2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

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.

2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
2023 tournament trophy
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	14
Site	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Iowa (5th title)
Winning coach	Lisa Bluder (4th title)
MVP	Caitlin Clark (Iowa)
Attendance	47,883
Television	BTN, ESPN
Big Ten women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Indiana	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 3 Iowa †	15	–	3		.833			31	–	7		.816
No. 7 Maryland	15	–	3		.833			28	–	7		.800
No. 12 Ohio State	12	–	6		.667			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Michigan	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Purdue	9	–	8		.529			19	–	11		.633
Nebraska	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Michigan State	7	–	10		.412			16	–	14		.533
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			12	–	20		.375
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
† 2023 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

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.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Indiana‡##	16–2
2	Iowa##	15–3	1–1 vs. Maryland	1–1 vs. Indiana
3	Maryland##	15–3	1–1 vs. Iowa	0–1 vs. Indiana
4	Ohio State##	12–6
5	Michigan#	11–7	1–0 vs. Illinois
6	Illinois#	11–7	0–1 vs. Michigan
7	Purdue#	9–8
8	Nebraska#	8–10
9	Michigan State#	7–10
10	Wisconsin#	6–12
11	Rutgers	5–13
12	Minnesota	4–14	2–0 vs. Penn State
13	Penn State	4–14	0–2 vs. Minnesota
14	Northwestern	2–16
‡ – 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 1
1	2:00 pm	No. 12 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Penn State	67−72[2]	BTN	4,890
2	4:30 pm	No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 14 Northwestern	63−59[3]
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3	12:30 pm	No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Michigan State	64−67[4]	BTN	4,908
4	25 min. after game 3	No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 13 Penn State	63−61[5]
5	6:30 pm	No. 7 Purdue vs. No. 10 Wisconsin	57−55[6]		5,124
6	25 min. after game 5	No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Rutgers	81−55[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
7	12:30 pm	No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Michigan State	94−85[8]	BTN	5,544
8	3:20pm	No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Michigan	81−79[9]
9	6:30 pm	No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Purdue	69−58[10]		8,577
10	25 min. after game 9	No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 6 Illinois	73−58[11]
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
11	2:30 pm	No.1 Indiana vs. No. 4 Ohio State	75−79[12]	BTN	9,375
12	5:00 pm	No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 3 Maryland	89−84[13]
Championship – Sunday, March 5
13	5:00 pm	No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Iowa	72−105[14]	ESPN	9,505
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Wednesday, March 1 BTN[15]					Second round Thursday, March 2 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 4 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 5 ESPN
											1	Indiana	94
						8	Nebraska	64			9	Michigan State	85
						9	Michigan State	67								1	Indiana	75
																4	Ohio State	79
											4	Ohio State	81
						5	Michigan	63			5	Michigan	79
	12	Minnesota	67			13	Penn State	61													4	Ohio State	72
	13	Penn State	72																		2	Iowa	105
											2	Iowa	69
						7	Purdue	57			7	Purdue	58
						10	Wisconsin	55								2	Iowa	89
																3	Maryland	84
											3	Maryland	73
						6	Illinois	81			6	Illinois	58
	11	Rutgers	63			11	Rutgers	55
	14	Northwestern	59

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament team

• Caitlin Clark, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player^[16]
• Monika Czinano, Iowa
• Gabbie Marshall, Iowa
• Diamond Miller, Maryland
• Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
• Taylor Thierry, Ohio State

References

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