2024 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
|Year=2024
|Conference=Horizon League
|Division=I
|Gender=Women's
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|Teams=11
|Arena=Campus sites
(First Round and Quarterfinals)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
|City=Indianapolis, Indiana
(Semifinals and Finals)
|Champions=Green Bay
|TitleCount=17th
|Coach=Kevin Borseth
|CoachCount=13th
|MVP=Natalie McNeal
|MVPTeam= Green Bay
|Attendance=
|TopScorer=
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}}
{{2023–24 Horizon League women's basketball standings}}
The 2024 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 women's basketball season for the Horizon League. It was held from March 5–12, 2024; first-round and quarterfinal games will be played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.{{Cite web |title=2024 Barbasol Horizon League Men's & Women's Basketball Championships - Horizon League |url=https://horizonleague.org/tournaments/?id=75 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=horizonleague.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Horizon League Basketball Championships |url=https://www.indianastatefair.com/events/2024/horizon-league-basketball-championships22 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.indianastatefair.com |language=en}} The winner will receive the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Barbasol.{{Cite web |title=Barbasol Returns as Title Sponsor of Horizon League Basketball Championships Culminating in Indianapolis |url=https://horizonleague.org/news/2023/12/18/mens-basketball-barbasol-returns-as-title-sponsor-of-horizon-league-basketball-championships-culminating-in-indianapolis.aspx |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=horizonleague.org |language=en}}
Seeds
All of the teams participated in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conf !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align="center" |Cleveland State |18−2 | |
| 2
| align="center" |Green Bay |17−3 | |
| 3
| align="center" |Purdue Fort Wayne |13−7 | |
| 4
| align="center" |Wright State |11−9 | |
| 5
| align="center" |Milwaukee |10−10 | |
| 6
| align="center" |Detroit Mercy |9−11 |1-1 vs. Youngstown State/1–1 vs. Cleveland State |
| 7
| align="center" |Youngstown State |9−11 |1-1 vs. Detroit Mercy/0–2 vs. Cleveland State |
| 8
| align="center" |Oakland |8−12 |1-1 vs. Northern Kentucky/1–1 vs. Green Bay |
| 9
| align="center" |Northern Kentucky |8−12 |1-1 vs. Oakland/0–2 vs. Green Bay |
| 10
| align="center" |IUPUI |5−15 | |
| 11
| align="center" |Robert Morris |2−18 | |
Schedule
| class="wikitable"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan="5" |First Round – Tuesday, March 5 |
|---|
| align="center" |1
|7:00 pm | align="center" |No. 11 Robert Morris at No. 6 Detroit Mercy | align="center" |48–59 | rowspan="3" align="center" |ESPN+ |
| align="center" |2
|7:00 pm | align="center" |No. 10 IUPUI at No. 7 Youngstown State | align="center" |50–73 |
| align="center" |3
|7:00 pm | align="center" |No. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 8 Oakland | align="center" |70–62 |
| colspan="5" |Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 |
| align="center" |4
|7:00 pm | align="center" |No. 9 Northern Kentucky at No. 1 Cleveland State | align="center" |78–88 | rowspan="4" align="center" |ESPN+ |
| align="center" |5
|6:30 pm | align="center" |No. 7 Youngstown State at No. 2 Green Bay | align="center" |57–94 |
| align="center" |6
|7:00 pm | align="center" |No. 6 Detroit Mercy at No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne | align="center" |35–66 |
| align="center" |7
|5:30 pm | align="center" |No. 5 Milwaukee at No. 4 Wright State | align="center" |60–70 |
| colspan="5" |Semifinals – Monday, March 11 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN |
| align="center" |8
|12:00 pm | align="center" |No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 1 Cleveland State | align="center" |50–83 | rowspan="2" align="center" |ESPN+ |
| align="center" |9
|2:30 pm | align="center" |No. 3 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 2 Green Bay | align="center" |55–64 |
| colspan="5" |Championship – Tuesday, March 12 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN |
| align="center" |10
|12:00 pm | align="center" |No. 1 Cleveland State vs. No. 2 Green Bay | align="center" |40–64 | align="center" |ESPNU/ESPN+ |
| colspan="5" |All game times are Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
The Horizon League does not use a fixed bracket tournament system, and pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.
{{11TeamBracket|RD1-RD2-path = 0 | RD2-RD3-path = 0|RD1=First round
Tuesday, March 5|RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7|RD3=Semifinals
Monday, March 11|RD4=Championship
Tuesday, March 12
|RD1-seed1=8|RD1-team1=Oakland|RD1-score1=62
|RD1-seed2=9|RD1-team2=Northern Kentucky|RD1-score2=70
|RD1-seed03=7|RD1-team03=Youngstown State|RD1-score03=73
|RD1-seed04=10|RD1-team04=IUPUI|RD1-score04=50
|RD1-seed05=6|RD1-team05=Detroit Mercy|RD1-score05=59
|RD1-seed06=11|RD1-team06=Robert Morris|RD1-score06=48
|RD2-seed01=1|RD2-team01=Cleveland State|RD2-score01=88
|RD2-seed02=9|RD2-team02=Northern Kentucky|RD2-score02=78
|RD2-seed03=4|RD2-team03=Wright State|RD2-score03=70
|RD2-seed04=5|RD2-team04=Milwaukee|RD2-score04=60
|RD2-seed05=2|RD2-team05=Green Bay|RD2-score05=94
|RD2-seed06=7|RD2-team06=Youngstown State|RD2-score06=67
|RD2-seed07=3|RD2-team07=Purdue Fort Wayne|RD2-score07=66
|RD2-seed08=6|RD2-team08=Detroit Mercy|RD2-score08=35
|RD3-seed01=1|RD3-team01=Cleveland State|RD3-score01=83
|RD3-seed02=4|RD3-team02=Wright State|RD3-score02=50
|RD3-seed03=2|RD3-team03=Green Bay|RD3-score03=64
|RD3-seed04=3|RD3-team04=Purdue Fort Wayne|RD3-score04=55
|RD4-seed01=1|RD4-team01=Cleveland State|RD4-score01=40
|RD4-seed02=2|RD4-team02=Green Bay|RD4-score02=64}}
References
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{{Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament navbox}}
{{2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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