Big Ten women's basketball tournament: Schedule, bracket, how to watch, stream
The Big Ten expanded this season, welcoming UCLA, Southern California, Washington and Oregon amid conference realignment. The new members of the conference quickly took over.
The USC Trojans (27-2) and UCLA Bruins (26-2) raced to the top of the Big Ten women's basketball standings and the conference's regular-season championship came down to the final game of the season between the two. USC defeated UCLA 80-67 in dominant fashion on Saturday to clinch the Trojans' first regular-season conference title since 1994. JuJu Watkins led USC to the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament with 30 points and five assists. Kiki Iriafen was one rebound short of a double-double, finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds.
No. 1 seed USC and No. 2 seed UCLA could potentially meet again in the Big Ten tournament title game on Sunday. The Trojans and Bruins both received a double-bye and will begin play in the quarterfinal round on Friday. No. 3 Ohio State (24-5) and No. 4 Maryland (23-6) also received a double-bye.
Here's everything you need to know about the women's Big Ten basketball tournament schedule:
When is the women's Big Ten basketball tournament?
The women's Big Ten Conference tournament will be held March 5-9 in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the WNBA's Indiana Fever. Selection Sunday for the women's NCAA Tournament follows on March 16, with March Madness tipping off on March 21.
How to watch women's Big Ten basketball tournament
The first round of the women's Big Ten Conference tournament will be streamed on Peacock. The second round, quarterfinal and semifinal games will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network and available to stream on the FOX Sports app. The title game will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
Big Ten's tournament schedule, bracket, scores
All times Eastern
March 5
First round
- Game 1: No. 12 Washington 79, No. 13 Minnesota 65
- Game 2: No. 10 Nebraska 84, No. 15 Rutgers 60
- Game 3: No. 11 Iowa 81, No. 14 Wisconsin 64
March 6
Second round
- Game 4: No. 9 Indiana 78, No. 8 Oregon 62
- Game 5: No. 5 Michigan 66, No. 12 Washington 58
- Game 6: No. 7 Illinois vs. No. 10 Nebraska, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
- Game 7: No. 6 Michigan State vs. No. 11 Iowa, 25 min. after Game 6 (BTN)
March 7
Quarterfinals
- Game 8: No. 1 USC vs. No. 9 Indiana, noon (BTN)
- Game 9: No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 5 Michigan, 25 min. after Game 8 (BTN)
- Game 10: No. 2 UCLA vs. winner of Game 6, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
- Game 11: No. 3 Ohio State vs. winner of Game 7, 25 min. after Game 10 (BTN)
March 8
Semifinals
- Game 12: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9, 3 p.m. (BTN)
- Game 13: Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 11, 5:30 p.m. (BTN)
March 9
- Championship: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
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