Big Ten men's basketball tournament

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Number of teams	14
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Current location	Indianapolis
Played	1998–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Michigan State Spartans
Most championships	Michigan State Spartans (5)
TV partner(s)	CBS (semifinals and championship game); ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network (other rounds)
Official website	[1]
Host stadiums
	United Center (1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015); Bankers Life Fieldhouse (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008–12, 2014, 2016)

The Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten was one of the last NCAA Division I college basketball conferences to start a tournament. The finals of the tournament are typically held immediately before the field for the NCAA Tournament is announced.

The tournaments have been held at neutral sites every year. The first four tournaments were held at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Beginning in 2002, the tournament alternated between United Center and Conseco Fieldhouse (later known as Bankers Life Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five-year residence in Indianapolis.^[1] On June 5, 2011, the Big Ten announced that the tournament would revert to alternating between Indianapolis and Chicago. The 2013 and 2015 tournaments were played at United Center in Chicago and the 2014 and 2016 tournaments were played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.^[2] The 2017 tournament will be held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.^[3]^[4] The 2018 tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York and will be held a week earlier than usual due to the Big East Tournament, ending on March 4, 2018, one week before Selection Sunday.^[5]^[6]^[7]

On five occasions, the champion of the tournament has gone on to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (Michigan State in 1999 and 2000, Illinois in 2005, Ohio State in 2007, Wisconsin in 2015). In 2000, champion Michigan State won the NCAA Tournament.

The No. 1 seed has won the tournament eight times, the most of any seed. The lowest seed to win the tournament was Iowa as a No. 6 seed in 2001. Northwestern is the only original Big Ten team not to make the championship game while the newer Big Ten teams, Maryland, Nebraska, and Rutgers, have also failed to make the championship.

Vacated results

Due to various rulings against participating programs, some of the results of the Big Ten Tournament have been vacated or voided. Here is a compiled list of sanctions imposed that have affected the results and records of the tournament since its inception. The information in this article does not include results of the teams in which records were vacated.

Because of the Minnesota academic scandal, the NCAA has vacated the postseason tournament records for the Minnesota basketball team from the 1993–94 season through the 1998–99 season.^[8] Minnesota had a record of 2–1 in the 1998 tournament and went 0–1 in 1999.
Because of the University of Michigan basketball scandal, the NCAA vacated the records for the Michigan basketball team from the 1995–96 season through the 1998–99 season, including the 1998 and 1999 Big Ten Tournaments.^[9] Michigan had won the tournament championship in 1998 with a 3–0 record, and had a record of 1–1 in 1999.
The NCAA has vacated the NCAA Tournament records for the Ohio State basketball team from the 1998–99 season through the 2001–02 season.^[10] Ohio State had a record of 1–1 in the 1999 tournament, went 0–1 in 2000 and 2001, and had won the championship in 2002.

Results and records

Results by year

Year	Champion	Seed	Score	Runner-up	Seed	Most Valuable Player	Site
1998	Michigan (vacated) ^{[note 1]}	4	76–67	Purdue	3	Robert Traylor, Michigan ^{[note 1]}	United Center, Chicago
1999	Michigan State	1	67–50	Illinois	11	Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State	United Center, Chicago
2000	Michigan State	2	76–61	Illinois	4	Morris Peterson, Michigan State	United Center, Chicago
2001	Iowa	6	63–61	Indiana	4	Reggie Evans, Iowa	United Center, Chicago
2002	Ohio State (vacated) ^{[note 2]}	2	81–64	Iowa	9	Boban Savovic, Ohio State ^{[note 2]}	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2003	Illinois	2	72–59	Ohio State	8	Brian Cook, Illinois	United Center, Chicago
2004	Wisconsin	2	70–53	Illinois	1	Devin Harris, Wisconsin	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2005	Illinois	1	54–43	Wisconsin	2	James Augustine, Illinois	United Center, Chicago
2006	Iowa	2	67–60	Ohio State	1	Jeff Horner, Iowa	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2007	Ohio State	1	66–49	Wisconsin	2	Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State	United Center, Chicago
2008	Wisconsin	1	61–48	Illinois	10	Marcus Landry, Wisconsin	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2009	Purdue	3	65–61	Ohio State	5	Robbie Hummel, Purdue	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2010	Ohio State	1	90–61	Minnesota	6	Evan Turner, Ohio State	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2011	Ohio State	1	71–60	Penn State	6	Jared Sullinger, Ohio State	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2012	Michigan State	1	68–64	Ohio State	3	Draymond Green, Michigan State	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2013	Ohio State	2	50–43	Wisconsin	4	Aaron Craft, Ohio State	United Center, Chicago
2014	Michigan State	3	69–55	Michigan	1	Branden Dawson, Michigan State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2015	Wisconsin	1	80–69^OT	Michigan State	3	Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin	United Center, Chicago
2016	Michigan State	2	66–62	Purdue	4	Denzel Valentine, Michigan State	Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2017							Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
2018							Madison Square Garden, New York City

Most championships

School	Titles	Years
Michigan State	5	1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016
Ohio State^	4	2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
Wisconsin	3	2004, 2008, 2015
Illinois	2	2003, 2005
Iowa	2	2001, 2006
Purdue	1	2009
Michigan*	0
Minnesota	0
Indiana	0
Penn State	0
Northwestern	0
Nebraska	0
Maryland	0
Rutgers	0

* 1998 championship vacated by Michigan.
^ 2002 championship vacated by Ohio State.

