“Our last two weeks,” coach Robyn Fralick said after practice on Tuesday, “all we’ve played is March Madness. … We’ve already had a two-week March Madness preview, which I love that because we’re not going into tournament play with any false notions of what it takes.”

The Big Ten has eight teams that should be locks to reach the NCAA Tournament. For the league to hit double figures, teams on the bubble will have to have a strong finish to the season. Indiana (18-11,

For the second straight week, the Michigan State women's basketball team dropped one spot in the Associated Press Top 25, falling to No. 24.

If there’s to be a third game, on a neutral court in the 2025 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, it won’t come until the final on March 9, as U-M and MSU wound up on opposite sides of the bracket finalized Sunday evening.

USC's JuJu Watkins headlined the All-Big Ten selections and was the player of the year after helping the Trojans win the conference title. Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge and Michigan's Olivia Olson were named the top freshmen, UCLA's Lauren Betts earned defensive player of the year honors and USC's Lindsay Gottlieb was tabbed the coach of the year.