2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2017
Conference:	Big Ten
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	14
Arena:	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
City:	Indianapolis, IN
Champions:	Maryland
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Brenda Frese
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Brionna Jones
Mvpteam:	Maryland
Attendance:	32,417
Television:	Big Ten Network, ESPN2

The 2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2017 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2016–17 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:

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

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance	Score
First round - Wednesday, March 1
1	1	1:30 pm	13 Nebraska vs. #12 Illinois	BTN	4,830	70–79
2	4:00 pm	14 Rutgers vs. #11 Wisconsin	55–61
Second round - Thursday, March 2
2	3	12:00 pm	9 Northwestern vs. #8 Iowa	BTN	3,570	78–73
4	2:30 pm	12 Illinois vs. #5 Purdue	58–72
3	5	6:30 pm	10 Minnesota vs. #7 Penn State	3,431	70–64
6	9:00 pm	11 Wisconsin vs. #6 Michigan State	63-70
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3
4	7	12:00 pm	9 Northwestern vs. #1 Ohio State	BTN	5,004	68–99
8	2:30 pm	5 Purdue vs. #4 Indiana	66–60
5	9	6:30 pm	10 Minnesota vs. #2 Maryland	4,065	80–92
10	9:00 pm	6 Michigan State vs. #3 Michigan	74–64
Semifinals - Saturday, March 4
6	11	3:00 pm	5 Purdue vs. #1 Ohio State	BTN	5,408	71–60
12	5:30 pm	6 Michigan State vs. #2 Maryland	100–89
Championship - Sunday, March 5
7	13	7:00 pm	5 Purdue vs. #2 Maryland	ESPN2	6,109	74–64

• Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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See also

• 2017 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket . . December 11, 2016 . December 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141629/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2017WBBTourneyBracket.pdf . dead .