Tag: Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament

Big Ten announces men’s and women’s basketball tourney sites through 2028

The Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will make their Vegas debut in a few years.

Joining the Big Ten Conference is going to mean more travel for all of Oregon’s athletes for the regular season as well as postseason tournaments.

The conference has had a tradition of holding both basketball tourneys in the Midwest such as Indianapolis and Chicago. But for the first time ever, the league will be bringing its postseason tournament out West to a familiar setting of Las Vegas.

But for a bit.

Both tourneys will be in Indianapolis in 2025, but then The Big Ten announced basketball tournament locations for 2026-28. The women’s tournament will remain in Indianapolis in 2026 before moving to Las Vegas in 2027 and Detroit in 2028.

The Big Ten will host the men’s tournament in Chicago for the 12th time in 2026, return to Indianapolis in 2027, and head to Las Vegas in 2028. This will mark the first time Big Ten Tournaments will be held in Las Vegas or Detroit in the conference’s history.

“We look forward to partnering with the cities of Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Las Vegas as they host the Big Ten Basketball Tournaments from 2025-28,” said Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti in a press release. “Each city will be an exciting postseason opportunity for our student-athletes, coaches, and fans, both locally and from across the country.”

Oregon had success in most seasons when the postseason was held in Vegas. It’ll be interesting to see how the Ducks fare in sites not so close to home, but that is going to become the norm from now on.

Nebraska to face Purdue in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have learned their opponent for the second round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have learned their opponent for the second round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Huskers will face the Purdue Boilermakers at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Nebraska, the tournament’s No. 5 seed, had a first-round bye. On Wednesday afternoon, No. 12 seeded Purdue defeated No. 13 Northwestern 78-72.

The Cornhuskers were 2-0 against the Boilermakers in Big Ten play this season. On January 31, they defeated Purdue 68-54 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and on February 17, they won 77-65 in West Lafayette.

Should the Huskers win on Thursday afternoon, they would advance to the quarterfinals and face the Michigan State Spartans.

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Ohio State women get blown out by Iowa in Big Ten Tournament final

Ohio State came up short in the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday.

Despite a very respectable run in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, Ohio State fell on the sword Sunday to an Iowa team playing at a very high level by a score of 105-72.

The result came one day after the Lady Bucks erased a 24-point deficit against No. 1 seed Indiana to complete the largest-ever comeback in Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament history. The effort may have contributed to some tired legs and an inability to provide much resistance against Big Ten Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and the rest of the Hawkeyes.

Clark was remarkable, recording a triple-double with 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. It’s hard to imagine anyone winning the Naismith Player of the Year.

Ohio State actually had more shots than the Hawkeyes, but shooting woes doomed any chance of hanging around an Iowa team that had no problem making baskets. OSU shot just 34.8% from the field compared to the Hawkeyes’ 62.1%. The Buckeyes also forced 16 turnovers but got outrebounded 45-29. Ohio State was simply unable to close out on Clark and her teammates on multiple occasions and they made the Buckeyes pay.

Taylor Mikesell led OSU in scoring with 24 points. Freshman Cotie McMahon (23 points) and Taylor Thierry (13 points) also chipped in with double figures.

Ohio State will now focus its attention on the upcoming NCAA Tournament where it will be likely a number three seed or higher.

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Ohio State women’s basketball vs. Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament final: How to watch, stream the game

The Lady Bucks will be playing for a Big Ten Tournament championship on Sunday. Here’s how to find and watch the game. #GoBucks

It’s been quite the year for the Ohio State women’s basketball team. The Buckeyes started the season with a program-record 19 straight wins before hitting a bit of a skid. But they seem to be finding that early season form at the right time.

After an historic comeback in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament against No. 1 seed Indiana on Saturday, Ohio State gets a chance to take home a Big Ten Tournament title when it takes on second-seeded Iowa on Sunday. Anytime any Buckeye squad gets a chance to play for a title it’s worth paying attention to, so we’ve got everything you need to know in order to find and watch the game on Sunday.

Basic info

When: Sunday, March 5, at 5 p.m. ET

Where: Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

How to watch/stream/listen:

Broadcast: ESPN

Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

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Ohio State women roar back from 24 down to beat Indiana and advance to Big Ten Tournament final

If you didn’t get to watch what the Lady Bucks did on Saturday, you missed one whale of a comeback! #GoBucks

Admit it. If you were watching the Ohio State women’s basketball team early on against No. 1 seed Indiana, you probably either turned the channel or turned your focus onto some Saturday household chores. If so, you missed quite a game.

