2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Big Ten
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	14
Arena:	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
City:	Indianapolis, IN
Champions:	Ohio State^[1]
Titlecount:	6th
Coach:	Kevin McGuff
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Kelsey Mitchell^[2]
Mvpteam:	Ohio State
Attendance:	33,209
Television:	Big Ten Network, RSN, ESPN2

The 2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ohio State defeated Maryland 79–69 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2017–18 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	13–3
2	Maryland	12–4
3	Nebraska	11–5	2–0 vs Iowa
4	Minnesota	11–5	1–1 vs. NEB	1–0 vs. MD
5	Iowa	11–5	1–1 vs. NEB	0–1 vs. MD
6	Michigan	10–6
7	Indiana	9–7	2–0 vs. PUR
8	Purdue	9–7	0–2 vs. IND
9	Rutgers	7–9	1–0 vs. MSU
10	Michigan State	7–9	0–1 vs. RU
11	Penn State	6–10
12	Northwestern	3–13
13	Wisconsin	2–14
14	Illinois	0–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance	Score
First Round – Wednesday, February 28
1	1	1:30 pm	13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Northwestern	RSN	3,119	63–68
2	4:00 pm	14 Illinois vs. #11 Penn State	57–83
Second Round – Thursday, March 1
2	3	12:00 pm	9 Rutgers vs. #8 Purdue	RSN	3,447	62–60
4	2:30 pm	12 Northwestern vs. #5 Iowa	45–55
3	5	6:30 pm	10 Michigan State vs. #7 Indiana	3,813	109–111^4OT
6	9:00 pm	11 Penn State vs. #6 Michigan	48–77
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
4	7	12:00 pm	9 Rutgers vs. #1 Ohio State	RSN	5,274	82–57
8	2:30 pm	5 Iowa vs. #4 Minnesota	89–90
5	9	6:30 pm	7 Indiana vs. #2 Maryland	5,538	54–67
10	9:00 pm	6 Michigan vs. #3 Nebraska	54–61
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
6	11	6:00 pm	1 Ohio State vs. #4 Minnesota	BTN	7,499	90–88
12	8:30 pm	2 Maryland vs. #3 Nebraska	66–53
Championship – Sunday, March 4
7	13	7:00 pm	1 Ohio State vs. #2 Maryland	ESPN2	4,519	79–69

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

Bracket

^[3]

• All times are Eastern.

See also

• 2018 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Postgame Notes: Ohio State-Maryland. Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. March 4, 2018. March 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082500/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030418aab.html. March 6, 2018. dead.
2. Web site: 2018 All-Tournament Team. Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. March 4, 2018. March 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180306023122/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030418aaa.html. March 6, 2018. dead.
3. Web site: 2018 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket. Big Ten Conference. 28 November 2017. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031222/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/1718_Womens_Bracket.pdf. dead.