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which took place from March 5–9, 2025. The tournament was held at the

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. The top 15 teams participated with the bottom three teams not qualifying for the tournament. The field was announced on March 2, 2025.2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced
Big Ten Conference, March 2, 2025 The top four seeds were USC, UCLA, Ohio State, and Maryland. Purdue, Penn State, and Northwestern did not participate as the lowest three teams in the standings.

Seeds

The top 15 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top nine teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreakers:

Schedule

*Game times in EST through the semifinals and EDT for the championship. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

All-Tournament team

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Tournament notes

*An NCAA record twelve Big Ten teams were invited to the 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament.Big Ten Conference Sets Record with 12 Programs Headed to the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Big Ten Conference, March 16, 2025 UCLA, USC, Ohio State, Maryland, Michigan, Iowa, Michigan State, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington all received bids to the 2025 tournament. Tournament Winner UCLA was the overall No. 1 seed, and USC was the No. 4 overall seed. *Minnesota was the sole Big Ten team invited to the

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(WBIT). The Gophers won the 2025 WBIT.Youngblood, Kent
Gophers women’s basketball team rolls against Belmont for WBIT title.
Star Tribune, April 2, 2025 *UCLA would regain the number 1 ranking they held before being defeated by USC for the regular season championship. *Both USC and UCLA lost to the eventual national champion

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.Guzman, Ed
March Madness: Paige Bueckers, UConn beat USC to reach Final Four.
Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2024Nguyen, Thuc Nhi
UCLA's run to the Final Four ends in record rout by UConn: 'We got our butts beat.'
Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2025

References

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