2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament American college basketball postseason tournament
The 2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament (branded as the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which took place from March 6–10, 2024. The tournament was held at the Target Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . As the tournament winner, Iowa received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament . This was the first year in which the first round was broadcast by Peacock . This was the last year of the then-current tournament format, as the conference will expand to 18 teams the following year.
Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.
Tiebreakers:[ 1]
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
1
1
5:30 p.m.
No. 12 Purdue vs. No. 13 Northwestern
78–72
Peacock
18,392
2
8:00 p.m.
No. 11 Minnesota vs. No. 14 Rutgers
77–69
Second round – Thursday, March 7
2
3
11:30 a.m.
No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 9 Illinois
75−65
BTN
18,392
4
2:00 p.m.
No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Purdue
64−56
3
5
5:30 p.m.
No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 10 Wisconsin
80−56
18,392
6
8:00 p.m.
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Minnesota
76−57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
4
7
11:30 a.m.
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Maryland
61−82
BTN
18,481
8
2:00 p.m.
No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 5 Nebraska
61−73
5
9
5:30 p.m.
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Penn State
95−62
18,575
10
8:00 p.m.
No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Michigan
56−69
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
6
11
1:00 p.m.
No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 5 Nebraska
68−78
BTN
18,746
12
3:30 p.m.
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan
95−68
Championship – Sunday, March 10
7
13
11:00 a.m.
No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Iowa
89–94OT
CBS
18,534
*Game times in Central Time . #Rankings denote tournament seeding. [ 2]
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 6 Peacock Second round Thursday, March 7BTN Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 BTNSemifinals Saturday, March 9 BTNChampionship Sunday, March 10CBS 1 Ohio State 61 8 Maryland 75 8 Maryland 82 9 Illinois 65 8 Maryland 68 5 Nebraska 78 4 Michigan State 61 5 Nebraska 64 5 Nebraska 73 12 Purdue 78 12 Purdue 56 5 Nebraska 89 13 Northwestern 72 2 Iowa 94 *2 Iowa 95 7 Penn State 80 7 Penn State 62 10 Wisconsin 56 2 Iowa 95 6 Michigan 68 3 Indiana 56 6 Michigan 76 6 Michigan 69 11 Minnesota 77 11 Minnesota 57 14 Rutgers 69
* denotes overtime period
Game summaries
First round
No. 13 Northwestern 72, No. 12 Purdue 78
Scoring by half: 39 –35, 33–43
Pts : Caileigh Walsh, 26Rebs : Tied, 8Asts : Caroline Lau, 5
Pts: Abbey Ellis, 25Rebs: Jeanae Terry, 16Asts: Jeanae Terry, 6
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
No. 14 Rutgers 69, No. 11 Minnesota 77
Scoring by half: 35–39 , 34–38
Pts : Destiny Adams, 31Rebs : Destiny Adams, 24Asts : Antonia Bates, 4
Pts: Amaya Battle, 32Rebs: Niamya Holloway, 9Asts: Amaya Battle, 7
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
Second round
No. 9 Illinois 65, No. 8 Maryland 75
Scoring by half: 37 –35, 28–40
Pts : Makira Cook , 17Rebs : Kendall Bostic, 11Asts : Makira Cook, 8
Pts: Bri McDaniel, 20Rebs: Bri McDaniel, 10Asts: Shyanne Sellers, 8
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
No. 12 Purdue 56, No. 5 Nebraska 64
Scoring by half: 25–25, 31–39
Pts : Sophie Swanson, 25Rebs : Jeanae Terry, 11Asts : Tied , 4
Pts: Jaz Shelley, 19Rebs: Tied , 7Asts: Jaz Shelley, 7
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
No. 10 Wisconsin 56, No. 7 Penn State 80
Scoring by half: 29–45 , 27–35
Pts : Ronnie Porter, 15Rebs : Serah Williams, 10Asts : Tied , 3
Pts: Kylie Lavelle, 14Rebs: Ashley Owusu , 6Asts: Makenna Marisa, 5
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
No. 11 Minnesota 57, No. 6 Michigan 76
Scoring by half: 24–37 , 33–39
Pts : Amaya Battle, 22Rebs : Mallory Heyer, 17Asts : Tied , 3
Pts: Laila Phelia , 23Rebs: Elissa Brett, 6Asts: Jordan Hobbs, 7
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,392
Quarterfinals
No. 8 Maryland 82 , No. 1 Ohio State 61
Scoring by half: 38 –30, 44 –31
Pts : Shyanne Sellers, 25Rebs : Faith Masonius, 11Asts : Shyanne Sellers, 7
Pts: Rebeka Mikulasikova, 16Rebs: Cotie McMahon , 9Asts: Celeste Taylor , 6
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,481
No. 5 Nebraska 73 , No. 4 Michigan State 61
Scoring by half: 36 –29, 37 –32
Pts : Alexis Markowski , 22Rebs : Alexis Markowski, 12Asts : Jaz Shelley, 5
Pts: Julia Ayrault, 25Rebs: Julia Ayrault, 5Asts: DeeDee Hagemann, 6
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,481
No. 7 Penn State 62, No. 2 Iowa 95
Scoring by half: 26–46 , 36–49
Pts : Leilani Kapinus, 19Rebs : Ashley Owusu , 6Asts : Tied , 3
Pts: Caitlin Clark , 24Rebs: Caitlin Clark, 10Asts: Caitlin Clark, 7
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,481
No. 6 Michigan 69 , No. 3 Indiana 56
Scoring by half: 21–35 , 48 –21
Pts : Sara Scalia, 14Rebs : Sydney Parrish, 9Asts : Chloe Moore-McNeil, 5
Pts: Laila Phelia , 30Rebs: Chyra Evans, 7Asts: Jordan Hobbs, 5
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,575
Semifinals
No. 8 Maryland 68, No. 5 Nebraska 78
Scoring by half: 40–47 , 28–31
Pts : Shyanne Sellers, 15Rebs : Faith Masonius, 9Asts : Shyanne Sellers, 7
Pts: Jaz Shelley , 30Rebs: Alexis Markowski , 13Asts: Jaz Shelley, 9
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,746
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,746
Championship
Target Center Minneapolis, MNAttendance: 18,534Referees: Felicia Gritner,Gina Cross,Michael McConnell
All-Tournament team
References