2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	12
Site	Campus sites (first round and quarterfinals) Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana (semifinals round and finals)
First round site	12
Champions	IUPUI (2nd title)
Winning coach	Austin Parkinson (2nd title)
MVP	Macee Williams (IUPUI)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Horizon League women's basketball tournaments

The 2022 Horizon League women's basketball tournament is the final event of the 2021–22 women's basketball season for the Horizon League. It began on March 1, 2022 and will end on March 8; first-round and quarterfinal games are played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner will receive the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.

2021–22 Horizon League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
IUPUI †	18	–	4		.818			24	–	5		.828
Youngstown State	18	–	4		.818			23	–	7		.767
Green Bay	15	–	4		.789			19	–	8		.704
Cleveland State	14	–	6		.700			21	–	9		.700
Northern Kentucky	14	–	6		.700			21	–	8		.724
Milwaukee	13	–	9		.591			14	–	16		.467
Oakland	11	–	9		.550			15	–	15		.500
Robert Morris	11	–	11		.500			13	–	15		.464
Purdue Fort Wayne	7	–	14		.333			7	–	21		.250
Wright State	3	–	18		.143			4	–	19		.174
UIC	1	–	20		.048			2	–	25		.074
Detroit Mercy	1	–	21		.045			1	–	27		.036
† 2022 Horizon League Tournament winner

Seeds

All conference members are participating in the tournament, with the top four teams in the regular-season conference standings receiving byes to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers used are 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings on the first available report after the regular season is complete.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker
1	IUPUI	18–4	2–0 vs. Youngstown State
2	Youngstown State	18–4	0–2 vs. IUPUI
3	Green Bay	15–4
4	Cleveland State	14–6	2–0 vs. Northern Kentucky
5	Northern Kentucky	14–6	0–2 vs. Cleveland State
6	Milwaukee	13–9
7	Oakland	11–9
8	Robert Morris	11–11
9	Purdue Fort Wayne	7–14
10	Wright State	3–18
11	UIC	1–20
12	Detroit Mercy	1–21

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – March 1
1	5:30 pm	No. 10 Wright State at No. 7 Oakland	45–54	ESPN+
2	7:00 pm	No. 12 Detroit Mercy at No. 5 Northern Kentucky	50–73
3	7:00 pm	No. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 8 Robert Morris	56–70
4	8:00 pm	No. 11 UIC at No. 6 Milwaukee	46–55
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
5	7:00 pm	No. 8 Robert Morris at No. 1 IUPUI	42–71	ESPN+
6	7:00 pm	No. 5 Northern Kentucky at No. 4 Cleveland State	51–59
7	7:00 pm	No. 7 Oakland at No. 2 Youngstown State	63–52
8	7:00 pm	No. 6 Milwaukee at No. 3 Green Bay	51–59
Semifinals – Monday, March 7 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
9	7:00 pm	No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 7 Oakland	86–63	ESPN+
10	9:30 pm	No. 3 Green Bay vs. No. 4 Cleveland State	42–69	ESPN+
Championship – Tuesday, March 8 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
11	Noon	No. 1 IUPUI vs. No. 4 Cleveland State	61–54	ESPNU
All game times Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3					Semifinals Monday, March 7					Championship Tuesday, March 8
						1	IUPUI	71
	5	Northern Kentucky	73			8	Robert Morris	42
	12	Detroit Mercy	50								1	IUPUI	86
											7	Oakland	63
						4	Cleveland State	59
	6	Milwaukee	55			5	Northern Kentucky	51
	11	UIC	46													1	IUPUI	61
																4	Cleveland State	54
						3	Green Bay	57
	7	Oakland	54			6	Milwaukee	42
	10	Wright State	45								3	Green Bay	42
											4	Cleveland State	69
						2	Youngstown State	52
	8	Robert Morris	70			7	Oakland	63
	9	Purdue Fort Wayne	56