2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:Horizon League
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Campus sites
(first round)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(semifinals and Finals)
City:Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions:IUPUI
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Austin Parkinson
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Holly Hoopingarner
Mvpteam:IUPUI
Television:ESPN+, ESPNU

The 2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It will be held March 3 through March 10, 2020. The winner, IUPUI, earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2020 NCAA women's tournament, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

All ten teams will participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference recordOverall recordTiebreaker
align=center 1 IUPUIalign=center 15–3align=center 21–8
align=center 2Green Bayalign=center 13–5align=center 18–111–1 vs. IUPUI
align=center 3Wright Statealign=center 13–5align=center 21–80–2 vs. IUPUI
align=center 4Northern Kentuckyalign=center 12–6align=center 18–11
align=center 5Milwaukeealign=center 11–7align=center 14–15
align=center 6Cleveland Statealign=center 9–9align=center 19–10
align=center 7Youngstown Statealign=center 6–12align=center 13–161–1 vs. IUPUI
align=center 8Oaklandalign=center 6–12align=center 11–180–2 vs. IUPUI
align=center 9Detroit Mercyalign=center 3–15align=center 3–26
align=center 10UICalign=center 2–16align=center 3–26
Source:[1]

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 3
align=center 17:00 pmalign=center No. 10 UIC at No. 3 Wright Statealign=center 47-83ESPN+
align=center 27:00 pmalign=center No. 9 Detroit Mercy at No. 4 Northern Kentuckyalign=center 47-94
align=center 37:00 pmalign=center No. 7 Youngstown State at No. 6 Cleveland Statealign=center 48-84
align=center 48:00 pmalign=center No. 8 Oakland at No. 5 Milwaukeealign=center 65-73
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
align=center 57:00 pmalign=center No. 6 Cleveland State at No. 3 Wright Statealign=center 63-52ESPN+
align=center 67:00 pmalign=center No. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Northern Kentuckyalign=center 58-78
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
align=center 712:00 pmalign=center No. 6 Cleveland State vs. No. 1 IUPUIalign=center 54-71 ESPN+
align=center 82:30 pmalign=center No. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 2 Green Bayalign=center 49–50
Finals – Tuesday, March 10
align=center 912:00 pmalign=center No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 2 Green Bayalign=center 51–37ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed
Source:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 #HLWBB Championship Bracket Announced. horizonleague.org. Horizon League. February 29, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2020 HORIZONLEAGUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET. Horizon League. March 4, 2020.

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