Classification Division I Teams 11 | Season 2000–01 Champions Iowa (1st title) | |
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Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois Winning coach Steve Alford (1st title) | ||
The 2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 7 to March 10, 2001. The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois and won by Iowa as they defeated Indiana in the championship game. As winner of the tournament, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.
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.
References
2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA