2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
| 2024–25 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, Peacock |
| 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
| Tournament | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 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.
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
[edit]Coaching changes
[edit]Iowa
[edit]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
[edit]| 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Big Ten expanding to 18 teams with Oregon and Washington". NBC4 WCMH-TV. August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (August 4, 2023). "Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington as newest members in blow to Pac-12". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "University of Oregon, UCLA, USC and University of Washington Officially Join Big Ten Conference". BigTen.org. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "2024-25 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Slate Announced". BigTen.org. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Expanded Big Ten basketball tourneys will only include 15 of league's 18 teams". Chicago Sun-Times. January 30, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Lisa Bluder Announces Retirement". hawkeyesports.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ Voepel, Michael (May 13, 2024). "Iowa coach Lisa Bluder retires, assistant Jan Jensen to take over". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.