The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket has been released and it’ll bring all 14 teams in the conference to the Target Center in Minneapolis from Wednesday, March 1 through Sunday, March 5.
The Minnesota Gophers, the de facto host team of the tournament, will play in the first game at 1 p.m. CST as the No. 12 seed against No. 13 Penn State. That’ll be followed Wednesday afternoon by No. 11 Rutgers against No. 14 Northwestern.
Thursday’s slate will feature four games, starting with No. 8 Nebraska versus No. 9 Michigan State, and then the winner of Minnesota-Penn State against No. 5 Michigan. Purdue, the seventh seed, will take on No. 10 Wisconsin and the nightcap will feature No. 6 Illinois against the winner of Rutgers-Northwestern.
The top four seeds – No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Maryland and No. 4 Ohio State – have a bye until Friday. After the four quarterfinal games Friday, there will be a pair of semifinal games Saturday and the Big Ten championship game, which comes with an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, will be played at 4 p.m. Sunday.
All games Wednesday-Saturday will be televised on Big Ten Network, with Sunday’s championship tilt on ESPN.
Fans can buy tickets via this link or by calling 612-673-1300. Single-session tickets (meaning your ticket is good for one full day of games) range from $12 to $20. For $75 you’ll have access to every game, every day of the tournament.
College students get in free with a valid student ID and seniors 65 and older will receive a $4 discount for games on Wednesday and Thursday.
