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2011 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Division | I |
| Gender | Women's |
| ImageSize | 125px |
| Caption | 2011 Tournament logo |
| Teams | 11 |
| Arena | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Champions | Ohio State |
| TitleCount | Fourth |
| Coach | Jim Foster |
| CoachCount | Fourth |
| MVP | Jantel Lavender |
| MVPTeam | Ohio State |
| Television | BTN and ESPN2 |
The 2011 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament was played between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Big Ten Network carried every game except the final, which was aired on ESPN2. Ohio State won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2011 Women's NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Big Ten Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records (Tie-breaking Procedure. The top 5 teams received a first round bye.
The seeding for the tournament was as follows:
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 25–4 | |
| #2 | Penn State | 11–5 | 22–8 | |
| #3 | Michigan | 10–6 | 17–11 | 5–0 vs. IOWA/OSU/WISC |
| #4 | Iowa | 10–6 | 22–7 | 2–2 vs. MICH/OSU/WISC |
| #5 | Ohio State | 10–6 | 19–9 | 2–3 vs. MICH/IOWA/WISC |
| #6 | Wisconsin | 10–6 | 15–14 | 0–4 vs. MICH/IOWA/OSU |
| #7 | Purdue | 9–7 | 20–10 | |
| #8 | Northwestern | 6–10 | 18–12 | |
| #9 | Minnesota | 4–12 | 12–18 | |
| #10 | Indiana | 3–13 | 9–20 | |
| #11 | Illinois | 2–14 | 8–22 |
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Score | First Round - Thursday, March 3 | Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 | Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 | Championship Game - Sunday, March 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2:00pm | #7 Purdue vs #10 Indiana | BTN | 66–62 | ||||
| 2 | 4:30pm | #6 Wisconsin vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 63–56 | |||||
| 3 | 7:00pm | #8 Northwestern vs #9 Minnesota | BTN | 53–44 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 11:30am | #2 Penn State vs #7 Purdue | BTN | 73–61 | ||||
| 5 | 2:00pm | #3 Michigan vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 55–47 | |||||
| 3 | 6 | 6:00pm | #1 Michigan State vs #8 Northwestern | BTN | 56–25 | ||||
| 7 | 8:30pm | #4 Iowa vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 71–61 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:00pm | #2 Penn State vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 79–64 | ||||
| 9 | 7:30pm | #1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 72–57 | |||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:30pm | #2 Penn State vs #5 Ohio State | ESPN2 | 84–70 | ||||
| *Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
4RoundBracket-Byes Thursday, March 3 Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 5 Sunday, March 6 | RD1-seed03 = 8 | RD1-team03 = Northwestern | RD1-score03 = 53 | RD1-seed04 = 9 | RD1-team04 = Minnesota | RD1-score04 = 44 | RD1-seed11 = 7 | RD1-team11 = Purdue | RD1-score11 = 66 | RD1-seed12 = 10 | RD1-team12 = Indiana | RD1-score12 = 62 | RD1-seed15 = 6 | RD1-team15 = Wisconsin | RD1-score15 = 56 | RD1-seed16 = 11 | RD1-team16 = Illinois | RD1-score16 = 63 | RD2-seed01 = 1 | RD2-team01 = Michigan State | RD2-score01 = 56 | RD2-seed02 = 8 | RD2-team02 = Northwestern | RD2-score02 = 25 | RD2-seed03 = 4 | RD2-team03 = Iowa | RD2-score03 = 61 | RD2-seed04 = 5 | RD2-team04 = Ohio State | RD2-score04 = 71 | RD2-seed05 = 2 | RD2-team05 = Penn State | RD2-score05 = 73 | RD2-seed06 = 7 | RD2-team06 = Purdue | RD2-score06 = 61 | RD2-seed07 = 3 | RD2-team07 = Michigan | RD2-score07 = 47 | RD2-seed08 = 11 | RD2-team08 = Illinois | RD2-score08 = 55 | RD3-seed01 = 1 | RD3-team01 = Michigan State | RD3-score01 = 57 | RD3-seed02 = 5 | RD3-team02 = Ohio State | RD3-score02 = 72 | RD3-seed03 = 2 | RD3-team03 = Penn State | RD3-score03 = 79 | RD3-seed04 = 11 | RD3-team04 = Illinois | RD3-score04 = 64 | RD4-seed01 = 5 | RD4-team01 = Ohio State | RD4-score01 = 84 | RD4-seed02 = 2 | RD4-team02 = Penn State | RD4-score02 = 70 All game times are ET.
References
References
- [http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110410aae.html Tiebreaking Procedures 2011 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-04 , BigTen.org. Retrieved 2010-11-09.)
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