The 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 1–5, 2023 at Target Center in Minneapolis. As the tournament winner, Iowa received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. This was the last year of the tournament in which the preliminary rounds were broadcast on Big Ten Network and the final was broadcast on ESPN, as in 2024 these would move to Peacock and CBS, respectively.
Seeds All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2022–23 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.
Seed School ConfTiebreak 1Tiebreak 21Indiana‡##16–22Iowa##15–31–1 vs. Maryland1–1 vs. Indiana3Maryland##15–31–1 vs. Iowa0–1 vs. Indiana4Ohio State##12–65Michigan#11–71–0 vs. Illinois6Illinois#11–70–1 vs. Michigan7Purdue#9–88Nebraska#8–109 Michigan State#7–1010Wisconsin#6–1211Rutgers5–1312Minnesota4–142–0 vs. Penn State13Penn State4–140–2 vs. Minnesota 14Northwestern2–16
Schedule
GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 112:00 pm67−72BTN4,89024:30 pm63−59 Second round – Thursday, March 2312:30 pm64−67BTN4,908425 min. after game 363−6156:30 pm57−555,124625 min. after game 581−55 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3712:30 pm94−85BTN5,54483:20pm81−7996:30 pm69−588,5771025 min. after game 973−58 Semifinals – Saturday, March 4112:30 pm75−79BTN9,375125:00 pm89−84 Championship – Sunday, March 5135:00 pm72−105ESPN9,505 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket All times are Eastern.
* denotes overtime period
All-Tournament team Caitlin Clark, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player Monika Czinano, Iowa Gabbie Marshall, Iowa Diamond Miller, Maryland Cotie McMahon, Ohio State Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
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