Horizon League Basketball: 2020 Conference Tournament preview
By Ryan Kay
No. 4 Seed UIC Flames
Record: Overall: 15-16 Conference: 10-8
Best Non-Conference Win: 76-67 victory over UC Irvine
Best Conference Victory: 73-43 win at Northern Kentucky
Most Valuable Player: Senior guard Tarkus Ferguson
Most Likely to perform like Kemba Walker: Senior guard Marcus Ottey
Team they want to see in the tournament: Cleveland State, they beat them twice
First Round Opponent: IUPUI
No. 3 Seed Green Bay Phoenix
Record: Overall: 16-15 Conference: 11-7
Best Non-Conference Win: 85-84 victory over Northern Illinois
Best Conference Victory: 73-59 win at Northern Kentucky
Most Valuable Player: Senior guard JayQuan McCloud
Most Likely to perform like Kemba Walker: Senior guard JayQuan McCloud
Team they want to see in the tournament: Cleveland State, they beat them twice
First Round Opponent: Bye
No. 2 Seed Northern Kentucky Norse
Record: Overall: 21-9 Conference: 13-5
Best Non-Conference Win: 76-57 victory over Eastern Kentucky
Best Conference Victory: 71-62 win at Green Bay
Most Valuable Player: Senior guard Tyler Sharpe
Most Likely to perform like Kemba Walker: Senior Forward Dantez Walton
Team they want to see in the tournament: Youngstown State, they beat them twice
First Round Opponent: Bye
No. 1 Seed Wright State Raiders
Record: Overall: 25-6 Conference: 15-3
Best Non-Conference Win: 76-74 victory over Western Kentucky
Best Conference Victory: 95-63 win over Northern Kentucky
Most Valuable Player: Junior center Loudon Love
Most Likely to perform like Kemba Walker: Freshmen guard Tanner Holden
Team they want to see in the tournament: Oakland, they beat them twice
First Round Opponent: Bye