Thanksgiving Brings Bounty of Horizon League Men's Basketball

INDIANAPOLIS -- Horizon League men's basketball teams will play 17 games from Wednesday through Sunday, with 10 of those contests available live and for free on HorizonLeague.com.  Six of the League's 10 teams will be featured on HorizonLeague.com during the stretch.

Cleveland State (5-0) gets the run of games started on Wednesday, traveling to Akron in search of head coach Gary Waters' 250th career win.  The Vikings are one of two unbeaten teams in the League through the first two weeks of the season and are led by Norris Cole, who is averaging 21.6 points per game.

Two more contests against Mid-American Conference foes await fans on Wednesday night.  Joining Cleveland State in looking to boost the League's 6-3 mark against the MAC are Youngstown State and UIC.  The Penguins (2-1) will host Toledo at 7:35 p.m. ET, while the Flames (3-2) welcome the Chippewas of Central Michigan to the UIC Pavilion.  Both games will be carried live on HorizonLeague.com.

After taking the Thanksgiving holiday off, Valparaiso, Wright State and Detroit all participate in tournament games on Friday.  Valpo (2-2) will meet Northern Colorado in Las Vegas, Nev., as part of the Las Vegas Invitational.  The Crusaders, who narrowly fell in their last game at Ohio, tip at 5 p.m. ET.

At 6 p.m. ET, Wright State (3-1) heads to Hoffman Estates, Ill., to face off with its second 2010 NCAA Tournament team in as many games, meeting Richmond in the semifinals of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.  The Raiders got past defending Summit League champion Oakland on Tuesday, and could meet a third straight tournament team should they play #10/8 Purdue on Saturday.

Detroit closes the night when they begin the pool-play portion of the Legends Classic at Calihan Hall.  The Titans (1-3) welcome Albany to the Motor City for a 7:30 p.m. ET tip that will be available to fans live on HorizonLeague.com.

Saturday brings fans nine Horizon League games, five on HorizonLeague.com.  To start the day, #23 Butler (3-1) welcomes former Midwestern Collegiate Conference rival Evansville to Hinkle Fieldhouse.  The action begins at 2 p.m. ET on HorizonLeague.com.

Loyola (6-0) will look to add another notch in its belt on Saturday, meeting the Dons of San Francisco in the Golden Gate City.  Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET.

Both Wright State and Valparaiso will wrap up their tournaments, with the Raiders meeting either Purdue or Southern Illinois, while the Crusaders will face Bethune Cookman or Texas A&M-CC in Las Vegas.

Cleveland State will return to the friendly confines of the Wolstein Center to host Atlantic-10 foe St. Bonaventure in a 6 p.m. ET contest.  The game will be carried live on HorizonLeague.com, as will the Youngstown State-St. Francis (Pa.) game that tips at 7:05 p.m. ET.

Detroit will play its second game in as many days, facing Bowling Green at 7:30 p.m. ET live on HorizonLeague.com.

At 8 p.m. ET, Green Bay (2-3) will look to even its record against North Dakota State after going 1-2 at the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic subregional in Oxford, Ohio.

Milwaukee (3-3) rounds out the night, hosting city rival Marquette at U.S. Cellular Arena.  The game will be carried live on HorizonLeague.com, with coverage beginning shortly before the 9 p.m. ET tip-off.

Sunday brings fans two games, but both will be streamed live on HorizonLeague.com.  UIC starts the day, meeting Toledo for the second time in just over a week; the Flames beat the Rockets, 57-51, in the subregional of the 2k Sports Classic, on Friday, Nov. 19.  In Chicago, the teams will face off at 4 p.m. ET.

Detroit brings the weekend to a close when they wrap up the Legends Classic against Niagara in a 5:30 p.m. ET tip.