2023 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

2023 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	11
Site	Campus sites (first round and quarterfinals) Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana (semifinals round and finals)
Champions	Northern Kentucky (4th title)
Winning coach	Darrin Horn (2nd title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN
Horizon League men's basketball tournaments

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.

2022–23 Horizon League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Youngstown State	15	–	5		.750			24	–	10		.706
Milwaukee	14	–	6		.700			22	–	12		.647
Cleveland State	14	–	6		.700			21	–	14		.600
Northern Kentucky †	14	–	6		.700			22	–	13		.629
Oakland	11	–	9		.550			13	–	19		.406
Wright State	10	–	10		.500			18	–	15		.545
Robert Morris	10	–	10		.500			16	–	17		.485
Detroit Mercy	9	–	11		.450			14	–	19		.424
Purdue Fort Wayne	9	–	11		.450			17	–	15		.531
IUPUI	2	–	18		.100			5	–	27		.156
Green Bay	2	–	18		.100			3	–	29		.094
† 2023 Horizon League tournament winner

Seeds

All of the teams will participate in the tournament with the top-five teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker
1	Youngstown State	15−5
2	Milwaukee	14−6	4-0 vs. Cleveland State/Northern Kentucky
3	Cleveland State	14−6	1-1 vs. NKU; 4-0 vs. RMU/Wright State
4	Northern Kentucky	14−6	1-1 vs. CSU; 3-1 vs. RMU/Wright State
5	Oakland	11−9
6	Robert Morris	10−10	1-1 vs. Youngstown State
7	Wright State	10−10	0-2 vs. Youngstown State
8	Detroit Mercy	9−11	2-0 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne
9	Purdue Fort Wayne	9−11	0-2 vs. Detroit Mercy
10	Green Bay	2−18	1-1 vs. Milwaukee
11	IUPUI	2−18	0-2 vs. Milwaukee

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, February 28
1	7:00 pm	No. 11 IUPUI at No. 6 Robert Morris	64–67	ESPN+
2	7:00 pm	No. 10 Green Bay at No. 7 Wright State	57–77
3	7:00 pm	No. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne at No. 8 Detroit Mercy	68–81
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
4	8:00 pm	No. 8 Detroit Mercy at No. 1 Youngstown State	66–77	ESPN+
5	8:00 pm	No. 7 Wright St at No. 2 Milwaukee	70–87
6	8:00 pm	No. 6 Robert Morris at No. 3 Cleveland State	70–75 OT
7	7:00 pm	No. 5 Oakland at No. 4 Northern Kentucky	74–81
Semifinals – Monday, March 6 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
8	7:00 pm	No. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 1 Youngstown State	75-63	ESPNU
9	9:30 pm	No. 3 Cleveland State vs. No. 2 Milwaukee	93–80	ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 7 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, IN
10	7:00 pm	No. 4 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 3 Cleveland State	63–61	ESPN
All 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.

	First round Tuesday, February 28					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2					Semifinals Monday, March 6					Championship Tuesday, March 7
						1	Youngstown State	71
	8	Detroit Mercy	81			8	Detroit Mercy	66
	9	Purdue Fort Wayne	68								1	Youngstown State	63
											4	Northern Kentucky	75
						4	Northern Kentucky	81
						5	Oakland	74
																4	Northern Kentucky	63
																3	Cleveland State	61
						2	Milwaukee	87
	7	Wright State	77			7	Wright State	70
	10	Green Bay	57								2	Milwaukee	80
											3	Cleveland State	93
						3	Cleveland State	75*
	6	Robert Morris	67			6	Robert Morris	70
	11	IUPUI	64

* denotes overtime period