Horizon League women's basketball tournament

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Horizon League women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Horizon League logo.svg
Sport Basketball
Conference Horizon League
Number of teams11
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Corteva Coliseum
Current location Indianapolis, Indiana
Played1986–present
Last contest 2025
Current champion Green Bay (18th)
Most championships Green Bay (18)
Official website Horizon League Women's Basketball

The Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Horizon League. It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 10 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Contents

In the first round, the #7 seed faces off against the #10 and the #8 faces off against the #9. The #1 and #2 seeds play the winner of those games in the quarterfinals, while the #3 seed faces off against the #6 seed and the #4 seed faces off against the #5 seed.

The tournament has been held since 1989. [1]

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-UpChampionship Venue
1989 Notre Dame (1)75–53 Loyola Chicago Dayton, Ohio
1990Notre Dame (2)67–66 Butler
1991Notre Dame (3)62–52Butler
1992Notre Dame (4)59–54 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio
1993Xavier (1)82–72Butler South Bend, Indiana
1994Notre Dame (5)72–63Xavier Indianapolis, Indiana
1995 Northern Illinois (1)80–77 (OT)La Salle DeKalb, Illinois
1996Butler (1)56–53 Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin
1997 Detroit (1)63–55Green Bay
1998 Green Bay (1)61–54ButlerIndianapolis, Indiana
1999Green Bay (2)74–54Detroit Cleveland, Ohio
2000Green Bay (3)79–72 Cleveland State Detroit, Michigan
2001 Milwaukee (1)77–62Green Bay Chicago, Illinois
2002Green Bay (4)72–63Detroit
2003Green Bay (5)83–59DetroitGreen Bay, Wisconsin
2004Green Bay (6)66–54Detroit Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005Green Bay (7)58–48 Wright State Dayton, Ohio
2006Milwaukee (2)71–63 UIC Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007Green Bay (8)91–64Butler Green Bay, Wisconsin
2008Cleveland State (1)70–56Wright State
2009Green Bay (9)65–41Milwaukee
2010Cleveland State (2)66–57Butler
2011Green Bay (10)74–63Butler
2012Green Bay (11)66–53Detroit
2013 Green Bay (12)54–38Loyola Chicago
2014 Wright State (1)88–69 Green Bay
2015 Green Bay (13)86–77 (OT)Wright State
2016 Green Bay (14)64–32Milwaukee
2017 Green Bay (15)64–52Detroit Detroit, Michigan
2018 Green Bay (16)62–44Wright State
2019 Wright State (2)55–53Green Bay
2020 IUPUI (1)51–37Green Bay Indianapolis, Indiana
2021 Wright State (3)53–41IUPUI
2022 IUPUI (2)61–54Cleveland State
2023 Cleveland State (3)73–61Green Bay
2024 Green Bay (17)64–40 Cleveland State
2025 Green Bay (18)76-63 Purdue Fort Wayne

Champions

SchoolTitlesYears
Green Bay 181998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025
Notre Dame 51989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
Cleveland State 32008, 2010, 2023
Wright State 32014, 2019, 2021
IU Indy 22020, 2022
Milwaukee 22001, 2006
Detroit Mercy 11997
Butler 11996
Northern Illinois 11995
Xavier 11993

See also

References

  1. "Horizon League WBB Record Book" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved 21 February 2023.