2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament scheduled for March 4–8, 2020 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

2020 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Maryland (4th title)
Winning coach	Brenda Frese (4th title)
MVP	Ashley Owusu (Maryland)
Attendance	34,709
Television	BTN, ESPN2
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2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Michigan	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Nebraska	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 9, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2019–20 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.^[1]

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

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Maryland^‡##	16–2	1–1 vs. NW	1–1 vs. IOWA
2	Northwestern^‡##	16–2	1–1 vs. MD	0–1 vs. IOWA
3	Iowa^##	14–4
4	Indiana^##	13–5
5	Rutgers^#	11–7	1–0 vs. OSU
6	Ohio State^#	11–7	0–1 vs. RUTG
7	Michigan^#	10–8
8	Michigan State^#	9–9
9	Purdue^#	8–10
10	Nebraska^#	7–11
11	Minnesota	5–13
12	Wisconsin	3–15
13	Illinois	2–16
14	Penn State	1–17
‡ – 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

Session	Game	Time	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance	Score
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
1	1	2:00 pm	#13 Illinois vs. #12 Wisconsin	BTN	3,793	55–71^[2]
	2	4:30 pm	#14 Penn State vs. #11 Minnesota			65–85^[3]
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
2	3	12:00 pm	#9 Purdue vs. #8 Michigan State	BTN	4,158	72–63^[4]
	4	2:30 pm	#12 Wisconsin vs. #5 Rutgers			55–63^[5]
3	5	6:30 pm	#10 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan		4,349	75–81^[6]
	6	9:00 pm	#11 Minnesota vs. #6 Ohio State			56–77^[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
4	7	12:00 pm	#9 Purdue vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	5,711	62–74
	8	2:30 pm	#5 Rutgers vs. #4 Indiana			60–78
5	9	6:30 pm	#7 Michigan vs. #2 Northwestern		4,798	67–59
	10	9:00 pm	#6 Ohio State vs. #3 Iowa			87–66
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
6	11	6:30 pm	#4 Indiana vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	7,213	51–66
	12	9:00 pm	#7 Michigan vs. #6 Ohio State			60–66
Championship – Sunday, March 8
7	13	6:00 pm	#1 Maryland vs. #6 Ohio State	ESPN2	4,687	82–65

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

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Wednesday, March 4 BTN					Second round Thursday, March 5 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 7 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN2
											1	Maryland	74
						8	Michigan State	63			9	Purdue	62
						9	Purdue	72								1	Maryland	66
																4	Indiana	51
											4	Indiana	78
						5	Rutgers	63			5	Rutgers	60
	12	Wisconsin	71			12	Wisconsin	55													1	Maryland	82
	13	Illinois	55																		6	Ohio State	65
											2	Northwestern	59
						7	Michigan	81			7	Michigan	67
						10	Nebraska	75								7	Michigan	60
																6	Ohio State	66
											3	Iowa	66
						6	Ohio State	77			6	Ohio State	87
	11	Minnesota	85			11	Minnesota	56
	14	Penn State	65

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2020 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "2020 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament - Big Ten Conference". bigten.org. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
2. "Laszewski, Wisconsin women beat Illinois is Big Ten tourney". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
3. "Minnesota women beat Penn State 85-65 in Big Ten tournament". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
4. "Purdue women top Spartans 72-64 in Big Ten tourney". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
5. "Guirantes scores 27, Rutgers tops Wisconsin 63-55 at Big Ten". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
6. "Dilk, Hillmon lift Michigan women past Huskers in Big Ten". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
7. "Ohio State women pull away to beat Minnesota 77-56". espn.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.