2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming a postseason tournament scheduled for March 9–13, 2021 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

2021 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	14
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Television	BTN, ESPN2
Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournaments

2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Maryland	8	–	1		.889			12	–	2		.857
No. 11 Ohio State	6	–	1		.857			10	–	1		.909
No. 13 Michigan	5	–	1		.833			10	–	1		.909
No. 17 Indiana	8	–	2		.800			10	–	4		.714
No. 22 Northwestern	7	–	3		.700			9	–	3		.750
Nebraska	7	–	4		.636			9	–	5		.643
Iowa	6	–	4		.600			10	–	4		.714
Michigan State	4	–	4		.500			9	–	4		.692
Minnesota	4	–	7		.364			5	–	8		.385
Penn State	3	–	6		.333			6	–	7		.462
Purdue	3	–	7		.300			6	–	8		.429
Rutgers	1	–	3		.250			5	–	3		.625
Wisconsin	1	–	11		.083			4	–	11		.267
Illinois	0	–	9		.000			2	–	10		.167
† 2021 Big Ten Tournament winner As of February 01, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2020–21 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.[1]

Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
‡ – 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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1		#12 vs. #13	BTN
2		#11 vs. #14
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
3		#8 vs. #9	BTN
4		#5 vs. Winner of game 1
5		#7 vs. #10
6		#6 vs. Winner of game 2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
7		#1 vs. Winner of game 3	BTN
8		#4 vs. Winner of game 4
9		#2 vs. Winner of game 5
10		#3 vs. Winner of game 6
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
11		Winner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8	BTN
12		Winner of game 9 vs Winner of game 10
Championship – Saturday, March 13
13		Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12	ESPN2
*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Tuesday, March 9 BTN					Second round Wednesday, March 10 BTN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 BTN					Semifinals Friday, March 12 BTN					Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPN2
											1
						8
						9
											4
						5
						12
	12
	13
											2
						7
						10
											3
						6
						11
	11
	14

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "2020-21 Big Ten Women's Basketball Schedule". BigTen.org. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.