2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained
The 2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament scheduled for March 4–8, 2020 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| First Round – Wednesday, March 4 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
* denotes overtime period
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: 2020 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament - Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20191212003925/https://bigten.org/sports/2019/9/11/2020WBBTournament.aspx. dead. December 12, 2019. Big Ten Conference. 2019-10-31.
- Web site: Laszewski, Wisconsin women beat Illinois is Big Ten tourney. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
- Web site: Minnesota women beat Penn State 85-65 in Big Ten tournament. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
- Web site: Purdue women top Spartans 72-64 in Big Ten tourney. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
- Web site: Guirantes scores 27, Rutgers tops Wisconsin 63-55 at Big Ten. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
- Web site: Dilk, Hillmon lift Michigan women past Huskers in Big Ten. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
- Web site: Ohio State women pull away to beat Minnesota 77-56. espn.com. 2020-03-06.
