Horizon League Tournament Preview: Odds, Bracket Analysis
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00:03 - Let's take a look at the Horizon League
00:04 entering into play tonight as well.
00:06 And take a look at this.
00:07 If we look at the odds to win this conference,
00:10 Youngstown State plus 200, Wright State plus 270,
00:13 Oakland plus 290, and then you have 13 to one Green Bay.
00:16 So you sort of have a fall off here.
00:17 The top of the standings in conference play,
00:19 keep in mind, these teams played 20 times in competition
00:23 in the regular season for the Horizon League,
00:25 which is fantastic.
00:26 You're gonna get a really good look at what's what.
00:28 But also, IUPUI finished two and 18 on the season.
00:32 Detroit Mercy, one and 19.
00:34 Robert Moore, six and 14.
00:35 The reason I bring up the bottom end of it,
00:37 'cause take a look at the competition
00:39 outside of the bottom three, Joe.
00:41 11 and nine, Cleveland State.
00:43 Purdue Fort Wayne, 11 and nine.
00:45 Milwaukee, 12 and eight.
00:46 Northern Kentucky, 12 and eight.
00:47 Green Bay, 13 and seven.
00:49 Wright State, 13 and seven.
00:50 Youngstown State, 14 and six.
00:52 And Oakland, 15 and five.
00:53 The parity, Joe, tremendous in the Horizon.
00:57 - It is crazy here.
00:59 And keep in mind too, that last year,
01:01 the number one seed was Youngstown State,
01:04 and they ended up getting destroyed by fourth seeded,
01:08 I believe it was the Northern Kentucky Norse
01:11 in the semifinals.
01:12 And then they eventually went on to beat Cleveland State,
01:15 who was also the number three seed.
01:17 So yeah, this is a tournament here that necessarily,
01:21 just 'cause you're number one or number two,
01:24 doesn't necessarily mean that you're going
01:27 to end up taking it down.
01:28 Unlike we talked some of the chalkiness
01:30 of these other tournaments.
01:32 This one, because they play no defense
01:35 across the board here, Donny,
01:37 you're looking to play overs in the Horizon League.
01:40 You're not looking for anybody to shut anybody down.
01:43 They're all gonna be high scoring games.
01:45 And there is always some money to be made
01:48 in the Horizon League tournament.
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