2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	9
First round site	campus sites
Quarterfinals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Semifinals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Finals site	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions	Milwaukee (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bruce Pearl (2nd title)
MVP	Joah Tucker (Milwaukee)
Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournaments «2004  2006»

The 2005 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2004–05 regular season. The better seed hosted each first round match. Milwaukee hosted the second round and semifinals, because they were the top seed overall, as well as the final because they were the highest remaining seed.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2004–05 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals and the third seed received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, March 1					Second Round Friday, March 4					Semifinals Saturday, March 5					Championship Tuesday, March 8
						1	Milwaukee
							double bye
											1	Milwaukee	94
										4	Loyola	76
	4	Loyola	78
	9	Youngstown State	75
						4	Loyola (OT)	87
						5	UIC	81
	5	UIC	84
	8	Cleveland State	65
																1	Milwaukee	59
																3	Detroit	58
						2	Green Bay
							double bye
											2	Green Bay	55
										3	Detroit	61
	3	Detroit
		bye
						3	Detroit	61
						6	Wright State	48
	6	Wright State	61
	7	Butler	57

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

See also

• Horizon League Men's Basketball Champions