2020 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
(First round)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(Semifinals and Finals)
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsIUPUI (1st title)
Winning coachAustin Parkinson (1st title)
MVPHolly Hoopingarner (IUPUI)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2021 →
2019–20 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
† 15 – 3   .833 23 – 8   .742
13 – 5   .722 19 – 12   .613
13 – 5   .722 19 – 13   .594
12 – 6   .667 20 – 12   .625
11 – 7   .611 15 – 16   .484
9 – 9   .500 21 – 11   .656
6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
6 – 12   .333 11 – 19   .367
3 – 15   .167 3 – 27   .100
2 – 16   .111 3 – 27   .100
† 2020 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of March 7, 2022; 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.

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.

Seed School Conference record Overall record Tiebreaker
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]

Schedule[]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
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]

Bracket[]

  First round
Tuesday, March 3 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5 		Semifinals
Monday, March 9 		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
                                         
  1 IUPUI 71  
  6 Cleveland State 54  
3 Wright State 83  
10 UIC 47  
  3 Wright State 52
 
  6 Cleveland State 63  
4 Northern Kentucky 94
9 Detroit Mercy 47  
  1 IUPUI 51
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.)
  2 Green Bay 37
5 Milwaukee 73  
8 Oakland 65  
  5 Milwaukee 58
 
  4 Northern Kentucky 78  
6 Cleveland State 84
7 Youngstown State 48  
  2 Green Bay 50
  4 Northern Kentucky 49  

References[]

  1. ^ "2020 #HLWBB Championship Bracket Announced". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. February 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 HORIZONLEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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