2015 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

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2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams14
SiteSears Centre
Hoffman Estates, IL
ChampionsMaryland Terrapins (1st title)
Winning coachBrenda Frese (1st title)
MVPLexie Brown (Maryland)
Attendance21,706
TelevisionBig Ten Network and ESPN
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 18 – 0   1.000 34 – 3   .919
No. 18 Iowa 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
No. 23 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722 24 – 11   .686
No. 22 Northwestern 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
Rutgers 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
Minnesota 11 – 7   .611 23 – 10   .697
Nebraska 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Michigan 8 – 10   .444 20 – 15   .571
Michigan State 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
Illinois 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310
Indiana 4 – 14   .222 15 – 16   .484
Purdue 3 – 15   .167 11 – 20   .355
Penn State 3 – 15   .167 6 – 24   .200
† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was being 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 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:

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
#1 Maryland 18–0
#2 Iowa 14-4
#3 Ohio State 13-5
#4 Northwestern 12-6 1-0 vs. Rutgers
#5 Rutgers 12-6 0-1 vs. Northwestern
#6 Minnesota 11-7
#7 Nebraska 10-8
#8 Michigan 8–10
#9 Michigan State 7–11
#10 Illinois 6–12
#11 Wisconsin 5-13
#12 Indiana 4-14
#13 Penn State 3-15 1-0 vs. Purdue
#14 Purdue 3-15 0-1 vs. Penn State

Schedule[]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Wednesday, March 4
1 1 5:00 pm #13 Penn State vs. #12 Indiana 63-68[1]
2 7:30 pm #14 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin 58-56[2]
Second round - Thursday, March 5
2 3 11:30 am #9 Michigan State vs. #8 Michigan BTN 69-49[3]
4 2:00 pm #12 Indiana vs. #5 Rutgers BTN 52-63[4]
3 5 6:00 pm #10 Illinois vs. #7 Nebraska BTN 71-86[5]
6 8:30 pm #14 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota BTN 78-82[6]
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
4 7 11:30 am #9 Michigan State vs. #1 Maryland BTN 60-70[7]
8 2:00 pm #5 Rutgers vs. #4 Northwestern BTN 57-62[8]
5 9 6:00 pm #7 Nebraska vs. #2 Iowa BTN 65-74[9]
10 8:30 pm #6 Minnesota vs. #3 Ohio State BTN 71-83[10]
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
6 11 6:00 pm #4 Northwestern vs. #1 Maryland BTN 63-74[11]
12 8:30 pm #3 Ohio State vs. #2 Iowa BTN 91-85[12] OT
Championship - Sunday, March 8
7 13 6:00pm #3 Ohio State vs. #1 Maryland ESPN 74-77[13]

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

[14]

  First round
Wednesday, March 4 		Second round
Thursday, March 5
BTN 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
BTN 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
BTN 		Championship
Sunday, March 8
ESPN
                                               
1 Maryland 70  
    9 Michigan State 60  
8 Michigan 49
9 Michigan State 69  
  1 Maryland 74  
  4 Northwestern 63  
4 Northwestern 62
    5 Rutgers 57  
5 Rutgers 63
    12 Indiana 52  
12 Indiana 68
13 Penn State 63  
1 Maryland 77
3 Ohio State 74
2 Iowa 74  
    7 Nebraska 65  
7 Nebraska 86
10 Illinois 71  
  2 Iowa 85
  3 Ohio State 91OT  
3 Ohio State 83
    6 Minnesota 71  
6 Minnesota 82
    14 Purdue 78  
11 Wisconsin 56
14 Purdue 58  

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Indiana Advances Past Penn State, 68-63". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Purdue Edges Wisconsin, 58-56". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Michigan State Defeats Michigan, 69-49". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Rutgers Advances Past Indiana, 63-52". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Nebraska Powers Past Illinois, 86-71". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Minnesota Holds Off Purdue, 82-78". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Maryland Tops Michigan State, 70-60". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Northwestern Outlasts Rutgers, 62-57". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Balance leads Iowa women past Nebraska, 74-65". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Ohio State Defeats Minnesota, 83-71". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  11. ^ "Maryland downs Northwestern 74-63 in semifinals". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  12. ^ "Ohio State women top Iowa, 91-85, in OT". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  13. ^ "Maryland beats Ohio State, 77-74, in Big Ten final". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  14. ^ "2015 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). bigten.org. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
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