2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 2009 through March, 2010
Number of teams	11
TV partner/s	Big Ten Network, ESPN
Regular Season
Champion	TBD
Runners-Up	TBD
Season MVP	TBD
Top scorer	TBD
Tournament
Tournament champions	Ohio State
Runners-up	Iowa
Tournament MVP	TBD
Basketball seasons
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2009–10 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#8 Ohio State†	15		3		.833			31		5		.861
#24 Michigan State	12		6		.667			23		10		.697
Wisconsin	10		8		.556			21		11		.656
Iowa	10		8		.556			20		14		.588
Purdue	9		9		.500			15		17		.469
Michigan	8		10		.444			20		13		.606
Penn State	8		10		.444			17		14		.548
Illinois	7		11		.389			19		14		.576
Northwestern	7		11		.389			18		15		.545
Indiana	7		11		.389			14		16		.467
Minnesota	6		12		.333			13		17		.433
† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner As of 3-27-2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Season outlook 3 Preseason 3.1 Preseason polls 3.2 Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team 3.3 Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team 4 Regular season 4.1 November 4.2 December 4.3 January 4.4 February 4.5 March 4.6 2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule 4.7 Rankings 4.8 In season honors 4.9 Conference honors 4.10 All-Big Ten academic team 5 National awards and honors 6 Statistical leaders 7 Postseason 7.1 Big Ten Tournament 7.2 NCAA Tournament 7.3 National Invitation Tournament 8 See also 9 References

Offseason

• On July 30, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009-2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. The nominees are made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The list of Big Ten athletes are as follows:
• Jantel Lavender, Ohio State ^[1]
• Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State ^[1]
• Jenna Smith, Illinois^[2]

Season outlook

Preseason

• October 29: Ohio State junior Jantel Lavender was selected as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by the conference coaches and a panel of media members.^[3]

Preseason polls

• Coaches Polls
  • 1. Ohio State
  • 2. Michigan State
  • 3. Minnesota
  • 4. Purdue
  • 5. Iowa
  • 6. Illinois
  • 7. Penn State
  • 8. Northwestern
  • 9. Indiana
  • 10. Wisconsin
  • 11. Michigan

Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team

• JENNA SMITH, Sr., F, ILL
• Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
• JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
• Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
• Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU

Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team

• Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
• Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
• JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
• Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
• Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU

^[3]

Regular season

November

• Nov. 11: The Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women’s basketball. The challenge will span at least two years and will begin in the fall of 2010. The series will feature a home-and-home format over the initial two-year agreement, and each of the Big 12’s teams will play in each Challenge, while one Big Ten team, Wisconsin, will play two Challenge games each year.^[4]

December

January

February

March

2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule

Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Score	Leading Scorer	Attendance
Dec. 2/09	Georgia Tech	Penn State	G Tech 64-60[5]	Tyra Grant, PSU (20)	TBD
Dec. 2/09	Illinois	Wake Forest	Illinois, 65-50[6]	Jenna Smith, Illinois (27)	TBD
Dec. 2/09	Boston College	Iowa	BC, 72-67[7]	Kamilee Wahlin, Iowa (23)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Michigan	Virginia Tech	Mich, 71-51	Veronica Hicks, Michigan (19)[8]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Clemson	Northwestern	CLEM, 69-68	Kirstyn Wright, Clemson (22)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Minnesota	Maryland	MD, 66-45	Kim Rodgers, Maryland (14)[9]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	North Carolina	Michigan State	MSU, 72-66	Italee Lucas, North Carolina (29)[10]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Ohio State	Duke	Duke, 83-67	Jasmine Thomas, Duke (29)	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Purdue	Virginia	VA, 56-49	Brittany Rayburn, Purdue (19)[11]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Florida State	Indiana	FSU, 82-74	Jori Davis, Indiana (23)[12]	TBD
Dec. 3/09	Wisconsin	NC State	Wisc, 53-48	Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin (13)[13]	TBD

Rankings

The rankings are based on the ESPN/USA Today poll.

AP Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final^
Illinois	NR
Indiana	NR
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State	10	25	22		20
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State	3[14]	3	3		7
Purdue	23
Wisconsin

^Final Poll = ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

In season honors

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
11/16/09
11/23/09
11/30/09
12/7/09
12/14/09
12/21/09
12/28/08
1/4/10
1/11/10
1/18/10
1/25/10
2/1/10
2/8/10
2/15/10
2/22/10
3/1/10
3/8/10

Midseason watch lists

Conference honors

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Woman of the Year
All Big Ten First Team
All Big Ten Second Team
All Big Ten Third Team
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—
—
All-Freshman Team
All Defensive Team

All-Big Ten academic team

National awards and honors

Statistical leaders

Scoring Name School PPG

Rebounding Name School RPG

Assists Name School APG

Steals Name School SPG

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

NCAA Tournament

# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG
	0–0

National Invitation Tournament

# of Bids	Record	Win %	R2	R3	SF	CG
	0–0

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

References

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Women's National Invitation Tournament 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2010, 2011, 2012

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