# 2018 Horizon League women's basketball tournament

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 Oakland | 46 - 80 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 2:30 PM | No.9 Detroit Mercy vs. No.8 Northern Kentucky | 61 - 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. |||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 2 | First round Friday, March 2 | First round Friday, March 2 | Second round Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 | Second round Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 | Second round Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 | Finals Tuesday, March 6 | Finals Tuesday, March 6 | Finals Tuesday, March 6 |
| | | | 1 | Green Bay | 62 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northern Kentucky | 76 | 8 | Northern Kentucky | 49 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Detroit Mercy | 61 | | | | 1 | Green Bay | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Youngstown State | 45 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Milwaukee | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Youngstown State | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Green Bay | 62 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Wright State | 44 |
| | | | 3 | Wright State | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Cleveland State | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Wright State | 60 | | | |
| 7 | Oakland | 80 | | | | 2 | IUPUI | 52 | | | |
| 10 | UIC | 46 | 2 | IUPUI | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Oakland | 59 | | | | | | |