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href="/wiki/File:Horizon_League_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Horizon_League_logo.svg/250px-Horizon_League_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Horizon_League_logo.svg/375px-Horizon_League_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Horizon_League_logo.svg/500px-Horizon_League_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="76" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data">Midwestern City Conference (1979–1985)<br />Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1985–2001)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1979<span class="noprint">; 45 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1979</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Julie Roe Lach (since 2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>19 <ul><li>men's: 9</li> <li>women's: 10</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data">non-football</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">11 + 7 affiliate members</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_North_Central_states" title="East North Central states">East North Central</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_South_Central_states" title="East South Central states">East South Central</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://horizonleague.org">horizonleague<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #000000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFA500, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFA500;; color: #FFFFFF;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Updated_HL_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of teams in"><img alt="Location of teams in" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Updated_HL_Map.png/250px-Updated_HL_Map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Updated_HL_Map.png/375px-Updated_HL_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Updated_HL_Map.png/500px-Updated_HL_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="841" data-file-height="580" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Horizon League</b> is a collegiate <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">athletic conference</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a>. Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, the league's eleven member schools are located in and near the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region" title="Great Lakes region">Great Lakes region</a> and in part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>. </p><p>The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the <b>Midwestern City Conference</b>. The conference changed its name to <b>Midwestern Collegiate Conference</b> in 1985 and then the Horizon League in 2001. The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times. The league currently has 11 members. </p><p>The Horizon League currently sponsors 19 sports and is a non-football conference. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation_(1978–1979)"><span id="Foundation_.281978.E2.80.931979.29"></span>Foundation (1978–1979)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Foundation (1978–1979)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1978, <a href="/wiki/DePaul_University" title="DePaul University">DePaul University</a> hosted a meeting with representatives from <a href="/wiki/Bradley_University" title="Bradley University">Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Dayton" title="University of Dayton">Dayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Detroit_Mercy" title="University of Detroit Mercy">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_University" title="Illinois State University">Illinois State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago" title="Loyola University Chicago">Loyola–Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier</a> who all agreed in principle that a new athletic conference was needed. Further progress was made through a series of early 1979 meetings in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> that included participation by <a href="/wiki/Butler_University" title="Butler University">Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marquette_University" title="Marquette University">Marquette</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts_University" title="Oral Roberts University">Oral Roberts</a>. On June 16, 1979, the <b>Midwestern City Conference</b> (nicknamed the MCC or Midwestern City 6) was formed by charter members Butler, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Evansville" title="University of Evansville">Evansville</a>, Loyola, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_University" title="Oklahoma City University">Oklahoma City</a>, Oral Roberts, and Xavier, with Detroit joining the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-hrznlghstry_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrznlghstry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2023–24 academic year<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Detroit, now known as Detroit Mercy, is the only remaining member from the league's original members. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mcconference.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Mcconference.gif/200px-Mcconference.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Mcconference.gif/300px-Mcconference.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Mcconference.gif 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="134" /></a><figcaption>Midwestern Collegiate Conference logo from 1985 to 2001</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maturity_(1980–1992)"><span id="Maturity_.281980.E2.80.931992.29"></span>Maturity (1980–1992)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Maturity (1980–1992)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Horizon_League" title="Special:EditPage/Horizon League">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1980, the league established its headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, Illinois</a>. The MCC gained an automatic bid to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> in 1981, followed by the announcement that <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_University" title="Saint Louis University">Saint Louis University</a> would be joining the following season. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> joined the conference for all sports except basketball and football in 1982. The conference attained automatic qualification for the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Baseball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Baseball Championship">NCAA Division I Baseball Championship</a> in 1984 and the conference moved its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>. Three changes occurred in the summer of 1985: Oklahoma City dropped out of the NCAA altogether; the conference name was altered slightly to <b>Midwestern Collegiate Conference</b>; and the conference began sponsoring women's athletics. The latter triggered Notre Dame's temporary withdrawal from the league as its women's teams were contracted to the <a href="/wiki/North_Star_Conference" title="North Star Conference">North Star Conference</a>. <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> began televising the MCC Championship game<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="which sport? (August 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in 1986. In 1987, Oral Roberts left the conference while Dayton joined and Notre Dame rejoined. The conference earned its first at-large bid to the men's basketball tournament and automatic qualification to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_soccer_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament">NCAA Men's Soccer Championship</a> in 1989. In 1991, the conference received an automatic bid to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament</a> and lost members Marquette and Saint Louis. <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle</a> joined the MCC in 1992, the same year the conference gained an automatic berth to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Volleyball_Championship" title="NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship">NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship</a>. Duquesne and Dayton left the conference in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era_(1990–present)"><span id="Modern_era_.281990.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Modern era (1990–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern era (1990–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest non-merger conference expansion in NCAA history occurred on December 9, 1993, when <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_University" title="Cleveland State University">Cleveland State</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">UIC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Green_Bay" title="University of Wisconsin–Green Bay">Wisconsin–Green Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee" title="University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee">Wisconsin–Milwaukee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wright_State_University" title="Wright State University">Wright State</a> left the <a href="/wiki/Summit_League" title="Summit League">Mid-Continent Conference</a> to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference beginning with the 1994–95 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-hrznlghstry_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hrznlghstry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Evansville's departure to the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)</a>, there were 12 league members. Xavier, Notre Dame, and La Salle withdrew the following summer of 1995, followed by Northern Illinois in 1997. The conference changed its name to the <b>Horizon League</b> on June 4, 2001, in part due to the initials causing confusion between the MCC and the Mid-Continent Conference, who also used the initials. That year, <a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State University</a> joined from the Mid-Con, and on May 17, 2006, <a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso University</a> announced it would do the same in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932013_Big_East_Conference_realignment" title="2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment">split of the original Big East Conference</a> caused a ripple effect that fell to the Horizon League; Loyola announced that it would leave the Horizon League effective July 1 to join the Missouri Valley Conference, who itself lost <a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton</a> to the reconfigured Big East.