Horizon League
Formerly | Midwestern City Conference (1979–1985) Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1985–2001) |
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Association | NCAA |
Founded | 1979 |
Commissioner | Julie Roe Lach (since 2021) |
Sports fielded |
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Division | Division I |
Subdivision | non-football |
No. of teams | 11 + 7 affiliate members |
Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Region | |
Official website | horizonleague |
Locations | |
The Horizon League is a collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the league's eleven member schools are located in and near the Great Lakes region.
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 is a non-football conference.
History
Foundation (1978–1979)
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, 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.[1] As of the 2023–24 academic year[update], Detroit, now known as Detroit Mercy, is the only remaining member from the league's original members.
Maturity (1980–1992)
In 1980, the league established its headquarters in
Modern era (1990–present)
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 the Midwestern Collegiate Conference beginning with the 1994–95 academic year.[1] 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 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.[2]
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 the Missouri Valley Conference, who itself lost Creighton to the reconfigured Big East.[3]
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.[4]
The next change in the Horizon League's membership came in 2015 with the arrival of Northern Kentucky University from the Atlantic Sun Conference.[5]
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
The start of 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[8] and June 15, 2020.[9] 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 the MVC effective July 1, 2022.[10]
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 a men's tennis associate,[11] 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.[12] Two tennis associates will leave after the 2023–24 season. Men's and women's associate Chicago State will join the NEC, which sponsors the sport for both sexes,[13] and men's associate Lindenwood will drop nine NCAA sports, including men's tennis.[14]
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 the arch of the conference's primary logo and a number one to symbolize unity.[15]
As of the 2023–24 academic year[update], 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.
Member schools
Current full members
- Notes
- ^ In 2024, the Indiana University and Purdue University system systems will dissolve IUPUI, replacing it with separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions. The athletic program will transfer to the new IU Indianapolis, with the branding yet to be announced.[16]
- ^ The Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but is located in the separate cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills. The university administration is in Auburn Hills; athletic facilities are in both cities.
- ^ Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) did not begin operation until 2018, but inherited its athletic program from Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), founded in 1964. IPFW was dissolved in 2018 by the IU and Purdue systems, with each system establishing a new Fort Wayne institution.[17]
- ^ The Wright State campus is physically located in Fairborn but has a Dayton mailing address.
Associate members
Institution | Location | Founded | Joined | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Sport(s) | Primary conference |
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Belmont University | Nashville, Tennessee | 1890 | 2022 | Private (Christian) | 8,700 | Bruins | Men's tennis | MVC |
Chicago State University | Chicago, Illinois | 1867 | 2022 | Public (TMCF) |
2,620 | Cougars | Men's and women's tennis | Independent (NEC in 2024) |
Eastern Illinois University | Charleston, Illinois | 1895 | 2022 | Public | 8,857 | Panthers | Men's tennis | OVC |
Lindenwood University | St. Charles, Missouri | 1827 | 2022 | Private ( non-sectarian )
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7,374 | Lions | Men's tennis | OVC |
University of Southern Indiana | Evansville, Indiana | 1965 | 2022 | Public | 9,758 | Screaming Eagles | Men's tennis | OVC |
Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | 1912 | 2022 | Public (HBCU) |
8,775 | Tigers | Men's tennis | OVC |
Tennessee Technological University
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Cookeville, Tennessee | 1915 | 2022 | Public | 10,492 | Golden Eagles | Men's tennis | OVC |
Former full members
Nicknames and school names reflect those used in the last school year of conference membership.
- Notes
- ^ The Marquette men's basketball team joined the Horizon League a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1989–90).
- ^ Notre Dame re-joined the Horizon (then the MCC) for all men's sports except basketball after a season as an Independent (1986–87 school year). Its women's sports, which had been in the North Star Conference since the 1983–84 school year, moved to the Horizon League beginning the following season (1988–89).
- ^ The Saint Louis men's basketball team joined the Horizon League a year after it became a full member for other sports (1982–83).
Membership timeline
Full members Affiliate members Other Conference Other Conference
Sponsored sports
The Horizon League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[18]
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.
Sport | Men's | Women's |
---|---|---|
Baseball | 6 | – |
Basketball | 12 | 12 |
Cross country | 11 | 12 |
Golf | 10 | 9 |
Soccer |
11 | 12 |
Softball | – | 10 |
Swimming and diving | 7 | 7 |
Tennis |
11 | 7 |
Track and field (indoor) |
8 | 11 |
Track and field (outdoor) | 8 | 11 |
Volleyball | – | 11 |
Men's sponsored sports by school
Departing members in pink.
School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross Country | Golf | Soccer | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) |
Track & Field (Outdoor) |
Total Horizon Sports |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland State | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 5 |
Detroit Mercy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Green Bay | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 5 |
IUPUI | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Milwaukee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 7 |
Northern Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Oakland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 7 |
Robert Morris | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | 3 |
Wright State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 7 |
Youngstown State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Associate members | ||||||||||
Belmont | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Chicago State | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Eastern Illinois | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Lindenwood | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Southern Indiana | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Tennessee Tech | Yes | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 78 |
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools:
School | Fencing[a] | Football | Ice hockey | Lacrosse | Skiing[b] | Volleyball | Wrestling |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland State | Independent | No | No | ASUN[c] | No | No | MAC |
Detroit Mercy | Independent | No | No | ASUN[c] | No | No | No |
Green Bay | No | No | No | No | CCSA[d] | No | No |
Northern Kentucky | No | No | No | No | No | No[e] | No |
Purdue Fort Wayne | No | No | No | No | No | MIVA | No |
Robert Morris | No | Big South–OVC[c] | Atlantic Hockey | ASUN[c] | No | No | No |
Youngstown State | No | MVFC | No | No | No | No | No |
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.[19]
- ^ NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.