That’s because the Buckeyes fell down by 24 points late in the first half and looked desperate in trying to stop the Indiana offense. The Buckeyes struggled on the offensive end as well and went into halftime down 46-26. It looked hopeless.

But it wasn’t.

The third quarter though was pivotal for Ohio State. The Buckeyes turned up the defensive pressure and began to chip away at the lead, creating steals and buckets in transition to outscore the Hoosiers by ten points and make digging out of the hole much more manageable.

It looked like the comeback effort wouldn’t be good enough in the fourth quarter with the teams going back and forth and basically matching each other. But then, with a little over five minutes left, OSU put on a huge push — again with some pressure on defense — to completely erase the deficit and make just enough plays including one final defensive half-court stand, to pull out a very improbable 79-75 win.

Taylor Thiery led five Ohio State players in double figures with 19 points. She and Cotie McMahon each registered a double-double. Thiery grabbed 12 rebounds and McMahon scored 12 points and tallied a whopping 14 rebounds. Rikki Haris and Taylor Mikesell scored 13 points each, while Jacy Sheldon poured in 12 points in her second game back from injury.

The Buckeyes shot just 35.6% from the floor but forced the Hoosiers into 18 turnovers and made 23-of-25 free throws. They had fourteen more shots than Indiana to offset the accuracy from the floor. OSU had a massive number of steals with 14 total.

With the win, the Buckeyes will get a chance to play for the Big Ten Tournament title on Sunday against Iowa.

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Ohio State women’s basketball vs. Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament: How to watch, stream the game

The OSU women’s team will try to knock off the No. 1 seeded Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten semi-finals. #GoBucks

The Ohio State women’s basketball team got off to a great start in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament with a win over the Michigan Wolverines. It was the third time this season that the Buckeyes took down the maize and blue.

Now OSU will take on the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and the second-ranked team in the country, the Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana is sitting at 27-2 on the season and just took down Michigan State in its opening match in Minneapolis.

The Buckeyes have lost both times they played the Hoosiers this season by an average of almost 19 points. But the Bucks were missing heart and soul guard Jacy Sheldon for those two games and now have her back. Either way, OSU will have its work cut out against Indiana if it hopes to play for a Big Ten Championship on Sunday.

Here’s how to catch all the action.

Basic info

When: Saturday, March 4, at 2:30 p.m. EST

Where: Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

How to watch/stream/listen:

Broadcast: Big Ten Network

Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

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Ohio State women beat Michigan for third time this season, advance in Big Ten Tournament

Three wins in one season for Ohio State over Michigan! #GoBucks

They say it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season. We say not if you are the better team, and that’s what we say on Friday. After a close, white-knuckle affair, the Ohio State women’s basketball team beat rival Michigan 81-79 to advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament.

It’s the first time in program history that Ohio State has beaten Michigan three times in one season, and it sets up a semifinal matchup against No. 1 seed Indiana.

Ohio State had the lead for most of the game and went into halftime up by eight points. But Michigan would not go away, staying within arms reach all contest and eventually taking the lead in the fourth quarter before Ohio State was able to regain the lead very late, the big shot coming from Jacy Sheldon who made an appearance for the first time in a long while because of injury. She hit a 3-pointer to put OSU up by three with just 1:19 left in the game. That was followed by a Cotie McMahon bucket just seconds later for a five-point lead with under a minute left in the contest.

Michigan would scramble and find a way to cut it to two points with a chance to tie, but the Buckeyes had a great defensive possession on the Wolverines’ last attempt to lock it up and secure the win.

The star of the game was without a doubt Freshman Big Ten Player of the Year Cotie McMahon. She was aggressive and assertive, especially in transition and getting in the lane, finishing with a double-double with a game-high 28 points and 12 rebounds. Many of her baskets came at extremely crucial times.

Taylor Thierry (20 points) and Taylor Mikesell (16 points) also scored double figures for the Buckeyes who had to gut one out because of a defense that didn’t turn Michigan over as much as it had in the first two meetings.

The Buckeyes will next take on Indiana at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.

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Ohio State women’s basketball vs. Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament: How to watch, stream the game

Here’s how to root the Lady Bucks on to a third win over Michigan this season. #GoBucks

The Ohio State women’s basketball team starts its postseason journey on Friday, and it’s against a familiar, old rival, the Michigan Wolverines.

