2013 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2013
Conference:Big Ten
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:12
Arena:Sears Centre Arena
City:Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Champions:Purdue
Titlecount:9th
Coach:Sharon Versyp
Coachcount:4th
Television:BTN and ESPN2

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.[1]

SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2
  1. 1
Penn State14–2
  1. 2
Nebraska12–4
  1. 3
Purdue10–61–1 vs. Michigan State1–0 vs. Nebraska
  1. 4
Michigan State10–61–1 vs. Purdue0–1 vs. Nebraska
  1. 5
Michigan9–71–0 vs. Illinois
  1. 6
Illinois9–70–1 vs. Michigan
  1. 7
Iowa8–8
  1. 8
Minnesota7–92–0 vs. Ohio State
  1. 9
Ohio State7–90–2 vs. Minnesota
  1. 10
Northwestern5–11
  1. 11
Wisconsin3–13
  1. 12
Indiana2–14

Schedule

SessionGameTime**Matchup#TelevisionScore
First round - Thursday, March 7
1112:30 pm
  1. 7 Iowa vs. #10 Northwestern
BTN60–55
22:30 pm
  1. 6 Illinois vs. #11 Wisconsin
BTN57–58
237:00 pm
  1. 8 Minnesota vs. #9 Ohio State
BTN47–58
49:30pm
  1. 5 Michigan vs. #12 Indiana
BTN67–40
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
3512:30 pm
  1. 2 Nebraska vs. #7 Iowa
BTN76–61
62:30pm
  1. 3 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin
BTN74–62
477:00 pm
  1. 1 Penn State vs. #9 Ohio State
BTN76–66
89:30 pm
  1. 4 Michigan State vs. #5 Michigan
BTN62–46
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
595:00 pm
  1. 2 Nebraska vs. #3 Purdue
BTN64–77
107:30pm
  1. 1 Penn State vs. #4 Michigan State
BTN46–54
Championship Game - Sunday, March 10
6114:00pm
  1. 3 Purdue vs. #4 Michigan State
ESPN262–47
  • Game Times in ET. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source:[2]

Bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814103356/https://bigten.org/sports/2018/6/6/sports-w-baskbl-spec-rel-big10-w-baskbl-tournament-12-html.aspx . dead . August 14, 2021 . . June 6, 2018 . March 24, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2013 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Schedule . June 6, 2018 . March 24, 2020.
  3. Web site: 2013 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket . June 6, 2018 . March 24, 2020.