2014 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament from March 6 through March 9 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN.[3] The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals games was televised on the Big Ten Network and the championship was on ESPN. Nebraska defeated Iowa to win their first Big Ten Title in women's basketball history. With that win, the Cornhuskers received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	12
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Nebraska (1st title)
Winning coach	Connie Yori (1st title)
MVP	Rachel Theriot (Nebraska)
Attendance	35,407
Television	BTN and ESPN
Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Penn State	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
No. 20 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
No. 13 Nebraska †	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 17 Purdue	11	–	5		.688			22	–	9		.710
No. 19 Iowa	11	–	5		.688			27	–	9		.750
Minnesota	8	–	8		.500			22	–	13		.629
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
Indiana	5	–	11		.313			21	–	13		.618
Northwestern	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Ohio State	5	–	11		.313			17	–	18		.486
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			10	–	19		.345
Illinois	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2014 Big Ten Tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2013–14 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
#1	Penn State	13–3	1–0 vs. Mich St.
#2	Michigan State	13–3	0–1 vs. Penn St.
#3	Nebraska	12–4
#4	Purdue	11–5	1–0 vs. Iowa
#5	Iowa	11–5	0–1 vs. Purdue
#6	Minnesota	8–8	1–0 vs. Mich
#7	Michigan	8–8	0–1 vs. Minn
#8	Ohio State	5–11	2–0 vs. Ind, NW
#9	Northwestern	5–11	1–1 vs. Ind, Ohio St.
#10	Indiana	5–11	0–2 vs. NW, Ohio St.
#11	Wisconsin	3–13
#12	Illinois	2–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Score
First Round - Thursday, March 6
1	1	12:00pm	Northwestern vs. Ohio State	BTN	77–86
	2	2:30pm	Illinois vs. Iowa	BTN	62–81
2	3	6:30pm	Indiana vs. Michigan	BTN	57–82
	4	9:00pm	Wisconsin vs. Minnesota	BTN	68–74^OT
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7
3	5	12:00pm	Ohio State vs. Penn State	BTN	99–82[4]
	6	2:30pm	Iowa vs. Purdue	BTN	87–80
4	7	6:30pm	Michigan vs. Michigan State	BTN	58–61
	8	9:00pm	Minnesota vs. Nebraska	BTN	67–80
Semifinals - Saturday, March 8
5	9	3:30pm	Ohio State vs. Iowa	BTN	73–77
	10	6:00pm	Nebraska vs. Michigan State	BTN	86–58
Championship Game - Sunday, March 9
6	11	1:00pm	Iowa vs. Nebraska	ESPN	65–72
Games times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[5]

	First Round Thursday, March 6 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 8 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 9 ESPN
						1	Penn State	82
						8	Ohio State	99
	8	Ohio State	86
	9	Northwestern	77
											8	Ohio State	73
										5	Iowa	77
						5	Iowa	87
						4	Purdue	80
	5	Iowa	81
	12	Illinois	62
																5	Iowa	65
																3	Nebraska	72
						2	Michigan State	61
						7	Michigan	57
	7	Michigan	82
	10	Indiana	57
											2	Michigan State	58
										3	Nebraska	86
						3	Nebraska	80
						6	Minnesota	67
	6	Minnesota	74^OT
	11	Wisconsin	68

See also

• 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. "Big Ten 2013-2014 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
4. "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Penn State Lady Lions - Recap". ESPN. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
5. "2014 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). bigten.org. Retrieved 19 November 2013.