Year: | 2022 |
Conference: | Big Ten |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 14 |
Arena: | Gainbridge Fieldhouse |
City: | Indianapolis, IN |
Champions: | Iowa |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Coach: | Lisa Bluder |
Coachcount: | 3rd |
Mvp: | Caitlin Clark |
Mvpteam: | Iowa |
Television: | BTN, ESPN2 |
The 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 2–6, 2022 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament, Iowa, earned an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2021–22 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.[1]
Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker | ||
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1 | Ohio State‡## | 14–4 | 1–0 vs. Iowa | ||
2 | Iowa‡## | 14–4 | 0–1 vs. Ohio State | ||
3 | Michigan## | 13–4 | 2–0 vs. Maryland | ||
4 | Maryland## | 13–4 | 0–2 vs. Michigan | ||
5 | Indiana# | 11–5 | |||
6 | Nebraska# | 11–7 | |||
7 | Northwestern# | 8–8 | |||
8 | Michigan State# | 8–9 | |||
9 | Purdue# | 7–11 | 1–0 vs. Minnesota | ||
10 | Minnesota# | 7–11 | 0–1 vs. Purdue | ||
11 | Wisconsin | 5–13 | 1–0 vs. Penn State | ||
12 | Penn State | 5–13 | 0–1 vs. Wisconsin | ||
13 | Rutgers | 3–14 | |||
14 | Illinois | 1–13 | |||