Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

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Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Sport College basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
Number of teams14
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Current location Indianapolis, IN
Played1998–present
Last contest 2022
Current champion Iowa (3)
Most championships Michigan State (6)
TV partner(s) CBS (semifinals/championship)
Big Ten Network (other rounds)
Official website
Sponsors
SoFi
Host stadiums
United Center (1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008–12, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
Verizon Center (2017)
Madison Square Garden (2018)
Lucas Oil Stadium (2021)

The Big Ten 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, although in 2018 it was held the week before Selection Sunday.

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On seven occasions, the champion of the tournament has gone on to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (Michigan State in 1999, 2000, and 2019, Illinois in 2005, Ohio State in 2007, Wisconsin in 2015, and Michigan in 2018). In 2000, champion Michigan State won the NCAA Tournament. The No. 1 seed has won the tournament nine times, the most of any seed. The lowest seed to win the tournament was Michigan as a No. 8 seed in 2017. Three schools have won two consecutive championships: Michigan State (1999, 2000), Ohio State (2010, 2011), and Michigan (2017, 2018).

Host

The Big Ten Men's Basketball 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, and now as Gainbridge Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five-year stay 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 was held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] The 2018 Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York and 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] The 2019 through 2022 Tournaments returned to alternating between United Center in Chicago and Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. [8] On February 9, 2021, it was announced that the 2021 edition of the tournament would be moved to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis due to health and safety protocols relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament will return to Chicago in 2023. [9] On April 20, 2022, the Big Ten announced that Minneapolis will host the event in 2024 at the Target Center. [10]

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.

Results by year

YearChampionSeedScoreRunner-upSeedMost Valuable PlayerSite
1998 Michigan [note 1] 476–67 Purdue 3 Robert Traylor, Michigan [note 1] United Center, Chicago
1999 Michigan State 167–50 Illinois 11 Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
2000 Michigan State 276–61 Illinois 4 Morris Peterson, Michigan State
2001 Iowa 663–61 Indiana 4 Reggie Evans, Iowa
2002 Ohio State [note 2] 281–64 Iowa 9 Boban Savovic, Ohio State [note 2] Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2003 Illinois 272–59 Ohio State 8 Brian Cook, IllinoisUnited Center, Chicago
2004 Wisconsin 270–53 Illinois 1 Devin Harris, WisconsinConseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2005 Illinois 154–43 Wisconsin 3 James Augustine, IllinoisUnited Center, Chicago
2006 Iowa 267–60 Ohio State 1 Jeff Horner, IowaConseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2007 Ohio State 166–49 Wisconsin 2 Mike Conley Jr., Ohio StateUnited Center, Chicago
2008 Wisconsin 161–48 Illinois 10 Marcus Landry, WisconsinConseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2009 Purdue 365–61 Ohio State 5 Robbie Hummel, Purdue
2010 Ohio State 190–61 Minnesota 6 Evan Turner, Ohio State
2011 Ohio State 171–60 Penn State 6 Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
2012 Michigan State 168–64 Ohio State 3 Draymond Green, Michigan State
2013 Ohio State 250–43 Wisconsin 4 Aaron Craft, Ohio StateUnited Center, Chicago
2014 Michigan State 369–55 Michigan 1 Branden Dawson, Michigan State Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2015 Wisconsin 180–69OT Michigan State 3 Frank Kaminsky, WisconsinUnited Center, Chicago
2016 Michigan State 266–62 Purdue 4 Denzel Valentine, Michigan StateBankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2017 Michigan 871–56 Wisconsin 2 Derrick Walton, Michigan Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
2018 Michigan 575–66 Purdue 3 Moritz Wagner, Michigan Madison Square Garden, New York City
2019 Michigan State 165–60 Michigan 3 Cassius Winston, Michigan StateUnited Center, Chicago
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Illinois 291–88OT Ohio State 5 Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
2022 Iowa 575–66 Purdue 3 Keegan Murray, IowaGainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
2023TBDUnited Center, Chicago
2024 Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

School records

Through 2022 tournament

SchoolRecordWinning pctChampionshipsRunners-upTitle Years
Michigan State34–18.654611999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019
Ohio State30–17 [note 2] .638452007, 2010, 2011, 2013
Illinois31–21.596342003, 2005, 2021
Michigan25–20 [note 1] .556222017, 2018
Wisconsin26–21.553342004, 2008, 2015
Iowa22–21.500312001, 2006, 2022
Minnesota18–22 [note 3] .45001
Purdue16–23.421142009
Penn State17–24.41501
Indiana15–24.38501
Rutgers4–7.36400
Nebraska5–11.31300
Maryland3–7.30000
Northwestern10–25.28600

Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Rutgers have yet to make an appearance in a Big Ten Men's Basketball Championship Game.

