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.
Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season: SeedSchoolConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 21Maryland‡##16–21–1 vs. NW1–1 vs. IOWA2Northwestern‡##16–21–1 vs. MD0–1 vs. IOWA3Iowa##14–44Indiana##13–55Rutgers#11–71–0 vs. OSU6Ohio State#11–70–1 vs. RUTG7Michigan#10–88Michigan State#9–99Purdue#8–1010Nebraska#7–1111Minnesota5–1312Wisconsin3–1513Illinois2–1614Penn State1–17‡ – 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 SessionGameTimeMatchup#TelevisionAttendanceScore First Round – Wednesday, March 411 2:00 pm#13 Illinois vs. #12 WisconsinBTN3,79355–7124:30 pm#14 Penn State vs. #11 Minnesota65–85 Second Round – Thursday, March 52312:00 pm#9 Purdue vs. #8 Michigan StateBTN4,15872–6342:30 pm#12 Wisconsin vs. #5 Rutgers55–63356:30 pm#10 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan4,34975–8169:00 pm#11 Minnesota vs. #6 Ohio State56–77 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 64712:00 pm#9 Purdue vs. #1 MarylandBTN5,71162–7482:30 pm#5 Rutgers vs. #4 Indiana60–78596:30 pm#7 Michigan vs. #2 Northwestern4,79867–59109:00 pm#6 Ohio State vs. #3 Iowa87–66 Semifinals – Saturday, March 76116:30 pm#4 Indiana vs. #1 MarylandBTN7,21351–66129:00 pm#7 Michigan vs. #6 Ohio State60–66 Championship – Sunday, March 87136:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #6 Ohio StateESPN24,68782–65 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket All times are Eastern.
* denotes overtime period
See also
2020 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
References