2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season

2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 4, 2008 through February 28, 2009
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports Midwest, ESPN, CBS Sports, Horizon League Network
Regular Season
Champions	Butler Bulldogs
Coach of the Year	Brad Stevens, Butler
Runners-up	Green Bay Phoenix
Season MVP	Matt Howard, Butler
Tournament
Champions	Cleveland State
Runners-up	Butler
Finals MVP	Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State

	Conf			Overall
2008-09 Horizon League Men's Basketball Standings
Team (Rank)	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
#22 Butler	15	3	.833	26	6	.813
Green Bay	13	5	.722	22	11	.667
Cleveland State†	12	6	.667	26	11	.703
Wright State	12	6	.667	20	13	.606
Milwaukee	11	7	.611	17	14	.548
UIC	7	11	.389	16	15	.516
Youngstown State	7	11	.389	11	19	.367
Loyola (IL)	6	12	.333	14	18	.438
Valparaiso	5	13	.278	9	22	.290
Detroit	2	16	.111	7	23	.233
Rankings from AP Poll † Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball season marks the 29th season of Horizon League basketball.

Conference awards & honors

HL Players of the Week
Throughout the conference season, the HL offices name a player of the week.^[1]

Week	Player of the week
November 24	Josh Mayo, UIC
December 1	J'Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State
December 8	Josh Mayo, UIC
December 15	Gordon Hayward, Butler
December 22	J'Nathan Bullock, Cleveland State
December 29	Gordon Hayward, Butler
January 5	Avery Smith, Milwaukee
January 12	Kelvin Bright, Youngstown State
January 19	James Eayrs, Milwaukee
January 26	Ryan Tillema, Green Bay
February 2	Troy Cotton, Green Bay
February 9	Gordon Hayward, Butler Ryan Tillema, Green Bay
February 16	Norris Cole, Cleveland State
February 23	Justin Cerasoli, Loyola

Honor	Recipient(s)	School	Position	Year
Player of the Year	Matt Howard	Butler	Forward	Sophomore
Coach of the Year	Brad Stevens	Butler	Head Coach	2nd
Newcomer of the Year	Gordon Hayward	Butler	Guard/Forward	Freshman
Defensive Player of the Year	Cedric Jackson	Cleveland State	Guard	Senior
Sixth Man of the Year	Ryan Tillema	Green Bay	Guard	Senior
All Horizon League First Team	J'Nathan Bullock	Cleveland State	Forward	Senior
	Gordon Hayward	Butler	Guard/Forward	Freshman
	Matt Howard	Butler	Forward	Sophomore
	Josh Mayo	UIC	Guard	Senior
	Ryan Tillema	Green Bay	Guard	Senior
All Horizon League Second Team	Todd Brown	Wright State	Guard	Junior
	Tone Boyle	Milwaukee	Guard	Junior
	Rahmon Fletcher	Green Bay	Guard	Sophomore
	Urule Igbavboa	Valparaiso	Forward	Senior
	Cedric Jackson	Cleveland State	Guard	Senior
All-Newcomer Team	Tone Boyle	Milwaukee	Guard	Junior
	James Eayrs	Milwaukee	Forward	Junior
	Gordon Hayward	Butler	Guard/Forward	Freshman
	Shelvin Mack	Butler	Guard	Freshman
	DeAndre Mays	Youngstown State	Guard	Junior
All Defensive Team	Terry Evans	Green Bay	Forward	Senior
	Will Graham	Wright State	Guard	Senior
	Matt Howard	Butler	Forward	Sophomore
	Cedric Jackson	Cleveland State	Guard	Senior
	Scott VanderMeer	UIC	Center	Senior

Cedric Jackson of Cleveland State was named the tournament MVP.

Player	School	Position	Year
Cedric Jackson	Cleveland State	Guard	Senior
J'Nathan Bullock	Cleveland State	Forward	Senior
Norris Cole	Cleveland State	Guard	Sophomore
Matt Howard	Butler	Forward	Sophomore
Shelvin Mack	Butler	Guard	Freshman

2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons

America East Atlantic 10 ACC Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Summit League Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast

Horizon League men's basketball

Teams	Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Titans Green Bay Phoenix Milwaukee Panthers Northern Kentucky Norse Oakland Golden Grizzlies UIC Flames Valparaiso Crusaders Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins

Championships and awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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