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The 2013 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held March 7 through March 12 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The Big Ten Network carried all games except the championship game which was aired by ESPN2. Purdue won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2012–13 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. The top four teams received a first round bye.
SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2#1Penn State14–2#2Nebraska12–4#3Purdue10–61–1 vs. Michigan State1–0 vs. Nebraska#4Michigan State10–61–1 vs. Purdue0–1 vs. Nebraska#5Michigan9–71–0 vs. Illinois #6Illinois9–70–1 vs. Michigan#7Iowa8–8#8Minnesota7–92–0 vs. Ohio State#9Ohio State7–90–2 vs. Minnesota #10Northwestern5–11#11Wisconsin3–13#12Indiana2–14
Schedule SessionGameTime**Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Thursday, March 7 1 112:30 pm#7 Iowa vs. #10 NorthwesternBTN60–55 22:30 pm#6 Illinois vs. #11 Wisconsin BTN57–58 2 37:00 pm#8 Minnesota vs. #9 Ohio StateBTN47–58 49:30pm#5 Michigan vs. #12 IndianaBTN67–40 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8 3 512:30 pm#2 Nebraska vs. #7 IowaBTN76–61 62:30pm#3 Purdue vs. #11 WisconsinBTN74–62 4 77:00 pm#1 Penn State vs. #9 Ohio StateBTN76–66 89:30 pm#4 Michigan State vs. #5 MichiganBTN62–46 Semifinals - Saturday, March 9 5 9 5:00 pm#2 Nebraska vs. #3 PurdueBTN64–77 10 7:30pm#1 Penn State vs. #4 Michigan StateBTN46–54 Championship Game - Sunday, March 10 6 11 4:00pm#3 Purdue vs. #4 Michigan StateESPN262–47 *Game Times in ET. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source:
Bracket All times are Eastern.
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