<sup id="cite_ref-Loyola_to_Valley_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loyola_to_Valley-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Butler also left the Horizon League. They spent a season in the Atlantic 10 before joining the Big East. </p><p>The Horizon announced that <a href="/wiki/Oakland_University" title="Oakland University">Oakland University</a>, formerly of the Summit League, would immediately replace Loyola within a month.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next change in the Horizon League's membership came in 2015 with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky_University" title="Northern Kentucky University">Northern Kentucky University</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">Atlantic Sun Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two more membership changes were announced near the end of the 2016–17 school year. First, Valparaiso announced on May 25, 2017, that it would leave for the MVC effective July 1. The Crusaders replaced <a href="/wiki/Wichita_State_Shockers" title="Wichita State Shockers">Wichita State</a>, who announced that it would leave the MVC for the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days before Valparaiso's departure, the Horizon League Board of Directors unanimously approved the membership of <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University%E2%80%93Purdue_University_Indianapolis" title="Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis">Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis</a> (IUPUI) to replace Valparaiso, also effective July 1.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IUPUI was dissolved in 2024 and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_system" title="Purdue University system">Purdue University</a> systems. At that time, the athletic program transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Indianapolis" title="Indiana University Indianapolis">Indiana University Indianapolis</a> with an athletic brand name of IU Indy, maintaining IUPUI's Division I and Horizon League memberships. </p><p>The start of the 2020s set further membership changes into motion, with the arrivals of <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" title="Purdue University Fort Wayne">Purdue Fort Wayne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_University" title="Robert Morris University">Robert Morris</a> from the Summit League and the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a> (NEC), respectively, announced on August 5, 2019<sup id="cite_ref-PFW_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and June 15, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-RMU_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RMU-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This brought the Horizon League up to 12 full-time members for the first time since the 1994–95 season. It was short-lived, however, as the UIC Flames were reported to be following many of their former conference colleagues to the MVC effective July 1, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Norlander_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Norlander-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 6, 2022, the Horizon League and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley Conference</a> (OVC) jointly announced that they would merge their men's tennis leagues under the Horizon banner, effective immediately. The five OVC members that sponsored the sport became Horizon associates. At the same time, the Horizon announced that <a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont</a>, which had just left the OVC for the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a> (which sponsors tennis only for women), would become a men's tennis associate,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State</a>, which became a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools#Full_independents" title="NCAA Division I independent schools">D-I independent</a> after leaving the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a> days earlier, would become an associate in both men's and women's tennis.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Horizon later lost men's associate <a href="/wiki/Lindenwood_University" title="Lindenwood University">Lindenwood</a> after they dropped nine NCAA sports, including men's tennis, after the 2023–24 season.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Men's and women's associate Chicago State also announced they would join the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a>, which sponsors the sport for both sexes— however, they announced that they would keep their tennis programs in the Horizon for one extra year before moving them to the NEC for the 2025–26 season.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the 2023–24 academic year, the conference announced a brand refresh with the introduction of a new secondary logo. The logo is a gold stylized H that incorporates the arch of the conference's primary logo and a number one to symbolize unity.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the 2023–24 academic year<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, eight of the 11 full Horizon League members are former members of the Mid-Con (now known as the Summit League), with the exceptions being Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky, and Robert Morris. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_schools">Member schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_full_members">Current full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Endowment<br />(millions) </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th class="unsortable">Colors </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_University" title="Cleveland State University">Cleveland State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>16,418 </td> <td>$89.8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_Vikings" title="Cleveland State Vikings">Vikings</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#006A4D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Detroit !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Detroit_Mercy" title="University of Detroit Mercy">University of Detroit Mercy</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td>1877 </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>Private (<a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a>) </td> <td>5,700 </td> <td>$94.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Mercy_Titans" title="Detroit Mercy Titans">Titans</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A6093D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#002D72"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Green Bay !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Green_Bay" title="University of Wisconsin–Green Bay">University of Wisconsin–Green Bay</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin" title="Green Bay, Wisconsin">Green Bay, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>1965 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>8,873 </td> <td>$130.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Phoenix" title="Green Bay Phoenix">Phoenix</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#006A4D"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Indianapolis" title="Indiana University Indianapolis">Indiana University Indianapolis</a></b> (IU Indy)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1969<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>30,105 </td> <td>$1,150 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IU_Indy_Jaguars" title="IU Indy Jaguars">Jaguars</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#990000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#F1BE48"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#191919"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Milwaukee !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee" title="University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee">University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>33,502 </td> <td>$262.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Panthers" title="Milwaukee Panthers">Panthers</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#222222"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFB81C"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky_University" title="Northern Kentucky University">Northern Kentucky University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Highland_Heights,_Kentucky" title="Highland Heights, Kentucky">Highland Heights, Kentucky</a> </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>15,405 </td> <td>$119.