Horizon League
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| Established | 1979 |
| Association | NCAA |
| Division | Division I non-football |
| Members | 10 |
| Sports fielded | 19 (men's: 9; women's: 10) |
| Region | Great Lakes and Ohio Valley |
| Former names | Midwestern City Conference (1979–1985) Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1985–2001) |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Commissioner | Jonathan B. LeCrone (since 1992) |
| Website | horizonleague.org |
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| Horizon League Network | |
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| Launched | 2006 |
| Owned by | Horizon League |
| Picture format | 720p |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Webcast |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
The Horizon League is a 10-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Midwestern United States.
The Horizon League is best known for its men's basketball teams and is one of the top performing NCAA Division I conferences in that sport according to the NCAA Men's Basketball Rating Percentage Index (RPI). From 2005 to 2011, only seven conferences won a game in every NCAA Tournament: the six "power" conferences, and the Horizon League (Milwaukee twice, Cleveland State once, and Butler four times; see Championships and post-season appearances). The Horizon League has been a multi-bid conference nine times, and placed three teams in the 1998. The Horizon League has had a team win at least one game in the NCAA Tournament 11 of the last 19 years, which also betters every non-BCS conference. Horizon League teams have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen (or further) five of the last 14 years (Butler four times, Milwaukee once), which exceeds all but one non-BCS conference. Multiple Horizon League members have made Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four appearances. The Horizon League currently holds the fifth best winning percentage among non-BCS conferences in the men's NCAA basketball Tournament (21–31, .404, 11th best among the 31 Division I conferences). The Horizon League currently ranks 11th out of 32 NCAA Division I conferences in RPI, while having an average finish of 12th (out of 31) over the past seven seasons.
In May 1978, DePaul University hosted a meeting with representatives from Bradley, Dayton, Detroit, Illinois State, Loyola-Chicago, Air Force, and Xavier in which all agreed in principle that a new athletic conference was needed. Further progress was made through a series of early 1979 meetings in San Francisco, Chicago, and St. Louis that included participation by Butler, Creighton, Marquette, and Oral Roberts. On June 16, 1979, the Midwestern City Conference (nicknamed the MCC or Midwestern City 6) was formed by charter members Butler, Evansville, Loyola, Oklahoma City, Oral Roberts, and Xavier, with Detroit joining the following year.
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