2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 10
Site Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, Michigan
Champions Green Bay (16th title)
Winning coach Kevin Borseth (12th title)
MVP Allie LeClaire (Green Bay)
2017–18 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 Green Bay †16–2 .889  29–4  .879
IUPUI13–5 .722  22–10  .688
Wright State12–6 .667  23–11  .676
Milwaukee11–7 .611  21–12  .636
Cleveland State11–7 .611  19–11  .633
Youngstown State11–7 .611  16–16  .500
Oakland7–11 .389  15–16  .484
Northern Kentucky6–12 .333  9–22  .290
Detroit2–16 .111  2–28  .067
UIC1–17 .056  8–22  .267
† 2018 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of 18 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Horizon League. It was being played from March 2 through March 6, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Regular-season champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds

All 10 teams are participating in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the Second Round. This was a change from the previous season where the top two seeds received double byes into the Semifinals.[1] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference record Overall record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Green Bay 16–2 26–3
2 IUPUI 13–5 21–8
3 Wright State 12–6 21–9
4 Milwaukee 11–7 20–10 3–1 vs. YSU, CSU 1–1 vs. WSU
5 Youngstown State 11–7 15–14 3–1 vs. MKE, CSU 0–2 vs. WSU
6 Cleveland State 11–7 19–10 1–3 vs. MKE, YSU
7 Oakland 7–11 14–15
8 Northern Kentucky 6–12 8–21
9 Detroit Mercy 2–16 2–27
10 UIC 1–17 8–21

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Final score Television
First round – Friday, March 2
1 Noon No.10 UIC vs. No.7 Oakland 46 - 80 ESPN3
2 2:30 PM No.9 Detroit Mercy vs. No.8 Northern Kentucky 61 - 76 ESPN3
Second Round – Saturday, March 3
3 12:00 PM No.7 Oakland vs. No.2 IUPUI 59 - 72 ESPN3
4 2:30 PM No.8 Northern Kentucky vs. No.1 Green Bay 49 - 62 ESPN3
Second Round – Sunday, March 4
5 Noon No.6 Cleveland State vs. No.3 Wright State 83 - 61 ESPN3
6 2:30 PM No.5 Youngstown State vs. No.4 Milwaukee 62 - 58 ESPN3
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
7 1:00 PM No.5 Youngstown State vs. No. 1 Green Bay 45 - 66 ESPN3
8 3:30 PM No.3 Wright State vs. No.2 IUPUI 60 - 52 ESPN3
Finals – Tuesday, March 6
9 Noon No.3 Wright State vs. No.1 Green Bay 44 - 62 ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 2		 Second round
Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4		 Semifinals
Monday, March 5		 Finals
Tuesday, March 6
     
        1 Green Bay 62  
8 Northern Kentucky 76     8 Northern Kentucky 49  
9 Detroit Mercy 61       1 Green Bay 66  
          5 Youngstown State 45  
        4 Milwaukee 58  
        5 Youngstown State 62  
          1 Green Bay 62
          3 Wright State 44
        3 Wright State 83  
        6 Cleveland State 61  
          3 Wright State 60  
7 Oakland 80       2 IUPUI 52  
10 UIC 46     2 IUPUI 72      
        7 Oakland 59      
     

References

  1. ↑ "Horizon League revises Motor City Madness format - Mid-Major Madness". midmajormadness.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
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