Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

==Women's basketball==
Big Ten women's basketball teams have played a total of 17 championship games of the three most prominent national postseason tournaments—six in the [[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament]] (since 1982), one in the [[Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament]] (since 2024), and 10 in the [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]] (since 1998). Three other championship game appearances (two in the NCAA, one in the WNIT) were made by current Big Ten members before they joined the conference, and the 2024 arrivals have combined for five championship game appearances (three in the NCAA and two in the WNIT). Purdue is the only Big Ten member to have won the NCAA women's basketball national title while a member of the conference. Both schools that joined in 2014, Maryland and Rutgers, won national titles before joining the Big Ten—Rutgers won the final [[Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women|AIAW]] [[AIAW women's basketball tournament|championship]] in 1982, when it was a member of the [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Eastern 8]], and Maryland won the NCAA title in 2006 as a member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]. Big Ten women's basketball led conference attendance from 1993 to 1999.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Official 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Records Book |journal=NCAA Basketball. The Official ... Women's Basketball Records Book |publisher=[[NCAA]] |year=2006 |location=[[Indianapolis]] |page=199 |url=https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/w_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_w_basketball_records.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2007 |issn=1089-5299 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125004820/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/w_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_w_basketball_records.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Like the men's teams, the women's basketball teams in the Big Ten participated in the [[Big Ten–ACC Women's Challenge]], which was founded in 2007 and ended in 2022. The Big Ten's record in the challenge was 1–11–3, with Indiana, Maryland, and Michigan being the only Big Ten teams without a losing record in the challenge.

===National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate seasons before the school competed in the Big Ten.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's AIAW/NCAA<br/>Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's AIAW/NCAA<br/>Final Fours}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's AIAW/NCAA<br/>Elite Eights}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's AIAW/NCAA<br/>Sweet Sixteens}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Women's AIAW/NCAA<br/>Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| [[Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball|Illinois]]
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1997, 1998)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''1982,'' 1986, 1987, 1997–2000, 2003, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball|Indiana]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1973'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1972, 1974,'' 2021)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2021, 2022, 2024)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1983, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2021-25)}}
|-
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa]]
|
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1993, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1987, 1988, 1993, 2019, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)}}
| '''31'''<br/>{{small|(1986–94, 1996–98, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008–15, 2018–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| [[Maryland Terrapins women's basketball|Maryland]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2006'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1982, 1989, 2006, 2014'', 2015)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1978–82, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014'', 2015, 2023)}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(''1978–83, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012–14'', 2015, 2017, 2021-23, 2025)}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(''1978–84, 1986, 1988–93, 1997, 2001, 2004–09, 2011–14'', 2015–19, 2021-25)}}
|-
| [[Michigan Wolverines women's basketball|Michigan]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2022)}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2021, 2022)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021-25)}}
|-
| [[Michigan State Spartans women's basketball|Michigan State]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2005)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2005)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(2005, 2006, 2009)}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(''1977,'' 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003–07, 2009–14, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball|Minnesota]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2004)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2004)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1977,'' 2003, 2004, 2005)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(''1977, 1981, 1982,'' 1994, 2002–06, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018)}}
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball|Nebraska]]
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''2010'', 2013)}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(''1988'', ''1993'', ''1996'', ''1998–2000'', ''2007'', ''2008'', ''2010'', 2012–15, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
|-
| [[Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball|Northwestern]]
|
|
|
|
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1979-82,'' 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2015, 2021)}}
|-
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1993)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(''1975,'' 1985, 1987, 1993, 2023)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(1985–89, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2022, 2023)}}
| '''28'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1978,'' 1984–90, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003–12, 2015, 2016, 2022-25)}}
|-
| [[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]]
| 
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2019'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''2017-19'')}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(''1981, 2017-19, 2021'')}}
| '''20'''<br/>{{small|(''1980-82, 1984, 1987, 1994-2001, 2005, 2017-19, 2021, 2022,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2000)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1983'', 1994, 2000, 2004)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(''1982'', ''1983'', ''1985'', ''1986'', 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002–04, 2012, 2014)}}
| '''26'''<br/>{{small|(''1976'', ''1982–88'', ''1990'', ''1991'', 1992–96, 1999–2005, 2011–14)}}
|-
| [[Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball|Purdue]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1999)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 1999, 2001)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)}}
| '''27'''<br/>{{small|(1989–92, 1994–2009, 2011–14, 2016, 2017, 2023)}}
|-
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1982'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1982, 2000, 2007'')}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(''1986, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008'')}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1986–88, 1998–2000, 2005–09'')}}
| '''30'''<br/>{{small|(''1979-82, 1986–94, 1998–2001, 2003–12'', 2015, 2019, 2021)}}
|-
| [[UCLA Bruins women's basketball|UCLA]]
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1978'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1979,'' 2025)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1979, 1999, 2018,'' 2025)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1979, 1985, 1992, 1999, 2016-19, 2023, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''23'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998-2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016-19, 2021, 2023, 2024,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1983, 1984'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1981, 1983, 1984, 1986'')}}
| '''9'''<br/>{{small|(''1981-84, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''13'''<br/>{{small|(''1981-88, 1992-94, 2024,'' 2025)}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(''1980-88, 1991-95, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2023, 2024,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Washington Huskies women's basketball|Washington]]
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2016'')}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(''1990, 2001, 2016'')}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(''1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2016, 2017'')}}
| '''21'''<br/>{{small|(''1978, 1985-91, 1993-95, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2015-17,'' 2025)}}
|-
| [[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]]
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1982'')}}
|
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1982,'' 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010)}}
|}

