On the Horizon

For those who might be unaware, the Cleveland State Vikings play for the Horizon League championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament at 9 tonight against Butler. The Butler Bulldogs are 10-point favorites, but it's worth noting that the boys from Cleveland have more to play for. If the Bulldogs lose, they'll be 28-4, and that will get them into the Big Dance. At 21-11, the Vikings need to win tonight to get that automatic bid.

Butler may look pretty unbeatable, but the Dogs have lost three games this year, and one of them was to Cleveland State. So it can be done. Of course, if Cleveland State gets in, that'll be one fewer at-large bid available for teams like Ohio State; and the Buckeyes, like their opponents in the tournament title game last year, Florida, are on that proverbial bubble. But with big wins over Purdue and Michigan State in the past week, I think OSU will get in anyway.

It should be interesting. Go Vikings!