2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2017 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

2017 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
2017 Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Maryland (3rd title)
Winning coach	Brenda Frese (3rd title)
MVP	Brionna Jones (Maryland)
Attendance	32,417
Television	Big Ten Network, ESPN2
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2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	15	–	1		.938			32	–	3		.914
No. 11 Ohio State*	15	–	1		.938			28	–	7		.800
Michigan	11	–	5		.688			28	–	9		.757
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			23	–	11		.676
Purdue	10	–	6		.625			23	–	13		.639
Michigan State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Penn State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	11		.656
Northwestern	8	–	8		.500			20	–	11		.645
Iowa	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Illinois	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Nebraska	3	–	13		.188			7	–	22		.241
Rutgers	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 Big Ten tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2016–17 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	15–1	1–0 vs. Maryland
2	Maryland	15–1	0–1 vs. Ohio State
3	Michigan	11–5
4	Indiana	10–6	1–0 vs. Purdue
5	Purdue	10–6	0–1 vs. Indiana
6	Michigan State	9–7	1–0 vs. Penn State
7	Penn State	9–7	0–1 vs. Michigan State
8	Iowa	8–8	1–0 vs. Northwestern
9	Northwestern	8–8	0–1 vs. Iowa
10	Minnesota	5–11
11	Wisconsin	3–13	3–1 vs. Ill, Neb, Rutg
12	Illinois	3–13	2–1 vs. Wisc, Neb, Rutg
13	Nebraska	3–13	1–2 vs. Wisc, Ill, Rutg
14	Rutgers	3–13	1–3 vs. Wisc, Ill, Neb

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance	Score
First round - Wednesday, March 1
1	1	1:30 pm	#13 Nebraska vs. #12 Illinois	BTN	4,830	70–79
	2	4:00 pm	#14 Rutgers vs. #11 Wisconsin			55–61
Second round - Thursday, March 2
2	3	12:00 pm	#9 Northwestern vs. #8 Iowa	BTN	3,570	78–73
	4	2:30 pm	#12 Illinois vs. #5 Purdue			58–72
3	5	6:30 pm	#10 Minnesota vs. #7 Penn State		3,431	70–64
	6	9:00 pm	#11 Wisconsin vs. #6 Michigan State			63-70
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3
4	7	12:00 pm	#9 Northwestern vs. #1 Ohio State	BTN	5,004	68–99
	8	2:30 pm	#5 Purdue vs. #4 Indiana			66–60
5	9	6:30 pm	#10 Minnesota vs. #2 Maryland		4,065	80–92
	10	9:00 pm	#6 Michigan State vs. #3 Michigan			74–64
Semifinals - Saturday, March 4
6	11	3:00 pm	#5 Purdue vs. #1 Ohio State	BTN	5,408	71–60
	12	5:30 pm	#6 Michigan State vs. #2 Maryland			100–89
Championship - Sunday, March 5
7	13	7:00 pm	#5 Purdue vs. #2 Maryland	ESPN2	6,109	74–64

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

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1 BTN					Second round Thursday, March 2 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 4 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 5 ESPN2
											1	Ohio State	99
						8	Iowa	73			9	Northwestern	68
						9	Northwestern	78								1	Ohio State	60
																5	Purdue	71
											4	Indiana	60
						5	Purdue	72			5	Purdue	66
	12	Illinois	79			12	Illinois	58													5	Purdue	64
	13	Nebraska	70																		2	Maryland	74
											2	Maryland	92
						7	Penn State	64			10	Minnesota	80
						10	Minnesota	70								2	Maryland	100
																6	Michigan State	89
											3	Michigan	64
						6	Michigan State	70			6	Michigan State	74
	11	Wisconsin	61			11	Wisconsin	63
	14	Rutgers	55

See also

• 2017 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament