The 2011 Horizon League men's basketball tournament was played Tuesday, March 1 through Tuesday, March 8. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast by ESPNU and took place at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, the home court of the #1 overall seed, the Milwaukee Panthers. As Milwaukee defeated Valparaiso in its semifinal match, it secured host status for the championship game against Butler as well; the final was broadcast by ESPN/ESPN3.com. Butler defeated Milwaukee 59–44 in the final, winning its second consecutive Horizon League tournament title and receiving an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals.
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First Round Tuesday, March 1
Second Round Friday, March 4
Semifinals Saturday, March 5
Championship Tuesday, March 8
2
Butler
76
3
Cleveland State
73
3
Cleveland State
68
10
UIC
61
3
Cleveland State
73
6
Wright State
60
6
Wright State
59
7
Green Bay
50
2
Butler
59
1
Milwaukee
44
1
Milwaukee
70
4
Valparaiso
80
4
Valparaiso
63
9
Youngstown State
71
4
Valparaiso
88
5
Detroit
90
5
Detroit
78
8
Loyola
69
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by #1 overall seed (Milwaukee)
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed
Honors
Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP for the second successive year.[1]
