The 2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 32nd season of

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Preseason

In the preseason,

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was the conference favorite despite returning only one of their top four scorers from the 2011 national runner-up team. Butler received 28 first-place votes in the preseason poll of HL coaches, media, and

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captured second in the preseason poll with 19 first-place votes, and

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finished third for the third consecutive preseason.Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Release
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, retrieved 2010-10-28 The preseason player of the year was Ray McCallum, Jr. of

who was also named to the

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preseason candidate list.

HL Preseason Poll

Preseason All-Horizon

First Team

* Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit *Trevon Harmon, Cleveland State *

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, Detroit *Chase Simon, Detroit *Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee

Second Team

*Tony Meier, Milwaukee *

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, Green Bay * Andrew Smith, Butler *Ben Averkamp, Loyola *

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, Valparaiso Preseason Player of the Year * Ray McCallum, Jr., Detroit

Conference Previews

Several media outlets projected the final Horizon League standings for the 2011–12 season:

Rankings

Schedule

Exhibition schedule

Non-conference schedule

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Horizon vs. other conferences

Conference schedule

Conference Chart

Conference awards and honors

Weekly awards

HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.

External links

HL Official websiteHorizon League Network

References

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