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.
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. Teams were seeded by conference record, then seeded further with tiebreakers for teams with the same win–loss records. Seed School Conf Tiebreaker1Wright State15−3 2Northern Kentucky13–5 3Green Bay11–7 4UIC10–81–1 vs Northern Kentucky5Youngstown State10–80–2 vs Northern Kentucky 6Oakland8–10 7Cleveland State7–112–0 vs Milwaukee8Milwaukee7–110–2 vs Cleveland State9IUPUI3–15
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 Bay63–78 ESPN+ 5 8:00 pm No. 5 Youngstown State at No. 4 UIC61–67 Semifinals – Monday, March 9 6 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs. No. 1 Wright State73–56 ESPNU 7 9:30 pm No. 3 Green Bay vs. No. 2 Northern Kentucky69–80 ESPN2 Finals – Tuesday, March 10 8 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs. No. 2 Northern Kentucky71–62 ESPN All game times local. Rankings denote tournament seed
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