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky_Norse" title="Northern Kentucky Norse">Norse</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFC82E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_University" title="Oakland University">Oakland University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Michigan" title="Rochester, Michigan">Rochester, Michigan</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1957 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>20,519 </td> <td>$102.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Golden_Grizzlies" title="Oakland Golden Grizzlies">Golden Grizzlies</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#B59A57"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" title="Purdue University Fort Wayne">Purdue University Fort Wayne</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1964<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>10,208 </td> <td>$79.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Fort_Wayne_Mastodons" title="Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons">Mastodons</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#000000"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C28E0E"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_University" title="Robert Morris University">Robert Morris University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moon_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Moon Township, Pennsylvania">Moon Township, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>Private (<a href="/wiki/Non-sectarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-sectarian">non-sectarian</a>) </td> <td>4,895 </td> <td>$38.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials" title="Robert Morris Colonials">Colonials</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#001E41"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#AA182C"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wright_State_University" title="Wright State University">Wright State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fairborn,_Ohio" title="Fairborn, Ohio">Fairborn, Ohio</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>17,074 </td> <td>$95.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wright_State_Raiders" title="Wright State Raiders">Raiders</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#046A38"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CBA052"> </span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>15,058 </td> <td>$321.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins" title="Youngstown State Penguins">Penguins</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#C8102E"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">IU Indy joined the Horizon League as IUPUI, representing the former <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University%E2%80%93Purdue_University_Indianapolis" title="Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis">Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis</a>. IUPUI was dissolved in 2024 and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University_system" title="Purdue University system">Purdue University</a> systems. The athletic program transferred to the new IU Indianapolis<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a primary branding as IU Indy.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">IU Indy did not exist until 2024, but inherited its athletic program from IUPUI, founded in 1969.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but is located in the separate cities of <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Hills,_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan">Rochester Hills</a>. The university administration is in Auburn Hills; athletic facilities are in both cities.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) did not begin operation until 2018, but inherited its athletic program from <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University%E2%80%93Purdue_University_Fort_Wayne" title="Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne">Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne</a> (IPFW), founded in 1964. IPFW was dissolved in 2018 by the IU and Purdue systems, with each system establishing a new Fort Wayne institution.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Wright State campus is physically located in Fairborn but has a <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton</a> mailing address.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associate_members">Associate members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Associate members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Enrollment </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th>Sport(s) </th> <th>Primary conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1890 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Private (<a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>) </td> <td>8,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belmont_Bruins" title="Belmont Bruins">Bruins</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">MVC</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffa0a0"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1867 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public<br />(<a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall_College_Fund" title="Thurgood Marshall College Fund">TMCF</a>) </td> <td>2,620 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_Cougars" title="Chicago State Cougars">Cougars</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's and women's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's and women's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Illinois_University" title="Eastern Illinois University">Eastern Illinois University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>8,857 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Illinois_Panthers" title="Eastern Illinois Panthers">Panthers</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Southern Indiana !"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Indiana" title="University of Southern Indiana">University of Southern Indiana</a></span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1965 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>9,758 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Indiana_Screaming_Eagles" title="Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles">Screaming Eagles</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_University" title="Tennessee State University">Tennessee State University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public<br />(<a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">HBCU</a>) </td> <td>8,775 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Tigers_and_Lady_Tigers" title="Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Technological_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Technological University">Tennessee Technological University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cookeville,_Tennessee" title="Cookeville, Tennessee">Cookeville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>1915 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public </td> <td>10,492 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Tech_Golden_Eagles" title="Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles">Golden Eagles</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="tennis, Men's"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Men's tennis</span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">OVC</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The campus has an Evansville mailing address but is located in unincorporated <a href="/wiki/Vanderburgh_County,_Indiana" title="Vanderburgh County, Indiana">Vanderburgh County</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_full_members">Former full members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Former full members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nicknames and school names reflect those used in the last school year of conference membership. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Institution </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Left </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Nickname </th> <th>Left for </th> <th>Current<br />conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Butler_University" title="Butler University">Butler University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1855 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butler_Bulldogs" title="Butler Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Dayton !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Dayton" title="University of Dayton">University of Dayton</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1850 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Flyers" title="Dayton Flyers">Flyers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Conference" title="Great Midwest Conference">Great Midwest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1878 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_Dukes" title="Duquesne Dukes">Dukes</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Evansville !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Evansville" title="University of Evansville">University of Evansville</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1854 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evansville_Purple_Aces" title="Evansville Purple Aces">Purple Aces</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Illinois Chicago !