2024 Big Ten women's basketball 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreak 1Tiebreak 21Ohio State16–2 2Iowa15–31–1 vs. Indiana1–1 vs. Ohio State3Indiana15–31–1 vs. Iowa0–1 vs. Ohio State4Michigan State12–65Nebraska11–76Michigan9–92–0 vs. Penn State and Maryland7Penn State9–91–2 vs. Michigan and Maryland1–0 vs. Nebraska (5 seed)8Maryland9–91–2 vs. Penn State and Michigan0–1 vs. Nebraska (5 seed)9Illinois8–1010Wisconsin6–1211Minnesota5–131–0 vs. Purdue12Purdue5–130–1 vs. Minnesota13Northwestern4–1414Rutgers2–16 Tiebreakers:

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 6 115:30 p.m.No. 12 Purdue vs. No. 13 Northwestern78–72Peacock18,39228:00 p.m.No. 11 Minnesota vs. No. 14 Rutgers77–69 Second round – Thursday, March 7 2311:30 a.m.No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 9 Illinois75−65BTN18,39242:00 p.m.No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Purdue64−56 355:30 p.m.No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 10 Wisconsin80−5618,39268:00 p.m.No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Minnesota76−57 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8 4711:30 a.m.No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Maryland61−82BTN18,48182:00 p.m.No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 5 Nebraska61−73 595:30 p.m.No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Penn State95−6218,575108:00 p.m.No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Michigan56−69 Semifinals – Saturday, March 9 6111:00 p.m.No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 5 Nebraska68−78BTN18,746123:30 p.m.No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan95−68 Championship – Sunday, March 10 71311:00 a.m.No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Iowa89–94OTCBS 18,534 *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

All-Tournament team Caitlin Clark, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player Sydney Affolter, Iowa Laila Phelia, Michigan Jaz Shelley, Nebraska Alexis Markowski, Nebraska

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