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2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

The 2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2024. The regular season will end in March of 2025.

2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, Peacock
2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 25 Indiana 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Iowa 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 18 Maryland 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Michigan 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Michigan State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Minnesota 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 23 Nebraska 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Northwestern 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 14 Ohio State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Oregon 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Penn State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Purdue 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Rutgers 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 5 UCLA 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
No. 3 USC 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Washington 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Wisconsin 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The season will be the conference's first with 18 teams as four schools, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington, joined the conference in August 2024.[1][2][3] The conference announced that all teams will play 18 regular season conference games with each school playing one school both home and away, while facing 16 teams once.[4] However, only 15 of the 18 teams will qualify for the Big Ten tournament.[5]

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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Iowa

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On May 13, 2024, Lisa Bluder retired as head coach at Iowa after 24 years.[6] Longtime Iowa associate head coach Jan Jensen was named Bluder's successor later that day.[7]

Coaches

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Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten Tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois Shauna Green Dayton 3 41–25 19–17 0 0 1 0 0
Indiana Teri Moren Indiana State 11 226–99 114–60 1 0 6 0 0
Iowa Jan Jensen Iowa (Assoc.) 1 0–0 0–0 2 5 18 2 0
Maryland Brenda Frese Minnesota 23 582–161 146–29* 6 5 20 3 1
Michigan Kim Barnes Arico St. John's (Asst.) 13 261–133 118–84 0 0 7 0 0
Michigan State Robyn Fralick Bowling Green 2 22–9 12–6 0 0 1 0 0
Minnesota Dawn Plitzuweit West Virginia 2 20–16 5–13 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Amy Williams South Dakota 9 137–111 69–72 0 0 3 0 0
Northwestern Joe McKeown George Washington 17 261–246 108–166 0 0 2 0 0
Ohio State Kevin McGuff Washington 12 198–102 103–57 4 1 7 0 0
Oregon Kelly Graves Gonzaga 11 223–100 0–0 0 0 5 0 0
Penn State Carolyn Kieger Marquette 4 63–86 25–66 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Katie Gearlds Marian 4 51–45 21–32 0 0 1 0 0
Rutgers Coquese Washington Notre Dame (Assoc.) 3 20–44 7–29 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA Cori Close Florida State (Assoc.) 14 287–140 0–0 0 0 8 0 0
USC Lindsay Gottlieb Cleveland Cavaliers (Asst.) 4 62–32 0–0 0 0 2 0 0
Washington Tina Langley Rice 4 42–46 0–0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Marisa Moseley Boston University 4 34–56 17–36 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2024–25season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
  • Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.

Preseason

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Preseason Big Ten poll

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Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by a panel of writers.[8]

Rank Team
1 USC
2 UCLA
3 Ohio State
4 Maryland
5 Indiana

Preseason All-Big Ten

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A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.[8]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year JuJu Watkins, USC
Preseason All-Big Ten Team Makira Cook, Illinois
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
Lucy Olsen, Iowa
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
Alexis Markowski, Nebraska
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Kiki Rice, UCLA
JuJu Watkins, USC
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Serah Williams, Wisconsin
  • Additional player due to tie in voting

Regular season

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Rankings

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Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten expanding to 18 teams with Oregon and Washington". NBC4 WCMH-TV. August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 4, 2023). "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "University of Oregon, UCLA, USC and University of Washington Officially Join Big Ten Conference". BigTen.org. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "2024-25 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Slate Announced". BigTen.org. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league's 18 teams". Chicago Sun-Times. January 30, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Lisa Bluder Announces Retirement". hawkeyesports.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Voepel, Michael (May 13, 2024). "Iowa coach Lisa Bluder retires, assistant Jan Jensen to take over". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "USC, JuJu Watkins Headline Big Ten Preseason Honors". BigTen.org. September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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