The 2009–10 Horizon League men's basketball season marked the 30th season of
Horizon League
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The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...
basketball
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.
Preseason
In the preseason,
Butler
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was the conference favorite - returning all players from their regular season HL championship team. Butler received all but three first-place votes in the preseason poll of HL coaches, media, and
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s.
Wright State received the one first place vote, capturing second in the preseason poll, and defending HL Tournament champion
Cleveland State
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claimed two first place votes, finishing third. The preseason player of the year was 2009 HL MVP
Matt Howard
Matt Howard (born January 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Previously, he played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs. He helped lead the ...
of
Butler
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. Also in the preseason, one HL player was named to both the
John R. Wooden Award
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preseason candidate list and the
Naismith Award Naismith Award is a basketball award named after James Naismith, and awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
Naismith Awards include:
* Naismith College Player of the Year (men's and women's; NCAA Division I basketball)
* Naismith College Coach of the ...
preseason candidate list:
Gordon Hayward
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In college ...
of
Butler
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.
HL Preseason Poll
Preseason All-Horizon
First Team
*
Matt Howard
Matt Howard (born January 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Previously, he played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs. He helped lead the ...
, Butler
*
Gordon Hayward
Gordon Daniel Hayward (born March 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Hayward has previously played for the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics.
In college ...
, Butler
*
Norris Cole
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, Cleveland State
*Todd Brown, Wright State
*Vaughn Duggins, Wright State
Second Team
*Rahmon Fletcher, Green Bay
*
Shelvin Mack
Shelvin Bernard Mack Jr. (born April 22, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player who is an analyst for CBS Sports. He played college basketball for the Butler Bulldogs.
High school career
Mack attended Bryan Station High Scho ...
, Butler
*Tone Boyle, Milwaukee
*Troy Cotton, Green Bay
*James Eayrs, Milwaukee
Preseason Player of the Year
*Matt Howard, Butler
Conference awards & honors
Weekly awards
HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.
All-Conference Honors
Tournament honors
Matt Howard
Matt Howard (born January 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Previously, he played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs. He helped lead the ...
of Butler was named the tournament MVP.
Butler defeats Wright State for Horizon League Title
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External links
HL Official websiteHorizon League Network2009-10 HL Men's Basketball Season Preview
References
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