2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2002–03
Teams 11
Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Illinois (1st title)
Winning coach Bill Self (1st title)
MVP Brian Cook (Illinois)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2002  2004»

The 2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The champion of the tournament was the Illinois Fighting Illini, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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 12–4 22–6
2 Illinois 11–5 21–6
3 Michigan 10–6 17–12
4 Purdue 10–6 18–9
5 Michigan State 10–6 18–11
6 Indiana 8–8 18–11
7 Minnesota 8–8 16–11
8 Ohio State 7–9 14–13
9 Iowa 7–9 15–12
10 Northwestern 3–13 11–16
11 Penn State 2–14 7–20

Bracket

  Opening round
March 13		 Quarterfinals
March 14		 Semifinals
March 15		 Championship
March 16
                                     
        
  1  Wisconsin 50  
    8  Ohio State 58  
8  Ohio State 66
9  Iowa 64  
  8  Ohio State 55  
  5  Michigan State 54  
        
        
  4  Purdue 42
    5  Michigan State 54  
      
        
  8  Ohio State 59
  2  Illinois 72
        
        
  2  Illinois 94
    10  Northwestern 65  
7  Minnesota 64
10  Northwestern 76  
  2  Illinois 73
  6  Indiana 72  
        
        
  3  Michigan 56
    6  Indiana 63  
6  Indiana 77
11  Penn State 49  

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References

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