The 2024 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 men's basketball season for the Horizon League. It was held from March 5–12, 2024; first-round and quarterfinal games were played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner, Oakland, received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Barbasol.
Seeds All of the teams will participate in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker1 Oakland15−52 Youngstown State14−63Green Bay13−72–0 vs. Wright State4Wright State13−70–2 vs. Green Bay5Northern Kentucky12−81–1 vs. Milwaukee/1–1 vs. Oakland6Milwaukee12−81–1 vs. Northern Kentucky/0–2 vs. Oakland7Cleveland State11−92–0 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne8Purdue Fort Wayne11−90–2 vs. Cleveland State9 Robert Morris6−1410 IUPUI2−1811 Detroit Mercy1−19
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 518:00 pmNo. 11 Detroit Mercy at No. 6 Milwaukee79–83ESPN+1,55827:00 pmNo. 10 IUPUI at No. 7 Cleveland State66–851,33337:00 pmNo. 9 Robert Morris at No. 8 Purdue Fort Wayne63–78959Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 747:00 pmNo. 8 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 1 Oakland65–75ESPN+3,72157:00 pmNo. 7 Cleveland State at No. 2 Youngstown State82–703,10269:00 pmNo. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Green Bay95–842,39478:00 pmNo. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 Wright State99–97 4,725Semifinals – Monday, March 11at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN87:00 pmNo. 7 Cleveland State vs. No. 1 Oakland71–74ESPNU—99:30 pmNo. 6 Milwaukee vs. No. 5 Northern Kentucky82–75ESPN2Championship – Tuesday, March 12at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN107:00 pmNo. 1 Oakland vs. No. 6 Milwaukee83–76ESPN—All game times 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.
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