{"id":9135,"date":"2009-03-03T16:12:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T21:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9135"},"modified":"2009-03-03T16:14:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T21:14:51","slug":"2009-horizon-league-tournament-preview-030309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/cappers\/2009-horizon-league-tournament-preview-030309\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Horizon League Tournament Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rocketman Sports Horizon League Tournament Preview<\/h2>\n<p>The Horizon League tournament gets underway on Tuesday March 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Butler has dominated this conference in recent years and is almost automatic to make the <a title=\"NCAA Basketball Tournament\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>ncaa tournament<\/strong><\/a> this season with a 25-4 overall record and Top 25 ranking.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO VIEW ROCKETMAN&#8217;S PREMIUM DAILY SELECTIONS &#8212;&#8211;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s take a look at my current Horizon League Conference Power Ratings heading into the Conference Tournament.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Butler\u00a0 83.29<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin      Green Bay      81.14<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland State 80.78<\/li>\n<li>Illinois Chicago      76.72<\/li>\n<li>Wright      State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 74.27<\/li>\n<li>Valparaiso \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73.72<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin      Milwaukee \u00a0      73.24<\/li>\n<li>Youngstown State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73.09<\/li>\n<li>Loyola      Chicago\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 71.69<\/li>\n<li>Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65.78<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Unless somebody upsets Butler in the Conference Tournament, we probably will not see another one of these teams in the Big Dance.\u00a0 One team to look out for is Wisconsin Green Bay.\u00a0 Wisconsin Green Bay is 22-9 overall and 13-5 in conference play.\u00a0 Cleveland State has also played well this year and sports a 21-10 overall record and 12-6 conference record.\u00a0 I think those are the three teams that has a chance of winning. \u00a0The Mid Pack of Illinois Chicago, Wright  State, Valpo and Wisconsin Milwaukee are ok teams but don&#8217;t have enough to beat the Top 3.\u00a0 The Bottom feeders are Youngstown State, Loyola Chicago and Detroit and they will be ending their season soon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beted.com\/8d0e43dd-2c74\/promland\/0518\/0518GEN.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.beted.com\/images\/banners\/NCAAB\/NCAABGEN1M320X110.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MY PICK TO WIN<\/strong>:\u00a0 Butler<br \/>\n<strong> SLEEPER:<\/strong>\u00a0 Cleveland  State<br \/>\n<strong> LONG SHOT<\/strong>:\u00a0 Illinois Chicago\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\" target=\"_self\">Rocky hit 90% last year from March 1<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\" target=\"_self\">st<\/a><\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/286\/Rocky%20Atkinson\/AF23_15\" target=\"_self\"> through the NCAA Championship game.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t miss any of Rocky&#8217;s College Basketball picks and win big this year! Click here now!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Horizon League tournament gets underway on Tuesday March 3rd.  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