Maryland headlines seven Big Ten women's teams in NCAA tournament

Seven Big Ten women's basketball teams made the NCAA tournament, it was announced Monday night.

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Big Ten regular season and postseason champ Maryland, which has won 24 consecutive games, paces the the conference as the No. 1 seed in the Spokane Region.

Iowa (No. 3, Oklahoma City Region), Minnesota (No. 8, Notre Dame Region), Nebraska (No. 9, Greensboro), Northwestern (No. 7, Oklahoma City Region), Ohio State (No. 5, Greensboro) and Rutgers (No. 8, Albany Region) all also made the field. The Wildcats are in the field for the first time since 1997.

See the Big Ten's draws below.

IOWA
Seed: No. 3, Oklahoma City Region
Opponent: No. 14 American
Essentials: 2:30 p.m. ET, Friday (ESPN2)

#Hawkeyes are dancing again! pic.twitter.com/Mg3OdnkKd4

— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) March 16, 2015

MARYLAND
Seed: No. 1, Spokane Region
Opponent: No. 16 New Mexico State
Essentials: 1:30 p.m. ET, Saturday (ESPN2)

#?1?! The Terps pick up the top seed in the Spokane region! ? #GoTerps pic.twitter.com/nOPrU2jD2O

— Maryland Women?s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) March 16, 2015

MINNESOTA
Seed: No. 8, Notre Dame Region
Opponent: No. 9 DePaul
Essentials: 5 p.m. ET, Friday (ESPN2)

Necessary NCAA Tourney bound selfie! pic.twitter.com/0FF14hcxdf

— Minnesota Women's Basketball (@GopherWBB) March 16, 2015

NEBRASKA
Seed: No. 9, Greensboro Region
Opponent: No. 8 Syracuse
Essentials: 7:30 p.m. ET, Friday (ESPN2)

Dancing time!! Friday at 7:30 est. against Syracuse. It's an 8 and 9 seed match up that you do NOT want to miss! #GBR pic.twitter.com/FCtZWm1vv4

— Nebraska Women's Basketball (@HuskerWBB) March 16, 2015

NORTHWESTERN
Seed: No. 7, Oklahoma City Region
Opponent: No. 10 Arkansas
Essentials: noon ET, Friday (ESPN2)

LET'S DANCE! Your @NUwbball #B1GCats are a 7 seed in the 2015 #ncaaW Tournament!! http://t.co/PSJysSF6iE

— Northwestern Athletics (@NU_Sports) March 16, 2015

OHIO STATE
Seed: No. 5, Greensboro Region
Opponent: No. 12 James Madison
Essentials: 1:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Pretty excited to see our name. #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/cR4qFs4p2E

— Ohio State Women?s Basketball (@OhioStateWBB) March 16, 2015

RUTGERS
Seed: No. 8, Albany Region
Opponent: No. 9 Seton Hall
Essentials: 6:30 p.m. ET, Saturday (ESPN2)

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