2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

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2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201819
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
(first round)
Little Caesars Arena
(semifinals and Finals)
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsWright State (2nd title)
Winning coachKatrina Merriweather (1st title)
MVP Michal Miller (Wright State)
  2018
2020  
2018–19 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Wright State162 .889277  .794
Green Bay 153 .8332210  .688
Youngstown State 135 .7222210  .688
IUPUI 135 .7222012  .625
Milwaukee 108 .5561515  .500
Northern Kentucky 108 .5561118  .379
Cleveland State 711 .3891019  .345
Oakland 315 .167624  .200
Detroit Mercy 216 .111425  .138
UIC 117 .056326  .103
2019 Horizon League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Horizon League. It was held March 5 through March 12, 2019. Wright State defeated Green Bay in the finals to earn the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA women's tournament. [1]

Contents

Seeds

The top 8 teams participated 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 1Tiebreaker 2
1Wright State24–616–2
2Green Bay20–815–3
3Youngstown State13–521–81–1 vs. IUPUI1–1 vs. WSU
4IUPUI13–519–101–1 vs. YSU0–2 vs. WSU
5Northern Kentucky10–811–171–1 vs. MIL1–1 vs. IUPUI
6Milwaukee10–815–141–1 vs. NKU0–2 vs. IUPUI
7Cleveland State7–1110–19
8Oakland3–156–23

Schedule

GameTime [2] MatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5
15:30 pmNo. 8 Oakland at No. 1 Wright State60–83 ESPN+
28:00 pmNo. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 IUPUI44–60
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
37:00 pmNo. 7 Cleveland State at No. 2 Green Bay30–73ESPN+
48:00 pmNo. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Youngstown State58–64
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
51:00 pmNo. 4 IUPUI vs. No. 1 Wright State51–60ESPN+
63:30 pmNo. 3 Youngstown State vs. No. 2 Green Bay53–55
Finals – Tuesday, March 12
712:00 pmNo. 2 Green Bay vs. No. 1 Wright State52–55 ESPNU
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 5/6
ESPN+
Semifinals
Monday, March 11
ESPN+
Finals
Tuesday, March 12
ESPNU
         
1 Wright State83
8 Oakland 60
1 Wright State60
4 IUPUI 51
4 IUPUI60
5 Northern Kentucky 44
1 Wright State55
2 Green Bay 52
2 Green Bay73
7 Cleveland State 30
2 Green Bay55
3 Youngstown State 53
3 Youngstown State64
6 Milwaukee 58

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References

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