2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2001 Big Ten Conference 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.

2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200001
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsIowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Alford (1st title)
MVPReggie Evans (Iowa)
2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Illinois133 .813  278  .771
No. 3 Michigan State133 .813  285  .848
No. 20 Indiana106 .625  2113  .618
No. 25 Wisconsin97 .563  1811  .621
No. 24 Iowa79 .438  2312  .657
Penn State79 .438  2112  .636
Purdue610 .375  1715  .531
Minnesota511 .313  1814  .563
Michigan412 .250  1018  .357
Northwestern313 .188  1119  .367
Ohio State*00   00  
† 2001 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.[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.

Seed School Conference 1st Tiebreaker 2nd Tiebreaker 3rd Tiebreaker
1 Illinois 13–3 1–0 vs MSU
2 Michigan State 13–3 0–1 vs Ill
3 Ohio State 11–5
4 Indiana 10–6
5 Wisconsin 9–7
6 Iowa 7–9 1–1 vs PSU 1–1 vs Ill 0–1 vs MSU
7 Penn State 7–9 1–1 vs Iowa 1–1 vs Ill 0–2 vs MSU
8 Purdue 6–10
9 Minnesota 5–11
10 Michigan 4–12
11 Northwestern 3–13

Bracket

  Opening round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
                                     
       
  1 #4 Illinois 83  
    8 Purdue 66  
8 Purdue 91
9 Minnesota 77  
  1 #4 Illinois 56  
  4 Indiana 58  
       
       
  4 Indiana 64
    5 #23 Wisconsin 52  
     
       
  4 Indiana 61
  6 Iowa 63
       
       
  2 #2 Michigan State 63
    7 Penn State 65  
7 Penn State 82
10 Michigan 80  
  7 Penn State 74
  6 Iowa 94  
       
       
  3 #24 Ohio State 66
    6 Iowa 75  
6 Iowa 72
11 Northwestern 55  

Source[2]

All-Tournament team

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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. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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