2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2017 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2016–17 Big Ten Conference women's basketball 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 21Ohio State15–11–0 vs. Maryland2Maryland15–10–1 vs. Ohio State3Michigan11–54Indiana10–61–0 vs. Purdue5Purdue10–60–1 vs. Indiana6Michigan State9–71–0 vs. Penn State7Penn State9–70–1 vs. Michigan State8Iowa8–81–0 vs. Northwestern9Northwestern8–80–1 vs. Iowa10Minnesota5–1111Wisconsin3–133–1 vs. Ill, Neb, Rutg12Illinois3–132–1 vs. Wisc, Neb, Rutg13Nebraska3–131–2 vs. Wisc, Ill, Rutg14Rutgers3–131–3 vs. Wisc, Ill, Neb

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendanceScore First round - Wednesday, March 111 1:30 pm#13 Nebraska vs. #12 IllinoisBTN4,83070–7924:00 pm#14 Rutgers vs. #11 Wisconsin55–61 Second round - Thursday, March 22312:00 pm#9 Northwestern vs. #8 IowaBTN3,57078–7342:30 pm#12 Illinois vs. #5 Purdue58–72356:30 pm#10 Minnesota vs. #7 Penn State3,43170–6469:00 pm#11 Wisconsin vs. #6 Michigan State63-70 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 34712:00 pm#9 Northwestern vs. #1 Ohio StateBTN5,00468–9982:30 pm#5 Purdue vs. #4 Indiana66–60596:30 pm#10 Minnesota vs. #2 Maryland4,06580–92109:00 pm#6 Michigan State vs. #3 Michigan74–64 Semifinals - Saturday, March 46113:00 pm#5 Purdue vs. #1 Ohio StateBTN 5,408 71–60125:30 pm#6 Michigan State vs. #2 Maryland 100–89 Championship - Sunday, March 57137:00 pm#5 Purdue vs. #2 MarylandESPN26,10974–64 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

See also

2017 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

References