2024 Horizon League women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:Horizon League
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:11
Arena:Campus sites
(First Round and Quarterfinals)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
City:Indianapolis, Indiana
(Semifinals and Finals)
Champions:Green Bay
Titlecount:17th
Coach:Kevin Borseth
Coachcount:13th
Mvp:Natalie McNeal
Mvpteam:Green Bay
Television:ESPN+, ESPNU

The 2024 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 women's basketball season for the Horizon League. It was held from March 5–12, 2024; first-round and quarterfinal games will be played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.[1] [2] The winner will receive the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Barbasol.[3]

Seeds

All of the teams participated in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
1Cleveland State18−2
2Green Bay17−3
3Purdue Fort Wayne13−7
4Wright State11−9
5Milwaukee10−10
6Detroit Mercy9−111-1 vs. Youngstown State/1–1 vs. Cleveland State
7Youngstown State9−111-1 vs. Detroit Mercy/0–2 vs. Cleveland State
8Oakland8−121-1 vs. Northern Kentucky/1–1 vs. Green Bay
9Northern Kentucky8−121-1 vs. Oakland/0–2 vs. Green Bay
10IUPUI5−15
11Robert Morris2−18

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First Round – Tuesday, March 5
17:00 pmNo. 11 Robert Morris at No. 6 Detroit Mercy48–59ESPN+
27:00 pmNo. 10 IUPUI at No. 7 Youngstown State50–73
37:00 pmNo. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 8 Oakland70–62
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
47:00 pmNo. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 1 Cleveland State78–88ESPN+
56:30 pmNo. 7 Youngstown State at No. 2 Green Bay57–94
67:00 pmNo. 6 Detroit Mercy at No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne35–66
75:30 pmNo. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Wright State60–70
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
812:00 pmNo. 4 Wright State vs. No. 1 Cleveland State50–83ESPN+
92:30 pmNo. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 2 Green Bay55–64
Championship – Tuesday, March 12
at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
1012:00 pmNo. 1 Cleveland State vs. No. 2 Green Bay40–64ESPNU/ESPN+
All game times are Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

The Horizon League does not use a fixed bracket tournament system, and pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.

Source:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 Barbasol Horizon League Men's & Women's Basketball Championships - Horizon League . 2024-02-01 . horizonleague.org . en.
  2. Web site: Horizon League Basketball Championships . 2024-02-01 . www.indianastatefair.com . en.
  3. Web site: Barbasol Returns as Title Sponsor of Horizon League Basketball Championships Culminating in Indianapolis . 2024-02-01 . horizonleague.org . en.
  4. Web site: 2024 #HLWBB Bracket (PDF) - Horizon League . en.