With Indiana at No. 2, the Big Ten is carrying a strong case into March for being the toughest league in the country.
MINNEAPOLIS — The final day of a top-notch regular season in the Big Ten featured a last-second 3-pointer by the best player in the league that stopped the first-place team's 14-game winning streak.
Boasting three of the top seven teams in the latest Associated Press poll with Indiana , Maryland and Iowa , the Big Ten is carrying a strong case into March for being the toughest league in the country. While defending champion South Carolina remains the runaway NCAA title favorite, the Hoosiers, Terrapins and Hawkeyes all have legitimate designs on reaching the Final Four in Dallas, too.
Michigan tied with Illinois for fifth place. They'll enter the bracket in the second round on Thursday. Indiana, Iowa, Maryland and Ohio State earned the coveted double byes and start in the quarterfinals on Friday at Target Center, which hosted the NCAA Women's Final Four last year. Iowa is third in the NCAA in attendance, with an average home crowd of more than 10,700 that set the Big Ten women's record. The Hawkeyes announced a total of 15,056 on Sunday against Indiana.
“We really need to get a team to the Final Four,” said Megan Kahn, the Big Ten's vice president of women's basketball. “I think that’s our next step, to continue to garner that national level of respect in how strong our league is.”Fledgling Minnesota finished the regular season just 11-18 and has the No. 12 seed, pitted against No. 13 seed Penn State to tip off the tournament on Wednesday afternoon. No. 14 seed Northwestern plays No. 11 seed Rutgers in the other first round game.
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