Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Sport	College basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Number of teams	11
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Conseco Fieldhouse
Current location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Played	1998-present
Last contest	2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Current champion	Ohio State Buckeyes
Most championships	Ohio State Buckeyes (3)
TV partner(s)	BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Official website	BigTen.CSTV.com Men's Basketball

The Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Big Ten was one of the last NCAA Division I college basketball conferences to start a tournament. The finals of the tournament are typically held immediately before the field for the NCAA tournament is announced.

The tournaments have been held at neutral sites. The first tournaments were held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Beginning in 2002, the tournament alternated between the United Center and the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five-year residence in Indianapolis. (2008 to 2012)^[1]

Results[]

Year	Champion	Champion's Seed	Score	Runner-up	Runner-up's Seed	Most Outstanding Player	Site
1998	Michigan*	# 4	76-67	Purdue	# 3	Robert Traylor*, Michigan	United Center, Chicago, Illinois
1999	Michigan State	# 1	67-50	Illinois	# 11	Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State	United Center
2000	Michigan State	# 2	76-61	Illinois	# 4	Morris Peterson, Michigan State	United Center
2001	Iowa	# 6	63-61	Indiana	# 4	Reggie Evans, Iowa	United Center
2002	Ohio State	# 2	81-64	Iowa	# 9	Boban Savovic, Ohio State	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003	Illinois	# 2	72-59	Ohio State	# 8	Brian Cook, Illinois	United Center
2004	Wisconsin	# 2	70-53	Illinois	# 1	Devin Harris, Wisconsin	Conseco Fieldhouse
2005	Illinois	# 1	54-43	Wisconsin	# 2	James Augustine, Illinois	United Center
2006	Iowa	# 2	67-60	Ohio State	# 1	Jeff Horner, Iowa	Conseco Fieldhouse
2007	Ohio State	# 1	66-49	Wisconsin	# 2	Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State	United Center
2008	Wisconsin	# 1	61-48	Illinois	# 10	Marcus Landry, Wisconsin	Conseco Fieldhouse
2009	Purdue	# 3	65-61	Ohio State	# 5	Robbie Hummel, Purdue	Conseco Fieldhouse
2010	Ohio State	# 1	90-61	Minnesota	# 6	Evan Turner, Ohio State	Conseco Fieldhouse
2011							Conseco Fieldhouse
2012							Conseco Fieldhouse

On four occasions, the champion of the tournament has gone on to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (Michigan State in 1999 and 2000, Illinois in 2005, Ohio State in 2007). In 2000, champion Michigan State won the NCAA Tournament.

*Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan vacated the records from the 1998 tournament.

All-Time records[]

Standings[]

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School	Record	Winning Pct	Championships
Illinois	23-11	.676	2
Ohio State	18-10	.643	3
Wisconsin	14-11	.560	2
Michigan State	13-11	.542	2
Iowa	13-11	.542	2
Minnesota	12-13	.480	0
Michigan	10-12	.455	1
Purdue	8-12	.400	1
Indiana	8-13	.381	0
Penn State	6-13	.316	0
Northwestern	5-13	.278	0

Notes[]

The NCAA has vacated the postseason tournament records for the Minnesota basketball team from the 1993-94 season through the 1998-99 season [1]. This penalty includes only the NCAA and NIT tournaments. The above all-time record for Minnesota includes records of 2-1 in 1998 and 0-1 in 1999.
The NCAA has vacated the records for the Michigan basketball team from the 1995-96 season through the 1998-99 season, including the 1998 and 1999 Big Ten Tournaments [2]. Michigan had won the tournament championship in 1998 with a 3-0 record, and had a record of 1-1 in 1999. The above record does include these games.
The NCAA has vacated the NCAA tournament records for the Ohio State basketball team from the 1998-99 season through the 2001-02 season [3]. This penalty does not include the Big Ten tournament. The above all-time record for Ohio State includes records of 1-1 in 1999, 0-1 in 2000 and 2001, and a 3-0 record and the championship in 2002.

Record by seeds[]

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Seed	Record	Winning Pct
1	21-8	.724
2	21-8	.724
3	9-12	.429
4	11-12	.478
5	7-13	.350
6	22-12	.647
7	8-13	.381
8	13-13	.500
9	6-13	.316
10	9-13	.409
11	3-13	.188

All the three wins by an 11 seed were recorded by Illinois in the 1999 Big Ten Tournament, in which the Illini reached the final.

Seed	vs 1seed	vs 2seed	vs 3seed	vs 4seed	vs 5seed	vs 6seed	vs 7seed	vs 8seed	vs 9seed	vs 10seed	vs 11seed
1	n/a	1-3	1-0	3-1	4-1	1-0	0-0	8-2	1-2	1-0	1-0
2	2-1	n/a	2-2	1-0	0-0	4-1	4-2	1-0	1-0	6-1	0-1
3	0-1	2-2	n/a	0-1	1-0	5-7	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1
4	1-3	0-1	1-0	n/a	7-6	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	0-0
5	1-4	0-0	0-1	6-7	n/a	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	0-1	1-4	7-5	1-0	0-0	n/a	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	12-1
7	0-0	2-4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	n/a	0-0	0-0	6-7	0-0
8	2-8	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	0-0	n/a	10-3	0-0	0-0
9	2-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-10	n/a	0-0	0-0
10	0-1	1-6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	7-6	0-0	0-0	n/a	0-0
11	0-1	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-12	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	n/a

Tournament logos[]

Official tournament logos used for promotion of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. (from 2005 and onward)

Television coverage[]

External links[]

2007 Bracket showing seed matchups and television schedule

References[]

↑ http://gopsusports.cstv.com/genrel/060506aaa.html

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