2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the eleventh annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four appearances.

2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2007–08
Teams11
SiteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (2nd title)
Winning coachBo Ryan (2nd title)
MVPMarcus Landry (Wisconsin)
TelevisionBTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Wisconsin†16–2 .889  31–5  .861
No. 20 Purdue15–3 .833  25–9  .735
Indiana14–4 .778  25–8  .758
No. 18 Michigan State12–6 .667  27–9  .750
Ohio State10–8 .556  24–13  .649
Minnesota8–10 .444  20–14  .588
Penn State7–11 .389  15–16  .484
Iowa6–12 .333  13–19  .406
Illinois5–13 .278  16–19  .457
Michigan5–13 .278  10–22  .313
Northwestern1–17 .056  8–22  .267
† 2008 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Seeds

All Big Ten schools played 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 Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
1 Wisconsin 16–2
2 Purdue 15–3
3 Indiana 14–4
4 Michigan State 12–6
5 Ohio State 10–8
6 Minnesota 8–10
7 Penn State 7–11
8 Iowa 6–12
9 Michigan 5–13 1–1 vs Ill 0–2 vs Wisc 0–2 vs Pur 0–1 vs Ind
10 Illinois 5–13 1–1 vs Mich 0–2 vs Wisc 0–2 vs Pur 0–2 vs Ind
11 Northwestern 1–17

Bracket
  Opening round
March 13		 Quarterfinals
March 14		 Semifinals
March 15		 Championship
March 16
                                     
       
  1 #8 Wisconsin 51  
    9 Michigan 34  
8 Iowa 47
9 Michigan 55  
  1 #8 Wisconsin 65  
  4 #19 Michigan State 63  
       
       
  4 #19 Michigan State 67
    5 Ohio State 60  
     
       
  1 #8 Wisconsin 61
  10 Illinois 48
       
       
  2 #17 Purdue 67
    10 Illinois 74  
7 Penn State 63
10 Illinois 64  
  10 Illinois 54
  6 Minnesota 50  
       
       
  3 #22 Indiana 58
    6 Minnesota 59  
6 Minnesota 55
11 Northwestern 52  

Source[2]

References
  1. "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
  2. "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
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