BTN.com staff, August 21, 2014
BTN Live released the new format for the Big Ten men's and women's tourneys on Thursday night. Now that the conference boasts 14 teams with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, the events will start a day earlier and run Wednesday-Sunday. This year's women's tourney will be March 4-8, and the men's March 11-15. See the brackets in this post.
Wednesday will feature two games: No. 12 vs. No. 13 and No. 11 vs. No. 14. Also new: The top four teams will receive double-byes and open play Friday.
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And the women's bracket: