2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2003–04
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Champions	Wisconsin ( title)
Winning coach	Bo Ryan ( title)
MVP	Devin Harris Wisconsin
Post-Big Ten Conference tournament(s)	2004 NIT, 2004 NCAA
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2003  2005»

The 2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 11 and March 14, 2004 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Devin Harris of Wisconsin.

Seeds

All Big Ten schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference (Overall)
1	University of Illinois	13–3 (22–5)
2	University of Wisconsin–Madison	12–4 (21–6)
3	Michigan State University	12–4 (17–10)
4	University of Iowa	9–7 (16–11)
5	University of Michigan	8–8 (17–10)
6	Northwestern University	8–8 (13–14)
7	Purdue University	7–9 (17–12)
8	Indiana University	7–9 (13–14)
9	Ohio State University	6–10 (14–15)
10	University of Minnesota	3–13 (11–17)
11	Penn State University	3–13 (9–18)

Results

	Opening Round 11 March 2004					Quarterfinals 12 March 2004					Semifinals 13 March 2004					Championship 14 March 2004
						1	Illinois	71
						8	Indiana	59
	8	Indiana	83
	9	Ohio State	69
											1	Illinois	74
										5	Michigan	60
						4	Iowa	70
						5	Michigan	79
																2	Wisconsin	70
																1	Illinois	53
						2	Wisconsin	66
						10	Minnesota	52
	7	Purdue	52
	10	Minnesota	63
											2	Wisconsin	68
										3	Michigan State	66
						3	Michigan State	68
						6	Northwestern	55
	6	Northwestern	57
	11	Penn State	52

Opening Round (March 11, 2004)

• Game 1: #8 Indiana 83 #9 Ohio State 69
• Game 2: #10 Minnesota 63 #7 Purdue 52
• Game 3: #6 Northwestern 57 #11 Penn State 52

Quarterfinals (March 12, 2004)

• Game 4: #1 Illinois 71 #8 Indiana 59
• Game 5: #5 Michigan 79 #4 Iowa 70
• Game 6: #2 Wisconsin 66 #10 Minnesota 52
• Game 7: #3 Michigan State 68 #6 Northwestern 55

Semifinals (March 13, 2004)

• Game 8: #1 Illinois 74 #5 Michigan 60
• Game 9: #2 Wisconsin 68 #3 Michigan State 66

Championship (March 14, 2004)

• Game 10: #2 Wisconsin 70 #1 Illinois 53

All Tournament Team

• Devin Harris, Wisconsin – Most Outstanding Player
• Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin
• Dee Brown, Illinois
• Deron Williams, Illinois
• Jitim Young, Northwestern