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2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

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2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams14
SiteTarget Center
Minneapolis, MN
TelevisionBTN, ESPN
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2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Indiana 16 2   .889 28 4   .875
No. 3 Iowa 15 3   .833 31 7   .816
No. 7 Maryland 15 3   .833 28 7   .800
No. 12 Ohio State 12 6   .667 28 8   .778
No. 18 Michigan 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Illinois 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
Purdue 9 8   .529 19 11   .633
Nebraska 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
Michigan State 7 10   .412 16 14   .533
Wisconsin 6 12   .333 11 20   .355
Rutgers 5 13   .278 12 20   .375
Minnesota 4 14   .222 11 19   .367
Penn State 4 14   .222 14 17   .452
Northwestern 2 16   .111 9 21   .300
2023 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 2, 2023
Rankings from AP poll


The 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament will be held from March 1–5, 2023 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The winner of this tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2022–23 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.[1]

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
1 Indiana‡## 16–2
2 Iowa## 15–3 1–1 vs. Maryland 1–1 vs. Indiana
3 Maryland## 15–3 1–1 vs. Iowa 0–1 vs. Indiana
4 Ohio State## 12–6
5 Michigan# 11–7 1–0 vs. Illinois
6 Illinois# 11–7 0–1 vs. Michigan
7 Purdue# 9–8
8 Nebraska# 8–10
9 Michigan State# 7–10
10 Wisconsin# 6–12
11 Rutgers 5–13
12 Minnesota 4–14 2–0 vs. Penn State
13 Penn State 4–14 0–2 vs. Minnesota
14 Northwestern 2–16
‡ – Big Ten Conference regular season champions.

## – Received a double bye in the conference tournament.

# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.

Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game Time* Team# Score Team# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 2:00 pm
No. 13 Penn State
72 - 67[2]
No. 12 Minnesota
BTN 4,890
2 4:30 pm
No. 14 Northwestern
59- 63[3]
No. 11 Rutgers
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3 12:30 pm
No. 9 Michigan State
67 - 64
No. 8 Nebraska
BTN 4,908
4 25 min. after game 3
No. 13 Penn State
61 - 63
No. 5 Michigan
5 6:30 pm
No. 10 Wisconsin
55 - 57
No. 7 Purdue
5,124
6 25 min. after game 5
No. 11 Rutgers
55 - 81
No. 6 Illinois
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7 12:30 pm
No. 9 Michigan State
85 - 94
No. 1 Indiana
BTN 5,544
8 3:20pm
No. 5 Michigan
79 - 81
No. 4 Ohio State
9 6:30 pm
No. 7 Purdue
-
No. 2 Iowa
10 25 min. after game 9
No. 6 Illinois
-
No. 3 Maryland
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11 2:30 pm
No. 4 Ohio State
-
No.1 Indiana
BTN
12 5:00 pm
Winner of game 10
-
Winner of game 9
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13 5:00 pm
Winner of game 12
-
Winner of game 11
ESPN
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  • All times are Eastern.
First round
Wednesday, March 1
BTN[4]
Second round
Thursday, March 2
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
BTN
Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
1Indiana94
8Nebraska649Michigan State85
9Michigan State671Indiana
4Ohio State
4Ohio State81
5Michigan635Michigan79
12Minnesota6713Penn State61
13Penn State72
2Iowa
7Purdue577Purdue
10Wisconsin55
3Maryland
6Illinois816Illinois
11Rutgers6311Rutgers55
14Northwestern59

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "2022 Big Ten Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championship Procedure and Tiebreaker Procedures for Tournament Seeding" (PDF). BigTen.org. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Penn State vs. Minnesota". espn.com. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Northwestern vs. Rutgers". espn.com. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. October 10, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2023.