2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
Teams 9
First round site Campus sites
Semifinals site Kress Events Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Finals site Kress Events Center
Green Bay
Champions Green Bay (6th title)
Winning coach Kevin Borseth (2nd title)
MVP Tesha Buck (Green Bay)
Television ESPN3, TWCS, and ESPNU
Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»

The 2015 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming tournament from March 9 through March 15. For the first time every game will be available on an ESPN Network. Rounds 1 & 2 will be on ESPN3, with the semifinals on TWCS and simulcast on ESPN3. The championship will be on ESPNU. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

2014–15 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Green Bay 15 1   .938     28 4   .875
Wright State 12 4   .750     25 8   .758
Cleveland State 10 6   .625     19 12   .613
Youngstown State 9 7   .563     21 10   .677
Detroit 7 9   .438     12 18   .400
Illinois-Chicago 6 10   .375     16 14   .533
Oakland 6 10   .375     12 18   .400
Milwaukee 5 11   .313     10 20   .333
Valparaiso 2 14   .125     6 24   .200
2015 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of 15 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 9 Horizon League schools participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2014–15 Horizon League season record. The top 7 teams received a first-round bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed Team Record Tiebreaker
1 Green Bay 15–1
2 Wright State 12–4
3 Cleveland State 10–6
4 Youngstown State 9–7
5 Detroit 7–9
6 UIC 6–10 2–0 vs. Oakland
7 Oakland 6–10 0–2 vs. UIC
8 Milwaukee 5–11
9 Valparaiso 2—14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First Round – Monday, March 9
1 7:00 PM #9 Valparaiso at #8 Milwaukee ESPN3
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, March 11
2 7:00 PM #9 Milwaukee at #1 Green Bay ESPN3
3 7:00 PM #5 Detroit at #4 Youngstown State ESPN3
4 7:00 PM #6 UIC at #3 Cleveland State ESPN3
5 7:00 PM #7 Oakland at #2 Wright State ESPN3
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 (Hosted by Green Bay)
6 6:00 PM #3 Cleveland State vs. #2 Wright State TWCS
7 8:30 PM #4 Youngstown State at #1 Green Bay TWCS
Championship – Sunday, March 15
8 1:00 PM #2 Wright State at #1 Green Bay ESPNU
*First and second round times are local time. Semifinal and championship times are in Eastern Time Zone.
*Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First Round
Monday, March 9
Hosted by Milwaukee
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Hosted on campus sites
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Hosted by Green Bay
Championship
Sunday, March 15
Hosted by Green Bay
                                     
        
  1  Green Bay 74  
    8  Milwaukee 62  
8  Milwaukee 77
9  Valparaiso 64  
  1  Green Bay 63  
  4  Youngstown State 54  
        
        
  4  Youngstown State 73
    5  Detroit 55  
      
        
  1  Green Bay 86OT
  2  Wright State 77
        
        
  2  Wright State 95
    7  Oakland 60  
      
        
  2  Wright State 99
  3  Cleveland State 87  
        
        
  3  Cleveland State 76
    6  UIC 70  
      

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