2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2011–12
Teams 12
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Michigan State (3rd title)
Winning coach Tom Izzo (3rd title)
MVP Draymond Green (Michigan State)
Attendance 107,737
Television BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 5 Michigan State† 13 – 5   .722     29 – 8   .784
No. 13 Michigan 13 – 5   .722     24 – 10   .706
No. 7 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722     31 – 8   .795
No. 14 Wisconsin 12 – 6   .667     26 – 10   .722
No. 16 Indiana 11 – 7   .611     27 – 9   .750
Purdue 10 – 8   .556     22 – 13   .629
Northwestern 8 – 10   .444     19 – 14   .576
Iowa 8 – 10   .444     18 – 17   .514
Illinois 6 – 12   .333     17 – 15   .531
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333     23 – 15   .605
Nebraska 4 – 14   .222     12 – 18   .400
Penn State 4 – 14   .222     12 – 20   .375
† 2012 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8 through March 11 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.[1] This was the first tournament to feature 12 teams of the expanded Big Ten, with Nebraska making its debut. The tournament was the 14th annual Big Ten Tournament. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Ohio State in the championships game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Michigan State's third tournament championship and first since 2000.

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. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records.[2] The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
1 Michigan St. 13–5 2–2 vs Mich, OSU 2–0 vs Wis 1–1 vs Ind 2–0 vs Pur
2 Michigan 13–5 2–2 vs MSU, OSU 1–0 vs Wis 1–1 vs Ind 1–1 vs Pur
3 Ohio St. 13–5 2–2 vs MSU, Mich 1–1 vs Wis
4 Wisconsin 12–6
5 Indiana 11–7
6 Purdue 10–8
7 Northwestern 8–10 2–0 vs Iowa
8 Iowa 8–10 0–2 vs NW
9 Illinois 6–12 1–1 vs Minn 2–3 vs MSU, Mich, OSU
10 Minnesota 6–12 1–1 vs Ill 0–4 vs MSU, Mich, OSU
11 Nebraska 4–14 1–1 vs PSU 0–5 vs MSU, Mich, OSU 0–2 vs Wis 1–0 vs Ind
12 Penn St. 4–14 1–1 vs Neb 0–4 vs MSU, Mich, OSU 0–2 vs Wis 0–2 vs Ind

Schedule

Source[3]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score attendance
First round - Thursday, March 8
1 1 11:30am #8 Iowa vs. #9 Illinois BTN 64–61 17,936
2 2:00pm #5 Indiana vs. #12 Penn State BTN 75–58 17,936
2 3 5:30pm #7 Northwestern vs. #10 Minnesota ESPN2 75–68 OT 17,257
4 8:00pm #6 Purdue vs. #11 Nebraska ESPN2 79–61 17,257
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
3 5 12:00pm #1 Michigan State vs. #8 Iowa ESPN 92–75 18,484
6 2:30pm #4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Indiana ESPN 79–71 18,484
4 7 6:30pm #2 Michigan vs. #10 Minnesota BTN 73–69 OT 18,484
8 9:00pm #3 Ohio State vs. #6 Purdue BTN 88–71 18,484
Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
5 9 1:40pm #1 Michigan State vs. #4 Wisconsin CBS 65–52 18,451
10 4:05pm #2 Michigan vs. #3 Ohio State CBS 77–55 18,451
Championship - Sunday, March 11
6 11 3:30pm #1 Michigan State vs. #3 Ohio State CBS 68–64 17,125
*Game times in Eastern Time. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Attendance figures;[4][5][6][7][8] Total Tournament Attendance:107,737[8]

Bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 8
ESPN2/BTN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN/BTN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
CBS		 Championship
Sunday, March 11
CBS
                                     
       
  1 Michigan State 92  
    8 Iowa 75  
8 Iowa 64
9 Illinois 61  
  1 Michigan State 65  
  4 Wisconsin 52  
       
       
  4 Wisconsin 79
    5 Indiana 71  
5 Indiana 75
12 Penn State 58  
  1 Michigan State 68
  3 Ohio State 64
       
       
  2 Michigan 73OT
    10 Minnesota 69  
7 Northwestern 68
10 Minnesota 75OT  
  2 Michigan 55
  3 Ohio State 77  
       
       
  3 Ohio State 88
    6 Purdue 71  
6 Purdue 79
11 Nebraska 61  

Honors

All-Tournament Team

[9]

Tournament notes

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten 2011-2012 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2012 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaking Procedures". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2012 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Friday Evening Session of Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Now Sold Out: Tickets remain for Sunday's championship game; Saturday's semifinals previously sold out". Big Ten Conference. March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hutchens, Terry; Cavin, Curt (March 10, 2012). "Big Ten Tournament 2012 notebook: Torn ACL ends Jones' IU career". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Ohio State-Purdue Game Notes". Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ohio State-Michigan Postgame Notes". Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "A New Tourney Attendance Record". Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Michigan State-Ohio State Postgame Notes". Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
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