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]
All of the teams participated in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker | |
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1 | Cleveland State | 18−2 | ||
2 | Green Bay | 17−3 | ||
3 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 13−7 | ||
4 | Wright State | 11−9 | ||
5 | Milwaukee | 10−10 | ||
6 | Detroit Mercy | 9−11 | 1-1 vs. Youngstown State/1–1 vs. Cleveland State | |
7 | Youngstown State | 9−11 | 1-1 vs. Detroit Mercy/0–2 vs. Cleveland State | |
8 | Oakland | 8−12 | 1-1 vs. Northern Kentucky/1–1 vs. Green Bay | |
9 | Northern Kentucky | 8−12 | 1-1 vs. Oakland/0–2 vs. Green Bay | |
10 | IUPUI | 5−15 | ||
11 | Robert Morris | 2−18 |
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
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First Round – Tuesday, March 5 | |||||
1 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Robert Morris at No. 6 Detroit Mercy | 48–59 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 IUPUI at No. 7 Youngstown State | 50–73 | ||
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 8 Oakland | 70–62 | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 | |||||
4 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 1 Cleveland State | 78–88 | ESPN+ | |
5 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Youngstown State at No. 2 Green Bay | 57–94 | ||
6 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Detroit Mercy at No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne | 35–66 | ||
7 | 5:30 pm | No. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Wright State | 60–70 | ||
Semifinals – Monday, March 11 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN | |||||
8 | 12:00 pm | No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 1 Cleveland State | 50–83 | ESPN+ | |
9 | 2:30 pm | No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 2 Green Bay | 55–64 | ||
Championship – Tuesday, March 12 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN | |||||
10 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Cleveland State vs. No. 2 Green Bay | 40–64 | ESPNU/ESPN+ | |
All game times are Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed |
The Horizon League does not use a fixed bracket tournament system, and pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.
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