2013 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

The 2013 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held March 7 through March 12 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The Big Ten Network carried all games except the championship game which was aired by ESPN2. Purdue won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

2013 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	12
Site	Sears Centre Arena Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Champions	Purdue (9th title)
Winning coach	Sharon Versyp (4th title)
Television	BTN and ESPN2
Big Ten women's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Penn State	14	–	2		.875			26	–	6		.813
No. 24 Nebraska	12	–	4		.750			25	–	9		.735
Michigan State	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
No. 21 Purdue †	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
Michigan	9	–	7		.563			22	–	11		.667
Illinois	9	–	7		.563			19	–	14		.576
Iowa	8	–	8		.500			21	–	13		.618
Minnesota	7	–	9		.438			18	–	14		.563
Ohio State	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Northwestern	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
Indiana	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2013 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2012–13 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. The top four teams received a first round bye.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
#1	Penn State	14–2
#2	Nebraska	12–4
#3	Purdue	10–6	1–1 vs. Michigan State	1–0 vs. Nebraska
#4	Michigan State	10–6	1–1 vs. Purdue	0–1 vs. Nebraska
#5	Michigan	9–7	1–0 vs. Illinois
#6	Illinois	9–7	0–1 vs. Michigan
#7	Iowa	8–8
#8	Minnesota	7–9	2–0 vs. Ohio State
#9	Ohio State	7–9	0–2 vs. Minnesota
#10	Northwestern	5–11
#11	Wisconsin	3–13
#12	Indiana	2–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time**	Matchup#	Television	Score
First round - Thursday, March 7
1	1	12:30 pm	#7 Iowa vs. #10 Northwestern	BTN	60–55
	2	2:30 pm	#6 Illinois vs. #11 Wisconsin	BTN	57–58
2	3	7:00 pm	#8 Minnesota vs. #9 Ohio State	BTN	47–58
	4	9:30pm	#5 Michigan vs. #12 Indiana	BTN	67–40
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
3	5	12:30 pm	#2 Nebraska vs. #7 Iowa	BTN	76–61
	6	2:30pm	#3 Purdue vs. #11 Wisconsin	BTN	74–62
4	7	7:00 pm	#1 Penn State vs. #9 Ohio State	BTN	76–66
	8	9:30 pm	#4 Michigan State vs. #5 Michigan	BTN	62–46
Semifinals - Saturday, March 9
5	9	5:00 pm	#2 Nebraska vs. #3 Purdue	BTN	64–77
	10	7:30pm	#1 Penn State vs. #4 Michigan State	BTN	46–54
Championship Game - Sunday, March 10
6	11	4:00pm	#3 Purdue vs. #4 Michigan State	ESPN2	62–47
*Game Times in ET. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source:

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	First round Thursday, March 7					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8					Semifinals Saturday, March 9					Championship game Sunday, March 10
						2	Nebraska	76
						7	Iowa	61
	7	Iowa	60
	10	Northwestern	55
											2	Nebraska	64
											3	Purdue	77
						3	Purdue	74
						11	Wisconsin	62
	6	Illinois	57
	11	Wisconsin	58
																3	Purdue	62
																4	Michigan State	47
						1	Penn State	76
						9	Ohio State	66
	8	Minnesota	47
	9	Ohio State	58
											1	Penn State	46
											4	Michigan State	54
						4	Michigan State	62
						5	Michigan	46
	5	Michigan	67
	12	Indiana	40