College basketball tournament
The 2012 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 1 to March 4 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana .[ 2] The tournament marked the debut of the University of Nebraska . The Big Ten Network carried all games except the championship game which was aired on ESPN2 . Purdue won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament .
Seeds
All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2011ā12 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records.[ 3] The top 4 teams would receive a first round bye .
The seeding for the tournament was determined as the conference season concluded:
Schedule
Source[ 4]
Session
Game
Time**
Matchup#
Television
Score
First round - Thursday, March 1
1
1
11:30am
#7 Michigan vs. #10 Illinois
BTN
68 ā53
2
2:00pm
#6 Nebraska vs. #11 Northwestern
BTN
88 ā56
2
3
6:00pm
#8 Minnesota vs. #9 Wisconsin
BTN
81 ā49
4
8:30pm
#5 Michigan State vs. #12 Indiana
BTN
97 ā68
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 2
3
5
11:30am
#2 Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan
BTN
57 ā48
6
2:00pm
#3 Iowa vs. #6 Nebraska
BTN
68ā80
4
7
6:00pm
#1 Penn State vs. #8 Minnesota
BTN
78 ā74
8
8:30pm
#4 Purdue vs. #5 Michigan State
BTN
73 ā64
Semifinals - Saturday, March 3
5
9
5:00pm
#2 Ohio State vs. #6 Nebraska
BTN
62ā77
10
7:30pm
#1 Penn State vs. #4 Purdue
BTN
66ā68
Championship Game - Sunday, March 4
6
11
4:00pm
#6 Nebraska vs. #4 Purdue
ESPN2
70ā74*
* ā Denotes overtime **Game Times in ET . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinals Friday, March 2
Semifinals Saturday, March 3
Championship game Sunday, March 4
2
Ohio State
57
7
Michigan
48
7
Michigan
68
10
Illinois
53
2
Ohio State
62
6
Nebraska
77
3
Iowa
68
6
Nebraska
80
6
Nebraska
88
11
Northwestern
56
6
Nebraska
70
4
Purdue
74*
1
Penn State
78
8
Minnesota
74
8
Minnesota
81
9
Wisconsin
49
1
Penn State
66
4
Purdue
68
4
Purdue
73
5
Michigan State
64
5
Michigan State
97
12
Indiana
68
All game times are ET.
* ā Denotes overtime
References