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The 2025 Big Ten tournament gets underway Wednesday, March 12, with 15 teams in the bracket. Games will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Get the bracket, schedule and game time information below. Seeding will be set at the end of the regular season (Sunday, March 9).
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Wednesday, March 12 โ First Round
Thursday, March 13 โ Second Round
Friday, March 14 โ Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 15 โ Semifinals
Sunday, March 16 โ Championship
Illinois is the defending champion, as the No. 2 Illini topped No. 5 Wisconsin in the title game last season.
Michigan State has won the most titles, with six. The Spartans last won the Big Ten tournament in 2019.
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| YEAR | WINNER | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | CITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Michigan (vacated) | 76-67 | Purdue | Chicago |
| 1999 | Michigan State | 67-50 | Illinois | Chicago |
| 2000 | Michigan State | 76-61 | Illinois | Chicago |
| 2001 | Iowa | 63-61 | Indiana | Chicago |
| 2002 | Ohio State (vacated) | 81-64 | Iowa | Indianapolis |
| 2003 | Illinois | 72-59 | Ohio State | Chicago |
| 2004 | Wisconsin | 70-53 | Illinois | Indianapolis |
| 2005 | Illinois | 54-43 | Wisconsin | Chicago |
| 2006 | Iowa | 67-60 | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 2007 | Ohio State | 66-49 | Wisconsin | Chicago |
| 2008 | Wisconsin | 61-48 | Illinois | Indianapolis |
| 2009 | Purdue | 65-61 | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 2010 | Ohio State | 90-61 | Minnesota | Indianapolis |
| 2011 | Ohio State | 71-60 | Penn State | Indianapolis |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 68-64 | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 2013 | Ohio State | 50-43 | Wisconsin | Chicago |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 69-55 | Michigan | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Wisconsin | 80-69 (OT) | Michigan State | Chicago |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 66-62 | Purdue | Indianapolis |
| 2017 | Michigan | 71-56 | Wisconsin | Washington, D.C. |
| 2018 | Michigan | 75-66 | Purdue | New York City |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 65-60 | Michigan | Chicago |
| 2021 | Illinois | 91-88 (OT) | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 2022 | Iowa | 75-66 | Purdue | Indianapolis |
| 2023 | Purdue | 67-65 | Penn State | Minneapolis |
| 2024 | Illinois | 93-87 | Wisconsin | Minneapolis |
UCLA women get revenge, rallying to defeat USC for Big Ten tournament title
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Lauren Betts, defense lead UCLA past USC in Big Ten tournament final
INDIANAPOLIS — Lauren Betts scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half Sunday and No. 4 UCLA allowed only four baskets over the final 12 minutes as the Bruins rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat No. 2 USC 72-67 in the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
It marked the first time the Bruins (30-2) beat their longtime crosstown rival in three games this season. USC (28-3) won the previous meeting — and the outright regular-season title — nine days earlier at UCLA, and the Bruins made no secret they wanted a rematch.
UCLA still needed an incredible defensive performance to turn the game. The Trojans missed 14 consecutive shots, starting late in the third quarter, and made only four baskets in the fourth as their 48-35 lead withered away.
JuJu Watkins finished with 29 points and six rebounds to lead USC, which had a nine-game winning streak snapped.
Kiki Rice and Londynn Jones each had 13 points for UCLA. Rice also had eight assists, while Betts notched 5 rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 steals to win the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player Award.
The Bruins got the matchup they wanted — and the finish they dreamed of.
Coach Cori Close challenged her team to be tougher and more aggressive, and it was the difference in the game.
The Trojans appeared to be in good shape when they opened the second half with a 3-pointer to take their largest lead of the game, but they failed to put it away.
USC finished by going 4-of-19 from the field in the fourth quarter, with the first basket coming with 1:12 left.
Janiah Barker’s two free throws with 4:10 to go finally gave the Bruins a 62-56 lead — and the confidence to close it out.
Both teams will take a week off before learning who they will host in Los Angeles for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
South Carolina captures its third straight SEC title in a dominating 64-45 win over Texas. (1:46)
GREENVILLE, S.C. — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley thought winning this year’s SEC championship would be much harder than any of the school’s previous titles after the league added Texas and Oklahoma to the mix.
But it didn’t look all that hard for the fifth-ranked Gamecocks.
Tournament MVP Chloe Kitts finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, Tessa Johnson added 14 points and South Carolina completed a dominant three-day run in Greenville by knocking off No. 1-ranked and second-seeded Texas 64-45 on Sunday to win its third straight Southeastern Conference tournament championship and ninth title in the past 11 years under Staley.
“They are young people that come down here and perform to a high standard every single time they step on the floor, and for that I am super proud of them,” Staley said.
Sania Feagin and Joyce Edwards each had 11 points for the Gamecocks, who boldly staked their claim to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
The Gamecocks won their three tournament games by 21, 18 and 19 points, with the last two coming against newcomers No. 10 Oklahoma and Texas.
None of them looked prepared to handle South Carolina’s intensity.
South Carolina (30-3) never trailed and blew the game open with a 19-2 run to start the second quarter to build a 33-16 lead at the break behind a stifling defense. The lead ballooned to 21 early in the fourth quarter, and the Gamecocks were never threatened again.
“I took two timeouts in the second quarter, and we just could not stop (their momentum),” Texas coach Vic Schaefer said.
Staley improved to 5-0 against Schaefer in the SEC title games, although the previous four came when he coached at Mississippi State.
Kitts average 16.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game during the tournament and shot 74% from the field, and the Gamecocks got contributions from several players as Staley rolled in one talented player after another.
But the team defense was key.
