2019 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 6–10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Iowa won the tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76.

2019 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Iowa (3rd title)
Winning coach	Lisa Bluder (2nd title)
MVP	Megan Gustafson (Iowa)
Attendance	26,813
Television	BTN, ESPN2
Big Ten women's basketball tournaments

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3		.833			29	–	5		.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4		.778			29	–	7		.806
Rutgers	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Michigan	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Ohio State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	15		.483
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	9	–	9		.500			21	–	15		.583
Nebraska	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Indiana	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Penn State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			15	–	18		.455
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			10	–	20		.333
† 2019 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2018–19 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.

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

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2	Tiebreak 3
1	‡## – Maryland	15–3
2	## – Iowa	14–4
3	## – Rutgers	13–5
4	## – Michigan	11–7
5	# – Ohio State	10–8
6	# – Nebraska	9–9	3–1 vs. MINN, NW, MSU
7	# – Minnesota	9–9	3–2 vs. NEB, NW, MSU
8	# – Northwestern	9–9	2–3 vs. NEB, MINN, MSU
9	# – Michigan State	9–9	1–3 vs. NEB, MINN, NW
10	# – Indiana	8–10	1–1 vs. PUR	0-1 vs. MD	1-0 vs. IA
11	Purdue	8–10	1–1 vs. IND	0-1 vs. MD	1-1 vs. IA
12	Penn State	5–13
13	Wisconsin	4–14
14	Illinois	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

Session	Game	Time	Matchup#	Television	Attendance	Score
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1	1	1:30 pm	#13 Wisconsin vs. #12 Penn State	BTN	3,014	65–57
	2	4:00 pm	#14 Illinois vs. #11 Purdue			60–72
Second Round – Thursday, March 7
2	3	12:00 pm	#9 Michigan State vs. #8 Northwestern	BTN	3,173	68–52
	4	2:30 pm	#13 Wisconsin vs. #5 Ohio State			73–63
3	5	6:30 pm	#10 Indiana vs. #7 Minnesota		3,445	66–58
	6	9:00 pm	#11 Purdue vs. #6 Nebraska			75–71
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
4	7	12:00 pm	#9 Michigan State vs.#1 Maryland	BTN	4,014	55–71
	8	2:30 pm	#13 Wisconsin vs. #4 Michigan			65–73 2OT
5	9	6:30 pm	#10 Indiana vs. #2 Iowa		4,325	61–70
	10	9:00 pm	#11 Purdue vs. #3 Rutgers			49–64
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
6	11	5:00 pm	#1 Maryland vs. #4 Michigan	BTN	4,415	73–72
	12	7:30 pm	#2 Iowa vs. #3 Rutgers			72–67
Championship – Sunday, March 10
7	13	6:00 pm	#1 Maryland vs. #2 Iowa	ESPN2	4,427	76–90

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Wednesday, March 6 BTN					Second round Thursday, March 7 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 10 ESPN2
											1	Maryland	71
						8	Northwestern	52			9	Michigan State	55
						9	Michigan State	68								1	Maryland	73
																4	Michigan	72
											4	Michigan	73**
						5	Ohio State	63			13	Wisconsin	65
	12	Penn State	57			13	Wisconsin	73													1	Maryland	76
	13	Wisconsin	65																		2	Iowa	90
											2	Iowa	70
						7	Minnesota	58			10	Indiana	61
						10	Indiana	66								2	Iowa	72
																3	Rutgers	67
											3	Rutgers	64
						6	Nebraska	71			11	Purdue	49
	11	Purdue	72			11	Purdue	75
	14	Illinois	60

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2019 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament