2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:Big Ten
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:14
Arena:Sears Centre
City:Hoffman Estates, IL
Champions:Maryland Terrapins
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Brenda Frese
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Lexie Brown
Mvpteam:Maryland
Attendance:21,706
Television:Big Ten Network and ESPN

The 2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was 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 2014–15 Big Ten Conference season 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:

SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2
  1. 1
Maryland18–0
  1. 2
Iowa14-4
  1. 3
Ohio State13-5
  1. 4
Northwestern12-61-0 vs. Rutgers
  1. 5
Rutgers12-60-1 vs. Northwestern
  1. 6
Minnesota11-7
  1. 7
Nebraska10-8
  1. 8
Michigan8–10
  1. 9
Michigan State7–11
  1. 10
Illinois6–12
  1. 11
Wisconsin5-13
  1. 12
Indiana4-14
  1. 13
Penn State3-151-0 vs. Purdue
  1. 14
Purdue3-150-1 vs. Penn State

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore
First round - Wednesday, March 4
11 5:00 pm
  1. 13 Penn State vs. #12 Indiana
63-68[1]
27:30 pm
  1. 14 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin
58-56[2]
Second round - Thursday, March 5
2311:30 am
  1. 9 Michigan State vs. #8 Michigan
BTN69-49[3]
42:00 pm
  1. 12 Indiana vs. #5 Rutgers
BTN52-63[4]
356:00 pm
  1. 10 Illinois vs. #7 Nebraska
BTN71-86[5]
68:30 pm
  1. 14 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota
BTN78-82[6]
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
4711:30 am
  1. 9 Michigan State vs. #1 Maryland
BTN60-70[7]
82:00 pm
  1. 5 Rutgers vs. #4 Northwestern
BTN57-62[8]
596:00 pm
  1. 7 Nebraska vs. #2 Iowa
BTN65-74[9]
108:30 pm
  1. 6 Minnesota vs. #3 Ohio State
BTN71-83[10]
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
6116:00 pm
  1. 4 Northwestern vs. #1 Maryland
BTN63-74[11]
128:30 pm
  1. 3 Ohio State vs. #2 Iowa
BTN91-85[12] OT
Championship - Sunday, March 8
7136:00pm
  1. 3 Ohio State vs. #1 Maryland
ESPN74-77[13]

Bracket

[14]

All-Tournament Team

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana Advances Past Penn State, 68-63. Associated Press. March 4, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144004/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030415aaa.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Purdue Edges Wisconsin, 58-56. Associated Press. March 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308132337/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030415aad.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Michigan State Defeats Michigan, 69-49. Associated Press. March 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144009/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030515aaa.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Rutgers Advances Past Indiana, 63-52. Associated Press. March 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144015/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030515aad.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Nebraska Powers Past Illinois, 86-71. Associated Press. March 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144035/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030515aag.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Minnesota Holds Off Purdue, 82-78. Associated Press. March 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144059/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030515aaj.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  7. Web site: Maryland Tops Michigan State, 70-60. Associated Press. March 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308144333/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030615aad.html. March 8, 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: Northwestern Outlasts Rutgers, 62-57. Associated Press. March 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313214114/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030615aag.html. March 13, 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: Balance leads Iowa women past Nebraska, 74-65. Associated Press. March 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310102941/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030615aaj.html. March 10, 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Ohio State Defeats Minnesota, 83-71. Associated Press. March 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311002803/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030715aaa.html. March 11, 2015. dead.
  11. Web site: Maryland downs Northwestern 74-63 in semifinals. Associated Press. March 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150316055948/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030715aad.html. March 16, 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: Ohio State women top Iowa, 91-85, in OT. Associated Press. March 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310090231/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030815aaa.html. March 10, 2015. dead.
  13. Web site: Maryland beats Ohio State, 77-74, in Big Ten final. Associated Press. March 8, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150312100516/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030815aae.html. March 12, 2015. dead.
  14. Web site: 2015 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket . . October 24, 2014 . October 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141025024606/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/BRACKET.pdf . dead .

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