ROSEMONT, Ill. – In its inaugural season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the USC women’s basketball team claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Championship outright Saturday night with an 80-67 win over UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif.
The Trojans finished their conference slate with a 17-1 record to lock in the No. 1 seed for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Bruins have secured the No. 2 seed and joins USC with a double-bye into Friday’s quarterfinal round of the tournament.
USC’s only conference loss came to the Iowa Hawkeyes, 76-69.
The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament is set for March 5-9 inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse. This will mark the 26th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis since the event began in 1982. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field. Peacock will televise the opening three games on Wednesday, with second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday slated for the Big Ten Network. CBS will broadcast Sunday’s championship game for the second year in a row.