The 2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 4–8, 2015 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL.
Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2014–15 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: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2#1Maryland18–0#2Iowa14-4#3Ohio State13-5#4Northwestern12-61-0 vs. Rutgers#5Rutgers12-60-1 vs. Northwestern#6Minnesota11-7#7Nebraska10-8#8Michigan8–10#9Michigan State7–11#10Illinois6–12#11Wisconsin5-13#12Indiana4-14#13Penn State3-151-0 vs. Purdue#14Purdue3-150-1 vs. Penn State
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Wednesday, March 411 5:00 pm#13 Penn State vs. #12 Indiana63-6827:30 pm#14 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin 58-56 Second round - Thursday, March 52311:30 am#9 Michigan State vs. #8 MichiganBTN69-4942:00 pm#12 Indiana vs. #5 RutgersBTN52-63356:00 pm#10 Illinois vs. #7 NebraskaBTN71-8668:30 pm#14 Purdue vs. #6 MinnesotaBTN78-82 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 64711:30 am#9 Michigan State vs. #1 MarylandBTN60-7082:00 pm#5 Rutgers vs. #4 NorthwesternBTN57-62596:00 pm#7 Nebraska vs. #2 IowaBTN65-74108:30 pm#6 Minnesota vs. #3 Ohio StateBTN71-83 Semifinals - Saturday, March 76116:00 pm#4 Northwestern vs. #1 MarylandBTN63-74128:30 pm#3 Ohio State vs. #2 IowaBTN91-85 OT Championship - Sunday, March 87136:00pm#3 Ohio State vs. #1 MarylandESPN74-77 *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
All-Tournament Team Lexie Brown, Guard, Maryland (Most Outstanding Player) Bethany Doolittle, Center, Iowa Alexa Hart, Forward, Ohio State Kelsey Mitchell, Guard, Ohio State Amanda Zahui B., Center, Minnesota
See also 2015 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
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