2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Horizon League. It was being played from March 2 through March 6, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Regular-season champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Women's Tournament.
2018 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2017–18 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Michigan |
Champions | Green Bay (16th title) |
Winning coach | Kevin Borseth (12th title) |
MVP | Allie LeClaire (Green Bay) |
2017–18 Horizon League women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Green Bay † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 28 | .067 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 Horizon League Tournament winner As of 18 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll |
Seeds
All 10 teams are participating in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the Second Round. This was a change from the previous season where the top two seeds received double byes into the Semifinals.[1] 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 |
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1 | Green Bay | 16–2 | 26–3 | ||
2 | IUPUI | 13–5 | 21–8 | ||
3 | Wright State | 12–6 | 21–9 | ||
4 | Milwaukee | 11–7 | 20–10 | 3–1 vs. YSU, CSU | 1–1 vs. WSU |
5 | Youngstown State | 11–7 | 15–14 | 3–1 vs. MKE, CSU | 0–2 vs. WSU |
6 | Cleveland State | 11–7 | 19–10 | 1–3 vs. MKE, YSU | |
7 | Oakland | 7–11 | 14–15 | ||
8 | Northern Kentucky | 6–12 | 8–21 | ||
9 | Detroit Mercy | 2–16 | 2–27 | ||
10 | UIC | 1–17 | 8–21 |
Schedule
Game | Time | Matchup | Final score | Television |
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First round – Friday, March 2 | ||||
1 | Noon | No.10 UIC vs. No.7 Oakland | 46 - 80 | ESPN3 |
2 | 2:30 PM | No.9 Detroit Mercy vs. No.8 Northern Kentucky | 61 - 76 | ESPN3 |
Second Round – Saturday, March 3 | ||||
3 | 12:00 PM | No.7 Oakland vs. No.2 IUPUI | 59 - 72 | ESPN3 |
4 | 2:30 PM | No.8 Northern Kentucky vs. No.1 Green Bay | 49 - 62 | ESPN3 |
Second Round – Sunday, March 4 | ||||
5 | Noon | No.6 Cleveland State vs. No.3 Wright State | 83 - 61 | ESPN3 |
6 | 2:30 PM | No.5 Youngstown State vs. No.4 Milwaukee | 62 - 58 | ESPN3 |
Semifinals – Monday, March 5 | ||||
7 | 1:00 PM | No.5 Youngstown State vs. No. 1 Green Bay | 45 - 66 | ESPN3 |
8 | 3:30 PM | No.3 Wright State vs. No.2 IUPUI | 60 - 52 | ESPN3 |
Finals – Tuesday, March 6 | ||||
9 | Noon | No.3 Wright State vs. No.1 Green Bay | 44 - 62 | ESPNU |
All game times in Eastern Time Zone. |
Bracket
First round Friday, March 2 |
Second round Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 |
Semifinals Monday, March 5 |
Finals Tuesday, March 6 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Green Bay | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Northern Kentucky | 76 | 8 | Northern Kentucky | 49 | |||||||||||||
9 | Detroit Mercy | 61 | 1 | Green Bay | 66 | |||||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Milwaukee | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Youngstown State | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Green Bay | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wright State | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wright State | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Cleveland State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Wright State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Oakland | 80 | 2 | IUPUI | 52 | |||||||||||||
10 | UIC | 46 | 2 | IUPUI | 72 | |||||||||||||
7 | Oakland | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Horizon League revises Motor City Madness format - Mid-Major Madness". midmajormadness.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
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