As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, Northern Kentucky were ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they can not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
However Northern Kentucky is eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited.
All 10 Horizon League schools participate in the tournament.
Teams are seeded by 2015–16 Horizon League season record.
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season: [1] * - denotes overtime period