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">University of Illinois Chicago</a></b></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UIC_Flames" title="UIC Flames">Flames</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1863 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">Explorers</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago" title="Loyola University Chicago">Loyola University Chicago</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1870 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>2013<sup id="cite_ref-Loyola_to_Valley_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loyola_to_Valley-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loyola_Ramblers" title="Loyola Ramblers">Ramblers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Marquette_University" title="Marquette University">Marquette University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>1881 </td> <td>1988<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marquette_Golden_Eagles" title="Marquette Golden Eagles">Warriors</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Conference" title="Great Midwest Conference">Great Midwest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_University" title="Northern Illinois University">Northern Illinois University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb, Illinois</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Public </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies" title="Northern Illinois Huskies">Huskies</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Notre Dame !"><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a></b></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame,_Indiana" title="Notre Dame, Indiana">Notre Dame, Indiana</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1842 </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td rowspan="2">Private </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish">Fighting Irish</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_University" title="Oklahoma City University">Oklahoma City University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>1904 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Stars" title="Oklahoma City Stars">Chiefs</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sooner_Athletic_Conference" title="Sooner Athletic Conference">Sooner</a><sup id="cite_ref-NAIA_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAIA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts_University" title="Oral Roberts University">Oral Roberts University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>1963 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts_Golden_Eagles" title="Oral Roberts Golden Eagles">Titans</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I independent schools">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Summit_League" title="Summit League">Summit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_University" title="Saint Louis University">Saint Louis University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, Missouri</a> </td> <td>1818 </td> <td>1981<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Billikens" title="Saint Louis Billikens">Billikens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Midwest_Conference" title="Great Midwest Conference">Great Midwest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso,_Indiana" title="Valparaiso, Indiana">Valparaiso, Indiana</a> </td> <td>1859 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_Beacons" title="Valparaiso Beacons">Crusaders</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier University</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </td> <td>1831 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>Private </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Musketeers" title="Xavier Musketeers">Musketeers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Marquette men's basketball team joined the Horizon League a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1989–90).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marquette adopted its current nickname of Golden Eagles in 1994.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Notre Dame re-joined the Horizon (then the MCC) for all men's sports except basketball after a season as an Independent (1986–87 school year). Its women's sports, which had been in the <a href="/wiki/North_Star_Conference" title="North Star Conference">North Star Conference</a> since the 1983–84 school year, moved to the Horizon League beginning the following season (1988–89).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Oklahoma City adopted its current nickname of Stars in 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NAIA-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NAIA_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> athletic conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Oral Roberts adopted its current nickname of Golden Eagles in 1993.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Saint Louis men's basketball team joined the Horizon League a year after it became a full member for other sports (1982–83).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Valparaiso adopted its current nickname of Beacons in 2021.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_timeline">Membership timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Membership timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_l11dhi24s9ynuk5devcrrlmjlplwvu2"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Horizon_League" coords="421,509,535,530" title="Horizon League" alt="Horizon 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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,179); color:;">Other Conference </span> <span style="background-color:rgb(253,180,98); color:;">Other Conference </span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsored_sports">Sponsored sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sponsored sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Horizon League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For 2020–21, Detroit Mercy, Wright State and Green Bay announced eliminating men's and women's tennis, while Youngstown State reinstated men's swimming & diving. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> 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title="Swimming (sport)">Swimming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/College_tennis" class="mw-redirect" title="College tennis">Tennis</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Indoor_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor athletics">Track and field (indoor)</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field#Outdoor" title="Track and field">Track and field (outdoor)</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a></td> <td>–</td> <td>11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Men.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Men's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Men's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Departing members in pink. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Baseball</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross Country</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Swimming & Diving</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Indoor)</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Outdoor)</th> <th>Total Horizon Sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cleveland State</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td 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style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Bay</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td 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style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kentucky</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oakland</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Purdue Fort Wayne</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Morris</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wright State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youngstown State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Associate members </th></tr> <tr> <td>Belmont</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chicago State</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eastern Illinois</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southern Indiana</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennessee State</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennessee Tech</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Totals</th> <th>6</th> <th>11</th> <th>10</th> <th>10</th> <th>10</th> <th>7</th> <th>10</th> <th>7</th> <th>7</th> <th>80 </th></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <p><b>Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools:</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Fencing<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Football</th> <th>Ice hockey</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Skiing<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Wrestling </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cleveland State</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Detroit Mercy</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Bay</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Ski_Association" title="Central Collegiate Ski Association">CCSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kentucky</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Purdue Fort Wayne</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Intercollegiate_Volleyball_Association" title="Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association">MIVA</a></td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Morris</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Hockey_America" title="Atlantic Hockey America">AHA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youngstown State</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">MVFC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In addition to the above sports, Northern Kentucky will add men's triathlon, which has no NCAA recognition of any kind, as a varsity sport in 2024–25.