2020 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament scheduled for March 4–8, 2020 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

2020 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams14
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
ChampionsMaryland (4th title)
Winning coachBrenda Frese (4th title)
MVPAshley Owusu (Maryland)
Attendance34,709
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Maryland†162 .889  284  .875
No. 12 Northwestern162 .889  264  .867
No. 21 Iowa144 .778  237  .767
No. 20 Indiana135 .722  248  .750
Rutgers117 .611  229  .710
Ohio State117 .611  2112  .636
Michigan108 .556  2111  .656
Michigan State99 .500  1614  .533
Purdue810 .444  1814  .563
Nebraska711 .389  1713  .567
Minnesota513 .278  1615  .516
Wisconsin315 .167  1219  .387
Illinois216 .111  1119  .367
Penn State117 .056  723  .233
2020 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2019–20 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.[1]

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

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
1 Maryland‡## 16–2 1–1 vs. NW 1–1 vs. IOWA
2 Northwestern‡## 16–2 1–1 vs. MD 0–1 vs. IOWA
3 Iowa## 14–4
4 Indiana## 13–5
5 Rutgers# 11–7 1–0 vs. OSU
6 Ohio State# 11–7 0–1 vs. RUTG
7 Michigan# 10–8
8 Michigan State# 9–9
9 Purdue# 8–10
10 Nebraska# 7–11
11 Minnesota 5–13
12 Wisconsin 3–15
13 Illinois 2–16
14 Penn State 1–17
‡ – 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 4
1 1 2:00 pm #13 Illinois vs. #12 Wisconsin BTN 3,793 55–71[2]
2 4:30 pm #14 Penn State vs. #11 Minnesota 65–85[3]
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
2 3 12:00 pm #9 Purdue vs. #8 Michigan State BTN 4,158 72–63[4]
4 2:30 pm #12 Wisconsin vs. #5 Rutgers 55–63[5]
3 5 6:30 pm #10 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan 4,349 75–81[6]
6 9:00 pm #11 Minnesota vs. #6 Ohio State 56–77[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
4 7 12:00 pm #9 Purdue vs. #1 Maryland BTN 5,711 62–74
8 2:30 pm #5 Rutgers vs. #4 Indiana 60–78
5 9 6:30 pm #7 Michigan vs. #2 Northwestern 4,798 67–59
10 9:00 pm #6 Ohio State vs. #3 Iowa 87–66
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
6 11 6:30 pm #4 Indiana vs. #1 Maryland BTN 7,213 51–66
12 9:00 pm #7 Michigan vs. #6 Ohio State 60–66
Championship – Sunday, March 8
7 13 6:00 pm #1 Maryland vs. #6 Ohio State ESPN2 4,687 82–65

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

Bracket

  • All times are Eastern.
  First round
Wednesday, March 4
BTN
Second round
Thursday, March 5
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
BTN
Championship
Sunday, March 8
ESPN2
                                               
1 Maryland 74  
    9 Purdue 62  
8 Michigan State 63
9 Purdue 72  
  1 Maryland 66  
  4 Indiana 51  
4 Indiana 78
    5 Rutgers 60  
5 Rutgers 63
    12 Wisconsin 55  
12 Wisconsin 71
13 Illinois 55  
1 Maryland 82
6 Ohio State 65
2 Northwestern 59  
    7 Michigan 67  
7 Michigan 81
10 Nebraska 75  
  7 Michigan 60
  6 Ohio State 66  
3 Iowa 66
    6 Ohio State 87  
6 Ohio State 77
    11 Minnesota 56  
11 Minnesota 85
14 Penn State 65  

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

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