2012 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2012 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 12
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Television BTN and ESPN2
Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2011  2013»

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 1 through March 4 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana[1] This tournament will mark the debut of the University of Nebraska in this event. All 11 games will be aired nationally on ESPN2 and the Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Network will carry all games except the championship game. ESPN2 will televise the championship game Sunday. The winner will receive an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

The All-Tournament Team will be selected at the conclusion of the championship game.

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will seeded by 2011–12 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records.[2] The top 4 teams will receive a first round bye.

The seeding for the tournament will be determined as the conference season concludes:

Seed School Conf 1st Tiebreak 2nd Tiebreak 3rd Tiebreak 4th Tiebreak
Head-to-Head Win% vs. #1 Seed Win% vs. All D1 Coin Flip
#1 Penn State 13-3
#2 Ohio State 11-5 3-0
#3 Iowa 11-5 2-2
#4 Purdue 11-5 2-3
#5 Michigan State 11-5 1-3
#6 Nebraska 10-6
#7 Michigan 8-8
#8 Minnesota 6-10
#9 Wisconsin 5-11 2-0
#10 Illinois 5-11 0-2
#11 Northwestern 4-12
#12 Indiana 1-15

Schedule

Source[3]

Session Game Time** Matchup# Television Score
First Round - Thursday, March 1
1
1
 11:30am #7 Michigan vs. #10 Illinois BTN 68–53
2
 2:00pm #6 Nebraska vs. #11 Northwestern BTN 88–56
2
3
 6:00pm #8 Minnesota vs. #9 Wisconsin BTN 81–49
4
 8:30pm #5 Michigan State vs. #12 Indiana BTN 97–68
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 2
3
5
 11:30am #2 Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan BTN 57–48
6
 2:00pm #3 Iowa vs. #6 Nebraska BTN 68–80
4
7
 6:00pm #1 Penn State vs. #8 Minnesota BTN 78–74
8
 8:30pm #4 Purdue vs. #5 Michigan State BTN 73–64
Semifinals - Saturday, March 3
5
9
 5:00pm #2 Ohio State vs. #6 Nebraska BTN 62–77
10
 7:30pm #1 Penn State vs. #4 Purdue BTN 66–68
Championship Game - Sunday, March 4
6
11
 4:00pm #6 Nebraska vs. #4 Purdue ESPN2 70–74*
* – Denotes overtime **Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First Round
Thursday, March 1		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 3		 Championship Game
Sunday, March 4
                                     
        
  2  Ohio State 57  
    7  Michigan 48  
7  Michigan 68
10  Illinois 53  
  2  Ohio State 62  
  6  Nebraska 77  
        
        
  3  Iowa 68
    6  Nebraska 80  
6  Nebraska 88
11  Northwestern 56  
  6  Nebraska 70
  4  Purdue 74*
        
        
  1  Penn State 78
    8  Minnesota 74  
8  Minnesota 81
9  Wisconsin 49  
  1  Penn State 66
  4  Purdue 68  
        
        
  4  Purdue 73
    5  Michigan State 64  
5  Michigan State 97
12  Indiana 68  

All game times are ET.
* – Denotes overtime

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten 2011-2012 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "2012 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaking Procedures". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "2012 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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