2017 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

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2017 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
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Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams10
Site Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan
Champions Northern Kentucky (1st title)
Winning coach John Brannen (1st title)
MVP Lavone Holland (Northern Kentucky)
Attendance29,240
Television ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3
  2016
2018  
2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oakland 144 .778259  .735
Valparaiso 144 .778249  .727
Green Bay 126 .6671814  .563
Northern Kentucky126 .6672411  .686
Wright State 117 .6112012  .625
UIC 711 .3891719  .472
Detroit 612 .333823  .258
Cleveland State 513 .278922  .290
Youngstown State 513 .2781321  .382
Milwaukee 414 .2221124  .314
2017 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2017 Horizon League men's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament for the Horizon League. It was played from March 3 through March 7, 2017 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Northern Kentucky defeated Milwaukee 59-53 in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, Northern Kentucky received the conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the first for the Norse in their first season of Division I eligibility.

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Seeds

All 10 teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams receive a bye into the quarterfinals. 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Oakland 14–42–0 vs. Valparaiso
2 Valparaiso 14–40–2 vs. Oakland
3 Green Bay 12–61–1 vs. Northern Kentucky; 1–1 vs. No. 1 Oakland
4 Northern Kentucky 12–61–1 vs. Green Bay; 0–2 vs. No. 1 Oakland
5 Wright State 11–7
6 UIC 7–11
7 Detroit 6–12
8 Cleveland State 5–131–1 vs. Youngstown State; 1–1 vs. No. 1 Oakland
9 Youngstown State 5–131–1 vs. Cleveland State; 0–2 vs. No. 1 Oakland
10 Milwaukee 4–14

Schedule

GameTime [2] MatchupScoreTelevision [3] [4]
First round – Friday, March 3
15:30 pmNo. 7 Detroit vs. No. 10 Milwaukee85–60ESPN3
28:00 pmNo. 8 Cleveland State vs. No. 9 Youngstown State84–69 ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
35:30 pmNo. 1 Oakland vs. No. 9 Youngstown State81–80ESPN3
48:00 pmNo. 2 Valparaiso vs. No. 10 Milwaukee43–41ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
55:00 pmNo. 3 Green Bay vs. No. 6 UIC79–70ESPN3
67:30 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 5 Wright State82–77ESPN3
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
77:00 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 9 Youngstown State84–74 ESPNU
89:30 pmNo. 6 UIC vs. No. 10 Milwaukee74–68ESPNU
Finals – Tuesday, March 7
97:00 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 10 Milwaukee59–53 ESPN
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Saturday/Sunday, March 4/5
Semifinals
Monday, March 6
Finals
Tuesday, March 7
1 Oakland 80
8 Cleveland State 69 9 Youngstown State81
9 Youngstown State849 Youngstown State 74
4 Northern Kentucky84
4 Northern Kentucky82
5 Wright State 77
4 Northern Kentucky59
10 Milwaukee 53
2 Valparaiso 41
7 Detroit 60 10 Milwaukee43
10 Milwaukee8510 Milwaukee74
6 UIC 68
3 Green Bay 70
6 UIC79

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