2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 6–10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Iowa won the tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76.[1][2]

2019 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
Teams14
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
ChampionsIowa (3rd title)
Winning coachLisa Bluder (2nd title)
MVPMegan Gustafson (Iowa)
Attendance26,813
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 Maryland153 .833  295  .853
No. 8 Iowa144 .778  297  .806
Rutgers135 .722  2210  .688
Michigan117 .611  2212  .647
Ohio State108 .556  1415  .483
Minnesota99 .500  2111  .656
Michigan State99 .500  2112  .636
Northwestern99 .500  2115  .583
Nebraska99 .500  1416  .467
Indiana810 .444  2113  .618
Purdue810 .444  1915  .559
Penn State513 .278  1218  .400
Wisconsin414 .222  1518  .455
Illinois216 .111  1020  .333
2019 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2018–19 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.[3]

Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3
1 ## – Maryland 15–3
2 ## – Iowa 14–4
3 ## – Rutgers 13–5
4 ## – Michigan 11–7
5 # – Ohio State 10–8
6 # – Nebraska 9–9 3–1 vs. MINN, NW, MSU
7 # – Minnesota 9–9 3–2 vs. NEB, NW, MSU
8 # – Northwestern 9–9 2–3 vs. NEB, MINN, MSU
9 # – Michigan State 9–9 1–3 vs. NEB, MINN, NW
10 # – Indiana 8–10 1–1 vs. PUR 0-1 vs. MD 1-0 vs. IA
11 Purdue 8–10 1–1 vs. IND 0-1 vs. MD 1-1 vs. IA
12 Penn State 5–13
13 Wisconsin 4–14
14 Illinois 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

Session Game Time Matchup# Television Attendance Score
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1 1 1:30 pm #13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Penn State BTN 3,014 65–57
2 4:00 pm #14 Illinois vs. #11 Purdue 60–72
Second Round – Thursday, March 7
2 3 12:00 pm #9 Michigan State vs. #8 Northwestern BTN 3,173 68–52
4 2:30 pm #13 Wisconsin vs. #5 Ohio State 73–63
3 5 6:30 pm #10 Indiana vs. #7 Minnesota 3,445 66–58
6 9:00 pm #11 Purdue vs. #6 Nebraska 75–71
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
4 7 12:00 pm #9 Michigan State vs.#1 Maryland BTN 4,014 55–71
8 2:30 pm #13 Wisconsin vs. #4 Michigan 65–73 2OT
5 9 6:30 pm #10 Indiana vs. #2 Iowa 4,325 61–70
10 9:00 pm #11 Purdue vs. #3 Rutgers 49–64
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
6 11 5:00 pm #1 Maryland vs. #4 Michigan BTN 4,415 73–72
12 7:30 pm #2 Iowa vs. #3 Rutgers 72–67
Championship – Sunday, March 10
7 13 6:00 pm #1 Maryland vs. #2 Iowa ESPN2 4,427 76–90

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  • All times are Eastern.
  First round
Wednesday, March 6
BTN
Second round
Thursday, March 7
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 8
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 9
BTN
Championship
Sunday, March 10
ESPN2
                                               
1 Maryland 71  
    9 Michigan State 55  
8 Northwestern 52
9 Michigan State 68  
  1 Maryland 73  
  4 Michigan 72  
4 Michigan 73**
    13 Wisconsin 65  
5 Ohio State 63
    13 Wisconsin 73  
12 Penn State 57
13 Wisconsin 65  
1 Maryland 76
2 Iowa 90
2 Iowa 70  
    10 Indiana 61  
7 Minnesota 58
10 Indiana 66  
  2 Iowa 72
  3 Rutgers 67  
3 Rutgers 64
    11 Purdue 49  
6 Nebraska 71
    11 Purdue 75  
11 Purdue 72
14 Illinois 60  

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

  1. Marot, Michael. "Gustafson, No. 10 Iowa women overwhelm No. 8 Maryland, 90-76, in Big Ten title game". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. sbatterson@qctimes.com, STEVE BATTERSON. "Iowa's Big Ten champions: We're not done yet". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  3. "2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament - Big Ten Conference". bigten.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
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