Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Current location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Played	1995–present
Last contest	2012
Current champion	Purdue Boilermakers
Most championships	Purdue Boilermakers (8)
Official website	BigTen.Org Women's Basketball

The Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the women's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1995. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The finals of the tournament are typically held immediately before the field for the NCAA tournament is announced.

The Big Ten did not begin sponsoring women's basketball until the 1982–83 basketball season. In February 1982 during the 1981–82 season, the conference held a tournament at Michigan State in which Ohio State defeated Illinois 69–66 in the championship game. The conference has listed this in some publications as a regular season championship.

Results

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Most Outstanding Player	Site
1995	Penn State	68–63	Ohio State	Missy Masley, Penn State	Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
1996	Penn State	71–69	Purdue	Angie Potthoff, Penn State	Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
1997	Iowa	63–56	Illinois	Angela Hamblin, Iowa	RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
1998	Purdue	59–49	Penn State	Andrea Garner, Penn State	RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
1999	Purdue	80–76	Illinois	Stephanie White, Purdue	RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
2000	Purdue	71–63	Penn State	Helen Darling, Penn State	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001	Iowa	75–70	Purdue	Cara Consuegra, Iowa	Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2002	Indiana	75–72	Penn State	Heather Cassady, Indiana	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003	Purdue	67–65	Ohio State	Shereka Wright, Purdue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2004	Purdue	59–58	Penn State	Shereka Wright, Purdue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2005	Michigan State	55–49	Minnesota	Kristin Haynie, Michigan State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2006	Ohio State	63–60	Purdue	Brandie Hoskins, Ohio State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2007	Purdue	64–52	Ohio State	Katie Gearlds, Purdue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2008	Purdue	58–56	Illinois	FahKara Malone, Purdue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2009	Ohio State	67–66	Purdue	Jantel Lavender, Ohio State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2010	Ohio State	66–64	Iowa	Jantel Lavender, Ohio State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2011	Ohio State	84–70	Penn State	Jantel Lavender, Ohio State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2012	Purdue	74-70	Nebraska	Brittany Rayburn, Purdue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

Championships by school

School	Big Ten Championships	Last Big Ten Championship
Illinois	0	---
Indiana	1	2002
Iowa	2	2001
Michigan	0	---
Michigan State	1	2005
Minnesota	0	---
Nebraska	0	---
Northwestern	0	---
Ohio State	4	2011
Penn State	2	1996
Purdue	8	2012
Wisconsin	0	---

See also

• Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball regular season champions
• Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball regular season champions

External links

• 2007 Bracket showing seed matchups and television schedule