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2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the full bracket for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, which will take place March 5-9 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Single-session tickets are still on sale and available online at Ticketmaster.com for $15-$40, depending on the session. All seating is reserved for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. All ticket packages are subject to Ticketmaster and facility fees. Fans are encouraged to visit the official Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament website (bigten.org/WBBT) and follow Big Ten Women’s Basketball on X (@B1GWBBall) throughout the 2024-25 season for more information on events surrounding the tournament.

All 14 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast live to a national audience, starting with the opening round being streamed on Peacock. The Big Ten Network (and the FOX Sports app) will broadcast the second round through semifinal games from Thursday to Saturday. The championship game on Sunday, March 9 will tip off at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS and will be the second time the network has carried the title game.

USC (26-2, 17-1 Big Ten) is the No. 1 seed for this year’s tournament after clinching its first-ever Big Ten regular season crown by defeating rival UCLA, 80-67, in front of a sellout crowd at Pauley Pavilion and a national television audience on FOX. The Trojans have been ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press (AP) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/USA Today polls all season, rising as high as No. 3. USC also earned the No. 3 national seed in the NCAA Committee’s final top 16 reveal on Thursday.

The Trojans will open Big Ten Tournament play on Friday with a quarterfinal outing at 12 p.m. ET live on the Big Ten Network against the winner of the second-round game between No. 8 seed Oregon and No. 9 seed Indiana.

UCLA (27-2, 16-2 Big Ten) claimed the No. 2 seed for its inaugural Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Bruins are ranked No. 2 in both major national polls and garnered the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Committee’s reveal. The squad had spent 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the AP Top 25, which set a Big Ten women’s basketball record. UCLA’s postseason journey begins at 6:30 p.m. ET Friday with a quarterfinal game on the Big Ten Network. The winner of the first-round matchup between No. 10 seed Nebraska and No. 15 seed Rutgers will meet seventh-seeded Illinois in the second round to battle for a chance to face the Burins in the quarterfinals.

Ohio State (24-5, 13-5 Big Ten) earned the No. 3 seed for the tournament (by virtue of the tiebreaker with Maryland) and has remained in the top 15 of the national polls throughout the year, currently sitting at No. 12 in both. The Buckeyes, who were tabbed as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Committee’s reveal, own five Big Ten Tournament titles. Ohio State will open its postseason slate on Friday night against No. 6 seed Michigan State, No. 11 seed Iowa or No. 14 seed Wisconsin in the last quarterfinal on the Big Ten Network, 25 minutes following the completion of UCLA’s quarterfinal.

Rounding out the top four seeds is Maryland (23-6, 13-5 Big Ten) with the last of the tournament’s double-byes into the quarterfinal round. The Terrapins, who have been in the top 20 of the national polls this season, are seeking their sixth tournament crown after winning their first title in 2015. Maryland’s postseason bid starts Friday afternoon against No. 5 seed Michigan, No. 12 seed Washington or No. 13 seed Minnesota in the quarterfinals, playing on the Big Ten Network 25 minutes after USC’s game has ended.

The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament schedule is as follows:

Sunday, March 9 – Championship
Game 14 | G12 Winner vs. G13 Winner | 4:30 p.m. ET | CBS

NOTES: All times are Eastern (local to site), approximate and subject to change…BTN games are also available on the FOX Sports app…CBS games are available on Paramount+, CBSSports.com and CBS Sports HQ…for more information, please visit the tournament central at bigten.org/WBBT.

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UW beat Minnesota 79-65

UW Women’s Basketball continued their season and their win streak in their first Big Ten Tournament game versus Minnesota, winning 79-65.

UW was ranked as a 12 seed and Minnesota was ranked 13th going into the tournament. 15 of the 18 Big 10 schools make the tournament (ahem, UW Men’s Basketball did not make it into the tournament, ahem). The top 4 seeds get two byes (USC, UCLA, Maryland and Ohio State) and the next 5 seeds get a first round bye (Indiana, Oregon, Michigan, Illinois, Michigan State). This means if Washington were to make a run in the Big Ten Tournament, they would play 5 games before the NCAA Tournament starts.

Phew, with that info out of the way, the women played today at 12:30pm PT, which is when I, along with probably you, work at my job. I was able to sneak watch some of it between meetings, so I’ll recap those parts. Also of note: UW just played Minnesota last week and beat them 72-62.

UW plays Michigan tomorrow, Thursday 25 minutes after the first game ends. The first game starts at noon, so I would guess they are tipping off sometime around 2pm. If they win they play Maryland on Friday, roughly around 2pm again.

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Seeking NCAA bid, Oregon women’s basketball faces challenging Big Ten tournament road

Oregon head coach Kelly Graves, center, talks to his team before playing UCLA in an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Boyd)AP

In a strong position to make the NCAA Tournament after a season highlighted by stellar defense and clutch play, Oregon women’s basketball begins its run through its first-ever Big Ten tournament on Thursday.

And what a year it has been for Oregon’s new conference, which could have up to 13 teams make the Big Dance after it all shakes out. Kelly Graves’ team will not have an easy road to a potential conference title in a stacked bracket.

The No. 8 seed Ducks (19-10, 10-8 Big Ten) take on No. 9 seed Indiana (18-11, 10-8) at 9 a.m. PT on Thursday in Indianapolis (Big Ten Network). A win would bolster Oregon’s chances of making the NCAAs, but even a loss shouldn’t do much harm.

If the Ducks do get past the Hoosiers, JuJu Watkins and No. 1 seed USC await on Friday. A loss to that team wouldn’t exactly be a résumé-killer, either.

According to ESPN’s Charlie Creme, the Ducks are currently among the “last four byes” into the NCAA Tournament along with their first conference tournament opponent, Indiana, and a Big Ten foe they lost to earlier this season: Nebraska.

Creme projects Oregon as a No. 10 seed, facing No. 7 seed Oklahoma State for the right to face No. 2 seed UConn.

Not all that different a hypothetical road than what the Ducks will face in the conference tournament this week. Graves’ squad certainly won’t be looking ahead, though: The last time they played Indiana was a 54-47 win for the Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena, but the Hoosiers have typically been in the 70s and above in scoring since that game.

Oregon’s defense is ranked fifth in the Big Ten, allowing just 62.4 points per game. While the Ducks will be without top defender and playmaker Elisa Mevius for the entire postseason due to a hand injury, it will still be about defense leading to transition offense for this team.

The engine of that should be leading scorer and point guard Deja Kelly, who put up 20 or more points in four of Oregon’s final five regular-season games. She will need more than just the supplementary play of backcourt compatriot Peyton Scott, however. The Ducks will need a strong performance out of 6-foot-8 center Phillipina Kyei and key buckets from role players like Nani Falatea, Sofia Bell and Alexis Whitfield.

A loss to Washington in the regular-season finale was plagued by hot three-point shooting from the Huskies, something the Ducks can’t afford to let happen again versus an Indiana team that shoots 36.2% from deep (third in the B1G).

Slow down the outside shooting, rebound consistently and get out in transition, and the Ducks will give themselves a chance to advance.

No. 8 Oregon (19-10, 10-8 Big Ten) vs. No. 9 Indiana (18-11, 10-8) — Big Ten Tournament second round

— Ryan Clarke covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten Conference. Listen to the Ducks Confidential podcast or subscribe to the Ducks Roundup newsletter.

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