The Gamecocks held All-American Madison Booker to 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting to snap Texas’ 15-game win streak and forced 18 turnovers. Taylor Jones and Rori Harmon led the Longhorns (31-3) with 14 points each.
Said Harmon: “We have another big tournament ahead of us and we have to learn from our mistakes … but this game will haunt us as a team.”
Schaefer said he still expects his team to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
“One quarter, one game certainly doesn’t define our season,” Schaefer said.
Takeaways
Texas: Turned the ball over 11 times in the first half and shot 30% for the game.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks improved to 18-1 in SEC tournament games in Greenville, which is just a 90-minute drive from their home arena. The setting essentially served as a home game for the Gamecocks, who have one of strongest fan bases in women’s basketball. “It’s a road game. It is what it is,” Schaefer said. “To play them basically on their home floor makes it that much more difficult. If we were in San Antonio, people might be yelling for us.”
Key moment
Feagin’s lob pass inside to Kitts led to an and-1 to start the second quarter, igniting a 15-0 run.
Key stat
South Carolina outscored its three SEC tournament opponents 67-27 in the second quarter.
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Duke takes down NC State 76-62 to claim the ACC Championship in a comeback victory. (1:52)
GREENSBORO, N.C. — An Atlantic Coast Conference championship was freshly in its grasp, and the time had come for the Duke women’s basketball team to cut down the nets.
It had been a while, though, a dozen years in fact, since the Blue Devils had experienced this moment.
So Kara Lawson kept coaching her team long after the horn, holding a pair of scissors for each player until they reached the top, then pointing from below at which strand of net they should snip for themselves.
“I think it’s the first net-cutting for a lot of them, so just wanted to talk them through it,” she said with a smile, surrounded by confetti strewn about the court. “The heights thing is a real thing, when you get up there, sometimes it can be disorienting.”
It made sense, considering Lawson had plenty of practice as a player who won a WNBA championship and played at Tennessee under late Hall of Famer Pat Summitt. And she just wanted everything to go smoothly after five years of building that created this signature moment in what Duke calls the Kara era: a resounding second-half performance Sunday that overwhelmed No. 7 NC State 76-62 to clinch the program’s first ACC title since 2013.
It was also a milestone trophy-hoisting win for the 44-year-old Lawson, a first-time head coach who took over during the COVID-19 pandemic that ultimately cut her first season short after just four games.
“We knew that she was building something,” said sophomore reserve Oluchi Okananwa, the ACC tournament’s MVP who matched her career high with 22 points to go with 10 rebounds. “We knew she was building this. We knew this was what we were walking into, if we just bought in.”
Her team certainly did that, turning its stay in Greensboro into its own redemption tour by avenging regular-season losses first to Louisville, then to No. 6 Notre Dame to reach its first final since 2017, and finally the Wolfpack.
Her team came back after being down 14 in the first half, outscoring NC State 47-26 in the second half, shooting 55.2% while holding a Wolfpack team with veteran guards back from a Final Four run to just 32.3% shooting. Okananwa and Ashlon Jackson combined to score 24 second-half points, nearly matching the Wolfpack’s team total (26). And the Blue Devils pummeled the Wolfpack on the boards (26-10).
“This morning is when I had thoughts [about the journey], this morning I definitely thought of Coach Summitt,” Lawson said. “Definitely thought of her this morning and how excited she would be for the opportunity that we had. And that defensive performance in the second half, man, that was close to Tennessee defense back in the day. It was pretty good.”
Duke eventually got up 18 to make the final minutes a formality, even against a team that was in the final for the fifth time in six seasons, a run that included three straight titles from 2020-22.
That was on Lawson’s mind, too, as her players joined fans in celebrating an imminent title late. When the horn sounded, Lawson looked to the scoreboard, gave a slight nod as though to confirm the result, then went about shaking hands with the Wolfpack as her players mobbed each other behind her.
“The biggest thing for me is just to pay homage to that we beat,” Lawson said. “I mean, they’ve been the standard in this league for the last five years if you look at the championships they’ve won, how deep they’ve done in March. … It’s only fitting that we had to beat them to win an ACC championship, because they’ve been the team you have to beat.”
It wasn’t long, though, before her business-like expression was gone. Handshakes completed, Lawson was soon surrounded by players gathering to raise her on their shoulders and lightly toss her about, with Lawson breaking into a big smile and extending her right index finger skyward to proclaim Duke’s ascension to No. 1 in the 18-team league with five AP Top 25 teams.
Later, Lawson was sitting on the stage, her right arm around the trophy with the cut-down net draped atop it as she posed for photos.
It was a special moment, too, for athletic director Nina King. King oversaw the Duke women’s basketball program and ran point on the search that hired Lawson in 2020 before her own ascension to AD the following year.
King said she was in Cape Cod with family during the pandemic when former coach Joanne P. McCallie called to say she was stepping away from the job. At the time, Lawson had recently left broadcasting after her own WNBA playing career to become an assistant with the NBA’s Boston Celtics, giving King an opportunity to make an I-was-just-in-the-neighborhood connection with Lawson.
King soon hired her as a first-time college head coach, though Lawson had coaching experience for USA Basketball.
Now it’s on to the NCAA tournament as an opening-weekend host, with the Blue Devils eyeing a deeper push after last year’s Sweet 16 showing.
“Over Kara’s tenure, you could just see methodically what she’s been building,” said King, a former chairwoman of the NCAA tournament selection committee. “She’s been steadily bringing in top recruits. We’ve got talent on the court, and it was just kind of watching the building blocks each year.
“This is certainly what we envisioned. … I mean, it’s been a while since Duke has been on this stage.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