<sup id="cite_ref-NKU24_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NKU24-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA skiing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA skiing includes both Nordic and Alpine disciplines, but Green Bay fields only a Nordic team.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Northern Kentucky will add men's volleyball in 2025–26<sup id="cite_ref-NKU24_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NKU24-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and compete in the single-sport <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Intercollegiate_Volleyball_Association" title="Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association">Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_sponsored_sports_by_school"><span id="Women.27s_sponsored_sports_by_school"></span>Women's sponsored sports by school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Women's sponsored sports by school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Departing member in pink. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Basketball</th> <th>Cross Country</th> <th>Golf</th> <th>Soccer</th> <th>Softball</th> <th>Swimming & Diving</th> <th>Tennis</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Indoor)</th> <th>Track & Field<br />(Outdoor)</th> <th>Volleyball</th> <th>Total Horizon Sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cleveland State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Detroit Mercy</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Bay</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IU Indy</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Milwaukee</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kentucky</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oakland</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Purdue Fort Wayne</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Morris</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wright State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youngstown State</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Totals</th> <th>11</th> <th>11</th> <th>8</th> <th>11</th> <th>9</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th>10</th> <th>10</th> <th>10</th> <th>83 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="12">Associate members </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chicago State</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <p><b>Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Horizon League which are played by Horizon schools:</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>School</th> <th>Bowling</th> <th>Fencing<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Ice hockey</th> <th>Lacrosse</th> <th>Rowing</th> <th>Skiing<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Stunt<sup id="cite_ref-ESW_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESW-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Triathlon<sup id="cite_ref-ESW_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESW-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cleveland State</td> <td>No</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Detroit Mercy</td> <td>No</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Bay</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Ski_Association" title="Central Collegiate Ski Association">CCSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kentucky</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>Independent </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Morris</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Hockey_America" title="Atlantic Hockey America">AHA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wright State</td> <td>Independent</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youngstown State</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a></td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA skiing is a coeducational sport, with schools fielding men's and women's squads.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ESW-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ESW_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ESW_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Emerging_Sports_for_Women" title="NCAA Emerging Sports for Women">NCAA Emerging Sports for Women</a> program.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NCAA skiing includes both Nordic and Alpine disciplines, but Green Bay fields only a Nordic team.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_rights">Broadcasting rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Broadcasting rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, the conference launched the <b>Horizon League Network</b> (HLN) as the centerpiece of a revamped web portal.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The digital network aired over 200 live events free on the league's official website at the time. </p><p>The Horizon League and WebStream Productions launched a completely redesigned HLN website in September 2009. The site serves as a portal to hundreds of live and on-demand videos while giving its users the ability to interact on an array of social media platforms. </p><p>The Horizon League Network migrated to <a href="/wiki/ESPN3" title="ESPN3">ESPN3</a> in 2014, and over 700 events streamed live in 2015–16. Horizon League coverage was absorbed into <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a>, along with other mid-major conferences, in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference extended its deal with ESPN in 2021. Over 500 events are aired on ESPN+ annually, along with select men's basketball games airing on <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPNU" title="ESPNU">ESPNU</a> and the men's and women's basketball championships airing on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> and ESPNU.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Basketball games not selected for broadcast on national linear television are often televised by <a href="/wiki/Regional_sports_network" title="Regional sports network">regional sports networks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Over-the-air_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Over-the-air television">over-the-air</a> channels within the teams’ home markets. In recent years, <a href="/wiki/WMYD" title="WMYD">WMYD Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marquee_Sports_Network" title="Marquee Sports Network">Marquee Sports Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Ohio">Bally Sports Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Great_Lakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Great Lakes">Bally Sports Great Lakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Wisconsin">Bally Sports Wisconsin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SportsNet_Pittsburgh" title="SportsNet Pittsburgh">SportsNet Pittsburgh</a> have broadcast multiple men's and women's basketball contests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horizon_League_men's_basketball_tournament_champions"><span id="Horizon_League_men.27s_basketball_tournament_champions"></span>Horizon League men's basketball tournament champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Horizon League men's basketball tournament champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Horizon_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Horizon League men's basketball tournament">Horizon League men's basketball tournament</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1995 to 2011, the Horizon League sent an impressive 24 qualifiers (7 At-Large berths) to the Men's NCAA basketball tournament, making the Horizon League one of the most prolific mid-major (non-power 6) conferences in all of college basketball. Even more impressively, those 24 clubs produced 22 wins in that span, including five "Sweet 16" appearances, making the Horizon League the only <a href="/wiki/Mid-major" title="Mid-major">non-BCS</a> conference to have Sweet 16 participants in five NCAA tournaments during that span (2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011). Four schools from the conference have produced "modern-day" Sweet 16 appearances – Loyola (<a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985</a>), Xavier (<a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1990</a>), Butler (<a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2011</a>), and Milwaukee (<a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2005</a>). The Horizon League also compiled a 19–12 record in the NCAA tournament from 2003 to 2011, ranking tops among all 32 NCAA Division I conferences for winning percentage (.613) in March Madness during that span. This historic stretch of conference dominance was thanks to NCAA Tournament wins from Butler (15), Milwaukee (3), and Cleveland State (1) . Butler appeared in the men's national championship game in both <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Butler_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Butler_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2010–11 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team">2011</a>. Since the NCAA began seeding teams in 1979, Loyola's 4 seed in the 1985 tournament is the best for a Horizon League team. The Horizon League currently holds the best winning percentage among non-<a href="/wiki/Automatic_Qualifying_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic Qualifying conference">BCS conferences</a> in the men's NCAA basketball Tournament (.488, 7th overall amongst the 32 Division I conferences).