1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 1998–99 | ||||
| Teams | 11 | ||||
| Site |
United Center Chicago, Illinois | ||||
| Champions | Michigan State (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tom Izzo (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State) | ||||
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The 1999 Big Ten Tournament was played from March 4 to March 7, 1999. The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago, and won by the Michigan State Spartans.
Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan and Ohio State have vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was voided.
Seeds
All Big Ten schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
| 1998–1999 Big Ten Conference Standings | |||||||
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| Team | Conference record | Overall | |||||
| W | L | GB | W | L | |||
| #2 Michigan State | 15 | 1 | - | 33 | 5 | ||
| #14 Ohio State | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9 | ||
| #19 Indiana | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 11 | ||
| #18 Wisconsin | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 10 | ||
| #21 Iowa | 9 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | ||
| Minnesota | 8 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 11 | ||
| Purdue | 7 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 13 | ||
| Northwestern | 6 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 | ||
| Penn State | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Michigan | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Illinois | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | ||
- Rankings are based on the final USA Today poll of the 1998–1999 regular season.
Bracket
| Opening round March 4 |
Quarterfinals March 5 |
Semifinals March 6 |
Championship March 7 |
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| 1 | Michigan State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northwestern | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northwestern | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Penn State | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Purdue | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
Honors
All-Tournament Team
- Cory Bradford, Illinois
- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State – Most Outstanding Player
- Antonio Smith, Michigan State
- Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern
- Michael Redd, Ohio State
References
- ↑ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Past Big Ten Tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com.