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2013 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
2013 Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams12
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
TelevisionBTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
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2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Indiana 14 4   .778 29 7   .806
No. 7 Ohio State 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 9 Michigan State 13 5   .722 27 9   .750
No. 10 Michigan 12 6   .667 31 8   .795
No. 18 Wisconsin 12 6   .667 23 12   .657
Iowa 9 9   .500 25 13   .658
Illinois 8 10   .444 23 13   .639
Minnesota 8 10   .444 21 13   .618
Purdue 8 10   .444 16 18   .471
Nebraska 5 13   .278 15 18   .455
Northwestern 4 14   .222 13 19   .406
Penn State 2 16   .111 10 21   .323
2013 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 14 through March 17 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.[1] All 11 games will be aired nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, the BTN and CBS Sports. BTN will carry the first two games on Thursday, and ESPN2, the final two games of the evening. On Friday, ESPN will broadcast the first two quarterfinal games, while BTN will air the other two game. CBS will televise the semifinal and championship games on Saturday and Sunday. The tournament champion will receive the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2012–13 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures [2] are unchanged from the 2012 tournament.

Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3 Tiebreak 4
#1 Indiana
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10 Nebraska
#11 Northwestern
#12 Penn State

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First Round - Thursday, March 14
1
1
11:00am #8 vs. #9 BTN
2
1:30pm #5 vs. Penn State BTN
2
3
5:30pm #7 vs. Nebraska ESPN2
4
8:00pm #6 vs. Northwestern ESPN2
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 15
3
5
11:00am Indiana vs. Game 1 Winner ESPN
6
1:30pm #4 vs. Game 2 Winner ESPN
4
7
5:30pm #2 vs. Game 3 Winner BTN
8
8:00pm #3 vs. Game 4 Winner BTN
Semifinals - Saturday, March 16
5
9
12:40pm CBS
10
3:00pm CBS
Championship Game - Sunday, March 17
6
11
2:30pm CBS
*Game times in Central Time. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[3]

First Round
Thursday, March 14
BTN/ESPN2
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN/BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
CBS
Championship
Sunday, March 17
CBS
            
1 Indiana  
     
8    
9    
     
     
4    
     
5    
12 Penn State  
     
     
2    
     
7    
10 Nebraska  
     
     
3    
     
6    
11 Northwestern  

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten 2012-2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "2013 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaking Procedures". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). bigten.org. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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