2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten tournament was played from March 9, 2000, to March 12, 2000. The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago, and won by the Michigan State Spartans.

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.

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	Ohio State
2	Michigan State
3	Purdue
4	Illinois
5	Indiana
6	Wisconsin
7	Iowa
8	Michigan
9	Penn State
10	Minnesota
11	Northwestern

Bracket

	Opening Round 9 March 2000					Quarterfinals 10 March 2000					Semifinals 11 March 2000					Championship 12 March 2000
						1	Ohio State	66
						9	Penn State	71
	8	Michigan	66
	9	Penn State	76
											9	Penn State	84
											4	Illinois	94
						4	Illinois	72
						5	Indiana	69
																4	Illinois	61
																2	Michigan State	76
						2	Michigan State	75
						7	Iowa	65
	7	Iowa	81
	10	Minnesota	78
											2	Michigan State	55
											6	Wisconsin	46
						3	Purdue	66
						6	Wisconsin	78
	6	Wisconsin	51
	11	Northwestern	41

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