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2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament


FieldValue
Year2001
ConferenceBig Ten
GenderMen's
ImageBig Ten Conference former logo.svg
Teams11
ArenaUnited Center
CityChicago, Illinois
ChampionsIowa Hawkeyes
TitleCount1st
CoachSteve Alford
CoachCount1st
MVPReggie Evans
MVPTeamIowa

The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result, 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 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.

SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker3rd Tiebreaker
1Illinois13–31–0 vs MSU
2Michigan State13–30–1 vs Ill
3Ohio State11–5
4Indiana10–6
5Wisconsin9–7
6Iowa7–91–1 vs PSU1–1 vs Ill0–1 vs MSU
7Penn State7–91–1 vs Iowa1–1 vs Ill0–2 vs MSU
8Purdue6–10
9Minnesota5–11
10Michigan4–12
11Northwestern3–13

Bracket

March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11

| RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Purdue | RD1-score03=91 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=Minnesota | RD1-score04=77

| RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11=Penn State | RD1-score11=82 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12=Michigan | RD1-score12=80

| RD1-seed15=6 | RD1-team15=Iowa | RD1-score15=72 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16=Northwestern | RD1-score16=55

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=#4 Illinois | RD2-score01=83 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=Purdue | RD2-score02=66

| RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=Indiana | RD2-score03=64 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=#23 Wisconsin | RD2-score04=52

| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05=#2 Michigan State | RD2-score05=63 | RD2-seed06=7 | RD2-team06=Penn State | RD2-score06=65

| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=#24 Ohio State | RD2-score07=66 | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=Iowa | RD2-score08=75

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=#4 Illinois | RD3-score01=56 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=Indiana | RD3-score02=58

| RD3-seed03=7 | RD3-team03=Penn State | RD3-score03=74 | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-team04=Iowa | RD3-score04=94

| RD4-seed01=4 | RD4-team01=Indiana | RD4-score01=61 | RD4-seed02=6 | RD4-team02=Iowa | RD4-score02=63 Source

Game summaries

Opening round

Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Quarterfinals

Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Semifinals

Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Championship

Chicago, IL

All-Tournament team

  • Reggie Evans, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • Brian Cook, Illinois
  • Kirk Haston, Indiana
  • Jared Jeffries, Indiana
  • Joe Crispin, Penn State

References

References

  1. Guerrieri, Vince. (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  2. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten.
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