2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament (branded as the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which took place from March 6–10, 2024. The tournament was held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As the tournament winner, Iowa received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. This was the first year in which the first round was broadcast by Peacock. This was the last year of the then-current tournament format, as the conference will expand to 18 teams the following year.

2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	14
Site	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Iowa (6th title)
Winning coach	Lisa Bluder (5th title)
MVP	Caitlin Clark (Iowa)
Attendance	129,512
Television	Peacock, BTN, CBS
Big Ten women's basketball tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Ohio State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	6		.813
No. 2 Iowa †	15	–	3		.833			34	–	5		.872
No. 12 Indiana	15	–	3		.833			26	–	6		.813
Michigan State	12	–	6		.667			22	–	9		.710
Nebraska	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Michigan	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Penn State	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Maryland	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Illinois	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			20	–	16		.556
Purdue	5	–	13		.278			15	–	19		.441
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Rutgers	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Ohio State	16–2
2	Iowa	15–3	1–1 vs. Indiana	1–1 vs. Ohio State
3	Indiana	15–3	1–1 vs. Iowa	0–1 vs. Ohio State
4	Michigan State	12–6
5	Nebraska	11–7
6	Michigan	9–9	2–0 vs. Penn State and Maryland
7	Penn State	9–9	1–2 vs. Michigan and Maryland	1–0 vs. Nebraska (5 seed)
8	Maryland	9–9	1–2 vs. Penn State and Michigan	0–1 vs. Nebraska (5 seed)
9	Illinois	8–10
10	Wisconsin	6–12
11	Minnesota	5–13	1–0 vs. Purdue
12	Purdue	5–13	0–1 vs. Minnesota
13	Northwestern	4–14
14	Rutgers	2–16

Tiebreakers:^[1]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
1	1	5:30 p.m.	No. 12 Purdue vs. No. 13 Northwestern	78–72	Peacock	18,392
	2	8:00 p.m.	No. 11 Minnesota vs. No. 14 Rutgers	77–69
Second round – Thursday, March 7
2	3	11:30 a.m.	No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 9 Illinois	75−65	BTN	18,392
	4	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Purdue	64−56
3	5	5:30 p.m.	No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 10 Wisconsin	80−56		18,392
	6	8:00 p.m.	No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Minnesota	76−57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
4	7	11:30 a.m.	No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Maryland	61−82	BTN	18,481
	8	2:00 p.m.	No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 5 Nebraska	61−73
5	9	5:30 p.m.	No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Penn State	95−62		18,575
	10	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Michigan	56−69
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
6	11	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 Maryland vs. No. 5 Nebraska	68−78	BTN	18,746
	12	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan	95−68
Championship – Sunday, March 10
7	13	11:00 a.m.	No. 5 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Iowa	89–94OT	CBS	18,534
*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.[2]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 6 Peacock					Second round Thursday, March 7 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 BTN					Championship Sunday, March 10 CBS
											1	Ohio State	61
						8	Maryland	75			8	Maryland	82
						9	Illinois	65								8	Maryland	68
																5	Nebraska	78
											4	Michigan State	61
						5	Nebraska	64			5	Nebraska	73
	12	Purdue	78			12	Purdue	56													5	Nebraska	89
	13	Northwestern	72																		2	Iowa	94*
											2	Iowa	95
						7	Penn State	80			7	Penn State	62
						10	Wisconsin	56								2	Iowa	95
																6	Michigan	68
											3	Indiana	56
						6	Michigan	76			6	Michigan	69
	11	Minnesota	77			11	Minnesota	57
	14	Rutgers	69

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Peacock

March 6

No. 13 Northwestern 72, No. 12 Purdue 78
Scoring by half: 39–35, 33–43
Pts: Caileigh Walsh, 26 Rebs: Tied, 8 Asts: Caroline Lau, 5		Pts: Abbey Ellis, 25 Rebs: Jeanae Terry, 16 Asts: Jeanae Terry, 6

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

Peacock

March 6

No. 14 Rutgers 69, No. 11 Minnesota 77
Scoring by half: 35–39, 34–38
Pts: Destiny Adams, 31 Rebs: Destiny Adams, 24 Asts: Antonia Bates, 4		Pts: Amaya Battle, 32 Rebs: Niamya Holloway, 9 Asts: Amaya Battle, 7

