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2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

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2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan State Spartans (2nd title)
Winning coachTom Izzo (2nd title)
MVPMorris Peterson (Michigan State)
TelevisionESPN Plus, ESPN2, CBS
← 1999
2001 →
1999–2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Michigan State 13 3   .813 32 7   .821
No. 25 Purdue 12 4   .750 24 10   .706
No. 21 Illinois 11 5   .688 22 10   .688
No. 22 Indiana 10 6   .625 20 9   .690
Wisconsin 8 8   .500 22 14   .611
Iowa 6 10   .375 14 16   .467
Michigan 6 10   .375 15 14   .517
Penn State 5 11   .313 19 16   .543
Minnesota 4 12   .250 12 16   .429
Northwestern 0 16   .000 5 25   .167
No. 8 Ohio State* 11 3   .786 5 1   .833
2000 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State (23–7) (13–3)[1]

The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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All Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.

Seed School Conference 1st Tiebreaker 2nd Tiebreaker
1 Ohio State 13–3 1–1 vs MSU 1–0 vs Pur
2 Michigan State 13–3 1–1 vs OSU 0–1 vs Pur
3 Purdue 12–4
4 Illinois 11–5
5 Indiana 10–6
6 Wisconsin 8–8
7 Iowa 6–10 1–1 vs Mich 1–0 vs OSU
8 Michigan 6–10 1–1 vs Iowa 0–1 vs OSU
9 Penn State 5–11
10 Minnesota 4–12
11 Northwestern 0–16

Bracket

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Opening round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Championship
March 12
            
1 #4 Ohio State 66
9 Penn State 71
8 Michigan 66
9 Penn State 76
9 Penn State 84
4 #25 Illinois 94
4 #25 Illinois 72
5 #18 Indiana 69
4 #25 Illinois 61
2 #5 Michigan State 76
2 #5 Michigan State 75
7 Iowa 65
7 Iowa 81
10 Minnesota 78
2 #5 Michigan State 55
6 Wisconsin 46
3 #22 Purdue 66
6 Wisconsin 78
6 Wisconsin 51
11 Northwestern 41

Source[2]

All-Tournament team

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Media

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Television

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Network Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s) Sideline reporter(s)
ESPN Plus (Northwestern–Wisconsin, opening round; Iowa–Michigan State, quarterfinals)
ESPN2 (Wisconsin–Purdue, quarterfinals)
CBS (semifinals and championship game)
Wayne Larrivee
Dave Barnett
Jim Nantz
Greg Kelser
Quinn Buckner
Billy Packer

Local Radio

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Seed Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
2 Michigan State WJIM–AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State) Mark Champion Gus Ganakas
6 Wisconsin WIBA–AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin) Matt Lepay Mike Lucas

References

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  1. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.