Horizon League Releases Pairings, Times for 2006 Women's Basketball Championship
Feb. 26, 2006
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INDIANAPOLIS -- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee claimed the top seed for the 2006 Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship after edging regular-season co-champion University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a sweep of the regular-season series.
The tournament is scheduled to begin on Tuesday (Feb. 28) with (#8 seed) Loyola University Chicago hosting (#9 seed) Cleveland State University. Quarterfinal action will take place at campus sites on Wednesday and Thursday (Mar. 1 & 2) before moving to a set location for the semifinals and championship game on Sunday and Monday (Mar. 5 & 6). Youngstown State University possesses the hosting rights for the final two rounds if the Penguins move past their quarterfinal match-up with UW-Green Bay. If YSU fails to advance, the highest remaining seed will host the final two rounds.
The quarterfinals will begin when (#4 seed) Butler University hosts University of Detroit Mercy at 7 p.m. (Eastern time) on Wednesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game will be played on Wednesday due to a speech by former President George Bush on the Butler campus on Thursday. Thursday's slate of three games will all begin at 8 p.m.: (#1 seed) UW-Milwaukee welcomes the winner of the Loyola-Cleveland State contest to the Klotsche Center, (#7 seed) Youngstown State makes the trip to (#2 seed) UW-Green Bay and (#6 seed) Wright State University will play at (#3 seed) University of Illinois at Chicago.
Other than the shared regular-season title, the final standings featured one other tie. Detroit and Wright State both finished the 2005-06 campaign with 8-8 records in League play and tied for fifth place. The Titans swept the Raiders in the regular-season series to claim the fifth seed in the championship.
Free, live web casts of all first round, quarterfinal and semifinal games will be available via the Horizon League's website at www.horizonleague.org. The semifinal games also will be syndicated regionally, while the championship game will be carried on ESPNU.
First Round -- Tuesday, February 28Game #1: (#9) Cleveland State at (#8) Loyola- 5:45 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org)
Quarterfinal Round -- Wednesday, March 1Game #3: (#5) Detroit at (#4) Butler - 7 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org)
Quarterfinal Round -- Thursday, March 2Game #2: Winner of Game 1 at (#1) UW-Milwaukee8 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org)Game #4: (#6) Wright State at (#3) UIC - 8 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org)Game #5: (#7) Youngstown State at (#2) UW-Green Bay - 8 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org)
Semifinal Round -- Sunday, March 5Game #6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner - 1 or 3:30 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org / regional syndication *)Game #7: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner - 1 or 3:30 p.m. ET (www.horizonleague.org / regional syndication *)
Championship -- Monday, March 6Game #8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner - 4 p.m. ET(ESPNU)
* - Regional syndication on Ohio News Network, Comcast Local (Detroit), Comcast (Indianapolis), WMLW-TV 41 (Milwaukee) and WACY-TV 32 (Green Bay)