===Big Ten NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
'''Bold type''' indicates teams that competed as Big Ten members. '''''Bold italics''''' indicates teams that later became Big Ten members. 
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Champion
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Runner-up
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Venue and city
|-
| [[1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1983]]
| '''''[[1982–83 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]]'''''
| '''69'''
| [[1982–83 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team|Louisiana Tech]]
| 67
| [[Norfolk Scope]]
| [[Norfolk, Virginia]]
|-
| [[1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1984]]
| '''''[[1983–84 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]]'''''
| '''72'''
| [[1983–84 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
| 61
| [[Pauley Pavilion]]
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
|-
| [[1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1986]]
| [[1985–86 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team|Texas]]
| '''97'''
| '''''[[1985–86 USC Trojans women's basketball team|USC]]'''''
| 81
| [[Rupp Arena]]
| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
|-
| [[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1993]]
| [[1992–93 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team|Texas Tech]]
| '''84'''
| '''[[1992–93 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| 82
| [[The Omni]]
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
|-
| [[1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1999]]
| '''[[1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team|Purdue]]'''
| '''62'''
| [[1998–99 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team|Duke]]
| 45
| [[San Jose Arena]]
| [[San Jose, California]]
|-
| [[2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2001]]
| [[2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team|Notre Dame]]
| '''68'''
| '''[[2000–01 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team|Purdue]]'''
| 66
| [[Enterprise Center|Savvis Center]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|-
| [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2005]]
| [[2004–05 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
| '''84'''
| '''[[2004–05 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team|Michigan State]]'''
| 62
| [[RCA Dome]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
| [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2006]]
| '''''[[2005–06 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team|Maryland]]'''''
| '''78'''
| [[2005–06 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team|Duke]]
| 75
| [[TD Garden|TD Banknorth Garden]]
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2007]]
| [[2006–07 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
| '''59'''
| '''''[[2006–07 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team|Rutgers]]'''''
| 46
| [[Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse|Quicken Loans Arena]]
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|-
| [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2023]]
| [[2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]
| '''102'''
| '''[[2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]]'''
| 85
| [[American Airlines Center]]
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
|-
| [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2024]]
| [[2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team|South Carolina]]
| '''87'''
| '''[[2023–24 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team|Iowa]]'''
| 75
| [[Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse]]
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|}

===Big Ten Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament championship games===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Champion
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Runner-up
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | City
|-
| [[2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament|2024]]
| '''[[2023–24 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team|Illinois]]'''
| '''71'''
| [[2023–24 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team|Villanova]]
| 57
| [[Hinkle Fieldhouse]]
| [[Indianapolis]]
|}

===Big Ten Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games===
'''Bold type''' indicates teams that competed as Big Ten members. '''''Bold italics''''' indicates teams that later became Big Ten members.

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Champion
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Runner-up
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | City
|-
| 1998
| '''[[Penn State Lady Lions basketball|Penn State]]'''
| '''59'''
| [[Baylor Bears women's basketball|Baylor]]
| 56
| [[Ferrell Center]]
| [[Waco, Texas]]
|-
| 1999
| [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball|Arkansas]]
| '''67'''
| '''[[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]]'''
| 64
| [[Bud Walton Arena]]
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
|-
| 2000
| '''[[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]]'''
| '''75'''
| [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]]
| 74
| [[Kohl Center]]
| [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
|-
| 2001
| '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball|Ohio State]]'''
| '''62'''
| [[New Mexico Lobos women's basketball|New Mexico]]
| 61
| [[The Pit (arena)|University Arena]]<!--This was The Pit's official name until the 2009–10 season.-->
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
<!--|-
| 2002
| '''''[[Oregon Ducks women's basketball|Oregon]]'''''
| '''54'''
| [[Houston Cougars women's basketball|Houston]]
| '''52'''
| [[McArthur Court]]
| [[Eugene, Oregon]]-->
|-
| 2007
| [[Wyoming Cowgirls basketball|Wyoming]]
| '''72'''
| '''[[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]]'''
| 56
| [[Arena-Auditorium]]
| [[Laramie, Wyoming]]
|-
| 2008
| [[Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball|Marquette]]
| '''81'''
| '''[[Michigan State Spartans women's basketball|Michigan State]]'''
| 66
| [[Breslin Center]]
| [[East Lansing, Michigan]]
<!--|-
| 2011
| [[Toledo Rockets women's basketball|Toledo]]
| '''76'''
| '''''[[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]'''''
| 68
| [[Savage Arena]]
| [[Toledo, Ohio]]-->
|-
| 2014
| '''''[[Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball|Rutgers]]'''''<!--American Athletic Conference member in 2013–14-->
| '''56'''
| [[UTEP Miners women's basketball|UTEP]]
| 54
| [[Don Haskins Center]]
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
|-
| 2017
| '''[[2016–17 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| '''89'''
| [[2016–17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team|Georgia Tech]]
| 79
| [[Calihan Hall]]
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
|-
| 2018
| '''[[2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team|Indiana]]'''
| '''65'''
| [[2017–18 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team|Virginia Tech]]
| 57
| [[Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall]]
| [[Bloomington, Indiana]]
|-
| 2019
| [[2018-19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team|Arizona]]
| '''56'''
| '''[[2018-19 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team|Northwestern]]'''
| 42
| [[McKale Center]]
| [[Tucson, Arizona]]
|-
| 2024
| [[2023-24 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team|Saint Louis]]
| '''56'''
| '''[[2023-24 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team|Minnesota]]'''
| 42
| [[Vadalabene Center]]
| [[Edwardsville, Illinois]]
|}
{{See also|List of Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions|Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament}}