2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 12
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Michigan State (4th title)
Winning coach Tom Izzo (4th title)
MVP Branden Dawson (Michigan State)
Attendance 111,592
Television BTN, ESPN/2, CBS
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Michigan 15 – 3   .833     28 – 9   .757
#12 Wisconsin 12 – 6   .667     30 – 8   .789
#11 Michigan State † 12 – 6   .667     29 – 9   .763
Nebraska 11 – 7   .611     19 – 13   .594
#22 Ohio State 10 – 8   .556     25 – 10   .714
Iowa 9 – 9   .500     20 – 13   .606
Minnesota 8 – 10   .444     25 – 13   .658
Illinois 7 – 11   .389     20 – 15   .571
Indiana 7 – 11   .389     17 – 15   .531
Penn State 6 – 12   .333     16 – 18   .471
Northwestern 6 – 12   .333     14 – 19   .424
Purdue 5 – 13   .278     15 – 17   .469
† 2014 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 13 through March 16 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1] All 11 games were aired nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, the BTN and CBS Sports. BTN carried the first two games on Thursday, and ESPN2 had the final two games of the evening. On Friday, ESPN broadcast the first two quarterfinal games, while BTN aired the other two games. CBS televised the semifinal and championship games on Saturday and Sunday. As the tournament champion, Michigan State received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference season record. The top four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures[2] were unchanged from the 2013 tournament.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
1 Michigan 15–3
2 Wisconsin 12–6 1–0 vs Michigan St.
3 Michigan State 12–6 0–1 vs Wisconsin
4 Nebraska 11–7
5 Ohio State 10–8
6 Iowa 9–9
7 Minnesota 8–10
8 Indiana 7–11 1–1 vs Illinois 1–1 vs Michigan
9 Illinois 7–11 1–1 vs Indiana 0–1 vs Michigan
10 Penn State 6–12 1–0 vs. Northwestern
11 Northwestern 6–12 0–1 vs. Penn State
12 Purdue 5–13

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Thursday, March 13
1 1 12:00 pm #9 Illinois vs. #8 Indiana BTN 64–54
2 2:30 pm #12 Purdue vs. #5 Ohio State BTN 61–63
2 3 6:30 pm #10 Penn State vs. #7 Minnesota ESPN2 56–63
4 9:00 pm #11 Northwestern vs. #6 Iowa ESPN2 67–62
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 14
3 5 12:00 pm #9 Illinois vs. #1 Michigan ESPN 63–64
6 2:30 pm #5 Ohio State vs. #4 Nebraska ESPN 71–67
4 7 6:30 pm #7 Minnesota vs. #2 Wisconsin BTN 57–83
8 9:00 pm #11 Northwestern vs. #3 Michigan State BTN 51–67
Semifinals - Saturday, March 15
5 9 1:40 pm #1 Michigan vs. #5 Ohio State CBS 72–69
10 4:00 pm #2 Wisconsin vs. #3 Michigan State CBS 75–83
Championship - Sunday, March 16
6 11 3:30pm #1 Michigan vs. #3 Michigan State CBS 55–69

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[4]

  First round
Thursday, March 13
ESPN2/BTN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14
ESPN/BTN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
CBS		 Championship
Sunday, March 16
CBS
                                     
        
  1  Michigan 64  
    9  Illinois 63  
8  Indiana 54
9  Illinois 64  
  1  Michigan 72  
  5  Ohio State 69  
        
        
  4  Nebraska 67
    5  Ohio State 71  
5  Ohio State 63
12  Purdue 61  
  1  Michigan 55
  3  Michigan State 69
        
        
  2  Wisconsin 83
    7  Minnesota 57  
7  Minnesota 63
10  Penn State 56  
  2  Wisconsin 75
  3  Michigan State 83  
        
        
  3  Michigan State 67
    11  Northwestern 51  
6  Iowa 62
11  Northwestern 67  

Honors

All-Tournament Team

[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten 2013-2014 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2014 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaking Procedures". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Michigan State-Michigan Postgame Notes". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  4. ↑ "2014 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). bigten.org. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-17.

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