Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament


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.
On seven occasions, the champion of the tournament has gone on to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. 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.

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 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 was held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. 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. The 2019 through 2022 Tournaments will return to alternating between United Center in Chicago and Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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

Most conference tournament championships

* 1998 championship vacated by Michigan
^ 2002 championship vacated by Ohio State

Most consecutive championships

2 – Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan

Records all-time by team

SchoolRecordWinning pctChampionshipsRunners-up
Michigan State32–1661
Ohio State27–1544
Illinois28–2024
Michigan24–1822
Wisconsin25–1934
Iowa17–2021
Minnesota17–2001
Purdue14–2113
Penn State14–2201
Nebraska5–900
Rutgers3–500
Indiana13-2201
Northwestern9–2300
Maryland2–500

Records all-time by seed

SeedRecordWinning pctChampionshipsRunners-up
137–1393
228–146*2
322–1926
416–210*4
516–2111
631–2012
717–2200
820–2011
99–2201
1011–2101
119–2201
124–800
134–600
143–600

* Does not include vacated wins by Michigan and Ohio State

Records by coaches

Through 2020 tournament
CoachSchoolRecordWinning pct.Championships
Thad MattaOhio State23–94
Bill SelfIllinois5–21
Steve AlfordIowa13–62
John BeileinMichigan21–102
Tom Izzo Michigan State32–16'6
Lon KrugerIllinois6–30
Bo RyanWisconsin17–113
Bruce WeberIllinois12–81
Mike DavisIndiana7–60
Tubby SmithMinnesota7–60
Matt PainterPurdue11–13'1
Richard PitinoMinnesota6–6'0
Tim MilesNebraska5–70
Pat ChambersPenn State5–8'0
Ed DeChellisPenn State5–80
Bill CarmodyNorthwestern5–130

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

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