- ^ NCAA skiing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.
- ^ a b c d Joining the Northeast Conference in 2024.
- ^ NCAA skiing includes both Nordic and Alpine disciplines, but Green Bay fields only a Nordic team.
- ^ Northern Kentucky will add men's volleyball in 2025–26.[19]
Women's sponsored sports by school
Departing member in pink.
School | Basketball | Cross Country | Golf | Soccer | Softball | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field (Indoor) |
Track & Field (Outdoor) |
Volleyball | Total Horizon Sports |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Detroit Mercy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 7 |
Green Bay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 7 |
IUPUI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Milwaukee | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Northern Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[a] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9 |
Oakland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 |
Robert Morris | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7 |
Wright State | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
Youngstown State | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
Associate member | |||||||||||
Chicago State | Yes | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 81 |
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools:
School | Bowling | Fencing[a] | Ice hockey | Lacrosse | Rowing | Skiing[b] | Stunt[c] | Triathlon[c] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland State | No | Independent | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Detroit Mercy | No | Independent | No | MAC | No | No | No | No |
Green Bay | No | No | No | No | No | CCSA[d] | No | No |
Northern Kentucky | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[e] | No[e] |
Robert Morris | No | No | CHA | MAC | MAAC | No | No | No |
Wright State | Independent | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Youngstown State | CUSA | No | No | MAC | No | No | No | No |
- ^ NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.
- ^ NCAA skiing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.
- ^ a b Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
- ^ NCAA skiing includes both Nordic and Alpine disciplines, but Green Bay fields only a Nordic team.
- ^ a b Northern Kentucky will add stunt and triathlon in 2024–25.[19]
Broadcasting rights
In 2006, the conference launched the Horizon League Network (HLN) as the centerpiece of a revamped web portal.[20] 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 was absorbed into ESPN+, along with other mid-major conferences, in 2018.[21] 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.[22]
Basketball games not selected for broadcast on national linear television are often televised by
Men's basketball
Horizon League men's basketball tournament champions
Historic
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 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
One former Horizon League member claims a national championship from the era before the league's creation. In the
The League hosted the men's
2000s
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.
2002–03
In the
2004–05
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 the March 7 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll.[26]
2005–06
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 the first round for the second straight year and third time in the last four years.
2006–07
In the 2006–07 basketball season, Butler won the
2007–08
During the 2007–08 basketball season, Butler won 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 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.
2008–09
Starting in 2009, regional convenience store and gas station chain
2009–10
After defeating No. 25 (12 seed)
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.
2010–11
Butler once again represented the Horizon League in the tournament with another very strong showing. As an 8 seed, Butler defeated (9 seed)
2011–12
In the 2012 postseason, the Detroit Titans won their first Horizon League Championship since 1999 under head coach
2012–13
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
2013–14
Green Bay won the regular season championship in 2014. It was upset by Milwaukee in the tournament semi-final. Milwaukee would go on to win the tournament, knocking off Wright State.
2014–15
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.
2015–16
The 2015 season ushered in 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.
Other sports
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 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 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,[28] but COVID-19 issues led the Big South to bring Robert Morris into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season.[29]
Facilities
School | Soccer stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball field | Capacity | Softball field | Capacity |
Cleveland State | Krenzler Field | 1,680 | Wolstein Center | 13,610[a] | Non-baseball school | Viking Field | 500 | |
Detroit Mercy | Titan Soccer Field | 500 | Calihan Hall | 8,295 | Non-baseball school | Buysse Ballpark | 500 | |
Green Bay | Aldo Santaga Stadium
|
3,500 | Resch Center (men) Kress Events Center (women) |
9,729 4,018 |
Non-baseball school | Phoenix Softball Field | 500 | |
IUPUI | Carroll Stadium | 12,111 | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (men) The Jungle (women) |
6,800 1,215 |
Non-baseball school | IUPUI Softball Complex | 500 | |
Milwaukee | Engelmann Stadium | 2,200 | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (men) Klotsche Center (women) |
10,783 3,500 |
Franklin Field | 4,000 | Non-softball school | |
Northern Kentucky | NKU Soccer Stadium | 1,000 | Truist Arena | 9,400 | Bill Aker Baseball Complex | 500 | Frank Ignatius Grein Softball Field | 500 |
Oakland | Oakland University Soccer Field | 1,000 | Athletics Center O'rena
|
4,005 | Oakland University Baseball Field
|
500 | OU Softball Field | 250 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | Hefner Soccer Complex | 2,000 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (special events) |
1,800 13,000 |
Mastodon Field | 200 | Purdue Fort Wayne Softball Field | 500 |
Robert Morris | North Athletic Complex | — | UPMC Events Center | 4,000 | Non-baseball school | North Athletic Complex | — | |
Wright State | Alumni Field | 1,000 | Nutter Center | 10,449 | Nischwitz Stadium | 750 | WSU Softball Field | — |
Youngstown State | Farmers National Bank Field | 200[30] | Beeghly Center Covelli Centre (special events) |
6,300 5,900 |
Eastwood Field | 6,300[31] | YSU Softball Complex | 100[32] |
- Notes
- ^ Full capacity; for most games, Cleveland State limits capacity to 8,500.
See also
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