The 2014 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a tournament from March 6 through March 9 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals games was televised on the Big Ten Network and the championship was on ESPN. Nebraska defeated Iowa to win their first Big Ten Title in women's basketball history. With that win, the Cornhuskers received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2013–14 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2#1Penn State13–31–0 vs. Mich St.#2Michigan State13–30–1 vs. Penn St.#3Nebraska12–4#4Purdue11–51–0 vs. Iowa#5Iowa11–50–1 vs. Purdue#6Minnesota8–81–0 vs. Mich#7Michigan8–80–1 vs. Minn#8Ohio State5–112–0 vs. Ind, NW#9Northwestern5–111–1 vs. Ind, Ohio St.#10Indiana5–110–2 vs. NW, Ohio St.#11Wisconsin3–13#12Illinois2–14
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First Round - Thursday, March 61112:00pmNorthwestern vs. Ohio StateBTN77–8622:30pmIllinois vs. IowaBTN62–81236:30pmIndiana vs. MichiganBTN57–8249:00pmWisconsin vs. MinnesotaBTN68–74OT Quarterfinals - Friday, March 73512:00pmOhio State vs. Penn StateBTN99–8262:30pmIowa vs. PurdueBTN87–80476:30pmMichigan vs. Michigan StateBTN58–6189:00pmMinnesota vs. NebraskaBTN67–80 Semifinals - Saturday, March 8593:30pmOhio State vs. IowaBTN73–77106:00pmNebraska vs. Michigan StateBTN86–58 Championship Game - Sunday, March 96111:00pmIowa vs. NebraskaESPN65–72 Games times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
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