2014 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

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2014 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
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Classification Division I
Season 201314
Teams9
Television HLN and ESPNU
  2013
2015  

The 2014 Horizon League women's basketball tournament was a tournament from March 10 through March 16. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on the Horizon League Network, while the championship will be on ESPNU. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.

Contents

2013–14 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Green Bay 133 .8132210  .688
Wright State124 .750269  .743
Youngstown State 106 .6251516  .484
Illinois-Chicago 106 .625269  .743
Cleveland State 97 .5631416  .467
Oakland 88 .5001317  .433
Milwaukee 412 .250822  .267
Detroit 313 .188624  .200
Valparaiso 313 .188625  .194
2014 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll [1] [2]

Seeds

All 9 Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2013–14 Horizon League season record. The top 7 teams received a first-round bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

SeedTeamRecordTiebreaker
1 Green Bay 13–3
2 Wright State 12–4
3 Youngstown State 10–61–1 vs UIC; 2–0 vs Green Bay
4 UIC 10–61–1 vs Youngstown State; 0–2 vs Green Bay
5 Cleveland State 9–7
6 Oakland 8–8
7 Milwaukee 4–12
8 Detroit 3–131–1 vs Valparaiso; 0–2 vs Green Bay; 0–2 vs Wright State; 1–1 vs Youngstown State
9 Valparaiso 3–131–1 vs Detroit; 0–2 vs Green Bay; 0–2 vs Wright State; 0–2 vs Youngstown State

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Television
First round – Monday, March 10
17:00 PM#9 Valparaiso at #8 Detroit Horizon League Network
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, March 12
27:00 PM#9 Valparaiso at #1 Green BayHorizon League Network
37:00 PM#5 Cleveland State at #4 UICHorizon League Network
47:05 PM#6 Oakland at #3 Youngstown StateHorizon League Network
57:00 PM#7 Milwaukee at #2 Wright StateHorizon League Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 14 (Hosted by Green Bay)
66:00 PM#3 Youngstown State vs #2 Wright StateHorizon League Network
78:30 PM#4 UIC at #1 Green BayHorizon League Network
Championship – Sunday, March 16
81:00 pm#2 Wright State at #1 Green Bay ESPNU
*First and second round times are local time. Semifinal and championship times are in Eastern Time Zone.
*Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 10
Hosted by Detroit
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 12
Hosted on campus sites
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Hosted by Green Bay
Championship
Sunday, March 16
Hosted by Green Bay
            
1 Green Bay72
9 Valparaiso 55
8 Detroit 69
9 Valparaiso76
1 Green Bay68
4 UIC 59
4 UIC77
5 Cleveland State 72
1 Green Bay 69
2 Wright State88
2 Wright State73
7 Milwaukee 64
2 Wright State98
3 Youngstown State 70
3 Youngstown State68
6 Oakland 64

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