The 2026 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2025–26 women's basketball season for the Horizon League. It was held from March 2–10, 2026; play-in and first-round games were played at the home courts of the better seeds, with all remaining games held at Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament winner was Green Bay. The Phoenix received the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Barbasol for the fourth consecutive year.

The tournament adopted a new format in 2026; instead of a traditional eleven-team single elimination bracket, the new format included reseeding after each round. The event started on campus sites with a play-in round for the bottom two teams (by conference record), followed by a ten-team first round. The five remaining teams then advanced to the final three rounds held at Corteva Coliseum. The bottom two teams by seeding play in the second round, while the other three teams are forwarded into the semifinals, with those winners advancing to the final.

Seeds All of the teams in the league participated in the tournament, with the bottom two teams starting in the play-in round. The bracket was reset after each round so that the highest remaining seed always played the lowest. SeedSchoolLeagueRecordTiebreaker(1)Tiebreaker(2)1Green Bay17–32Youngstown State15–53Cleveland State13–74Northern Kentucky12−81–1 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne1–1 vs. Youngstown State5Purdue Fort Wayne12−81–1 vs. Northern Kentucky0–2 vs. Youngstown State6Robert Morris11−97IU Indy9–118Oakland8−129Wright State6–1410Milwaukee4–162–0 vs. Detroit Mercy11Detroit Mercy4–160–2 vs. Milwaukee

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceTelevisionPlay-In Round – Monday, March 2Campus Site17:00 p.m.No. 11 Detroit Mercy at No. 10 Milwaukee69–67462ESPN+First Round – Wednesday, March 4Campus Sites27:00 p.m.No. 11 Detroit Mercy at No. 1 Green Bay57–811,916ESPN+37:00 p.m.No. 9 Wright State at No. 2 Youngstown State60–762,00747:00 p.m.No. 8 Oakland at No. 3 Cleveland State80–8150157:00 p.m.No. 7 IU Indy at No. 4 Northern Kentucky74–7289267:00 p.m.No. 6 Robert Morris at No. 5 Purdue Fort Wayne43–73640Second Round – Sunday, March 8Indianapolis, IN (Corteva Coliseum)71:00 p.m.No. 5 Purdue Fort Wayne vs. No. 7 IU Indy85–49ESPN+Semifinals – Monday, March 9Indianapolis, IN (Corteva Coliseum)812:00 p.m.No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 5 Purdue Fort Wayne73–48ESPN+92:30 p.m.No. 2 Youngstown State vs. No. 3 Cleveland State60–55Final – Tuesday, March 10Indianapolis, IN (Corteva Coliseum)1012:00 p.m.No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 2 Youngstown State57–49ESPN2Play-In and First Round game times are local standard time; Second Round, Semifinal and Final game times are Eastern Daylight Time. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries Play-In Round

First Round

Second Round

Semifinal Round

Final Round

References