Classification Division I Winning coach Tom Izzo (5th title) Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse MVP Denzel Valentine Televisions Big Ten Network, CBS | Season 2015–16 Attendance 117,051 Dates 9 Mar 2016 – 13 Mar 2016 Teams 14 | |
Champions Michigan State (5th title) Location Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Center Township, Indiana, United States Similar 2016 Northeast Conferen, 2016 CAA Men's Basketbal, 2016 SEC Men's Basketbal, 2016 ACC Men's Basketbal, 2016 NCAA Division I | ||
The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 9 through March 13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 17th annual Big Ten Tournament and was the second tournament to feature 14 teams of the expanded Big Ten, to include Maryland and Rutgers. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Purdue in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Michigan State's fifth tournament championship, the most tournament championships by any team in the Big Ten (Ohio State has won five championships as well, but one has been vacated). It was Michigan State's third straight appearance in the championship game and their fourth appearance in the championship in the prior five years.
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Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated 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 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2015 Tournament.
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* denotes overtime period