2021 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

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2021 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteIndiana Farmers Coliseum
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsWright State (3rd title)
Winning coachKatrina Merriweather (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
← 2020
 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
† 15 – 3   .833 15 – 5   .750
11 – 3   .786 13 – 4   .765
12 – 4   .750 13 – 6   .684
13 – 5   .722 16 – 6   .727
11 – 7   .611 11 – 10   .524
6 – 4   .600 6 – 9   .400
8 – 6   .571 8 – 6   .571
7 – 7   .500 8 – 7   .533
3 – 11   .214 3 – 11   .214
1 – 9   .100 1 – 13   .071
1 – 11   .083 3 – 13   .188
0 – 18   .000 0 – 20   .000
Detroit Mercy suspended their season on January 21, 2021
† 2021 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of February 16, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Horizon League. The tournament was held February 25–March 9, 2021.[1] Wright State won the tournament and received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds[]

Teams are seeded by record within the conference. Eleven of the twelve teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament, as Detroit Mercy did not complete their season.

Seed School Conference
1 15–5
2 15–5
3 14–4
4 12–8
5 11–3
6 8–8
7 9–7
8 7–5
9 4–12
10 1–19
11 1–13

Schedule[]

Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First Round – Thursday, February 25
1 5:00 PM No. 10 Purdue Fort Wayne 59 vs. No. 7 Youngstown State 62 ESPN+
2 7:00 PM No. 11 UIC 43 vs. No. 6 Cleveland State 69
3 7:00 PM No. 9 Robert Morris 54 vs. No. 8 Northern Kentucky 68
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 2
4 2:00 PM No. 8 Northern Kentucky 56 vs. No. 1 Wright State 74 ESPN+
5 3:00 PM No. 5 IUPUI 86 vs No. 4 Oakland 64
6 8:00 PM No. 6 Cleveland State 69 vs. No. 3 Green Bay 63
7 8:00 PM No. 7 Youngstown State 68 vs. No. 2 Milwaukee 77
Semifinals – Monday, March 8
8 11:00 AM No. 6 Cleveland State 62 vs. No. 1 Wright State 73 ESPN+
9 2:00 PM No. 5 IUPUI 56 vs. No. 2 Milwaukee 46
Championship – Tuesday, March 9
10 Noon No. 5 IUPUI 41 vs. No. 1 Wright State 53 ESPNU
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.[2]

Bracket[]

  First round
Thursday, February 25 		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 2 		Semifinals
Monday, March 8 		Championship
Tuesday, March 9
                                     
  3 Green Bay 63  
  6 Cleveland State 69  
6 Cleveland State 69  
11 UIC 43
  6 Cleveland State 62  
  1 Wright State 73  
  1 Wright State 74
  8 Northern Kentucky 56  
8 Northern Kentucky 68  
9 Robert Morris 54
  1 Wright State 53
  5 IUPUI 41
  2 Milwaukee 77  
  7 Youngstown State 68  
7 Youngstown State 62  
10 Purdue Fort Wayne 59
  2 Milwaukee 46
  5 IUPUI 56  
4 Oakland 64
5 IUPUI 86  

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "WBB Bracket_QFs (PDF) - Horizon League" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Guide to the Horizon League Basketball Championships
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