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

Second round

BTN

March 7

No. 9 Illinois 65, No. 8 Maryland 75
Scoring by half: 37–35, 28–40
Pts: Makira Cook, 17 Rebs: Kendall Bostic, 11 Asts: Makira Cook, 8		Pts: Bri McDaniel, 20 Rebs: Bri McDaniel, 10 Asts: Shyanne Sellers, 8

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

BTN

March 7

No. 12 Purdue 56, No. 5 Nebraska 64
Scoring by half: 25–25, 31–39
Pts: Sophie Swanson, 25 Rebs: Jeanae Terry, 11 Asts: Tied, 4		Pts: Jaz Shelley, 19 Rebs: Tied, 7 Asts: Jaz Shelley, 7

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

BTN

March 7

No. 10 Wisconsin 56, No. 7 Penn State 80
Scoring by half: 29–45, 27–35
Pts: Ronnie Porter, 15 Rebs: Serah Williams, 10 Asts: Tied, 3		Pts: Kylie Lavelle, 14 Rebs: Ashley Owusu, 6 Asts: Makenna Marisa, 5

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

BTN

March 7

No. 11 Minnesota 57, No. 6 Michigan 76
Scoring by half: 24–37, 33–39
Pts: Amaya Battle, 22 Rebs: Mallory Heyer, 17 Asts: Tied, 3		Pts: Laila Phelia, 23 Rebs: Elissa Brett, 6 Asts: Jordan Hobbs, 7

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,392

Quarterfinals

BTN

March 8

No. 8 Maryland 82, No. 1 Ohio State 61
Scoring by half: 38–30, 44–31
Pts: Shyanne Sellers, 25 Rebs: Faith Masonius, 11 Asts: Shyanne Sellers, 7		Pts: Rebeka Mikulasikova, 16 Rebs: Cotie McMahon, 9 Asts: Celeste Taylor, 6

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,481

BTN

March 8

No. 5 Nebraska 73, No. 4 Michigan State 61
Scoring by half: 36–29, 37–32
Pts: Alexis Markowski, 22 Rebs: Alexis Markowski, 12 Asts: Jaz Shelley, 5		Pts: Julia Ayrault, 25 Rebs: Julia Ayrault, 5 Asts: DeeDee Hagemann, 6

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,481

BTN

March 8

No. 7 Penn State 62, No. 2 Iowa 95
Scoring by half: 26–46, 36–49
Pts: Leilani Kapinus, 19 Rebs: Ashley Owusu, 6 Asts: Tied, 3		Pts: Caitlin Clark, 24 Rebs: Caitlin Clark, 10 Asts: Caitlin Clark, 7

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,481

BTN

March 8

No. 6 Michigan 69, No. 3 Indiana 56
Scoring by half: 21–35, 48–21
Pts: Laila Phelia, 30 Rebs: Chyra Evans, 7 Asts: Jordan Hobbs, 5		Pts: Sara Scalia, 14 Rebs: Sydney Parrish, 9 Asts: Chloe Moore-McNeil, 5

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,575

Semifinals

BTN

March 9

No. 8 Maryland 68, No. 5 Nebraska 78
Scoring by half: 40–47, 28–31
Pts: Shyanne Sellers, 15 Rebs: Faith Masonius, 9 Asts: Shyanne Sellers, 7		Pts: Jaz Shelley, 30 Rebs: Alexis Markowski, 13 Asts: Jaz Shelley, 9

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,746

BTN

March 9

No. 2 Iowa 95, No. 6 Michigan 68
Scoring by half: 51–42, 44–26
Pts: Caitlin Clark, 28 Rebs: Sydney Affolter, 7 Asts: Caitlin Clark, 15		Pts: Laila Phelia, 21 Rebs: Elise Stuck, 5 Asts: Laila Phelia, 7

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,746

Championship

CBS

March 10 12:00

No. 5 Nebraska 89, No. 2 Iowa 94 (OT)
Scoring by half: 46–35, 31–42 Overtime: 12–17
Pts: Alexis Markowski, 23 Rebs: Alexis Markowski, 13 Asts: Jaz Shelley, 13		Pts: Caitlin Clark, 34 Rebs: Sydney Affolter, 11 Asts: Caitln Clark, 12

Target Center Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 18,534 Referees: Felicia Gritner,Gina Cross,Michael McConnell

All-Tournament team

• Caitlin Clark, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player^[3]
• Sydney Affolter, Iowa
• Laila Phelia, Michigan
• Jaz Shelley, Nebraska
• Alexis Markowski, Nebraska