Horizon Preview

At the beginning of the year the Horizon League was looked at as a three horse race. Prognosticators had pegged Butler, Cleveland State or Detroit to win the league but somewhere along the way good old Valparaiso got in the way. The 1 seed, and double bye, was gobbled up by the Bryce Drew led Crusaders by two games over the 2 seeded Snorks of Cleveland State. Even though Valpo got the 1 seed it would not surprise me if either Cleveland State or Detroit ended up with the auto-bid. Right now Valparaiso is a 15 seed in my bracket and none of the potential upset teams will be higher than that seeding. This is a 1 bid league no matter what happens and that can be had is at best is matchup against the likes of North Carolina.