The 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 2–6, 2022 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament, Iowa, earned an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2021–22 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.
Seed School Conf Tiebreaker1Ohio State‡##14–41–0 vs. Iowa2Iowa‡##14–40–1 vs. Ohio State3Michigan##13–42–0 vs. Maryland4Maryland##13–40–2 vs. Michigan5Indiana#11–56Nebraska#11–77Northwestern#8–88Michigan State#8–99 Purdue#7–111–0 vs. Minnesota10Minnesota#7–110–1 vs. Purdue11Wisconsin5–131–0 vs. Penn State12Penn State5–130–1 vs. Wisconsin13Rutgers3–14 14Illinois1–13
Schedule
GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 212:00 pm50−75BTN024:30 pm66−75 Second round – Thursday, March 3311:30 am73−69BTN0425 min. after game 366−5456:30 pm65−600625 min. after game 592−74 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4711:30 am74−58BTN0825 min. after game 751−6296:30 pm72−5901025 min. after game 973−76 Semifinals – Saturday, March 5113:30 pm62−70BTN7,749126:00 pm83−66 Championship – Sunday, March 6134:00 pm67−74ESPN28,709 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket All times are Eastern.
* denotes overtime period
All-Tournament team Caitlin Clark, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player Monika Czinano, Iowa Grace Berger, Indiana Nicole Cardaño-Hillary, Indiana Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
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