2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

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2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
(first round)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(semifinals and Finals)
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsIUPUI (1st title)
Winning coachAustin Parkinson (1st title)
MVP Holly Hoopingarner (IUPUI)
Television ESPN+, ESPNU
  2019
2021  
2019–20 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
IUPUI153 .833238  .742
Wright State 135 .7221912  .613
Green Bay 135 .7221913  .594
Northern Kentucky 126 .6672012  .625
Milwaukee 117 .6111516  .484
Cleveland State 99 .5002111  .656
Youngstown State 612 .3331317  .433
Oakland 612 .3331119  .367
Detroit Mercy 315 .167327  .100
UIC 216 .111327  .100
2020 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of April 24, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It will be held March 3 through March 10, 2020. The winner, IUPUI, earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2020 NCAA women's tournament, but the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Seeds

All ten teams will participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference recordOverall recordTiebreaker
1IUPUI15–321–8
2Green Bay13–518–111–1 vs. IUPUI
3Wright State13–521–80–2 vs. IUPUI
4Northern Kentucky12–618–11
5Milwaukee11–714–15
6Cleveland State9–919–10
7Youngstown State6–1213–161–1 vs. IUPUI
8Oakland6–1211–180–2 vs. IUPUI
9Detroit Mercy3–153–26
10UIC2–163–26

Source: [1]

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 3
17:00 pmNo. 10 UIC at No. 3 Wright State47-83 ESPN+
27:00 pmNo. 9 Detroit Mercy at No. 4 Northern Kentucky47-94
37:00 pmNo. 7 Youngstown State at No. 6 Cleveland State48-84
48:00 pmNo. 8 Oakland at No. 5 Milwaukee65-73
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
57:00 pmNo. 6 Cleveland State at No. 3 Wright State63-52ESPN+
67:00 pmNo. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Northern Kentucky58-78
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
712:00 pmNo. 6 Cleveland State vs. No. 1 IUPUI54-71ESPN+
82:30 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 2 Green Bay49–50
Finals – Tuesday, March 10
912:00 pmNo. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 2 Green Bay51–37 ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed

Source: [2]

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5
Semifinals
Monday, March 9
Championship
Tuesday, March 10
3Wright State83
1IUPUI71
10UIC47
3Wright State526Cleveland State54
6Cleveland State63
4Northern Kentucky94
1IUPUI51
9Detroit Mercy47
2Green Bay37
5Milwaukee73
2Green Bay50
8Oakland65
5Milwaukee584Northern Kentucky49
4Northern Kentucky78
6Cleveland State84
7Youngstown State48

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References

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