2011 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
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The 2011 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament will be played Thursday, March 3 through Sunday, March 6 at the Conseco Fieldhouse
in Indianapolis, Indiana
. All 10 games will be aired nationally on the Big Ten Network and ESPN2. The Big Ten Network will carry every game except the final, which will air on ESPN2. The winner will receive an automatic bid to the 2011 Women's NCAA Tournament
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The seeding for the tournament was as follows:
Conseco Fieldhouse
Conseco Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena, it is home to the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association...
in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. All 10 games will be aired nationally on the Big Ten Network and ESPN2. The Big Ten Network will carry every game except the final, which will air on ESPN2. The winner will receive an automatic bid to the 2011 Women's NCAA Tournament
2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 19, 2011 and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship....
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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 byeBye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
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The seeding for the tournament was as follows:
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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| #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 |
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| First Round - Thursday, March 3 | |||||
| 2:00pm | #7 Purdue vs #10 Indiana | BTN | 66-62 | ||
| 4:30pm | #6 Wisconsin vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 63-56 | ||
| 7:00pm | #8 Northwestern vs #9 Minnesota | BTN | 53-44 | ||
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 | |||||
| 11:30am | #2 Penn State vs #7 Purdue | BTN | 73-61 | ||
| 2:00pm | #3 Michigan vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 55-47 | ||
| 6:00pm | #1 Michigan State vs #8 Northwestern | BTN | 56-25 | ||
| 8:30pm | #4 Iowa vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 71-61 | ||
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 | |||||
| 5:00pm | #2 Penn State vs #11 Illinois | BTN | 79-64 | ||
| 7:30pm | #1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State | BTN | 72-57 | ||
| Championship Game - Sunday, March 6 | |||||
| 3:30pm | #2 Penn State vs #5 Ohio State | ESPN2 | 84-70 | ||
| *Game Times in ET Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time... . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
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