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2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

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2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams14
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
ChampionsMaryland (4th title)
Winning coachBrenda Frese (4th title)
MVPAshley Owusu (Maryland)
Attendance34,709
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
← 2019
2021 ⊟
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 16 2   .889 28 4   .875
No. 12 Northwestern 16 2   .889 26 4   .867
No. 21 Iowa 14 4   .778 23 7   .767
No. 20 Indiana 13 5   .722 24 8   .750
Rutgers 11 7   .611 22 9   .710
Ohio State 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Michigan 10 8   .556 21 11   .656
Michigan State 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
Purdue 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Nebraska 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Minnesota 5 13   .278 16 15   .516
Wisconsin 3 15   .167 12 19   .387
Illinois 2 16   .111 11 19   .367
Penn State 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2020 Big Ten tournament winner
As of December 3, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament scheduled for March 4–8, 2020 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Seeds

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All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2019–20 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.[1]

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

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
1 Maryland‡## 16–2 1–1 vs. NW 1–1 vs. IOWA
2 Northwestern‡## 16–2 1–1 vs. MD 0–1 vs. IOWA
3 Iowa## 14–4
4 Indiana## 13–5
5 Rutgers# 11–7 1–0 vs. OSU
6 Ohio State# 11–7 0–1 vs. RUTG
7 Michigan# 10–8
8 Michigan State# 9–9
9 Purdue# 8–10
10 Nebraska# 7–11
11 Minnesota 5–13
12 Wisconsin 3–15
13 Illinois 2–16
14 Penn State 1–17
‡ – 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.

Schedule

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Session Game Time Matchup# Television Attendance Score
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1 1 2:00 pm #13 Illinois vs. #12 Wisconsin BTN 3,793 55–71[2]
2 4:30 pm #14 Penn State vs. #11 Minnesota 65–85[3]
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
2 3 12:00 pm #9 Purdue vs. #8 Michigan State BTN 4,158 72–63[4]
4 2:30 pm #12 Wisconsin vs. #5 Rutgers 55–63[5]
3 5 6:30 pm #10 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan 4,349 75–81[6]
6 9:00 pm #11 Minnesota vs. #6 Ohio State 56–77[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
4 7 12:00 pm #9 Purdue vs. #1 Maryland BTN 5,711 62–74
8 2:30 pm #5 Rutgers vs. #4 Indiana 60–78
5 9 6:30 pm #7 Michigan vs. #2 Northwestern 4,798 67–59
10 9:00 pm #6 Ohio State vs. #3 Iowa 87–66
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
6 11 6:30 pm #4 Indiana vs. #1 Maryland BTN 7,213 51–66
12 9:00 pm #7 Michigan vs. #6 Ohio State 60–66
Championship – Sunday, March 8
7 13 6:00 pm #1 Maryland vs. #6 Ohio State ESPN2 4,687 82–65

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

Bracket

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  • All times are Eastern.
First round
Wednesday, March 4
BTN
Second round
Thursday, March 5
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
BTN
Championship
Sunday, March 8
ESPN2
1Maryland74
8Michigan State639Purdue62
9Purdue721Maryland66
4Indiana51
4Indiana78
5Rutgers635Rutgers60
12Wisconsin7112Wisconsin551Maryland82
13Illinois556Ohio State65
2Northwestern59
7Michigan817Michigan67
10Nebraska757Michigan60
6Ohio State66
3Iowa66
6Ohio State776Ohio State87
11Minnesota8511Minnesota56
14Penn State65

* denotes overtime period

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament - Big Ten Conference". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ "Laszewski, Wisconsin women beat Illinois is Big Ten tourney". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Minnesota women beat Penn State 85-65 in Big Ten tournament". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Purdue women top Spartans 72-64 in Big Ten tourney". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Guirantes scores 27, Rutgers tops Wisconsin 63-55 at Big Ten". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dilk, Hillmon lift Michigan women past Huskers in Big Ten". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ohio State women pull away to beat Minnesota 77-56". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.