2020 Horizon League women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Campus sites (first round) Indiana Farmers Coliseum (semifinals and Finals) Indianapolis, Indiana |
Champions | IUPUI (1st title) |
Winning coach | Austin Parkinson (1st title) |
MVP | Holly Hoopingarner (IUPUI) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IUPUI† | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 3 | – | 27 | .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.
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.
Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
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1 | IUPUI | 15–3 | 21–8 | |
2 | Green Bay | 13–5 | 18–11 | 1–1 vs. IUPUI |
3 | Wright State | 13–5 | 21–8 | 0–2 vs. IUPUI |
4 | Northern Kentucky | 12–6 | 18–11 | |
5 | Milwaukee | 11–7 | 14–15 | |
6 | Cleveland State | 9–9 | 19–10 | |
7 | Youngstown State | 6–12 | 13–16 | 1–1 vs. IUPUI |
8 | Oakland | 6–12 | 11–18 | 0–2 vs. IUPUI |
9 | Detroit Mercy | 3–15 | 3–26 | |
10 | UIC | 2–16 | 3–26 |
Source: [1]
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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First round – Tuesday, March 3 | ||||
1 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 UIC at No. 3 Wright State | 47-83 | ESPN+ |
2 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Detroit Mercy at No. 4 Northern Kentucky | 47-94 | |
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Youngstown State at No. 6 Cleveland State | 48-84 | |
4 | 8:00 pm | No. 8 Oakland at No. 5 Milwaukee | 65-73 | |
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 | ||||
5 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Cleveland State at No. 3 Wright State | 63-52 | ESPN+ |
6 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Northern Kentucky | 58-78 | |
Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | ||||
7 | 12:00 pm | No. 6 Cleveland State vs. No. 1 IUPUI | 54-71 | ESPN+ |
8 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 2 Green Bay | 49–50 | |
Finals – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||
9 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 2 Green Bay | 51–37 | ESPNU |
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Source: [2]
First round Tuesday, March 3 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 9 | Championship Tuesday, March 10 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Wright State | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | IUPUI | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | UIC | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wright State | 52 | 6 | Cleveland State | 54 | |||||||||||||
6 | Cleveland State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Northern Kentucky | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | IUPUI | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Detroit Mercy | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Green Bay | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Milwaukee | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Green Bay | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Oakland | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Milwaukee | 58 | 4 | Northern Kentucky | 49 | |||||||||||||
4 | Northern Kentucky | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Cleveland State | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Youngstown State | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
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