2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2002 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 7 and March 10, 2002 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the Ohio State University, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Boban Savović of Ohio State.

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

Bracket

	Opening Round 7 March 2002					Quarterfinals 8 March 2002					Semifinals 9 March 2002					Championship 10 March 2002
						1	Wisconsin	56
						9	Iowa	58
	8	Purdue	72
	9	Iowa	87
											9	Iowa	62
											4	Indiana	60
						4	Indiana	67
						5	Michigan State	56
																9	Iowa	64
																2	Ohio State	81
						2	Ohio State	75
						10	Michigan	68
	7	Northwestern	51
	10	Michigan	72
											2	Ohio State	94
											3	Illinois	88
						3	Illinois	92
						6	Minnesota	76
	6	Minnesota	84
	11	Penn State	60

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