The 2012 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held March 1 through March 4 at the

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. The tournament marked the debut of the

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in this event. The

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carried all games except the championship game which was aired on

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won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2011–12 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season record. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 teams will receive a first round bye. The seeding for the tournament was determined as the conference season concluded:

Schedule

Source

Bracket

All game times are ET.
* – Denotes overtime

References

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