The 2023 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was held from March 1–5, 2023 at

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. As the tournament winner,

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received the conference's automatic bid to the

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. This was the last year of the tournament in which the preliminary rounds were broadcast on

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and the final was broadcast on

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, as in 2024 these would move to

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and

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, respectively.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2022–23 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

Schedule

Bracket

* All times are Eastern. * denotes overtime period

All-Tournament team

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, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player * Monika Czinano, Iowa *

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, Iowa *

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, Maryland * Cotie McMahon, Ohio State * Taylor Thierry, Ohio State

References

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