Performance by team

Through 2022 tournament [12]

Teams (# of titles) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021 2022
B1G (25)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(11)(12)(12)(12)(14)(14)(14)(14)(14)(14)(14)(14)
1 Michigan State (6)QFCCQFQFSFSFQFSFQFSFSFQFSFCSFCFCQFSFCQF2RSF
2 Ohio State (5)1RSFQFQFCF1RQFFCQFFCCFCSFQFQF1RQFQF2RF2R
3 Michigan (3)CQF1R1RQFQFSF1R1RQFQFQFQFSFSFQFFQFSFCCF2RSF2R
3 Wisconsin (3)QFSFSFQFQFQFCFQFFCQFQFQFSFFSFC2RFQFSFQFQFQF
3 Illinois (3)SFFFSFSFCFCQFSFFSFSFQF1RQFQF2RQF2R1R2RQFCQF
3 Iowa (3)QFQFQFCF1RQFSFCQF1R1R1R1RQFQF1R2R2R2R2RQF2RSFC
7 Purdue (1)F1RQFQF1RQF1R1R1RSFQFCSFQFQF1R1RSFFQFFQF2RQFF
8 Indiana (0)QFQFQFFSFSFQFQFSFQFQF1R1R1RQFSF1RQFQFQF2R2R2R2RSF
8 Minnesota (0)SF1R1R1RQF1RQFSFQF1RSFQFF1RQF1RQF2R1RSF1RSF2R2R1R
8 Penn State (0)1R1RSFSF1R1R1R1RQF1R1RQF1RF1R1R1RQF2R2RSF2R2R2RQF
11 Northwestern (0)1RQF1R1R1RQFQFQF1R1R1R1RQFQF1R1RQF2R2RSF2R1R1R1R2R
11 Nebraska (0)1RQFQF1RQF1RQFQF1R1R1R
11 Maryland (0)SFSFQF2R2RQFQF2R
11 Rutgers (0)1R1R2RQF1R2RQFQF

Key

CChampion
FRunner-up
SFSemifinals
QFQuarterfinals
RRRound Number
Did not participate

*The 2020 tournament was canceled after the first round games due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Records all-time by seed

through 2021 tournament [12]
SeedRecordWinning pctChampionshipsRunners-up
138–15.71793
231–15 [note 2] .6747*2
325–21 [note 2] .54327
416–23 [note 1] .4100*4
524–22.52222
632–22 [note 3] .59312
720–24.45500
822–22 [note 3] .50011
911–24.31401
1011–23 [note 1] .32401
1112–24.33301
125–10.33300
136–8.42900
143–8.27300

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

Records by coaches

through 2021 tournament [12]

CoachSchoolRecordWinning pct.Championships
Thad Matta Ohio State23–9.7194
Bill Self Illinois5–2.7141
Steve Alford Iowa13–6.6842
John Beilein Michigan21–10.6772
Lon Kruger Illinois6–3.6670
Tom Izzo Michigan State34–18.6546
Bo Ryan Wisconsin17–11.6073
Bruce Weber Illinois12–8.6001
Mike Davis Indiana7–6.5380
Tubby Smith Minnesota7–6.5380
Richard Pitino Minnesota7–7.5000
Fran McCaffery Iowa9–10.4741
Matt Painter Purdue13–15.4641
Greg Gard Wisconsin5–6.4550
Tim Miles Nebraska5–7.4170
Pat Chambers Penn State5–8.3850
Ed DeChellis Penn State5–8.3850
Bill Carmody Northwestern5–13.2780

Note: Current coaches at school in bold. Minimum of five wins. [14]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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
  3. 1 2 3 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

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