2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ohio State defeated Maryland 79–69 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2017–18 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: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 21Ohio State13–32Maryland12–43Nebraska11–52–0 vs Iowa4Minnesota11–51–1 vs. NEB1–0 vs. MD5Iowa11–51–1 vs. NEB0–1 vs. MD6Michigan10–67Indiana9–72–0 vs. PUR8Purdue9–70–2 vs. IND9Rutgers7–91–0 vs. MSU10Michigan State7–90–1 vs. RU11Penn State6–1012Northwestern3–1313Wisconsin2–1414Illinois0–16

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendanceScore First Round – Wednesday, February 2811 1:30 pm#13 Wisconsin vs. #12 NorthwesternRSN3,11963–6824:00 pm#14 Illinois vs. #11 Penn State57–83 Second Round – Thursday, March 12312:00 pm#9 Rutgers vs. #8 PurdueRSN3,44762–6042:30 pm#12 Northwestern vs. #5 Iowa45–55356:30 pm#10 Michigan State vs. #7 Indiana3,813109–1114OT69:00 pm#11 Penn State vs. #6 Michigan48–77 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 24712:00 pm#9 Rutgers vs. #1 Ohio StateRSN5,27482–5782:30 pm#5 Iowa vs. #4 Minnesota89–90596:30 pm#7 Indiana vs. #2 Maryland5,53854–67109:00 pm#6 Michigan vs. #3 Nebraska54–61 Semifinals – Saturday, March 36116:00 pm#1 Ohio State vs. #4 MinnesotaBTN7,49990–88 128:30 pm#2 Maryland vs. #3 Nebraska66–53 Championship – Sunday, March 47137:00 pm#1 Ohio State vs. #2 MarylandESPN24,51979–69 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

All times are Eastern.

See also

2018 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

References