2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2019–20 men's basketball season for the Horizon League, and the final event in the league's 2019-20 season. It began on March 3, 2020 and ended on March 10; first-round and quarterfinal games were played at the home courts of the higher seed, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, though that was cancelled two days later due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with all other winter tourneys and spring sports. [1]

2020 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams9
SiteCampus sites
(First Round and Quarterfinals)
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
Indianapolis, Indiana
(Semifinals and Finals)
ChampionsNorthern Kentucky (3rd title)
Winning coachDarrin Horn (1st title)
MVPJalen Tate (Northern Kentucky)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN
2019–20 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wright State15–3 .833  25–7  .781
Northern Kentucky †13–5 .722  23–9  .719
Green Bay11–7 .611  17–16  .515
Youngstown State10–8 .556  18–15  .545
UIC10–8 .556  18–17  .514
Oakland8–10 .444  14–19  .424
Cleveland State7–11 .389  11–21  .344
Milwaukee7–11 .389  12–19  .387
Detroit Mercy*6–12 .333  8–23  .258
IUPUI3–15 .167  7–25  .219
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2020 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

9 of 10 eligible teams participated in the tournament with the top 2 teams receiving byes to the semifinals. Detroit Mercy was ineligible for postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to low APR scores.[2] Teams were seeded by conference record, then seeded further with tiebreakers for teams with the same win-loss records.[3]

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
1 Wright State 15−3
2 Northern Kentucky 13–5
3 Green Bay 11–7
4 UIC 10–8 1–1 vs Northern Kentucky
5 Youngstown State 10–8 0–2 vs Northern Kentucky
6 Oakland 8–10
7 Cleveland State 7–11 2–0 vs Milwaukee
8 Milwaukee 7–11 0–2 vs Cleveland State
9 IUPUI 3–15

Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 3
1 8:00 pm No. 9 IUPUI at No. 4 UIC 59–93 ESPN+
2 7:00 pm No. 8 Milwaukee at No. 5 Youngstown State 57–63
3 7:00 pm No. 7 Cleveland State at No. 6 Oakland 59–80
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Oakland at No. 3 Green Bay 63–78 ESPN+
5 8:00 pm No. 5 Youngstown State at No. 4 UIC 61–67
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
6 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs. No. 1 Wright State 73–56 ESPNU
7 9:30 pm No. 3 Green Bay vs. No. 2 Northern Kentucky 69–80 ESPN2
Finals – Tuesday, March 10
8 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs. No. 2 Northern Kentucky 71–62 ESPN
All game times local. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
  First round
Tuesday, March 3		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5		 Semifinals
Monday, March 9		 Championship
Tuesday, March 10
                                         
  1 Wright State 56  
  4 UIC 73  
   
   
  3 Green Bay 78
 
  6 Oakland 63  
4 UIC 93
9 IUPUI 59  
  4 UIC 62
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.)
  2 Northern Kentucky 71
5 Youngstown State 63  
8 Milwaukee 57  
  4 UIC 67
 
  5 Youngstown State 61  
6 Oakland 80
7 Cleveland State 59  
  2 Northern Kentucky 80
  3 Green Bay 69  

References
  1. "2020 Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. Crawford, Kirkland; Thomas, Chris (May 9, 2019). "Detroit Mercy basketball not eligible for NCAA tournament after low APR score". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. "Horizon League Reveils Brackets for Basketball Championships". Horizon League. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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