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One former Horizon League member claims a national championship from the era before the league's creation. In the <a href="/wiki/1963_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1963 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Loyola_Ramblers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team">Loyola</a> defeated two-time defending champ <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball">Cincinnati</a>. Before post-season tournaments determined champions, former Horizon member Butler claimed national titles in 1924 and 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The League hosted the men's <a href="/wiki/Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="Final Four">Final Four</a> in 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2010. It also hosted the women's Final Four in 2005 and 2007. Horizon League commissioner Jonathan B. LeCrone, who is in his 17th year as league commissioner, just finished a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As stated on their official website, the recent success of Horizon League athletic teams on the national stage heightened the visibility of the league and its member schools and quickly moved it closer toward its stated goal of becoming one of the nation's top 10 Division I NCAA athletic conferences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002–03"><span id="2002.E2.80.9303"></span>2002–03</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2002–03"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a>, the Horizon League entered two teams for the first time since 1998. <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Panthers_men%27s_basketball" title="Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball">Milwaukee</a>, who earned a 12 seed in its first bid to the tournament since joining the conference, lost by one point to <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_men%27s_basketball" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball">Notre Dame</a> in the first round. <a href="/wiki/Butler_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Butler Bulldogs men's basketball">Butler</a>, who earned both an at-large bid and a 12 seed, made its fifth tournament appearance in seven years. The Bulldogs made it to the Sweet 16 with victories over No. 20 (5 seed) <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball">Mississippi State</a> and No. 14 (4 seed) <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball" title="Louisville Cardinals men's basketball">Louisville</a> before falling to No. 3 (1 seed) <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_men%27s_basketball" title="Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball">Oklahoma</a> in the East Regional. The Bulldogs finished the year ranked No. 21 in the final ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004–05"><span id="2004.E2.80.9305"></span>2004–05</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2004–05"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the men's <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2005 NCAA basketball tournament</a>, the Horizon League enjoyed one of its best showings ever as 12 seed Milwaukee marched to the Sweet 16 with victories over No. 19 (5 seed) <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Alabama</a> and No. 14 (4 seed) <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_men%27s_basketball" title="Boston College Eagles men's basketball">Boston College</a> before they fell to then-No. 1 and eventual tournament runner-up <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team">Illinois</a>. Milwaukee ranked as high as No. 23 in the March 7 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005–06"><span id="2005.E2.80.9306"></span>2005–06</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2005–06"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2006 NCAA basketball tournament</a>, 11 seed Milwaukee once again advanced in the Tournament by upsetting the No. 20 (6 seed) Oklahoma 82–74. The Panthers, led by first year head coach <a href="/wiki/Rob_Jeter" title="Rob Jeter">Rob Jeter</a>, fell to eventual national champion No. 11 (AP)/No. 10 (ESPN) (3 seed) <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a> in the second round of the tournament. The league had a team advance past the first round for the second straight year and third time in the last four years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006–07"><span id="2006.E2.80.9307"></span>2006–07</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2006–07"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2006–07 basketball season, Butler won the <a href="/wiki/NIT_Season_Tip-Off" title="NIT Season Tip-Off">Preseason NIT</a> tournament in <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> with wins over in-state rivals Notre Dame and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball">Indiana</a> in the NIT's Midwest regional bracket, followed by wins over No. 21 <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Volunteers basketball">Tennessee</a> and No. 23 <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Gonzaga_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2006–07 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team">Gonzaga</a> in the NIT Final Four in Madison Square Garden. Later, the Bulldogs claimed victory over <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball">Purdue</a> in the Wooden Tradition. On February 5, 2007, Butler became the first school in Horizon League history to rank in the Top 10 of the national college basketball polls, as the Bulldogs reached No. 9 and No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bulldogs ended their season with a No. 21 ranking in the final AP poll, a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament and a Sweet 16 berth by beating <a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_Monarchs_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Dominion Monarchs basketball">Old Dominion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball" title="Maryland Terrapins men's basketball">Maryland</a> before losing to eventual national champion <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2006–07 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wright_State_Raiders_men%27s_basketball" title="Wright State Raiders men's basketball">Wright State</a> also qualified for the NCAA tournament as the winner of the <a href="/wiki/Horizon_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="Horizon League men's basketball tournament">Horizon League tournament</a> championship and tying Butler for the regular season championship. As a 14 seed, the Raiders fell to No. 13 (AP)/No. 11 (ESPN) (3 seed) <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball" title="Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball">Pittsburgh</a> in the first round. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007–08"><span id="2007.E2.80.9308"></span>2007–08</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2007–08"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2007–08 basketball season, Butler won the Great Alaska Shootout with wins over <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_men%27s_basketball" title="Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball">Virginia Tech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_basketball" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball">Texas Tech</a>, and also claimed wins over <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball" title="Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball">Ohio State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_men%27s_basketball" title="Florida State Seminoles men's basketball">Florida State</a>, who extended their record against BCS schools to 10–1 since the start of the 2006–07 season. As a 7 seed in the <a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2008 NCAA basketball tournament</a>, the Bulldogs beat 10 seed <a href="/wiki/South_Alabama_Jaguars_men%27s_basketball" title="South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball">South Alabama</a> before falling in overtime to No. 5 (AP)/No. 4 (ESPN) (2 seed) <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Tennessee_Volunteers_basketball_team" title="2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team">Tennessee</a>. Butler finished the season ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Cleveland State also earned a 6 seed in the NIT, losing in the first round to <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Flyers_men%27s_basketball" title="Dayton Flyers men's basketball">Dayton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008–09"><span id="2008.E2.80.9309"></span>2008–09</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2008–09"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in 2009, regional convenience store and gas station chain <a href="/wiki/Speedway_SuperAmerica" class="mw-redirect" title="Speedway SuperAmerica">Speedway</a> served as the title sponsor of the conference tournament that Cleveland State won and earned the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney while Butler earned an at-large bid. Butler, a 9 seed, lost in the first round to <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Tigers basketball">LSU</a> while 13 seed Cleveland State upset No. 8 (AP)/No. 9 (ESPN) (4 seed) Wake Forest 84–69 (and achieved the third biggest upset in NCAA history winning by 15 points) and shocked the nation in the first round of play before falling to 12 seed <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Arizona Wildcats men's basketball">Arizona</a> in the second round of tournament play. Butler finished the season ranked No. 22 in the final AP poll and No. 25 in the final ESPN/USA Today poll. