2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	14
Site	Sears Centre ; Hoffman Estates, IL
Champions	Maryland Terrapins (1st title)
Winning coach	Brenda Frese (1st title)
MVP	Lexie Brown (Maryland)
Attendance	21,706
Television	Big Ten Network and ESPN
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2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
No. 18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
No. 23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
No. 22 Northwestern	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Rutgers	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Nebraska	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	20	–	15	.571
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	9	–	20	.310
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	15	–	16	.484
Purdue	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200

† 2015 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 5, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 4–8, 2015 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2014–15 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
#1	Maryland	18–0
#2	Iowa	14-4
#3	Ohio State	13-5
#4	Northwestern	12-6	1-0 vs. Rutgers
#5	Rutgers	12-6	0-1 vs. Northwestern
#6	Minnesota	11-7
#7	Nebraska	10-8
#8	Michigan	8–10
#9	Michigan State	7–11
#10	Illinois	6–12
#11	Wisconsin	5-13
#12	Indiana	4-14
#13	Penn State	3-15	1-0 vs. Purdue
#14	Purdue	3-15	0-1 vs. Penn State

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Score
First round - Wednesday, March 4
1	1	5:00 pm	#13 Penn State vs. #12 Indiana		63-68^[1]
1	2	7:30 pm	#14 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin		58-56^[2]
Second round - Thursday, March 5
2	3	11:30 am	#9 Michigan State vs. #8 Michigan	BTN	69-49^[3]
2	4	2:00 pm	#12 Indiana vs. #5 Rutgers	BTN	52-63^[4]
3	5	6:00 pm	#10 Illinois vs. #7 Nebraska	BTN	71-86^[5]
3	6	8:30 pm	#14 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota	BTN	78-82^[6]
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 6
4	7	11:30 am	#9 Michigan State vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	60-70^[7]
4	8	2:00 pm	#5 Rutgers vs. #4 Northwestern	BTN	57-62^[8]
5	9	6:00 pm	#7 Nebraska vs. #2 Iowa	BTN	65-74^[9]
5	10	8:30 pm	#6 Minnesota vs. #3 Ohio State	BTN	71-83^[10]
Semifinals - Saturday, March 7
6	11	6:00 pm	#4 Northwestern vs. #1 Maryland	BTN	63-74^[11]
6	12	8:30 pm	#3 Ohio State vs. #2 Iowa	BTN	91-85^[12] OT
Championship - Sunday, March 8
7	13	6:00pm	#3 Ohio State vs. #1 Maryland	ESPN	74-77^[13]

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

Bracket

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First round Wednesday, March 4			Second round Thursday, March 5 BTN			Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 BTN			Semifinals Saturday, March 7 BTN			Championship Sunday, March 8 ESPN



						1	Maryland	70

			8	Michigan	49	9	Michigan State	60

			9	Michigan State	69				1	Maryland	74

									4	Northwestern	63

						4	Northwestern	62

			5	Rutgers	63	5	Rutgers	57

12	Indiana	68	12	Indiana	52							1	Maryland	77

13	Penn State	63										3	Ohio State	74

						2	Iowa	74

			7	Nebraska	86	7	Nebraska	65

			10	Illinois	71				2	Iowa	85

									3	Ohio State	91^OT

						3	Ohio State	83

			6	Minnesota	82	6	Minnesota	71

11	Wisconsin	56	14	Purdue	78

14	Purdue	58

All-Tournament Team

Lexie Brown, Guard, Maryland (Most Outstanding Player)
Bethany Doolittle, Center, Iowa
Alexa Hart, Forward, Ohio State
Kelsey Mitchell, Guard, Ohio State
Amanda Zahui B., Center, Minnesota

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[1] "Indiana Advances Past Penn State, 68-63". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.

[2] "Purdue Edges Wisconsin, 58-56". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[3] "Michigan State Defeats Michigan, 69-49". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[4] "Rutgers Advances Past Indiana, 63-52". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[5] "Nebraska Powers Past Illinois, 86-71". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[6] "Minnesota Holds Off Purdue, 82-78". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[7] "Maryland Tops Michigan State, 70-60". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[8] "Northwestern Outlasts Rutgers, 62-57". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[9] "Balance leads Iowa women past Nebraska, 74-65". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[10] "Ohio State Defeats Minnesota, 83-71". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[11] "Maryland downs Northwestern 74-63 in semifinals". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[12] "Ohio State women top Iowa, 91-85, in OT". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[13] "Maryland beats Ohio State, 77-74, in Big Ten final". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

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