterback who had recently played with the Decatur Staleys , Rock Island Independents and

4148-473: The team to four regular season titles, four conference tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. He led Indiana University to the 2002 NCAA Championship game . Starring for the Titans is Davis’ son, Antoine Davis . In his debut season in 2018–19, Antoine Davis broke the NCAA Division I freshman record for 3-point field goals made in a season, previously held by NBA star Stephen Curry . Former head coach Ray McCallum led Detroit Mercy to

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4216-415: The teams’ home markets. In recent years, WMYD Detroit , Marquee Sports Network , Bally Sports Ohio , Bally Sports Great Lakes , Bally Sports Wisconsin , and SportsNet Pittsburgh have broadcast multiple men's and women's basketball contests. From 1995 to 2011, the Horizon League sent an impressive 24 qualifiers (7 At-Large berths) to the Men's NCAA basketball tournament, making the Horizon League one of

4284-413: Was No. 1 ranked and seeded), Wisconsin (4 seed) and Florida (2 seed) to return to the Final Four. Butler faced VCU , an 11 seed Cinderella team who unexpectedly reached the Final Four as the first team to play five tournament games to reach the Final Four, due to VCU's participation in the inaugural First Four Round. After Butler defeated VCU 70–62, the Bulldogs were in the national championship game for

4352-485: Was absorbed into ESPN+ , along with other mid-major conferences, in 2018. The conference extended its deal with ESPN in 2021. Over 500 events are aired on ESPN+ annually, along with select men's basketball games airing on ESPN2 and ESPNU and the men's and women's basketball championships airing on ESPN and ESPNU. Basketball games not selected for broadcast on national linear television are often televised by regional sports networks and over-the-air channels within

4420-401: Was son Ray McCallum, Jr. Valparaiso was the regular season champion of the Horizon for the second straight year. It defeated Wright State 62–54 in the championship game under coach Bryce Drew for its first Horizon League Championship. This was the first season that the league was absent of Butler, who departed for the Atlantic 10 . Green Bay won the regular season championship in 2014. It

4488-409: Was the Detroit men's basketball head coach for four seasons (1973–1977) before becoming the school's athletic director in 1977. The following year he left to coach the Detroit Pistons . In his final year as a college head coach, "Dickie V" led the Titans to the Round of 16 in the 1977 NCAA tournament before losing 86–81 to Michigan . On June 15, 2021, LaTanya Collins was named interim head coach for

4556-434: Was the head coach for the final three seasons of the football program, from 1962 until 1964. His coaching record at Detroit was 6 wins, 21 losses and 1 tie. The school then disbanded the football team after the 1964 season due to cost. Since 1996–97, Detroit Mercy athletic teams have won 26 league championships and made 13 NCAA postseason championships. The most recent team to do so was Detroit Mercy's softball team, which won

4624-440: Was upset by Milwaukee in the tournament semi-final. Milwaukee would go on to win the tournament, knocking off Wright State. Following a good outcome, finishing as the 2014 champions, the Milwaukee Panthers were banned from the 2015 NCAA Tournament and postseason play. Valparaiso won the regular and postseason championships. It entered the NCAA tournament as a 13th seed, although losing in the first round. The 2015 season ushered in

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