# 2011 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2011 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament was played between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Big Ten Network carried every game except the final, which was aired on ESPN2. Ohio State won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2011 Women's NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Big Ten Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records (Tie-breaking Procedure. The top 5 teams received a first round bye.
The seeding for the tournament was as follows:
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| #1 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 25–4 | |
| #2 | Penn State | 11–5 | 22–8 | |
| #3 | Michigan | 10–6 | 17–11 | 5–0 vs. IOWA/OSU/WISC |
| #4 | Iowa | 10–6 | 22–7 | 2–2 vs. MICH/OSU/WISC |
| #5 | Ohio State | 10–6 | 19–9 | 2–3 vs. MICH/IOWA/WISC |
| #6 | Wisconsin | 10–6 | 15–14 | 0–4 vs. MICH/IOWA/OSU |
| #7 | Purdue | 9–7 | 20–10 | |
| #8 | Northwestern | 6–10 | 18–12 | |
| #9 | Minnesota | 4–12 | 12–18 | |
| #10 | Indiana | 3–13 | 9–20 | |
| #11 | Illinois | 2–14 | 8–22 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Score |
| First Round - Thursday, March 3 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00pm | #7 Purdue vs #10 Indiana | BTN | 66–62 |
| 1 | 2 | 4:30pm | #6 Wisconsin vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 63–56 |
| 1 | 3 | 7:00pm | #8 Northwestern vs #9 Minnesota | BTN | 53–44 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 11:30am | #2 Penn State vs #7 Purdue | BTN | 73–61 |
| 2 | 5 | 2:00pm | #3 Michigan vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 55–47 |
| 3 | 6 | 6:00pm | #1 Michigan State vs #8 Northwestern | BTN | 56–25 |
| 3 | 7 | 8:30pm | #4 Iowa vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 71–61 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:00pm | #2 Penn State vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 79–64 |
| 4 | 9 | 7:30pm | #1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 72–57 |
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 6 ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:30pm | #2 Penn State vs #5 Ohio State | ESPN2 | 84–70 |
| *Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Thursday, March 3 | First round Thursday, March 3 | First round Thursday, March 3 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 | Championship Game Sunday, March 6 | Championship Game Sunday, March 6 | Championship Game Sunday, March 6 |
| | | | 1 | Michigan State | 56 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Northwestern | 25 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northwestern | 53 | 8 | Northwestern | 25 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Minnesota | 44 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Minnesota | 44 | | | | 1 | Michigan State | 57 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Ohio State | 72 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Iowa | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ohio State | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ohio State | 84 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Penn State | 70 |
| | | | 2 | Penn State | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Purdue | 61 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Purdue | 66 | 7 | Purdue | 61 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Indiana | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Indiana | 62 | | | | 2 | Penn State | 79 | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | Illinois | 64 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Michigan | 47 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Illinois | 55 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 56 | 11 | Illinois | 55 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Illinois | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
All game times are ET.