2019 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It was held March 5 through March 12, 2019. Wright State defeated Green Bay in the finals to earn the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Women's Tournament.[1]

2019 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
(First round)
Little Caesars Arena
(Semifinals and Finals)
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsWright State (2nd title)
Winning coachKatrina Merriweather (1st title)
MVPMichal Miller (Wright State)
2018–19 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wright State162 .889  277  .794
Green Bay153 .833  2210  .688
Youngstown State135 .722  2210  .688
IUPUI135 .722  2012  .625
Milwaukee108 .556  1515  .500
Northern Kentucky108 .556  1118  .379
Cleveland State711 .389  1019  .345
Oakland315 .167  624  .200
Detroit Mercy216 .111  425  .138
UIC117 .056  326  .103
2019 Horizon League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

The top 8 teams participated in the tournament. 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 Wright State 24–6 16–2
2 Green Bay 20–8 15–3
3 Youngstown State 13–5 21–8 1–1 vs. IUPUI 1–1 vs. WSU
4 IUPUI 13–5 19–10 1–1 vs. YSU 0–2 vs. WSU
5 Northern Kentucky 10–8 11–17 1–1 vs. MIL 1–1 vs. IUPUI
6 Milwaukee 10–8 15–14 1–1 vs. NKU 0–2 vs. IUPUI
7 Cleveland State 7–11 10–19
8 Oakland 3–15 6–23

Schedule

Game Time[2] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5
1 5:30 pm No. 8 Oakland at No. 1 Wright State 60–83 ESPN+
2 8:00 pm No. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 IUPUI 44–60
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
3 7:00 pm No. 7 Cleveland State at No. 2 Green Bay 30–73 ESPN+
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Youngstown State 58–64
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
5 1:00 pm No. 4 IUPUI vs. No. 1 Wright State 51–60 ESPN+
6 3:30 pm No. 3 Youngstown State vs. No. 2 Green Bay 53–55
Finals – Tuesday, March 12
7 12:00 pm No. 2 Green Bay vs. No. 1 Wright State 52–55 ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 5/6
ESPN+
Semifinals
Monday, March 11
ESPN+
Finals
Tuesday, March 12
ESPNU
         
1 Wright State 83
8 Oakland 60
1 Wright State 60
4 IUPUI 51
4 IUPUI 60
5 Northern Kentucky 44
1 Wright State 55
2 Green Bay 52
2 Green Bay 73
7 Cleveland State 30
2 Green Bay 55
3 Youngstown State 53
3 Youngstown State 64
6 Milwaukee 58

References

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