After struggling through the regular season, Chicago's two members of the Horizon League, Illinois-Chicago and Loyola (IL), are hoping to pull off an upset or two in the conference tournament. UIC and Loyola (IL) finished in the bottom two spots in the ten-team league, often looking totally overmatched.
The Flames finish the regular season with a 3-15 record against Horizon opponents and a 8-21 record overall, while the Ramblers went 1-17 versus Horizon foes and 7-22 overall. The two teams played each other twice during the season, with the Flames getting one of their three conference victories and the Ramblers getting their lone conference win.
Here's the full 2012 Horizon League Tournament bracket and schedule. All times are Eastern.
First Round - Tuesday, Feb. 28 (at campus sites)
Game 1: No. 10 Loyola (IL) at No. 3 Detroit, 7 p.m.
Game 2: No. 7 Green Bay at No. 6 Youngstown State, 7:05 p.m.
Game 3: No. 9 UIC at No. 4 Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Game 4: No. 8 Wright State at No. 5 Butler, 7 p.m.
Second Round - Friday, March 2 (at Valparaiso)
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m. (Horizon League Network, ESPN3)
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. (Horizon League Network, ESPN3)
Semifinals - Saturday, March 3 (at Valparaiso)
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. (2) Cleveland State, 6 p.m. (live on ESPN3, tape delayed on ESPNU at 10:30 p.m.)
Game 8: Game 6 winner at (1) Valparaiso, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Championship - Tuesday, March 6 (at highest remaining seed)
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, time TBD