Horizon League women's basketball tournament
Collegiate basketball tournament
The Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Horizon League . It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 10 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament .
In the first round, the #7 seed faces off against the #10 and the #8 faces off against the #9. The #1 and #2 seeds play the winner of those games in the quarterfinals, while the #3 seed faces off against the #6 seed and the #4 seed faces off against the #5 seed.
The tournament has been held since 1989.[ 1]
Results
Year
Champions
Score
Runner-Up
Championship Venue
1989
Notre Dame (1)
75–53
Loyola Chicago
Dayton, Ohio
1990
Notre Dame (2)
67–66
Butler
1991
Notre Dame (3)
62–52
Butler
1992
Notre Dame (4)
59–54
Xavier
Cincinnati, Ohio
1993
Xavier (1)
82–72
Butler
South Bend, Indiana
1994
Notre Dame (5)
72–63
Xavier
Indianapolis, Indiana
1995
Northern Illinois (1)
80–77 (OT)
La Salle
DeKalb, Illinois
1996
Butler (1)
56–53
Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
1997
Detroit (1)
63–55
Green Bay
1998
Green Bay (1)
61–54
Butler
Indianapolis, Indiana
1999
Green Bay (2)
74–54
Detroit
Cleveland, Ohio
2000
Green Bay (3)
79–72
Cleveland State
Detroit, Michigan
2001
Milwaukee (1)
77–62
Green Bay
Chicago, Illinois
2002
Green Bay (4)
72–63
Detroit
2003
Green Bay (5)
83–59
Detroit
Green Bay, Wisconsin
2004
Green Bay (6)
66–54
Detroit
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005
Green Bay (7)
58–48
Wright State
Dayton, Ohio
2006
Milwaukee (2)
71–63
UIC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007
Green Bay (8)
91–64
Butler
Green Bay, Wisconsin
2008
Cleveland State (1)
70–56
Wright State
2009
Green Bay (9)
65–41
Milwaukee
2010
Cleveland State (2)
66–57
Butler
2011
Green Bay (10)
74–63
Butler
2012
Green Bay (11)
66–53
Detroit
2013
Green Bay (12)
54–38
Loyola Chicago
2014
Wright State (1)
88–69
Green Bay
2015
Green Bay (13)
86–77 (OT)
Wright State
2016
Green Bay (14)
64–32
Milwaukee
2017
Green Bay (15)
64–52
Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
2018
Green Bay (16)
62–44
Wright State
2019
Wright State (2)
55–53
Green Bay
2020
IUPUI (1)
51–37
Green Bay
Indianapolis, Indiana
2021
Wright State (3)
53–41
IUPUI
2022
IUPUI (2)
61–54
Cleveland State
2023
Cleveland State (3)
73–61
Green Bay
2024
Green Bay (17)
64–40
Cleveland State
Champions
School
Titles
Years
Green Bay
17
1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024
Notre Dame
5
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
Cleveland State
3
2008, 2010, 2023
Wright State
3
2014, 2019, 2021
IUPUI
2
2020, 2022
Milwaukee
2
2001, 2006
Detroit Mercy
1
1997
Butler
1
1996
Northern Illinois
1
1995
Xavier
1
1993
Northern Kentucky , Oakland , Purdue Fort Wayne , Robert Morris , and Youngstown State have not yet won a Horizon League tournament.
Dayton , Duquesne , Evansville , Illinois Chicago , La Salle , Loyola Chicago , Marquette , Saint Louis , and Valparaiso never won the tournament as Horizon League members.
Schools highlighted in pink are former Horizon League members.
See also
References
Teams Championships & awards Seasons
Horizon League championships
NCAA women's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III