The 2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2024. The regular season will end in March of 2025.
2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 18 |
TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, Peacock |
2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
Tournament |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 USC | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The season will be the conference's first with 18 teams as four schools, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington, joined the conference in August 2024.[1][2][3] The conference announced that all teams will play 18 regular season conference games with each school playing one school both home and away, while facing 16 teams once.[4] However, only 15 of the 18 teams will qualify for the Big Ten tournament.[5]
Head coaches
editCoaching changes
editIowa
editOn May 13, 2024, Lisa Bluder retired as head coach at Iowa after 24 years.[6] Longtime Iowa associate head coach Jan Jensen was named Bluder's successor later that day.[7]
Coaches
editTeam | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Big Ten record | Big Ten titles | Big Ten Tournament titles | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Illinois | Shauna Green | Dayton | 3 | 41–25 | 19–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Indiana | Teri Moren | Indiana State | 11 | 226–99 | 114–60 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Iowa | Jan Jensen | Iowa (Assoc.) | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
Maryland | Brenda Frese | Minnesota | 23 | 582–161 | 146–29* | 6 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
Michigan | Kim Barnes Arico | St. John's (Asst.) | 13 | 261–133 | 118–84 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan State | Robyn Fralick | Bowling Green | 2 | 22–9 | 12–6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | Dawn Plitzuweit | West Virginia | 2 | 20–16 | 5–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nebraska | Amy Williams | South Dakota | 9 | 137–111 | 69–72 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Northwestern | Joe McKeown | George Washington | 17 | 261–246 | 108–166 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio State | Kevin McGuff | Washington | 12 | 198–102 | 103–57 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | Kelly Graves | Gonzaga | 11 | 223–100 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Penn State | Carolyn Kieger | Marquette | 4 | 63–86 | 25–66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Purdue | Katie Gearlds | Marian | 4 | 51–45 | 21–32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rutgers | Coquese Washington | Notre Dame (Assoc.) | 3 | 20–44 | 7–29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UCLA | Cori Close | Florida State (Assoc.) | 14 | 287–140 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
USC | Lindsay Gottlieb | Cleveland Cavaliers (Asst.) | 4 | 62–32 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | Tina Langley | Rice | 4 | 42–46 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | Marisa Moseley | Boston University | 4 | 34–56 | 17–36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
- Year at school includes 2024–25season.
- Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
- Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
Preseason
editPreseason Big Ten poll
editPrior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by a panel of writers.[8]
Rank | Team |
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1 | USC |
2 | UCLA |
3 | Ohio State |
4 | Maryland |
5 | Indiana |
Preseason All-Big Ten
editA select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.[8]
Honor | Recipient |
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Preseason Player of the Year | JuJu Watkins, USC |
Preseason All-Big Ten Team | Makira Cook, Illinois |
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa | |
Lucy Olsen, Iowa | |
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland | |
Alexis Markowski, Nebraska | |
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State | |
Lauren Betts, UCLA | |
Kiki Rice, UCLA | |
JuJu Watkins, USC | |
Kiki Iriafen, USC | |
Serah Williams, Wisconsin |
- Additional player due to tie in voting
Regular season
editRankings
editReferences
edit- ^ "Big Ten expanding to 18 teams with Oregon and Washington". NBC4 WCMH-TV. August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 4, 2023). "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "University of Oregon, UCLA, USC and University of Washington Officially Join Big Ten Conference". BigTen.org. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "2024-25 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Slate Announced". BigTen.org. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league's 18 teams". Chicago Sun-Times. January 30, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Lisa Bluder Announces Retirement". hawkeyesports.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ Voepel, Michael (May 13, 2024). "Iowa coach Lisa Bluder retires, assistant Jan Jensen to take over". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "USC, JuJu Watkins Headline Big Ten Preseason Honors". BigTen.org. September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2024.