The 2023 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2022–23 men's basketball season for the Horizon League. It began on February 28, 2023, and ended on March 7; first-round and quarterfinal games were played at the home courts of the higher seeds, with all remaining games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis. The winner, Northern Kentucky, received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds All of the teams will participate in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker1Youngstown State15−52Milwaukee14−64-0 vs. Cleveland State/Northern Kentucky3Cleveland State14−61-1 vs. NKU; 4-0 vs. RMU/Wright State4Northern Kentucky14−61-1 vs. CSU; 3-1 vs. RMU/Wright State5Oakland11−96Robert Morris10−101-1 vs. Youngstown State7Wright State10−100-2 vs. Youngstown State8Detroit Mercy9−112-0 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne9Purdue Fort Wayne9−110-2 vs. Detroit Mercy10Green Bay2−181-1 vs. Milwaukee11IUPUI2−180-2 vs. Milwaukee
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Tuesday, February 2817:00 pmNo. 11 IUPUI at No. 6 Robert Morris64–67ESPN+27:00 pmNo. 10 Green Bay at No. 7 Wright State57–7737:00 pmNo. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 8 Detroit Mercy68–81Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 248:00 pmNo. 8 Detroit Mercy at No. 1 Youngstown State66–77ESPN+58:00 pmNo. 7 Wright St at No. 2 Milwaukee70–8768:00 pmNo. 6 Robert Morris at No. 3 Cleveland State70–75 77:00 pmNo. 5 Oakland at No. 4 Northern Kentucky74–81Semifinals – Monday, March 6at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN87:00 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 1 Youngstown State75–63ESPNU99:30 pmNo. 3 Cleveland State vs. No. 2 Milwaukee93–80ESPN2Championship – Tuesday, March 7at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN107:00 pmNo. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 3 Cleveland State63–61ESPNAll game times Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket The Horizon League does not use a fixed bracket tournament system, and pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.
* denotes overtime period
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