2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming a postseason tournament scheduled for March 9–13, 2021 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams14
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 Maryland8–1 .889  12–2  .857
No. 11 Ohio State6–1 .857  10–1  .909
No. 13 Michigan5–1 .833  10–1  .909
No. 17 Indiana8–2 .800  10–4  .714
No. 22 Northwestern7–3 .700  9–3  .750
Nebraska7–4 .636  9–5  .643
Iowa6–4 .600  10–4  .714
Michigan State4–4 .500  9–4  .692
Minnesota4–7 .364  5–8  .385
Penn State3–6 .333  6–7  .462
Purdue3–7 .300  6–8  .429
Rutgers1–3 .250  5–3  .625
Wisconsin1–11 .083  4–11  .267
Illinois0–9 .000  2–10  .167
† 2021 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of February 01, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2020–21 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 Conference
record		 Overall
record		 Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
‡ – 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# Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1
#12 vs. #13
 BTN
2
#11 vs. #14
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
3
#8 vs. #9
 BTN
4
#5 vs. Winner of game 1
5
#7 vs. #10
6
#6 vs. Winner of game 2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
7
#1 vs. Winner of game 3
 BTN
8
#4 vs. Winner of game 4
9
#2 vs. Winner of game 5
10
#3 vs. Winner of game 6
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
11
Winner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8
 BTN
12
Winner of game 9 vs Winner of game 10
Championship – Saturday, March 13
13
Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12
 ESPN2
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
  • All times are Eastern.
  First round
Tuesday, March 9
BTN		 Second round
Wednesday, March 10
BTN		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
BTN		 Semifinals
Friday, March 12
BTN		 Championship
Saturday, March 13
ESPN2
                                               
1  
     
8
9  
   
   
4
     
5
    12  
12
13  
2  
     
7
10  
 
   
3
     
6
    11  
11
14  

* denotes overtime period

References
  1. "2020-21 Big Ten Women's Basketball Schedule". BigTen.org. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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