2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams12
SiteCampus sites
(first round and quarterfinals)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
Indianapolis, Indiana
(semifinals round and finals)
First round site12
ChampionsIUPUI (2nd title)
Winning coachAustin Parkinson (2nd title)
MVPMacee Williams (IUPUI)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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The 2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the final event of the 2021–22 women's basketball season for the Horizon League. It began on March 1, 2022 and will end on March 8; first-round and quarterfinal games are played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner will receive the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.

2021–22 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
IUPUI † 18 – 4   .818 24 – 5   .828
Youngstown State 18 – 4   .818 23 – 7   .767
Green Bay 15 – 4   .789 19 – 8   .704
Cleveland State 14 – 6   .700 21 – 9   .700
Northern Kentucky 14 – 6   .700 21 – 8   .724
Milwaukee 13 – 9   .591 14 – 16   .467
Oakland 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500
Robert Morris 11 – 11   .500 13 – 15   .464
Purdue Fort Wayne 7 – 14   .333 7 – 21   .250
Wright State 3 – 18   .143 4 – 19   .174
UIC 1 – 20   .048 2 – 25   .074
Detroit Mercy 1 – 21   .045 1 – 27   .036
† 2022 Horizon League Tournament winner


Seeds

All conference members are participating in the tournament, with the top four teams in the regular-season conference standings receiving byes to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers used are 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings on the first available report after the regular season is complete.[1]

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
1 IUPUI 18–4 2–0 vs. Youngstown State
2 Youngstown State 18–4 0–2 vs. IUPUI
3 Green Bay 15–4
4 Cleveland State 14–6 2–0 vs. Northern Kentucky
5 Northern Kentucky 14–6 0–2 vs. Cleveland State
6 Milwaukee 13–9
7 Oakland 11–9
8 Robert Morris 11–11
9 Purdue Fort Wayne 7–14
10 Wright State 3–18
11 UIC 1–20
12 Detroit Mercy 1–21

Schedule

Game Time[2] Matchup Score Television
First round – March 1
1 5:30 pm No. 10 Wright State at No. 7 Oakland 45–54 ESPN+
2 7:00 pm No. 12 Detroit Mercy at No. 5 Northern Kentucky 50–73
3 7:00 pm No. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 8 Robert Morris 56–70
4 8:00 pm No. 11 UIC at No. 6 Milwaukee 46–55
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
5 7:00 pm No. 8 Robert Morris at No. 1 IUPUI 42–71 ESPN+
6 7:00 pm No. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 Cleveland State 51–59
7 7:00 pm No. 7 Oakland at No. 2 Youngstown State 63–52
8 7:00 pm No. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Green Bay 51–59
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
9 7:00 pm No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 7 Oakland 86–63 ESPN+
10 9:30 pm No. 3 Green Bay vs. No. 4 Cleveland State 42–69 ESPN+
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
11 Noon No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 4 Cleveland State 61–54 ESPNU
All game times Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 1 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3 		Semifinals
Monday, March 7 		Championship
Tuesday, March 8
1 IUPUI 71
5 Northern Kentucky 73 8 Robert Morris 42
12 Detroit Mercy 50 1 IUPUI 86
7 Oakland 63
4 Cleveland State 59
6 Milwaukee 55 5 Northern Kentucky 51
11 UIC 46 1 IUPUI 61
4 Cleveland State 54
3 Green Bay 57
7 Oakland 54 6 Milwaukee 42
10 Wright State 45 3 Green Bay 42
4 Cleveland State 69
2 Youngstown State 52
8 Robert Morris 70 7 Oakland 63
9 Purdue Fort Wayne 56

References

  1. ^ "Basketball Tiebreaker Procedures". Horizon League. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Horizon League Men's & Women's Basketball Championships - Horizon League". horizonleague.org. Retrieved February 19, 2022.