The Big Ten Conference began sponsoring women's basketball during the 1982–83 basketball season. In February 1982 during the 1981–82 season, the conference held a tournament at Michigan State in which Ohio State defeated Illinois 69–66 in the championship game. The conference has listed this in some publications as a regular season championship.

YearChampionConference RecordNotes1982–83Indiana / Ohio State15–3Big Ten began sponsoring women's basketball1983–84Ohio State (2)17–11984–85 Ohio State (3)18–01985–86 Ohio State (4)16–21986–87 Iowa / Ohio State (5)17–11987–88Iowa (2)17–11988–89 Iowa (3) / Ohio State (6)16–21989–90 Iowa (4) / Northwestern15–31990–91 Purdue17–11991–92Iowa (5)16–21992–93 Iowa (6) / Ohio State (7)16–2Penn State joins Big Ten Conference1993–94 Penn State / Purdue (2)16–21994–95 Penn State (2) / Purdue (3)13–31995–96 Iowa (7)15–11996–97Illinois / Michigan State / Purdue (4)12–41997–98 Iowa (8)13–31998–99Purdue (5)16–01999–00 Penn State (3)15–12000–01Purdue (6)14–22001–02 Purdue (7)13–32002–03 Penn State (4)13–32003–04Penn State (5)15–12004–05 Michigan State (2) / Ohio State (8)14–22005–06 Ohio State (9)15–12006–07Ohio State (10)15–12007–08Iowa (9) / Ohio State (11)13–52008–09Ohio State (12)15–32009–10Ohio State (13)15–32010–11Michigan State (3)13–32011–12Penn State (6)13–3 Nebraska joins Big Ten Conference2012–13Penn State (7)14–22013–14Michigan State (4) / Penn State (8)13–32014–15Maryland18–0 Maryland and Rutgers join Big Ten Conference2015–16Maryland (2)16–22016–17Maryland (3) / Ohio State (14)^15–12017–18Ohio State (15)^13–32018–19Maryland (4)15–32019–20Maryland (5) / Northwestern (2)16–22020–21Maryland (6)17–12021–22Iowa (10) / Ohio State (16)14–42022–23Indiana (2)16–22023–24Ohio State (17)16–22024–25USC17–1Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington joins Big Ten Conference2025–26UCLA18-0

Championships by school School Big Tenchampionships Year Ohio State 17^ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017^, 2018^, 2022, 2024 Iowa 10 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2022 Penn State 8 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014 Purdue 7 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 Maryland 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Michigan State 4 1997, 2005, 2011, 2014 Northwestern 2 1990, 2020 Indiana 2 1983, 2023 Illinois 1 1997 USC 1 2025 UCLA 1 2026 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 Nebraska 0 Oregon 0 Rutgers 0 Washington 0 Wisconsin 0

Bold indicates an outright championship.

^ Indicates forfeited games and championships by Ohio State.

See also Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament

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