2016 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

The 2016 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament was held from March 2–6, 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Maryland won their 2nd Big Ten Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2015–16 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top 4 teams received a double bye.

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

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Maryland	16–2
2	Ohio State	15–3
3	Michigan State	13–5
4	Indiana	12–6
5	Minnesota	11–7
6	Purdue	10–8
7	Nebraska	9–9	1–0 vs. Michigan
8	Michigan	9–9	0–1 vs. Nebraska
9	Iowa	8–10	1–0 vs. Rutgers
10	Rutgers	8–10	0–1 vs. Iowa
11	Penn State	6–12
12	Northwestern	4–14
13	Wisconsin	3–15
14	Illinois	2–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Wednesday, March 2
1	1	1:30 pm	13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Northwestern	BTN
2	4:00 pm	14 Illinois vs. #11 Penn State
Second round - Thursday, March 3
2	3	12:00 pm	9 Iowa vs. #8 Michigan	BTN	4,783
4	2:30 pm	12 Northwestern vs. #5 Minnesota
3	5	6:30 pm	10 Rutgers vs. #7 Nebraska	5,011
6	9:00 pm	11 Penn State vs. #6 Purdue
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
4	7	12:00 pm	9 Iowa vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	6,606
8	2:30 pm	12 Northwestern vs. #4 Indiana
5	9	6:30 pm	10 Rutgers vs. #2 Ohio State	6,043
10	9:00 pm	6 Purdue vs. #3 Michigan State
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
6	11	3:00 pm	1 Maryland vs. #12 Northwestern	BTN	6,285
12	5:30 pm	2 Ohio State vs. #3 Michigan State
Championship - Sunday, March 6
7	13	7:00 pm	1 Maryland vs. #3 Michigan State	ESPN	5,109

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

Bracket

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See also

• 2016 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket . . February 27, 2016 . March 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305222855/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2016WBBTourneyBracket.pdf . dead .