2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 11
Site Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Ohio State (3rd title)
Winning coach Thad Matta (2nd title)
MVP Evan Turner (Ohio State)
Television BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2009  2011»
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Ohio State† 14 – 4   .778     29 – 8   .784
#10 Purdue 14 – 4   .778     29 – 6   .829
#13 Michigan State 14 – 4   .778     28 – 9   .757
#16 Wisconsin 13 – 5   .722     24 – 9   .727
Illinois 10 – 8   .556     21 – 15   .583
Minnesota 9 – 9   .500     21 – 14   .600
Northwestern 7 – 11   .389     20 – 14   .588
Michigan 7 – 11   .389     15 – 17   .469
Indiana 4 – 14   .222     10 – 21   .323
Iowa 4 – 14   .222     10 – 22   .313
Penn State 3 – 15   .167     11 – 20   .355
† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament was played Thursday, March 11 through Sunday, March 14 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. All 10 games aired nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, the Big Ten Network and CBS Sports. ESPN2 carried the first two games on Thursday and the Big Ten Network aired the final game of the evening. On Friday, ESPN broadcast the first two quarterfinal games, while the Big Ten Network aired the remaining two contests. CBS Sports televised the semifinal and championship games on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The winner (Ohio State) received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2009–10 Big Ten Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 5 teams received a first round bye.

The seeding for the tournament was as follows:

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Ohio State 14–4 24–7 2–1 vs. Pur & MSU
2 Purdue 14–4 26–4 2–2 vs. OSU & MSU
3 Michigan State 14–4 24–7 1–2 vs. OSU & Pur
4 Wisconsin 13–5 23–7
5 Illinois 10–8 18–13
6 Minnesota 9–9 17–12
7 Northwestern 7–11 19–12 2–0 vs. Mich
8 Michigan 7–11 14–16 0–2 vs. NW
9 Iowa 4–14 10–20 2–0 vs. Ind
10 Indiana 4–14 10–20 0–2 vs. Iowa
11 Penn State 3–15 11–19

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
Opening round – Thursday, March 11
1 1 2:30 PM #8 Michigan vs #9 Iowa ESPN2 59–52
2 5:00 PM #7 Northwestern vs #10 Indiana ESPN2 73–58
3 8:30 PM #6 Minnesota vs #11 Penn State BTN 76–55
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
2 4 12:00 PM #1 Ohio State vs #8 Michigan ESPN 69–68
5 2:30 PM #4 Wisconsin vs #5 Illinois ESPN 58–54
3 6 6:30 PM #2 Purdue vs #7 Northwestern BTN 69–61
7 9:00 PM #3 Michigan State vs #6 Minnesota BTN 72–67 (OT)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
4 8 1:40 PM #1 Ohio State vs. #5 Illinois CBS 88–81 (2OT)
9 4:05 PM #2 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota CBS 69–42
Championship Game – Sunday, March 14
5 10 3:30 PM #1 Ohio State vs. #6 Minnesota CBS 90–61
*Game times in ET.[1] #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  Opening round
Thursday, March 11		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 12		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 13		 Championship
Sunday, March 14
                                     
        
  1  Ohio State 69  
    8  Michigan 68  
8  Michigan 59
9  Iowa 52  
  1  Ohio State 882OT  
  5  Illinois 81  
        
        
  4  Wisconsin 54
    5  Illinois 58  
      
        
  1  Ohio State 90
  6  Minnesota 61
        
        
  2  Purdue 69
    7  Northwestern 61  
7  Northwestern 73
10  Indiana 58  
  2  Purdue 42
  6  Minnesota 69  
        
        
  3  Michigan State 67
    6  Minnesota 72OT  
6  Minnesota 76
11  Penn State 55  

Honors

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Basketball – Schedule and Results". Big Ten. Retrieved February 28, 2014.