Official Horizon League Release

Thirty-five Horizon League men's basketball games, including twenty-four regular-season conference games, comprise the 2010-11 schedule to be telecast nationally and regionally, the League announced today. On the docket will be at least five appearances by the Detroit Titans

Highlighting League games will be Detroit's visit to Butler on Feb. 12. ESPN2 will carry the game that pits the Bulldogs against head coach Ray McCallum and his son and incoming freshman, McDonald's All-American Ray McCallum.

The McCallums also will be featured in another unique game at Central Michigan where CMU head coach Ernie Zeigler welcomes his son and an AAU teammate of Ray McCallum, Trey, onto the roster. ESPNU will air that game on Dec. 18 at 7:00 p.m.

The League's ESPNU and ESPN3.com schedule will tip-off with four Friday night double-headers with Butler at Detroit on Jan. 14 and Detroit at Milwaukee on Jan. 28. The last guaranteed game for Detroit on the family of networks will be on Friday, Feb. 25, with the red, white and blue visiting Wright State.

ESPN2 and ESPNU will also air two wildcard games on Sat. Feb. 5. ESPN will select which two games to air in mid-January and will decide which game will air on ESPN2 and which game will air on ESPNU.

ESPNU will air the Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship semifinals Saturday, March 5, and the Women's Basketball Championship Sunday, March 13. The Men's Basketball Championship remains in its usual spot on Tuesday, March 8 at 9 p.m. on ESPN. All games on ESPN and ESPN2 also will be simulcast on ESPN3.com.

The Horizon League's Game of the Week schedule, available in most Horizon League TV markets, will have the Detroit-UIC contest at Chicago on Jan. 8.The ESPN wildcard game scheduled for Feb. 5 will determine whether Loyola at Detroit or Green Bay at Milwaukee will also be aired on HLN.
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About the Horizon League
Entering its 32nd season of operation in the 2010-11 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation's leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-athletes as leaders and role models. 

The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University.
 
The Horizon League's primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. 

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