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 | |||||||||||||||||