| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Bankers Life Fieldhouse |
| City: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Champions: | Maryland |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Brenda Frese |
| Coachcount: | 5th |
| Mvp: | Diamond Miller |
| Mvpteam: | Maryland |
| Television: | BTN, FS2, ESPNU |
The 2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 9–13, 2021 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament, Maryland earned an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Only 13 out of the 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Ohio State did not compete this year due to a self-imposed postseason ban.[1] Teams were seeded by 2020–21 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 11 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.[2]
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland‡## | 17–1 | |||
| 2 | Indiana## | 16–2 | |||
| 3 | Rutgers## | 10–3 | |||
| 4 | Michigan## | 9–4 | |||
| 5 | Northwestern# | 11–7 | |||
| 6 | Iowa# | 11–8 | |||
| 7 | Michigan State# | 7–7 | |||
| 8 | Nebraska# | 9–10 | |||
| 9 | Minnesota# | 7–11 | |||
| 10 | Penn State# | 6–12 | |||
| 11 | Purdue# | 4–14 | |||
| 12 | Illinois | 2–16 | |||
| 13 | Wisconsin | 2–17 | |||