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
Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
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

[14]

  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 91OT  
3  Ohio State 83
    6  Minnesota 71  
6  Minnesota 82
    14  Purdue 78  
11  Wisconsin 56
14  Purdue 58  

All-Tournament Team

See also

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.
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