To be fair, the Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry in women’s basketball doesn’t come close to matching what we see on a Saturday around Thanksgiving on the gridiron, but we always say any win over the Wolverines is one worth cherishing.

The No. 5 seeded Wolverines got by Penn State in a white-knuckle affair in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday to advance to face the No. 4 seeded Buckeyes in the quarterfinals, and a win means it’s off to the semifinals.

It’s the end of the week, and we know you could use a little jolt of OSU vs. Michigan to end things, so here’s how to find the game and watch or stream what we hope is the third victory over the Wolverines this season.

Basic info

When: Friday, March 3, at approximately 3 p.m. EST (or 30 minutes after the previous game)

Where: Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

How to watch/stream/listen:

Broadcast: Big Ten Network

Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

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Lady Lions lose heartbreaker to Michigan in Big Ten Tournament

Penn State women’s basketball saw its season come to a close in a close loss to Michigan in the Big Ten tournament.

The realization that the season is over is always a tough pill to swallow. That pill becomes even larger when the loss comes at the buzzer.

Penn State closed their regular season on a slide, losing seven games in a row. But none of the regular season games matter when it comes to tournament play. It’s just about winning one game at a time and advancing.

The Lady Lions managed to do that in their first game of the tournament. They beat Minnesota and set up a showdown with the Michigan Wolverines in the second round.

It was a tight game from start to finish, but ultimately Penn State lost the game 63-61.

Senior guard [autotag]Makenna Marisa[/autotag] had a contested look to extend the game, but the shot hit the front rim as the buzzer sounded. This was the end to a flurry of points with two minutes left as the Lady Lions erased a nine point deficit.

Ultimately the comeback fell just a bit short.

It was a tough way for Marisa’s career to end. She was a two time All-Big Ten selection by the media and was looking to get her team into the tournament for the first time since 2014.

She finished the game with a game high 16 points and seven assists. Her fellow guard [autotag]Leilani Kapinus[/autotag] also scored 16 points along with five assists and seven rebounds. Senior forward [autotag]Alexa Williamson[/autotag] finished her career with 12 points in the game.

Four Michigan Wolverines finished in double figures. Senior forward [autotag]Emily Kiser[/autotag] and sophomore guard [autotag]Laila Phelia[/autotag] scored a team high 13 points.

After falling short in the Big Ten Tournament, the NCAA Tournament dreams for the Lady Lions are officially over. It’s to be seen if they’ll be invited to the WNIT or WBI Tournaments to continue their season.

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Penn State women win opening game in Big Ten Tournament

Penn State women’s basketball wins first Big Ten tournament game since 2018.

It’s been a tough season for the Penn State Lady Lions.

In a loaded Big Ten conference, they finished the season with a 13-16 overall record and 4-14 in conference play. They closed the regular season with seven losses in a row, earning them the 13th seed in the tournament.

The Lady Lions did receive good news at the end of February when senior guard [autotag]Makenna Marisa[/autotag] was voted first team all-conference by the media. Averaging 17 points, four assists and four rebounds this season secured her second all-conference honor.

For a struggling team, the conference tournament can be a fresh start. The records are wiped out and all that matters is winning one game per day.

Penn State took advantage of this fresh start on Wednesday, beating Minnesota 72-67 in the opening game of the tournament.

Marisa led the team with 22 points, shooting just under 50%. Three other starts joined her in double figures. Underclassmen guards [autotag]Shay Ciezki[/autotag] and [autotag]Leilani Kapinus[/autotag] scored 16 and 11 points respectively, while fellow senior [autotag]Alexa Williamson[/autotag] added 11 as well.

This was a dominate effort for the Lady Lions. They never trailed in the game and led by 18 at one point. They also hit 49.1% of their shots and forced Minnesota into 22 turnovers.

[autotag]Mara Braun[/autotag] was the game’s leading scorer with 25 points. [autotag]Amaya Battle[/autotag] was the only other Golden Gopher to join Braun in double figures with 16 points.

Penn State now faces the fifth seeded Michigan Wolverines on Thursday. This will be a rematch of the early January game in Ann Arbor that saw the Lady Lions lose by 10.

The game will air on Big Ten Network 25 minutes after the conclusion of Michigan State and Nebraska on Thursday, March 2.

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