2012 Big Ten women's basketball tournament

2012 Big Ten women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteBankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsPurdue (8th title)
Winning coachSharon Versyp (3rd title)
TelevisionBTN and ESPN2
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2011–12 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Penn State 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
No. 13 Purdue 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
No. 16 Ohio State 11 5   .688 25 7   .781
Michigan State 11 5   .688 20 12   .625
Iowa 11 5   .688 19 12   .613
No. 17 Nebraska 10 6   .625 24 9   .727
Michigan 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Minnesota 6 10   .375 19 17   .528
Illinois 5 11   .313 11 19   .367
Wisconsin 5 11   .313 9 20   .310
Northwestern 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
Indiana 1 15   .063 6 24   .200
2012 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]


The 2012 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 1 to March 4 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2] The tournament marked the debut of the University of Nebraska. The Big Ten Network carried all games except the championship game which was aired on ESPN2. Purdue won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2011-12". ESPN. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Big Ten 2011-2012 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.