2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament College basketball tournament
The 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 1–5, 2023 at Target Center in Minneapolis . As the tournament winner, Iowa received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament . This was the last year of the tournament in which the preliminary rounds were broadcast on Big Ten Network and the final was broadcast on ESPN , as in 2024 these would move to Peacock and CBS , respectively.
Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2022–23 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received 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*
Matchup#
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1
2:00 pm
No. 12 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Penn State
67−72[ 2]
BTN
4,890
2
4:30 pm
No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 Northwestern
63−59[ 3]
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3
12:30 pm
No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Michigan State
64−67[ 4]
BTN
4,908
4
25 min. after game 3
No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 13 Penn State
63−61[ 5]
5
6:30 pm
No. 7 Purdue vs. No. 10 Wisconsin
57−55[ 6]
5,124
6
25 min. after game 5
No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Rutgers
81−55[ 7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7
12:30 pm
No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Michigan State
94−85[ 8]
BTN
5,544
8
3:20pm
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Michigan
81−79[ 9]
9
6:30 pm
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Purdue
69−58[ 10]
8,577
10
25 min. after game 9
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 6 Illinois
73−58[ 11]
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11
2:30 pm
No.1 Indiana vs. No. 4 Ohio State
75−79[ 12]
BTN
9,375
12
5:00 pm
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 3 Maryland
89−84[ 13]
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13
5:00 pm
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Iowa
72−105[ 14]
ESPN
9,505
*Game times in Eastern Time . #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round [ 15] Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 Indiana 94 8 Nebraska 64 9 Michigan State 85 9 Michigan State 67 1 Indiana 75 4 Ohio State 79 4 Ohio State 81 5 Michigan 63 5 Michigan 79 12 Minnesota 67 13 Penn State 61 4 Ohio State 72 13 Penn State 72 2 Iowa 105 2 Iowa 69 7 Purdue 57 7 Purdue 58 10 Wisconsin 55 2 Iowa 89 3 Maryland 84 3 Maryland 73 6 Illinois 81 6 Illinois 58 11 Rutgers 63 11 Rutgers 55 14 Northwestern 59
* denotes overtime period
All-Tournament team
References
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