Horizon League Announces #HLWBB Schedule
Rachel White
INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League announced its 2018-19 women’s basketball league schedule on Thursday. This year, the League is marking its 40th season of competition. Each team will play an 18-game double round-robin schedule for a full conference slate of 90 games.
The League schedule begins on Dec. 28 and runs for 10 weeks, concluding on March 2. All ten teams will be in action on opening day with 2018 regular season and Motor City Madness champions Green Bay opening up on the road in Milwaukee. IUPUI will host Wright State on day one of the schedule, while Northern Kentucky heads to UIC. Youngstown State travels to Detroit Mercy and Oakland hosts Cleveland State to start the #HLWBB season.
Horizon League women’s basketball enters the 2018-19 season after a nationally competitive year last season, which featured five postseason teams. Green Bay earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament, three squads received WNIT bids (IUPUI, Milwaukee, Wright State), and YSU took part in the WBI. As a whole, #HLWBB ranked 13
th in the final NCAA conference RPI of 2017-18, the highest in League history.
The 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Women’s Basketball Championship will feature the top eight teams in the regular season standings and will begin with the quarterfinal round on March 5-6, hosted by the highest available seeds at campus sites. The semifinals and championship games on March 11-12 will take place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Motor City Madness championship game on Tuesday, March 12 will tip at noon ET on ESPNU. All other championship games will be broadcast on ESPN3 or ESPN+.
Continuing a partnership that began during the 2014-15 season, ESPN+ and ESPN3 will be the home for the League’s live streaming game content. The Horizon League has streamed every conference basketball game for an industry-best 12 consecutive seasons, beginning its streak in 2007 with the groundbreaking Horizon League Network. Last season nearly 200,000 fans consumed over 5 million minutes of Horizon League women’s basketball action, a significant increase over the 2016-17 season (145,000 fans and 2.8 million minutes).
2018-19 #HLWBB Schedule
Friday, December 28
Cleveland State at Oakland
Youngstown State at Detroit Mercy
Green Bay at Milwaukee
Wright State at IUPUI
Northern Kentucky at UIC
Sunday, December 30
Cleveland State at Detroit Mercy
Youngstown State at Oakland
Wright State at UIC
Northern Kentucky at IUPUI
Thursday, January 3
Green Bay at Wright State
Milwaukee at Northern Kentucky
UIC at Youngstown State
IUPUI at Cleveland State
Friday, January 4
Detroit Mercy at Oakland
Saturday, January 5
Green Bay at Northern Kentucky
Milwaukee at Wright State
UIC at Cleveland State
IUPUI at Youngstown State
Thursday, January 10
Cleveland State at Green Bay
Youngstown State at Milwaukee
Friday, January 11
Detroit Mercy at IUPUI
Oakland at UIC
Saturday, January 12
Cleveland State at Milwaukee
Youngstown State at Green Bay
Wright State at Northern Kentucky
Sunday, January 13
Detroit Mercy at UIC
Oakland at IUPUI
Friday, January 18
Green Bay at Detroit Mercy
Milwaukee at Oakland
Wright State at Youngstown State
Northern Kentucky at Cleveland State
Saturday, January 19
UIC at IUPUI
Sunday, January 20
Green Bay at Oakland
Milwaukee at Detroit Mercy
Wright State at Cleveland State
Northern Kentucky at Youngstown State
Thursday, January 24
UIC at Green Bay
IUPUI at Milwaukee
Friday, January 25
Detroit Mercy at Northern Kentucky
Oakland at Wright State
Saturday, January 26
Cleveland State at Youngstown State
UIC at Milwaukee
IUPUI at Green Bay
Sunday, January 27
Detroit Mercy at Wright State
Oakland at Northern Kentucky
Thursday, January 31
UIC at Wright State
IUPUI at Northern Kentucky
Detroit Mercy at Cleveland State
Oakland at Youngstown State
Saturday, February 2
Milwaukee at Green Bay
UIC at Northern Kentucky
IUPUI at Wright State
Detroit Mercy at Youngstown State
Oakland at Cleveland State
Thursday, February 7
Wright State at Milwaukee
Northern Kentucky at Green Bay
Friday, February 8
Cleveland State at UIC
Youngstown State at IUPUI
Saturday, February 9
Oakland at Detroit Mercy
Wright State at Green Bay
Northern Kentucky at Milwaukee
Sunday, February 10
Cleveland State at IUPUI
Youngstown State at UIC
Thursday, February 14
UIC at Detroit Mercy
IUPUI at Oakland
Friday, February 15
Green Bay at Youngstown State
Milwaukee at Cleveland State
Saturday, February 16
UIC at Oakland
IUPUI at Detroit Mercy
Northern Kentucky at Wright State
Sunday, February 17
Green Bay at Cleveland State
Milwaukee at Youngstown State
Thursday, February 21
Detroit Mercy at Milwaukee
Oakland at Green Bay
Friday, February 22
Cleveland State at Wright State
Youngstown State at Northern Kentucky
Saturday, February 23
IUPUI at UIC
Detroit Mercy at Green Bay
Oakland at Milwaukee
Sunday, February 24
Cleveland State at Northern Kentucky
Youngstown State at Wright State
Thursday, February 28
Green Bay at IUPUI
Milwaukee at UIC
Wright State at Detroit Mercy
Northern Kentucky at Oakland
Saturday, March 2
Youngstown State at Cleveland State
Green Bay at UIC
Milwaukee at IUPUI
Wright State at Oakland
Northern Kentucky at Detroit Mercy