2011 Big Ten women's basketball tournament


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.

2011 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams11
SiteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsOhio State (Fourth title)
Winning coachJim Foster (Fourth title)
MVPJantel Lavender (Ohio State)
TelevisionBTN and ESPN2
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2010–11 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Michigan State 13 3   .813 25 9   .735
Penn State 11 5   .688 25 10   .714
No. 18 Ohio State 10 6   .625 24 10   .706
Iowa 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
Michigan 10 6   .625 17 13   .567
Wisconsin 10 6   .625 16 15   .516
Purdue 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Northwestern 6 10   .375 19 14   .576
Minnesota 4 12   .250 12 18   .400
Indiana 3 13   .188 9 20   .310
Illinois 2 14   .125 9 23   .281
2011 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

Seeds

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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.[2] 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

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First Round - Thursday, March 3
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
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
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
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
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
Championship Game - Sunday, March 6
5 10 3:30pm #2 Penn State vs #5 Ohio State ESPN2 84–70
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship Game
Sunday, March 6
            
1 Michigan State 56
8 Northwestern 25
8 Northwestern 53
9 Minnesota 44
1 Michigan State 57
5 Ohio State 72
4 Iowa 61
5 Ohio State 71
5 Ohio State 84
2 Penn State 70
2 Penn State 73
7 Purdue 61
7 Purdue 66
10 Indiana 62
2 Penn State 79
11 Illinois 64
3 Michigan 47
11 Illinois 55
6 Wisconsin 56
11 Illinois 63

All game times are ET.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Tiebreaking Procedures 2011 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Archived 2011-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, BigTen.org. Retrieved 2010-11-09.