2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	14
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Ohio State (6th title)
Winning coach	Kevin McGuff (1st title)
MVP	Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State)
Attendance	33,209
Television	Big Ten Network, RSN, ESPN2
Big Ten women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Ohio State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 16 Maryland	12	–	4		.750			26	–	8		.765
Iowa	11	–	5		.688			24	–	8		.750
Minnesota	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
Nebraska	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Michigan	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Indiana	9	–	7		.563			23	–	14		.622
Purdue	9	–	7		.563			20	–	14		.588
Rutgers	7	–	9		.438			20	–	12		.625
Michigan State	7	–	9		.438			19	–	14		.576
Penn State	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Northwestern	4	–	12		.250			12	–	20		.375
Wisconsin	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
Illinois	0	–	16		.000			9	–	21		.300
† 2018 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from February 28 through March 4, 2018 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ohio State defeated Maryland 79–69 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2017–18 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top 4 teams received a double bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Ohio State	13–3
2	Maryland	12–4
3	Nebraska	11–5	2–0 vs Iowa
4	Minnesota	11–5	1–1 vs. NEB	1–0 vs. MD
5	Iowa	11–5	1–1 vs. NEB	0–1 vs. MD
6	Michigan	10–6
7	Indiana	9–7	2–0 vs. PUR
8	Purdue	9–7	0–2 vs. IND
9	Rutgers	7–9	1–0 vs. MSU
10	Michigan State	7–9	0–1 vs. RU
11	Penn State	6–10
12	Northwestern	3–13
13	Wisconsin	2–14
14	Illinois	0–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance	Score
First Round – Wednesday, February 28
1	1	1:30 pm	#13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Northwestern	RSN	3,119	63–68
	2	4:00 pm	#14 Illinois vs. #11 Penn State			57–83
Second Round – Thursday, March 1
2	3	12:00 pm	#9 Rutgers vs. #8 Purdue	RSN	3,447	62–60
	4	2:30 pm	#12 Northwestern vs. #5 Iowa			45–55
3	5	6:30 pm	#10 Michigan State vs. #7 Indiana		3,813	109–1114OT
	6	9:00 pm	#11 Penn State vs. #6 Michigan			48–77
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
4	7	12:00 pm	#9 Rutgers vs. #1 Ohio State	RSN	5,274	82–57
	8	2:30 pm	#5 Iowa vs. #4 Minnesota			89–90
5	9	6:30 pm	#7 Indiana vs. #2 Maryland		5,538	54–67
	10	9:00 pm	#6 Michigan vs. #3 Nebraska			54–61
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
6	11	6:00 pm	#1 Ohio State vs. #4 Minnesota	BTN	7,499	90–88
	12	8:30 pm	#2 Maryland vs. #3 Nebraska			66–53
Championship – Sunday, March 4
7	13	7:00 pm	#1 Ohio State vs. #2 Maryland	ESPN2	4,519	79–69

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Wednesday, February 28 RSN/BTN2Go 1:30 pm 3:55 pm					Second round Thursday, March 1 RSN/BTN2Go 12 pm 2:25 pm 6:30 pm 8:55 pm					Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 RSN/BTN2Go 12 pm 2:25 pm 6:30 pm 8:55 pm					Semifinals Saturday, March 3 BTN 6 pm 8:25 pm					Championship Sunday, March 4 ESPN2 7 pm
											9	Rutgers	57
						9	Rutgers	62			1	Ohio State	82
						8	Purdue	60								1	Ohio State	90
																4	Minnesota	88
											5	Iowa	89
						13	Northwestern	45			4	Minnesota	90
	13	Northwestern	68			5	Iowa	55													1	Ohio State	79
	12	Wisconsin	63																		2	Maryland	69
											7	Indiana	54
						10	Michigan State	109			2	Maryland	67
						7	Indiana	1114OT								2	Maryland	66
																3	Nebraska	53
											6	Michigan	54
						11	Penn State	48			3	Nebraska	61
	14	Illinois	57			6	Michigan	77
	11	Penn State	83

See also

• 2018 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament