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2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

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2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
2023 tournament trophy
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams14
SiteTarget Center
Minneapolis, MN
ChampionsIowa (5th title)
Winning coachLisa Bluder (4th title)
MVPCaitlin Clark (Iowa)
Attendance47,883
TelevisionBTN, ESPN
← 2022
2024 →
2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
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

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.

Seeds

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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

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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

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  • 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
1Indiana94
8Nebraska649Michigan State85
9Michigan State671Indiana75
4Ohio State79
4Ohio State81
5Michigan635Michigan79
12Minnesota6713Penn State614Ohio State72
13Penn State722Iowa105
2Iowa69
7Purdue577Purdue58
10Wisconsin552Iowa89
3Maryland84
3Maryland73
6Illinois816Illinois58
11Rutgers6311Rutgers55
14Northwestern59

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament team

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References

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  9. ^ "Ohio State Advances to the Big Ten Semifinals with 81-79 Win Against Michigan". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "No. 2 Hawkeyes Head to Semifinals, Beating No. 7 Purdue, 69-58". hawkeyesports.com. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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  14. ^ "Hawkeyes Are Back-to-Back Big Ten Champions". hawkeyesports.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. October 10, 2022. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  16. ^ "2023 Big Ten Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. March 5, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.