2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

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.

Seeds

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]

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
1Maryland‡##17–1
2 Indiana##16–2
3 Rutgers##10–3
4Michigan##9–4
5Northwestern#11–7
6Iowa#11–8
7Michigan State#7–7
8Nebraska#9–10
9 Minnesota#7–11
10Penn State#6–12
11Purdue#4–14
12Illinois2–16
13Wisconsin2–17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio State women's basketball players to use postseason ban as motivation . ESPN.com . January 4, 2021 . March 6, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Schedule Announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224175449/https://bigten.org/news/2021/2/24/general-2021-big-ten-womens-basketball-tournament-schedule-announced.aspx. dead. February 24, 2021. BigTen.org . February 24, 2021. February 24, 2021.