2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	14
Site	Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
Champions	Maryland (1st title)
Winning coach	Brenda Frese (1st title)
MVP	Lexie Brown (Maryland)
Attendance	21,706
Television	Big Ten Network and ESPN
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2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#4 Maryland†	18	–	0		1.000			34	–	3		.919
#18 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
#23 Ohio State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
#22 Northwestern	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Rutgers	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Nebraska	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan	8	–	10		.444			20	–	15		.571
Michigan State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Illinois	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13		.278			9	–	20		.310
Indiana	4	–	14		.222			15	–	16		.484
Purdue	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was being held from March 4–8, 2015 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2014–15 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	Maryland	18–0
#2	Iowa	14-4
#3	Ohio State	13-5
#4	Northwestern	12-6	1-0 vs. Rutgers
#5	Rutgers	12-6	0-1 vs. Northwestern
#6	Minnesota	11-7
#7	Nebraska	10-8
#8	Michigan	8–10
#9	Michigan State	7–11
#10	Illinois	6–12
#11	Wisconsin	5-13
#12	Indiana	4-14
#13	Penn State	3-15	1-0 vs. Purdue
#14	Purdue	3-15	0-1 vs. Penn State

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Score
First round - Wednesday, March 4
1	1	5:00 pm	#13 Penn State vs. #12 Indiana		63-68[1]
	2	7:30 pm	#14 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin		58-56[2]
Second round - Thursday, March 5
2	3	11:30 am	#9 Michigan State vs. #8 Michigan	BTN	69-49[3]
	4	2:00 pm	#12 Indiana vs. #5 Rutgers	BTN	52-63[4]
3	5	6:00 pm	#10 Illinois vs. #7 Nebraska	BTN	71-86[5]
	6	8:30 pm	#14 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota	BTN	78-82[6]
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
4	7	11:30 am	#9 Michigan State vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	60-70[7]
	8	2:00 pm	#5 Rutgers vs. #4 Northwestern	BTN	57-62[8]
5	9	6:00 pm	#7 Nebraska vs. #2 Iowa	BTN	65-74[9]
	10	8:30 pm	#6 Minnesota vs. #3 Ohio State	BTN	71-83[10]
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
6	11	6:00 pm	#4 Northwestern vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	63-74[11]
	12	8:30 pm	#3 Ohio State vs. #2 Iowa	BTN	91-85[12] OT
Championship - Sunday, March 8
7	13	6:00pm	#3 Ohio State vs. #1 Maryland	ESPN	74-77[13]

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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	First round Wednesday, March 4					Second round Thursday, March 5 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 7 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN
											1	Maryland	70
											9	Michigan State	60
						8	Michigan	49
						9	Michigan State	69
																1	Maryland	74
																4	Northwestern	63
											4	Northwestern	62
											5	Rutgers	57
						5	Rutgers	63
						12	Indiana	52
	12	Indiana	68
	13	Penn State	63
																					1	Maryland	77
																					3	Ohio State	74
											2	Iowa	74
											7	Nebraska	65
						7	Nebraska	86
						10	Illinois	71
																2	Iowa	85
																3	Ohio State	91^OT
											3	Ohio State	83
											6	Minnesota	71
						6	Minnesota	82
						14	Purdue	78
	11	Wisconsin	56
	14	Purdue	58

All-Tournament Team

• Lexie Brown, Guard, Maryland (Most Outstanding Player)
• Bethany Doolittle, Center, Iowa
• Alexa Hart, Forward, Ohio State
• Kelsey Mitchell, Guard, Ohio State
• Amanda Zahui B., Center, Minnesota

See also

• 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "Indiana Advances Past Penn State, 68-63". Associated Press. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
2. "Purdue Edges Wisconsin, 58-56". Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
3. "Michigan State Defeats Michigan, 69-49". Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
4. "Rutgers Advances Past Indiana, 63-52". Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
5. "Nebraska Powers Past Illinois, 86-71". Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
6. "Minnesota Holds Off Purdue, 82-78". Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
7. "Maryland Tops Michigan State, 70-60". Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
8. "Northwestern Outlasts Rutgers, 62-57". Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
9. "Balance leads Iowa women past Nebraska, 74-65". Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
10. "Ohio State Defeats Minnesota, 83-71". Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
11. "Maryland downs Northwestern 74-63 in semifinals". Associated Press. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
12. "Ohio State women top Iowa, 91-85, in OT". Associated Press. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
13. "Maryland beats Ohio State, 77-74, in Big Ten final". Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
14. "2015 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). bigten.org. Retrieved October 24, 2014.