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009–10"><span id="2009.E2.80.9310"></span>2009–10</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2009–10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After defeating No. 25 (12 seed) <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UTEP_Miners_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2009–10 UTEP Miners basketball team">UTEP</a>, 13 seed <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Murray_State_Racers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Murray State Racers men's basketball team">Murray State</a> and No. 4 (1 seed) <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Syracuse_Orange_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team">Syracuse</a>, the No. 8 (ESPN)/No. 11 (AP) (5 seed) Butler men's team defeated No. 7 <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Kansas_State_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team">Kansas State</a>, the 2 seed in the West, by a score of 63–56 to advance to their first Final Four. After beating the No. 12 (ESPN)/No. 13 (AP) (5 seed) <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Michigan State Spartans</a> 52–50 in the national semifinals, Butler played in Indianapolis against the South Regional Champions, No. 3 (1 seed) <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team">Duke</a> for the NCAA Division I National Championship. Butler lost what many call the most thrilling college basketball game in a generation, losing 61–59 in a game that came down to the final play. This is the farthest any team has reached in the tournament while a member of the Horizon League. Butler was the first Division I men's team to play in the Final Four in its hometown since <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA</a> in 1972, and the first of either sex since <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_basketball" title="Texas Longhorns women's basketball">Texas</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">1987 Women's Final Four</a> on <a href="/wiki/Frank_Erwin_Center" title="Frank Erwin Center">its home court</a>. </p><p>Also of note, former Milwaukee head coach <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Pearl" title="Bruce Pearl">Bruce Pearl</a> coached the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Tennessee_Volunteers_basketball_team" title="2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team">Tennessee Volunteers</a> to the Elite Eight and narrowly lost the opportunity to play Butler by losing to Michigan State, who Butler beat in the Final Four. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010–11"><span id="2010.E2.80.9311"></span>2010–11</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2010–11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Butler once again represented the Horizon League in the tournament with another very strong showing. As an 8 seed, Butler defeated (9 seed) <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Old_Dominion_Monarchs_basketball_team" title="2010–11 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team">Old Dominion</a>, narrowly upset <a href="/wiki/2010-11_Pittsburgh_Panthers_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2010-11 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team">Pittsburgh</a> (who was No. 1 ranked and seeded), <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team">Wisconsin</a> (4 seed) and <a href="/wiki/2010-11_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="2010-11 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a> (2 seed) to return to the Final Four. Butler faced <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_VCU_Rams_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2010–11 VCU Rams men's basketball team">VCU</a>, an 11 seed Cinderella team who unexpectedly reached the Final Four as the first team to play five tournament games to reach the Final Four, due to VCU's participation in the inaugural First Four Round. After Butler defeated VCU 70–62, the Bulldogs were in the national championship game for the second consecutive season. This time they faced <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Connecticut_Huskies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2010–11 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team">Connecticut</a> at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The Huskies were too much for the Butler Bulldogs to handle, as Butler lost the game 53–41 in an unusually low-scoring national championship game. This made Butler national runner-up for the second straight season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011–12"><span id="2011.E2.80.9312"></span>2011–12</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2011–12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2012 postseason, the Detroit Titans won their first Horizon League Championship since 1999 under head coach <a href="/wiki/Ray_McCallum" title="Ray McCallum">Ray McCallum</a>. They defeated top seeded Valparaiso 70–50. The tournament MVP was son <a href="/wiki/Ray_McCallum,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ray McCallum, Jr.">Ray McCallum, Jr.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012–13"><span id="2012.E2.80.9313"></span>2012–13</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2012–13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Valparaiso was the regular season champion of the Horizon for the second straight year. It defeated Wright State 62–54 in the championship game under coach <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Drew" title="Bryce Drew">Bryce Drew</a> for its first Horizon League Championship. This was the first season that the league was absent of Butler, who departed for the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic 10">Atlantic 10</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013–14"><span id="2013.E2.80.9314"></span>2013–14</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2013–14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Green Bay won the regular season championship in 2014. It was upset by Milwaukee in the tournament semi-final. Milwaukee would go on to win the tournament, knocking off Wright State. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014–15"><span id="2014.E2.80.9315"></span>2014–15</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 2014–15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a good outcome, finishing as the 2014 champions, the Milwaukee Panthers were banned from the 2015 NCAA Tournament and postseason play. Valparaiso won the regular and postseason championships. It entered the NCAA tournament as a 13th seed, although losing in the first round. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015–16"><span id="2015.E2.80.9316"></span>2015–16</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 2015–16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2015 season ushered in the arrival of the Northern Kentucky Norse to the league, who departed from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">Atlantic Sun Conference</a>. Valparaiso won the regular season championship again but was defeated by Green Bay in the tournament championship 78–69. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Milwaukee baseball team made national headlines during the 1999 College World Series by upsetting No. 1 ranked <a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_baseball" title="Rice Owls baseball">Rice</a> in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the 2004–05 academic year, Milwaukee's men's soccer team defeated 16th-ranked <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Dons" title="San Francisco Dons">San Francisco</a>, while Detroit upset <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines" title="Michigan Wolverines">Michigan</a> in women's soccer in their respective NCAA tournaments. Also that year, Butler's men's cross country team finished fourth in the nation at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, and their own Victoria Mitchell became the first Horizon League athlete to win an individual national title when she captured the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Green Bay also upset 6th-ranked <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Beavers" title="Oregon State Beavers">Oregon State</a> in the opening round of the NCAA softball tournament. </p><p>Although the league does not sponsor <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, current members Robert Morris and Youngstown State play in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">Division I FCS</a>. Youngstown State plays in the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">Missouri Valley Football Conference</a>; Robert Morris originally planned to play the 2020–21 season as an <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FCS independent schools">independent</a> and join <a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a> football in July 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-RMUFB_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RMUFB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19</a> issues led the Big South to bring Robert Morris