2002 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

 
Classification Division I
Season 2001–02
Teams 11
Site Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Ohio State (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coach Jim O'Brien (1st title)
MVP Boban Savovic (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2001  2003»

The 2002 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 7 and March 10, 2002 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the Ohio State University, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Boban Savović of Ohio State. Due to NCAA Sanctions, Ohio State was forced to vacate the championship.

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.

Seed School Conference Overall
1 Wisconsin 11–5 18–11
2 Ohio State 11–5 20–7
3 Illinois 11–5 23–7
4 Indiana 11–5 19–10
5 Michigan State 10–6 19–10
6 Minnesota 9–7 16–11
7 Northwestern 7–9 16–12
8 Purdue 5–11 13–17
9 Iowa 5–11 16–14
10 Michigan 5–11 10–17
11 Penn State 3–13 7–20

Bracket

  Opening round
March 7		 Quarterfinals
March 8		 Semifinals
March 9		 Championship
March 10
                                     
        
  1  Wisconsin 56  
    9  Iowa 58  
8  Purdue 72
9  Iowa 87  
  9  Iowa 62  
  4  Indiana 60  
        
        
  4  Indiana 67
    5  Michigan State 56  
      
        
  9  Iowa 64
  2  Ohio State 81
        
        
  2  Ohio State 75
    10  Michigan 68  
7  Northwestern 51
10  Michigan 72  
  2  Ohio State 94
  3  Illinois 88  
        
        
  3  Illinois 92
    6  Minnesota 76  
6  Minnesota 84
11  Penn State 60  

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Retrieved February 28, 2014.