2021 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2021 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	14
Site	Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN
Television	BTN, CBS
Big Ten men's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Michigan	14	–	3		.824			23	–	5		.821
No. 2 Illinois †	16	–	4		.800			24	–	7		.774
No. 8 Iowa	14	–	6		.700			22	–	9		.710
No. 20 Purdue	13	–	6		.684			18	–	10		.643
No. 7 Ohio State	12	–	8		.600			21	–	10		.677
Wisconsin	10	–	10		.500			18	–	13		.581
Rutgers	10	–	10		.500			16	–	12		.571
Maryland	9	–	11		.450			17	–	14		.548
Michigan State	9	–	11		.450			15	–	13		.536
Indiana	7	–	12		.368			12	–	15		.444
Penn State	7	–	12		.368			11	–	14		.440
Northwestern	6	–	13		.316			9	–	15		.375
Minnesota	6	–	14		.300			14	–	15		.483
Nebraska	3	–	16		.158			7	–	20		.259
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament is an upcoming postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season scheduled for March 10–14, 2021. The tournament remained in its more traditional Midwest roots as it was held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The winner of this tournament earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams receive a first round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remain unchanged from the 2020 tournament.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance	Score
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	1		No. 12 vs. No. 13	BTN
	2		No. 11 vs. No. 14
Second round – Thursday, March 11
2	3		No. 8 vs. No. 9	BTN
	4		No. 5 vs. No. 12/13
3	5		No. 7 vs. No. 10
	6		No. 6 vs. No. 11/14
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
4	7		No. 1 vs. TBD	BTN
	8		No. 4 vs. TBD
5	9		No. 2 vs. TBD
	10		No. 3 vs. TBD
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
6	11		TBD vs. TBD	CBS
	12		TBD vs. TBD
Championship – Sunday, March 14
7	13		TBD vs. TBD	CBS

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 10 BTN					Second round Thursday, March 11 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 13 CBS					Championship Sunday, March 14 CBS
											1
						8
						9
											4
						5
	12
	13
											2
						7
						10
											3
						6
	11
	14

* denotes overtime period