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Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Sport
  
College basketball

Number of teams
  
14

Current location
  
Washington, D.C.

Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

Current stadium
  
Verizon Center

Format
  
Single-elimination tournament

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.

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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.

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) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five-year residence in Indianapolis.

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.

The 2017 Tournament will be held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. 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.

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. 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. 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 records for the Ohio State basketball team from the 1998–99 season through the 2001–02 season. 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.

    • Most championships

    * 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

    through 2016 Tournament

    Records all-time by seed

    through 2016 Tournament

    * 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.

    References

    Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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