The 2018 Horizon League women's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the conference tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Horizon League. It was being played from March 2 through March 6, 2018, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Regular-season champion Green Bay won the tournament and earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA women's tournament.
Seeds All 10 teams are participating 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 record Overall record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 1 Green Bay 16–2 26–3 2 IUPUI 13–5 21–8 3 Wright State 12–6 21–9 4 Milwaukee 11–7 20–10 3–1 vs. YSU, CSU 1–1 vs. WSU 5 Youngstown State 11–7 15–14 3–1 vs. MKE, CSU 0–2 vs. WSU 6 Cleveland State 11–7 19–10 1–3 vs. MKE, YSU 7 Oakland 7–11 14–15 8 Northern Kentucky 6–12 8–21 9 Detroit Mercy 2–16 2–27 10 UIC 1–17 8–21
Schedule Game Time Matchup Final score Television First round – Friday, March 2 1 Noon No.10 UIC vs. No.7 Oakland46 - 80 ESPN3 2 2:30 PM No.9 Detroit Mercy vs. No.8 Northern Kentucky61 - 76 ESPN3 Second round – Saturday, March 3 3 12:00 PM No.7 Oakland vs. No.2 IUPUI 59 - 72 ESPN3 4 2:30 PM No.8 Northern Kentucky vs. No.1 Green Bay 49 - 62 ESPN3 Second round – Sunday, March 4 5 Noon No.6 Cleveland State vs. No.3 Wright State 83 - 61 ESPN3 6 2:30 PM No.5 Youngstown State vs. No.4 Milwaukee 62 - 58 ESPN3 Semifinals – Monday, March 5 7 1:00 PM No.5 Youngstown State vs. No. 1 Green Bay 45 - 66 ESPN3 8 3:30 PM No.3 Wright State vs. No.2 IUPUI 60 - 52 ESPN3 Finals – Tuesday, March 6 9 Noon No.3 Wright State vs. No.1 Green Bay 44 - 62 ESPNU All game times in Eastern Time Zone.
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