2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams10
SiteLittle Caesars Arena
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsGreen Bay (16th title)
Winning coachKevin Borseth (12th title)
MVPAllie LeClaire (Green Bay)
2017–18 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 Green Bay162 .889  294  .879
IUPUI135 .722  2210  .688
Wright State126 .667  2311  .676
Milwaukee117 .611  2112  .636
Cleveland State117 .611  1911  .633
Youngstown State117 .611  1616  .500
Oakland711 .389  1516  .484
Northern Kentucky612 .333  922  .290
Detroit216 .111  228  .067
UIC117 .056  822  .267
2018 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of 18 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

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

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