2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams14
SiteGainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
ChampionsIowa (4th title)
Winning coachLisa Bluder (3rd title)
MVPCaitlin Clark (Iowa)
TelevisionBTN, ESPN2
← 2021
2023 →
2021–22 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Ohio State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 7   .781
No. 8 Iowa † 14 – 4   .778 24 – 8   .750
No. 12 Michigan 13 – 4   .765 25 – 7   .781
No. 13 Maryland 13 – 4   .765 23 – 9   .719
No. 11 Indiana 11 – 5   .688 24 – 9   .727
Nebraska 11 – 7   .611 24 – 9   .727
Northwestern 8 – 8   .500 17 – 12   .586
Michigan State 8 – 9   .471 15 – 15   .500
Purdue 7 – 11   .389 17 – 15   .531
Minnesota 7 – 11   .389 15 – 18   .455
Penn State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 18   .379
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 8 – 21   .276
Rutgers 3 – 14   .176 11 – 20   .355
Illinois 1 – 13   .071 7 – 20   .259
† 2022 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 2–6, 2022 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament, Iowa, earned an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2021–22 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.[1]

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
1 Ohio State‡## 14–4 1–0 vs. Iowa
2 Iowa‡## 14–4 0–1 vs. Ohio State
3 Michigan## 13–4 2–0 vs. Maryland
4 Maryland## 13–4 0–2 vs. Michigan
5 Indiana# 11–5
6 Nebraska# 11–7
7 Northwestern# 8–8
8 Michigan State# 8–9
9 Purdue# 7–11 1–0 vs. Minnesota
10 Minnesota# 7–11 0–1 vs. Purdue
11 Wisconsin 5–13 1–0 vs. Penn State
12 Penn State 5–13 0–1 vs. Wisconsin
13 Rutgers 3–14
14 Illinois 1–13
‡ – 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

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
1 2:00 pm
No. 12 Penn State vs. No. 13 Rutgers
 50−75 BTN 0
2 4:30 pm
No. 11 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Illinois
 66−75
Second round – Thursday, March 3
3 11:30 am
No. 8 Michigan State vs. No. 9 Purdue
 73−69 BTN 0
4 25 min. after game 3
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 13 Rutgers
 66−54
5 6:30 pm
No. 7 Northwestern vs. No. 10 Minnesota
 65−60 0
6 25 min. after game 5
No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 14 Illinois
 92−74
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
7 11:30 am
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Michigan State
 74−58 BTN 0
8 25 min. after game 7
No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 5 Indiana
 51−62
9 6:30 pm
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Northwestern
 72−59 0
10 25 min. after game 9
No. 3 Michiganvs. No. 6 Nebraska
 73−76
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
11 3:30 pm
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Indiana
 62−70 BTN 7,749
12 6:00 pm
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Nebraska
 83−66
Championship – Sunday, March 6
13 4:00 pm
No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 2 Iowa
 67−74 ESPN2 8,709
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  • All times are Eastern.
First round
Wednesday, March 2
BTN[2]		Second round
Thursday, March 3
BTN		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
BTN		Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
BTN		Championship
Sunday, March 6
ESPN2
1Ohio State74
8Michigan State738Michigan State58
9Purdue691Ohio State62
5Indiana70
4Maryland51
5Indiana665Indiana62
12Penn State5013Rutgers545Indiana67
13Rutgers752Iowa74
2Iowa72
7Northwestern657Northwestern59
10Minnesota602Iowa83
6Nebraska66
3Michigan73
6Nebraska926Nebraska76
11Wisconsin6614Illinois74
14Illinois75

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament team


References

  1. ^ "2022 Big Ten Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championship Procedure and Tiebreaker Procedures for Tournament Seeding" (PDF). BigTen.org. February 27, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 27, 2022. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.