College basketball tournament
| 2019 Horizon League women's basketball tournament | |
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| 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) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 3 | – | 26 | .103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 |
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| 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 | Matchup | Score | Television |
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| 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
- Hartman, Marcus. "Wright State women's basketball: Raiders beat Green Bay, earn NCAA Tournament berth". daytondailynews. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- "MOTOR CITY MADNESS - Horizon League".
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