2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams14
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
ChampionsMaryland (4th title)
Winning coachBrenda Frese (4th title)
MVPAshley Owusu (Maryland)
Attendance34,709
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Maryland†162 .889284  .875
No. 12 Northwestern162 .889264  .867
No. 21 Iowa144 .778237  .767
No. 20 Indiana135 .722248  .750
Rutgers117 .611229  .710
Ohio State117 .6112112  .636
Michigan108 .5562111  .656
Michigan State99 .5001614  .533
Purdue810 .4441814  .563
Nebraska711 .3891713  .567
Minnesota513 .2781615  .516
Wisconsin315 .1671219  .387
Illinois216 .1111119  .367
Penn State117 .056723  .233
2020 Big Ten tournament winner
As of January 9, 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

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

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

  • 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

References

  1. "2020 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament - Big Ten Conference". bigten.org. 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.
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