2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament


The 2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 7 through March 10, 2002 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Iowa in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2001–02
Teams11
SiteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsOhio State Buckeyes (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachJim O'Brien (1st title)
MVPBoban Savovic (Ohio State)
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2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 13 Illinois115 .688269 .743
No. 23 Indiana115 .6882512 .676
Wisconsin115 .6881913 .594
Michigan State106 .6251912 .613
Minnesota97 .5631813 .581
Northwestern79 .4381613 .552
Iowa511 .3131916 .543
Purdue511 .3131318 .419
Michigan511 .3131118 .379
Penn State313 .188721 .250
No. 14 Ohio State*†00 00 
2002 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State was forced to vacate the championship.[1]

Seeds

All 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 five teams received a first round bye.

SeedSchoolConference
1Wisconsin11–5
2Ohio State11–5
3Illinois11–5
4Indiana11–5
5Michigan State10–6
6Minnesota9–7
7Northwestern7–9
8Purdue5–11
9Iowa5–11
10Michigan5–11
11Penn State3–13

Bracket

Opening round
March 7
Quarterfinals
March 8
Semifinals
March 9
Championship
March 10
            
1Wisconsin56
9Iowa58
8Purdue72
9Iowa87
9Iowa62
4#23 Indiana60
4#23 Indiana67
5Michigan State56
9Iowa64
2#21 Ohio State81
2#21 Ohio State75
10Michigan68
7Northwestern51
10Michigan72
2#21 Ohio State94
3#10 Illinois88
3#10 Illinois92
6Minnesota76
6Minnesota84
11Penn State60

Source[2]

All-Tournament team

References