The 2017 Horizon League women's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2016–17 season of the Horizon League. It was played from March 3 through March 7, 2017, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Regular-season co-champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA women's tournament.
Seeds All 10 teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the Second round. This was a change from the previous season where the top two seeds received double byes into the Semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Green Bay 15–3 2–0 vs. Wright State 2 Wright State 15–3 0–2 vs. Green Bay 3 Detroit Mercy 12–6 2–0 vs. Oakland 4 Oakland 12–6 0–2 vs. Detroit 5 Milwaukee 11–7 6Cleveland State 9–9 7 Northern Kentucky 5–13 1–1 vs. YSU, 1–1 vs. Milwaukee 8 Youngstown State 5–13 1–1 vs. NKU, 0–2 vs. Milwaukee 9 Valparaiso 4–14 10 UIC 2–16
Schedule Game Time Matchup Final score Television First round – Friday, March 3 1 2:30 PM #8 Youngstown State vs #9 Valparaiso 79–62 ESPN3 2 Noon #7 Northern Kentucky vs #10 UIC 72–60 ESPN3 Second round – Saturday, March 4 3 11:30 AM #1 Green Bay vs #9 Valparaiso 89-60 ESPN3 4 2:00 PM #2 Wright State vs #10 UIC 79-52 ESPN3 Second round – Sunday, March 5 5 2:30 PM #4 Oakland vs. #5 Milwaukee 82-60 ESPN3 6 Noon #3 Detroit Mercy vs #6 Cleveland State 70-56 ESPN3 Semifinals – Monday, March 6 7 1:00 PM #1 Green Bay vs. #5 Milwaukee 66–59 ESPN3 8 3:30 PM #2 Wright State vs. #3 Detroit Mercy 71–52 ESPN3 Finals – Tuesday, March 7 9 Noon #1 Green Bay vs. #3 Detroit Mercy 64–52 ESPNU All game times in Eastern Time Zone.
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