into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="black"> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>School</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Soccer stadium</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Capacity</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Basketball arena</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Capacity</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Baseball field</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Capacity</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Softball field</b></span> </td> <td style="border:2px solid #FFA500"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Capacity</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#006A4D;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_Vikings" title="Cleveland State Vikings"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Cleveland State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krenzler_Field" title="Krenzler Field">Krenzler Field</a> </td> <td>1,680 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolstein_Center" title="Wolstein Center">Wolstein Center</a> </td> <td>13,610<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td>Viking Field </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#A6093D;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D72, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D72;"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Mercy_Titans" title="Detroit Mercy Titans"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Detroit Mercy</b></span></a> </td> <td>Titan Soccer Field </td> <td>500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calihan_Hall" title="Calihan Hall">Calihan Hall</a> </td> <td>8,295 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td>Buysse Ballpark </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#006A4D;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #183029, inset -2px -2px 0 #183029;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Phoenix" title="Green Bay Phoenix"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Green Bay</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aldo_Santaga_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldo Santaga Stadium">Aldo Santaga Stadium</a> </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Resch_Center" title="Resch Center">Resch Center</a> (men) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kress_Events_Center" title="Kress Events Center">Kress Events Center</a> (women) </td> <td>9,729<br />4,018 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td>Phoenix Softball Field </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#990000;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F1BE48, inset -2px -2px 0 #F1BE48;"><a href="/wiki/IU_Indy_Jaguars" title="IU Indy Jaguars"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>IU Indy</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IU_Michael_A._Carroll_Track_%26_Soccer_Stadium" title="IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium">Carroll Stadium</a> </td> <td>12,111 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Farmers_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana Farmers Coliseum">Indiana Farmers Coliseum</a> (men)<br /><a href="/wiki/IUPUI_Gymnasium" class="mw-redirect" title="IUPUI Gymnasium">The Jungle</a> (women) </td> <td>6,800<br />1,215 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td>IU Indy Softball Complex </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#222222;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB81C, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB81C;"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Panthers" title="Milwaukee Panthers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Milwaukee</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Engelmann_Stadium" title="Engelmann Stadium">Engelmann Stadium</a> </td> <td>2,200 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UW%E2%80%93Milwaukee_Panther_Arena" title="UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena">UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena</a> (men) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Klotsche_Center" title="Klotsche Center">Klotsche Center</a> (women) </td> <td>10,783<br />3,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field_(Wisconsin)" title="Franklin Field (Wisconsin)">Franklin Field</a> </td> <td>4,000 </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><i>Non-softball school</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC82E, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC82E;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky_Norse" title="Northern Kentucky Norse"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Northern Kentucky</b></span></a> </td> <td>NKU Soccer Stadium </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truist_Arena" title="Truist Arena">Truist Arena</a> </td> <td>9,400 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Aker_Baseball_Complex" title="Bill Aker Baseball Complex">Bill Aker Baseball Complex</a> </td> <td>500 </td> <td>Frank Ignatius Grein Softball Field </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #B59A57, inset -2px -2px 0 #B59A57;"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Golden_Grizzlies" title="Oakland Golden Grizzlies"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Oakland</b></span></a> </td> <td>Oakland University Soccer Field </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_Center_O%27rena" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics Center O'rena">Athletics Center O'rena</a> </td> <td>4,005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_University_Baseball_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland University Baseball Field">Oakland University Baseball Field</a> </td> <td>500 </td> <td>OU Softball Field </td> <td>250 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C28E0E, inset -2px -2px 0 #C28E0E;"><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Fort_Wayne_Mastodons" title="Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Purdue Fort Wayne</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hefner_Soccer_Complex" title="Hefner Soccer Complex">Hefner Soccer Complex</a> </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilliard_Gates_Sports_Center" title="Hilliard Gates Sports Center">Hilliard Gates Sports Center</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Allen_County_War_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Allen County War Memorial Coliseum">Allen County War Memorial Coliseum</a> (special events) </td> <td>1,800<br />13,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mastodon_Field" title="Mastodon Field">Mastodon Field</a> </td> <td>200 </td> <td>Purdue Fort Wayne Softball Field </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#001E41;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #AA182C, inset -2px -2px 0 #AA182C;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials" title="Robert Morris Colonials"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Robert Morris</b></span></a> </td> <td>North Athletic Complex </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UPMC_Events_Center" title="UPMC Events Center">UPMC Events Center</a> </td> <td>4,000 </td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><i>Non-baseball school</i> </td> <td>North Athletic Complex </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#046A38;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CBA052, inset -2px -2px 0 #CBA052;"><a href="/wiki/Wright_State_Raiders" title="Wright State Raiders"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Wright State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Field_(Wright_State)" title="Alumni Field (Wright State)">Alumni Field</a> </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nutter_Center" title="Nutter Center">Nutter Center</a> </td> <td>10,449 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nischwitz_Stadium" title="Nischwitz Stadium">Nischwitz Stadium</a> </td> <td>750 </td> <td>WSU Softball Field </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8102E;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins" title="Youngstown State Penguins"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><b>Youngstown State</b></span></a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Farmers_National_Bank_Field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farmers National Bank Field (page does not exist)">Farmers National Bank Field</a> </td> <td>500<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beeghly_Center" title="Beeghly Center">Beeghly Center</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Covelli_Centre" title="Covelli Centre">Covelli Centre</a> (special events) </td> <td>4,641<br />5,900 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Field" title="Eastwood Field">Eastwood Field</a> </td> <td>6,300<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>YSU Softball Complex </td> <td>500<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Full capacity; for most games, Cleveland State limits capacity to 8,500.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Horizon_League_champions" title="List of Horizon League champions">List of Horizon League champions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_League&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-hrznlghstry-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hrznlghstry_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hrznlghstry_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140324015453/http://www.horizonleague.org/aboutus/history.html">"History – Horizon League"</a>. 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