2021_Big_Ten_women's_basketball_tournament

2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	13
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Maryland (5th title)
Winning coach	Brenda Frese (5th title)
MVP	Diamond Miller (Maryland)
Television	BTN, FS2, ESPNU
	Big Ten women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

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.

Quick Facts tournament, Classification ...

More information Conf, Overall ...

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2021_Big_Ten_women's_basketball_tournament, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Maryland †	17	–	1	.944	26	–	2	.929
No. 12 Indiana	16	–	2	.889	20	–	5	.800
No. 21 Rutgers	10	–	3	.769	14	–	5	.737
No. 16 Michigan	9	–	4	.692	16	–	6	.727
Northwestern	11	–	7	.611	16	–	9	.640
Iowa	11	–	8	.579	20	–	9	.690
No. 22 Ohio State	9	–	7	.563	13	–	7	.650
Michigan State	8	–	7	.533	15	–	9	.625
Nebraska	9	–	10	.474	13	–	13	.500
Minnesota	7	–	11	.389	8	–	13	.381
Penn State	6	–	13	.316	9	–	15	.375
Purdue	4	–	14	.222	7	–	16	.304
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	5	–	18	.217
Wisconsin	2	–	18	.100	5	–	19	.208

† 2021 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 27, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Seed	School	Conf
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
‡ – Big Ten Conference regular season champions. ## – Received a double bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1	5:00 pm	No. 12 Illinois vs. No. 13 Wisconsin	67−42	BTN	460
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
2	11:00 am	No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Minnesota	72−61	BTN	716
3	25 min. after game 2	No. 5 Northwestern vs. No. 12 Illinois	67−42	BTN	716
4	6:30 pm	No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Penn State	75−66	FS2	1,064
5	25 min. after game 4	No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 11 Purdue	83−72	FS2	1,064
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
6	11:00 am	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Nebraska	83−73	FS2	779
7	25 min. after game 6	No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 5 Northwestern	49−65		779
8	6:30 pm	No. 2 Indiana vs. No. 7 Michigan State	61−69
9	25 min. after game 8	No. 3 Rutgers vs. No. 6 Iowa	62−73
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
10	2:00 pm	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 5 Northwestern	85−52	FS2
11	25 min. after game 10	No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 7 Michigan State	87−72	FS2
Championship – Saturday, March 13
12	2:00 pm	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 6 Iowa	104−84	ESPNU	1,202
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.


First round Tuesday, March 9 BTN^[3]			Second round Wednesday, March 10 BTN/FS2			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 FS2			Semifinals Friday, March 12 FS2			Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPNU



						1	Maryland	83

			8	Nebraska	72	8	Nebraska	73

			9	Minnesota	61				1	Maryland	85

									5	Northwestern	52

						4	Michigan	49

			5	Northwestern	67	5	Northwestern	65

12	Illinois	67	12	Illinois	42							1	Maryland	104

13	Wisconsin	42										6	Iowa	84

						2	Indiana	61

			7	Michigan State	75	7	Michigan State	69

			10	Penn State	66				7	Michigan State	72

									6	Iowa	87

						3	Rutgers	62

			6	Iowa	83	6	Iowa	73

			11	Purdue	72

2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament