Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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2012 Tournament logo
Sport College basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
Number of teams 12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium United Center
Current location Chicago, Illinois
Played 1998–present
Last contest 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Current champion Ohio State Buckeyes
Most championships Ohio State Buckeyes (4)[note 1]
TV partner(s) BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Official website BigTen.CSTV.com Men's Basketball
Host stadiums
United Center
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (formerly Conseco Fieldhouse)
Host locations
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, IN

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 Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five-year residence in Indianapolis.[1] On June 5, 2011, the Big Ten announced that the tournament will revert to an alternating between Indianapolis and Chicago. The 2013 and 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments will be played at the United Center in Chicago and the 2014 and 2016 tournaments will be played in Indianapolis.[2]

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.

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Vacated Results [edit]

Due to various rulings against participating programs, some of the results of the Big Ten Tournament have been vacated or voided. Here is a compiled list of sanctions imposed that have affected the results and records of the tournament since its inception. The information in this article does not include results of the teams in which records were vacated.

  • Because of the Minnesota academic scandal, the NCAA has vacated the postseason tournament records for the Minnesota basketball team from the 1993–94 season through the 1998–99 season.[3] Minnesota had a record of 2–1 in the 1998 tournament and went 0–1 in 1999.
  • Because of the Ed Martin scandal, the NCAA 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.[4] Michigan had won the tournament championship in 1998 with a 3–0 record, and had a record of 1–1 in 1999.
  • The NCAA has vacated the NCAA tournament records for the Ohio State basketball team from the 1998–99 season through the 2001–02 season.[5] Ohio State had a record of 1–1 in the 1999 tournament, went 0–1 in 2000 and 2001, and had won the championship in 2002.

Results and Records [edit]

Results by Year [edit]

Year Champion Champion's Seed Score Runner-up Runner-up's Seed Most Valuable Player Site
1998 Michigan [note 2] # 4 76–67 Purdue # 3 Robert Traylor, Michigan [note 2] 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 [note 1] # 2 81–64 Iowa # 9 Boban Savovic, Ohio State [note 1] 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 Ohio State # 1 71–60 Penn State # 6 Jared Sullinger, Ohio State Conseco Fieldhouse
2012 Michigan State # 1 68–64 Ohio State # 3 Draymond Green, Michigan State Bankers Life Fieldhouse
2013 Ohio State # 2 50–43 Wisconsin # 4 Aaron Craft, Ohio State United Center
2014 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
2015 United Center
2016 Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Records All-Time by Team [edit]

As of March 17, 2013[4]
School Record Winning Pct Championships Runners-Up
Ohio State 20–8 [note 1] .714 5 4
Michigan State 19–13 .594 3 0
Illinois 25–14 .641 2 4
Wisconsin 14–12 .538 2 4
Iowa 16–13 .552 2 1
Purdue 9–15 .375 1 1
Minnesota 11–14 [note 3] .440 0 1
Penn State 9–17 .346 0 1
Indiana 10–15 .400 0 1
Michigan 9–13[note 2] .409 0 0
Northwestern 6–17 .261 0 0
Nebraska 2–2 .500 0 0

Record by seeds [edit]

As of March 17, 2013[4]
Seed Record Winning Pct
1 28–9 .757
2 20–9[note 1] .690
3 10–14[note 1] .417
4 11–15[note 2] .423
5 10–16 .385
6 30–14[note 3] .682
7 12–17 .414
8 15–15[note 3] .500
9 6–17 .261
10 10–15[note 2] .400
11 3–17[note 4] .150
12 0–2 .000

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998-99, 16 games in ‘99-00 and the entire ‘00-01 and ‘01-02 seasons. See above section Vacated Results
  2. ^ a b c d e Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan has vacated the records from the 1992 Final Four, the 1992-93, ‘95-96, ‘96-97, ‘97-98 and ‘98-99 seasons. See above section Vacated Results
  3. ^ a b c Due to NCAA sanctions, Minnesota appearances in 1998 and 1999 were voided. See above section Vacated Results
  4. ^ All of the three wins by an 11 seed were recorded by Illinois in the 1999 Big Ten Tournament, in which the Illini reached the final.

Tournament logos [edit]

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

Television coverage [edit]

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