The 2021 Horizon League men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2020–21 men's basketball season for the Horizon League. It began on February 25, 2021, and ended on March 9; 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.

Seeds All of the teams participated in the tournament with the top-four teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals. Due to the unbalanced nature of the conference schedule because of COVID-19, teams were seeded by an unpublished formula generated by the league that took into account the following: League winning percentage Strength of schedule Weighting road wins vs. home wins Number of league games played

Seed School Winning pct Strength of schedule Road Wins / Home Wins League games played 1 Cleveland State .800 8 / 8 20 2 Wright State .800 8 / 8 20 3 Oakland .500 6 / 4 20 4 Northern Kentucky .611 5 / 6 18 5 Detroit .625 4 / 6 16 6 Youngstown State .450 4 / 5 20 7 Green Bay .400 2 / 6 20 8 Milwaukee .412 4 / 3 17 9 IUPUI .438 4 / 3 16 10 Purdue Fort Wayne .300 2 / 4 20 11 UIC .375 1 / 5 16 12 Robert Morris .200 1 / 2 15

Schedule Game Time"2021 Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships" horizonleague.org Retrieved 02-20-2021. Matchup Score TelevisionFirst Round – Thursday, February 25 1 7:00 pm No. 12 Robert Morris at No. 5 Detroit Mercy 73–83 ESPN+ 2 8:00 pm No. 11 UIC at No. 6 Youngstown State 58–74 3 8:00 pm No. 10 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 7 Green Bay 89–84 4 8:00 pm No. 9 IUPUI at No. 8 Milwaukee 72–84Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 2 5 7:00 pm No. 10 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 1 Cleveland State 104–108 ESPN+ 6 7:00 pm No. 5 Detroit Mercy at No. 4 Northern Kentucky 69–70 7 7:00 pm No. 8 Milwaukee at No. 2 Wright State 94–92 8 7:30 pm No. 6 Youngstown State at No. 3 Oakland 83–87 Semifinals – Monday, March 8 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN 9 6:30 pm No. 8 Milwaukee vs. No. 1 Cleveland State 65–71 ESPNU 10 9:30 pm No. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 3 Oakland 58–69 ESPN2Championship – Tuesday, March 9 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN117:00 pm No. 1 Cleveland State vs. No. 3 Oakland 80–69 ESPN All game times Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

References