THE WAIT IS OVER | The Horizon League announced the 2020-21 men's basketball schedule Wednesday, which will consist of back-to-back games against the same opponent for 10-straight weekends. Oakland will open its season on Dec. 19 at UIC. Read the full release and view the entire league schedule
here.
PREASEASON POLL | Oakland was picked to finish sixth in the 2020-21 Horizon League Men's Basketball Preseason Poll announced by the league office. The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches, media members, and men's basketball media contacts throughout the league.
RASHAD WILLIAMS EARNS PRESEASON RECOGNITION | Oakland University Athletics announced on Thursday, January 16, that the NCAA has granted men's basketball student-athlete
Rashad Williams' transfer waiver, and has ruled Williams immediately eligible for competition. Williams, a Detroit native (Wayne Memorial High School), averaged 10.8 points and 1.8 rebounds per game during the 2018-19 season at Cleveland State University.
The junior guard is coming off a 2019-20 campaign where he led the team in averaging 19.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, starting all 15 games he appeared in.
#HLMBB Preseason Player of the Year
Loudon Love, Wright State
Preseason All-Horizon League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Amari Davis, Green Bay
Marcus Burk, IUPUI
Loudon Love, Wright State
Darius Quisenberry, Youngstown State
Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Algevon Eichelberger, Cleveland State
Te'Jon Lucas, Milwaukee
Rashad Williams, Oakland
AJ Bramah, Robert Morris
Naz Bohannon, Youngstown State
AROUND THE LEAGUE | All things men's and women's basketball on this week's Reach the Horizon Podcast.
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