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: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2#1Maryland16–2#2Ohio State15–3#3Michigan State13–5#4Indiana12–6#5Minnesota11–7#6Purdue10–8#7Nebraska9–91–0 vs. Michigan#8Michigan9–90–1 vs. Nebraska#9Iowa8–101–0 vs. Rutgers#10Rutgers8–100–1 vs. Iowa#11Penn State6–12#12Northwestern4–14#13Wisconsin3–15#14Illinois2–16
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round - Wednesday, March 211 1:30 pm#13 Wisconsin vs. #12 NorthwesternBTN24:00 pm#14 Illinois vs. #11 Penn State Second round - Thursday, March 32312:00 pm#9 Iowa vs. #8 MichiganBTN4,78342:30 pm#12 Northwestern vs. #5 Minnesota356:30 pm#10 Rutgers vs. #7 Nebraska5,01169:00 pm#11 Penn State vs. #6 Purdue Quarterfinals - Friday, March 44712:00 pm#9 Iowa vs. #1 MarylandBTN6,60682:30 pm#12 Northwestern vs. #4 Indiana596:30 pm#10 Rutgers vs. #2 Ohio State6,043109:00 pm#6 Purdue vs. #3 Michigan State Semifinals - Saturday, March 56113:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #12 NorthwesternBTN6,285125:30 pm#2 Ohio State vs. #3 Michigan State Championship - Sunday, March 67137:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #3 Michigan StateESPN5,109 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2016 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
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