The women's NCAA Tournament reached the Sweet 16 this week with Ohio State as the only Big Ten team remaining in the field.
The rest of the conference was left with multi-colored bruises, which isn’t so unusual in the tournament’s history. The Big Ten has produced one NCAA champion in 34 seasons: Purdue won the title in 1999 behind national player of the year Stephanie White. Maryland won in 2006 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Buckeyes (26-7), wearers of more than one March Madness bruise, earned a spot in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011 with an 88-81 win over West Virginia on Sunday at St.