2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

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2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Big Ten Conference former logo.svg
Classification Division I
Season 200203
Teams11
Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Illinois Fighting Illini (1st title)
Winning coach Bill Self (1st title)
MVP Brian Cook (Illinois)
  2002
2004  
2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin 124 .750248  .750
No. 11 Illinois115 .688257  .781
Purdue 106 .6251911  .633
Michigan State 106 .6252213  .629
Michigan 106 .6251812  .600
Indiana 88 .5002113  .618
Minnesota 88 .5001914  .576
Iowa 79 .4381714  .548
Ohio State 79 .4381715  .531
Northwestern 313 .1881217  .414
Penn State 214 .125721  .250
2003 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Ohio State in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Illinois' first tournament championship following two prior championship game appearances.

Contents

Seeds

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.

SeedSchoolConference
1Wisconsin12–4
2Illinois11–5
3Michigan10–6
4Purdue10–6
5Michigan State10–6
6Indiana8–8
7Minnesota8–8
8Ohio State7–9
9Iowa7–9
10Northwestern3–13
11Penn State2–14

Bracket

Opening round
March 13
Quarterfinals
March 14
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
            
1 #18 Wisconsin 50
8 Ohio State58
8 Ohio State66
9 Iowa 64
8 Ohio State55
5 Michigan State 54
4 Purdue 42
5 Michigan State54
8 Ohio State 59
2 #13 Illinois72
2 #13 Illinois94
10 Northwestern 65
7 Minnesota 64
10 Northwestern76
2 #13 Illinois73
6 Indiana 72
3 Michigan 56
6 Indiana63
6 Indiana77
11 Penn State 49

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Honors

All-Tournament Team

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