The 2019 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 6–10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Iowa won the tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76.

Seeds All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2018–19 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.

Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2Tiebreak 31‡## – Maryland15–32## – Iowa14–43## – Rutgers13–54## – Michigan11–75# – Ohio State10–86# – Nebraska9–93–1 vs. MINN, NW, MSU7# – Minnesota9–93–2 vs. NEB, NW, MSU8# – Northwestern9–92–3 vs. NEB, MINN, MSU9# – Michigan State9–91–3 vs. NEB, MINN, NW10# – Indiana8–101–1 vs. PUR0-1 vs. MD1-0 vs. IA11Purdue8–101–1 vs. IND0-1 vs. MD1-1 vs. IA12Penn State5–1313Wisconsin4–1414Illinois2–16‡ – 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 SessionGameTimeMatchup#TelevisionAttendanceScore First Round – Wednesday, March 611 1:30 pm#13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Penn StateBTN3,01465–5724:00 pm#14 Illinois vs. #11 Purdue60–72 Second Round – Thursday, March 72312:00 pm#9 Michigan State vs. #8 NorthwesternBTN3,17368–5242:30 pm#13 Wisconsin vs. #5 Ohio State73–63356:30 pm#10 Indiana vs. #7 Minnesota3,44566–5869:00 pm#11 Purdue vs. #6 Nebraska75–71 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 84712:00 pm#9 Michigan State vs.#1 MarylandBTN4,01455–7182:30 pm#13 Wisconsin vs. #4 Michigan65–73 2OT596:30 pm#10 Indiana vs. #2 Iowa4,32561–70109:00 pm#11 Purdue vs. #3 Rutgers49–64 Semifinals – Saturday, March 96115:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #4 MichiganBTN4,41573–72127:30 pm#2 Iowa vs. #3 Rutgers72–67 Championship – Sunday, March 107136:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #2 IowaESPN24,42776–90 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket All times are Eastern.

* denotes overtime period

See also

2019 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

References