Most consecutive championships

2 – Michigan St. (1999, 2000), Ohio St. (2010, 2011)

Records all-time by team

As of March 15, 2015^[9]

School	Record	Winning pct	Championships	Runners-up
Ohio State	26–13^{[note 2]}	.667	4	4
Michigan State	28–14	.667	5	1
Illinois	27–17	.614	2	4
Wisconsin	21–16	.568	3	3
Maryland	2–2	.500	0	0
Iowa	15–17	.469	2	1
Minnesota	13–17^{[note 3]}	.433	0	1
Michigan	14–17^{[note 1]}	.452	0	1
Indiana	11–19	.367	0	1
Penn State	11–19	.367	0	1
Purdue	12–18	.400	1	2
Northwestern	7–19	.269	0	0
Nebraska	3–5	.375	0	0
Rutgers	0–2	.000	0	0

Records all-time by seed

As of March 15, 2015^[9]

Seed	Record	Winning pct	Championships	Runners-up
1	33–10	.767	8	3
2	23–11^{[note 2]}	.676	5*	2
3	17–15^{[note 2]}	.531	2	3
4	12–17^{[note 1]}	.414	0*	3
5	12–18	.400	0	1
6	28–16^{[note 3]}	.636	1	2
7	12–18	.400	0	0
8	14–17^{[note 3]}	.452	0	1
9	8–18	.308	0	1
10	10–17^{[note 1]}	.370	0	1
11	5–18	.217	0	1
12	0–4	.000	0	0
13	2–1	.667	0	0
14	0–1	.000	0	0

* Does not include vacated wins by Michigan (1998) and Ohio State (2002)

Coaches by total Big Ten Tournament wins and championships

Tom Izzo – Michigan State: 28–14; 5 championships
Thad Matta – Ohio State: 23–8; 4 championships
Bo Ryan – Wisconsin: 17–11; 2 championships
Steve Alford – Iowa: 13–6; 2 championships
Bruce Weber – Illinois: 12–8; 1 championship
John Beilein– Michigan: 11–9; 0 championships
Matt Painter – Purdue: 9–10; 1 championship
Mike Davis –Indiana: 7–6; 0 championships
Tubby Smith – Minnesota: 7–6; 0 championships
Lon Kruger – Illinois: 6–3; 0 championships
Bill Self – Illinois: 5–2; 1 championship
Ed DeChellis – Penn State: 5–8; 0 championships
Bill Carmody – Northwestern: 5–13; 0 championships

Note: Current coaches at school in bold. Minimum of 5 wins.^[11]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan has vacated the records from the 1992 Final Four, the 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 seasons. See above section Vacated results
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998-99, 16 games in 1999–00 and the entire 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons. See above section Vacated results
^ ^a ^b ^c Due to NCAA sanctions, Minnesota has vacated the records from the 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 seasons. See above section Vacated results

Television coverage

References

^ "Big Ten Announces Five-Year Extension to Host Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments in Indianapolis". June 5, 2006.
^ "Big Ten Announces Future Sites for Football Championship Games and Basketball Tournaments". June 5, 2011.
^ "Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Heads East with Verizon Center Set to Host in 2017 Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^ "Big Ten tournament moving to D.C. in 2017". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^ "Madison Square Garden Partnership Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
^ Thamel, Pete. "Madison Square Garden to host Big Ten Conference Tournament in 2018". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^ "Big Ten tourney to MSG in '18, a week earlier". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^ "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Big Ten Conference Tournament History & Records" (PDF).
^ Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
^ [2015 Big Ten Tournament Guide]

[Mich-11] Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan has vacated the records from the 1992 Final Four, the 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 seasons. See above section Vacated results

[OSU-12] Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998-99, 16 games in 1999–00 and the entire 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons. See above section Vacated results

[Minn-13] Due to NCAA sanctions, Minnesota has vacated the records from the 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 seasons. See above section Vacated results

[1] "Big Ten Announces Five-Year Extension to Host Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments in Indianapolis". June 5, 2006.

[2] "Big Ten Announces Future Sites for Football Championship Games and Basketball Tournaments". June 5, 2011.

[3] "Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Heads East with Verizon Center Set to Host in 2017 Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[4] "Big Ten tournament moving to D.C. in 2017". Retrieved 2016-07-19.

[5] "Madison Square Garden Partnership Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

[6] Thamel, Pete. "Madison Square Garden to host Big Ten Conference Tournament in 2018". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.

[7] "Big Ten tourney to MSG in '18, a week earlier". Retrieved 2016-07-19.

[8] "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

[history_book-9] "Big Ten Conference Tournament History & Records" (PDF).

[10] Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.

[14] [2015 Big Ten Tournament Guide]

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v t e Big Ten Conference men's basketball
Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wisconsin Badgers
Future teams	Oregon Ducks UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies (all joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Conference challenges	ACC–Big Ten Challenge (1999–2022) Gavitt Tipoff Games (2015–2023)
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25