| Year: | 2011 |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| City: | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Champions: | Ohio State |
| Titlecount: | Fourth |
| Coach: | Jim Foster |
| Coachcount: | Fourth |
| Mvp: | Jantel Lavender |
| Mvpteam: | Ohio State |
| Television: | BTN and ESPN2 |
The 2011 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament was played between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Big Ten Network carried every game except the final, which was aired on ESPN2. Ohio State won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2011 Women's NCAA tournament.
All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Big Ten Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records (Tie-breaking Procedure.[1] The top 5 teams received a first round bye.
The seeding for the tournament was as follows:
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 13–3 | 25–4 | ||
| Penn State | 11–5 | 22–8 | ||
| Michigan | 10–6 | 17–11 | 5–0 vs. IOWA/OSU/WISC | |
| Iowa | 10–6 | 22–7 | 2–2 vs. MICH/OSU/WISC | |
| Ohio State | 10–6 | 19–9 | 2–3 vs. MICH/IOWA/WISC | |
| Wisconsin | 10–6 | 15–14 | 0–4 vs. MICH/IOWA/OSU | |
| Purdue | 9–7 | 20–10 | ||
| Northwestern | 6–10 | 18–12 | ||
| Minnesota | 4–12 | 12–18 | ||
| Indiana | 3–13 | 9–20 | ||
| Illinois | 2–14 | 8–22 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round - Thursday, March 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00pm |
| BTN | 66–62 | |
| 2 | 4:30pm |
| BTN | 63–56 | ||
| 3 | 7:00pm |
| BTN | 53–44 | ||
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 11:30am |
| BTN | 73–61 | |
| 5 | 2:00pm |
| BTN | 55–47 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 6:00pm |
| BTN | 56–25 | |
| 7 | 8:30pm |
| BTN | 71–61 | ||
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:00pm |
| BTN | 79–64 | |
| 9 | 7:30pm |
| BTN | 72–57 | ||
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 6 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:30pm |
| ESPN2 | 84–70 | |
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All game times are ET.