The Horizon League is a nine-school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of 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 RPI. Only seven conferences have won at least one game in the last seven NCAA Tournaments: the six BCS conferences and the Horizon League (Butler four times, Milwaukee twice and Cleveland State once). The Horizon League has been a multi-bid conference nine times (twice in the last five years), including a conference-record three teams in 1998. The Horizon League has had a team advance in the NCAA Tournament 11 of the last 14 years, which also betters every non-BCS conference. Horizon League teams have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen five of the last nine years (Butler four times, Milwaukee once), which exceeds all but one non-BCS conference. Current Horizon League members have also made previous Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four appearances, including a national championship for Loyola in the 1963 NCAA Tournament. The Horizon League currently holds the best winning percentage among non-BCS conferences in the men's NCAA basketball Tournament (39-41, .488, 7th best amongst the 32 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 over the past six seasons.
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