In addition to the weekly NET Rankings (Source: NCAA), we're including all the other metrics used by the NCAA to determine selections and seeding for the NCAA Tournament, including: KenPom Bart Torvik's T-Rank Kevin Pauga Index (KPI) ESPN BPI ESPN Strength of Record (SOR) Wins Above Bubble (WAB; Also via NCAA) Here's how the Horizon League shook out this week : Team NET Rank KenPom Torvik KPI BPI SOR WAB Wright State 130 139 114 146 132 245 158 Oakland 135 133 142 158 148 112 123 Robert Morris 185 201 199 203 206 188 196 Northern Kentucky 201 190 196 201 198 218 223 Youngstown State 219 207 181 253 193 239 279 Green Bay 230 227 197 188 262 208 222 Purdue Fort Wayne 238 245 248 207 219 207 186 Milwaukee 254 270 266 270 229 239 310 Detroit Mercy 262 261 228 261 262 239 264 Cleveland State 294 296 278 289 295 239 303 IU Indy 309 315 283 340 316 239 351 Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/horizoneroundtable

The schedule for the week for Cleveland State (9-14, 5-7 Horizon League before the week) looked like a split. Somehow the split happened in the most unlikely way. Add in a heating issue, a change of venue and overall insanity, and it was a crazy week for the Vikings. CSU got the wackiness started even before tip-off on Wednesday as a heating problem in the Wolstein Center moved the game to old Woodling Gymnasium across campus.

The Youngstown State basketball teams got swept on their home court Saturday afternoon at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center, marking the second time this season that both teams have lost games on the same day. The women's basketball team (17-8, 10-5 Horizon) suffered a tough 54-51 defeat against defending women's champion Green Bay (20-5, 15-0 Horizon) in a battle of the conference's top two teams, while the comeback for the men's team (12-13, 5-9 Horizon) fell short in their 72-66 defeat at the hands of the Robert Morris Colonials (16-10, 8-7 Horizon) — the defending men's champions.

NKU hosted their homecoming game in the early evening on Saturday as they welcomed the Milwaukee Panthers. The Norse were looking to end a five game losing streak, while Milwaukee was hoping to avoid a four game losing streak. The first half was back and forth, while the second half saw a strong Northern Kentucky push followed by a Milwaukee last ditch comeback effort.

Despite a career night from freshman Makenzie Luehring, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies women’s basketball team suffered a gut-wrenching 72-69 Metro Series loss to the Detroit Mercy Titans on Saturday, February 7, inside the OU Credit Union O’Rena. The loss marks Oakland’s third in a row, and shifts the team's record to 8-16 on the season and 5-9 in conference play. Additionally, the loss moves Oakland down to eighth place in the Horizon League standings.

Bob and Jim preview the conference games starting from Tuesday, February 10th to Sunday, February 15th.

Giovanni Moceri returns for one more fill-in stint, and he and Jim get into the week that was for the Horizon League, which started with two more upsets of top conference teams and ended with Wright State re-asserting itself at the front-runner in the championship chase. Follow The GioMo Show on YouTube Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/horizoneroundtable

Cleveland State collected a stunningly-decisive 73-56 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in the Wolstein Center on Saturday afternoon, helping the Vikings keep pace in an extremely competitive Horizon League race. Here are five things that stood out, as the green and white improved to 18-8 overall, and 8-7 in conference play: 1. Chris Kielsmeier nearly always leads by talking about his team's defense – even when directly asked about its offense – and after beating PFW, he had more reason to do so than normal.

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The Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball team (17-7, 10-4 Horizon) dominated from start to finish and never trailed throughout the night in their 79-48 win over the Milwaukee Panthers (8-17, 4-10 Horizon) on Thursday at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center. It was also the Penguins' annual Autism Awareness game in partnership with The Paula & Anthony Rich Center for Autism.

February began with an upset as the Robert Morris University men’s basketball team knocked off Horizon League leader Wright State University on Feb. 4. The result followed after the Colonials dropped a contest to Purdue Fort Wayne on Jan. 31. On the road in Fort Wayne, Robert Morris lost 83-71. DeSean Goode led the Colonials with 17 points, while Ryan Prather Jr.

Fairborn, OH - It's not very often that the team that makes more shots from the floor is on the wrong side of the final score, but that's exactly what happened to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (15-9, 9-4 Horizon League) in their 67-70 loss to Wright State (7-17, 3-10 Horizon League) on Thursday night. On a night where she was recognized for 1,000 career points as a Raider, Breezie Williams would have a career night en route to snapping the Mastodons' four-game win streak while also breaking the seven-game losing skid for the Raiders.

Under a year removed from Wright State’s second round exit to Robert Morris in the 2025 Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championships, the Raiders have shifted the tide from 15-18 overall and a 8-12 conference record to comfortably sitting at the No. 1 spot in the Horizon League standings. Second year head coach Clint Sargent currently has his squad at 15-9 overall and 10-3 in league games.

In sports, people often say, it isn't how you start, but how you finish that is the most important. It's a cliche that is older than anyone reading this piece, but one that once again showed why it is a tried and true sentiment. In Thursday's matinee contest between the visiting Green Bay Phoenix and the Robert Morris Colonials, Green Bay was able to weather the storm and pulled out a thrilling 61 to 58 win over the Colonials.

The Youngstown State men's basketball team (12-12, 5-8 Horizon) started hot from the field and stayed that way in the Penguins 90-61 win over the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (14-10, 8-5 Horizon) on Wednesday evening at Allen County Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins' 29-point margin of victory was the second-highest in a Horizon League road game in school history and their largest winning margin since their 82-52 win at home over Northern Kentucky on January 28, 2024.

While members of the Oakland program have said that Cleveland is one of the more enjoyable places on the Horizon League calendar, the results yielded on the trip may start to change that sentiment.  For the fourth year in a row the Golden Grizzlies saw Cleveland State run away with the game in its home building. The 91-78 final added to the run of games that were not competitive in the final moments at the home of the Vikings. 

Green Bay is back in the win column after it dropped four of its last five games, taking down Northern Kentucky on Wednesday night in a seesaw game that needed extra time to settle. The one game road trip saw Green Bay get down early, rally back to grab a commanding lead, watch it fade away, and ultimately leave the Bluegrass State with an 87-84 win.

On Wednesday night, Cleveland State fell to 7-7 in Horizon League play with a discouraging and damaging 78-70 loss at IU Indianapolis. Here are five things that stood out, as the Vikings dropped to 17-8 overall: 1. The contest was, presumptively, CSU’s final visit to The Jungle, as construction on IU Indy’s future home, James T. Morris Arena, is scheduled to wrap up late this year.

NKU came into Wednesday night looking to avoid its fifth straight loss and hoping to avenge a two-point win by Green Bay in their previous meeting. In a game where Northern Kentucky was without starting forward Kael Robinson and had LJ Wells and Ethan Elliot return for their first game of action since suffering injuries. The Norse had a slow start, but fought back.