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Big Ten announces 2021 men's, women's basketball tournament schedules

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Posted at 5:35 PM, Feb 24, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-24 17:35:22-05

(WXYZ) -- The Big Ten announced schedules for its 2021 men's and women's basketball tournaments on Wednesday.

Both tournaments will be held in Indianapolis this year. The men's tournament was relocated from Chicago to Lucas Oil Stadium and the women's tournament will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

The women's tournament will feature 13 teams this year instead of 14, due to a self-imposed postseason ban by Ohio State.

2021 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
LUCAS OIL STADIUM, INDIANAPOLIS
ALL TIMES ET

Wednesday, March 10 (First Round)
Game 1 (Seed #12 vs. Seed #13) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 2 (Seed #11 vs. Seed #14) – 25 minutes following Game 1 (BTN)

Thursday, March 11 (Second Round)
Game 3 (Seed #8 vs. Seed #9) – 11:30 a.m. ET (BTN)
Game 4 (Seed #5 vs. Game 1 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 3 (BTN)
Game 5 (Seed #7 vs. Seed #10) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 6 (Seed #6 vs. Game 2 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 5 (BTN)

Friday, March 12 (Quarterfinals)
Game 7 (Seed #1 vs. Game 3 winner) – 11:30 a.m. ET (BTN)
Game 8 (Seed #4 vs. Game 4 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 7 (BTN)
Game 9 (Seed #2 vs. Game 5 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 10 (Seed #3 vs. Game 6 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 9 (BTN)

Saturday, March 13 (Semifinals)
Game 11 (Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner) – 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
Game 12 (Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 11 (CBS)

Saturday, March 13 (Championship)
Game 13 (Game 11 vs. Game 12 winner) – 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

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2021 BIG TEN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS
ALL TIMES ET

Tuesday, March 9 (First Round)
Game 1 (Seed #12 vs. Seed #13) – 5 p.m. ET (BTN)

Wednesday, March 10 (Second Round)
Game 2 (Seed #8 vs. Seed #9) – 11 a.m. ET (BTN)
Game 3 (Seed #5 vs. Game 1 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 2 (BTN)
Game 4 (Seed #7 vs. Seed #10) – 6:30 p.m. ET (FS2)
Game 5 (Seed #6 vs. Seed #11) – 25 minutes following Game 4 (FS2)

Thursday, March 11 (Quarterfinals)
Game 6 (Seed #1 vs. Game 2 winner) – 11 a.m. ET (FS2)
Game 7 (Seed #4 vs. Game 3 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 6 (FS2)
Game 8 (Seed #2 vs. Game 4 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (FS2)
Game 9 (Seed #3 vs. Game 5 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 8 (FS2)

Friday, March 12 (Semifinals)
Game 10 (Game 6 vs. Game 7 winner) – 2 p.m. ET (FS2)
Game 11 (Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 10 (FS2)

Saturday, March 13 (Championship)
Game 12 (Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner) – 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU)