College basketball tournament
2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament Classification Division I Season 2018–19 Teams 8 Site Campus sites (first round)Little Caesars Arena (semifinals and Finals)Detroit, Michigan Champions Wright State (2nd title) Winning coach Katrina Merriweather (1st title) MVP Michal Miller (Wright State)
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]
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.
Seed
School
Conference record
Overall record
Tiebreaker 1
Tiebreaker 2
1
Wright State
24–6
16–2
2
Green Bay
20–8
15–3
3
Youngstown State
13–5
21–8
1–1 vs. IUPUI
1–1 vs. WSU
4
IUPUI
13–5
19–10
1–1 vs. YSU
0–2 vs. WSU
5
Northern Kentucky
10–8
11–17
1–1 vs. MIL
1–1 vs. IUPUI
6
Milwaukee
10–8
15–14
1–1 vs. NKU
0–2 vs. IUPUI
7
Cleveland State
7–11
10–19
8
Oakland
3–15
6–23
Schedule
Game
Time[ 2]
Matchup
Score
Television
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5
1
5:30 pm
No. 8 Oakland at No. 1 Wright State
60–83
ESPN+
2
8:00 pm
No. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 IUPUI
44–60
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
3
7:00 pm
No. 7 Cleveland State at No. 2 Green Bay
30–73
ESPN+
4
8:00 pm
No. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Youngstown State
58–64
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
5
1:00 pm
No. 4 IUPUI vs. No. 1 Wright State
51–60
ESPN+
6
3:30 pm
No. 3 Youngstown State vs. No. 2 Green Bay
53–55
Finals – Tuesday, March 12
7
12:00 pm
No. 2 Green Bay vs. No. 1 Wright State
52–55
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 State
83
8
Oakland
60
1
Wright State
60
4
IUPUI
51
4
IUPUI
60
5
Northern Kentucky
44
1
Wright State
55
2
Green Bay
52
2
Green Bay
73
7
Cleveland State
30
2
Green Bay
55
3
Youngstown State
53
3
Youngstown State
64
6
Milwaukee
58
References