2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament explained

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.

Seeds

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]

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
1Ohio State‡##14–41–0 vs. Iowa
2Iowa‡##14–40–1 vs. Ohio State
3Michigan##13–42–0 vs. Maryland
4Maryland##13–40–2 vs. Michigan
5Indiana#11–5
6Nebraska#11–7
7Northwestern#8–8
8Michigan State#8–9
9 Purdue#7–111–0 vs. Minnesota
10Minnesota#7–110–1 vs. Purdue
11Wisconsin5–131–0 vs. Penn State
12Penn State5–130–1 vs. Wisconsin
13Rutgers3–14
14Illinois1–13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's and Women’s Basketball Championship Procedure and Tiebreaker Procedures for Tournament Seeding . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216183849/https://bigten.org/documents/2022/1/26//2022_Big_Ten_MBB_WBB_Tournament_Tiebreaker_January_2022.pdf?id=7393 . dead . February 16, 2022 . BigTen.org . February 27, 2022 . February 27, 2022.