2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

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2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2000–01
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsIowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Alford (1st title)
MVPReggie Evans (Iowa)
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2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Illinois 13 3   .813 27 8   .771
No. 3 Michigan State 13 3   .813 28 5   .848
No. 20 Indiana 10 6   .625 21 13   .618
No. 25 Wisconsin 9 7   .563 18 11   .621
No. 24 Iowa 7 9   .438 23 12   .657
Penn State 7 9   .438 21 12   .636
Purdue 6 10   .375 17 15   .531
Minnesota 5 11   .313 18 14   .563
Michigan 4 12   .250 10 18   .357
Northwestern 3 13   .188 11 19   .367
Ohio State* 0 0   0 0  
2001 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)


The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.[1]

Seeds

All Big Ten schools participated 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. The top five teams received a first round bye.

Seed School Conference 1st Tiebreaker 2nd Tiebreaker 3rd Tiebreaker
1 Illinois 13–3 1–0 vs MSU
2 Michigan State 13–3 0–1 vs Ill
3 Ohio State 11–5
4 Indiana 10–6
5 Wisconsin 9–7
6 Iowa 7–9 1–1 vs PSU 1–1 vs Ill 0–1 vs MSU
7 Penn State 7–9 1–1 vs Iowa 1–1 vs Ill 0–2 vs MSU
8 Purdue 6–10
9 Minnesota 5–11
10 Michigan 4–12
11 Northwestern 3–13

Bracket

Opening round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
            
1 #4 Illinois 83
8 Purdue 66
8 Purdue 91
9 Minnesota 77
1 #4 Illinois 56
4 Indiana 58
4 Indiana 64
5 #23 Wisconsin 52
4 Indiana 61
6 Iowa 63
2 #2 Michigan State 63
7 Penn State 65
7 Penn State 82
10 Michigan 80
7 Penn State 74
6 Iowa 94
3 #24 Ohio State 66
6 Iowa 75
6 Iowa 72
11 Northwestern 55

Source[2]

Game summaries

Opening round

ESPN2
March 8
2:00 pm
No. 9 Minnesota 77, No. 8 Purdue 91
Scoring by half: 40-45, 37-46
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 20,003
Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Jerry Petro
ESPN
March 8
4:30 pm
No. 10 Michigan 80, No. 7 Penn State 82
Scoring by half: 42-37, 38-45
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 20,003
Referees: Rick Hartzell, Gene Monje, Dan Chrisman
ESPN Plus
March 8
7:00 pm
No. 11 Northwestern 55, No. 6 Iowa 72
Scoring by half: 15-30, 40-42
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 20,003
Referees: Phil Bova, Sid Rodeheffer, Tom Clark

Quarterfinals

ESPN2
March 9
12:30 pm
No. 5 Wisconsin 52, No. 4 Indiana 64
Scoring by half: 28-24, 24-40
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 22,679
Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Zelton Steed
ESPN2
March 9
3:00 pm
No. 8 Purdue 66, No. 1 Illinois 83
Scoring by half: 33-47, 33-36
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 22,679
Referees: Ted Hillary, Gene Monje, Sid Rodeheffer
ESPN Plus
March 9
7:40 pm
No. 7 Penn State 65, No. 2 Michigan State 63
Scoring by half: 31-30, 34-33
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 21,739
Referees: Donnee Gray, Phil Bova, Jerry Petro
ESPN2
March 9
10:00 pm
No. 6 Iowa 75, No. 3 Ohio State 66
Scoring by half: 22-33, 53-33
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 21,739
Referees: Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere, Tom Clark

Semifinals

CBS
March 10
2:30 pm
No. 4 Indiana 58, No. 1 Illinois 56
Scoring by half: 26-29, 32-27
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 23,418
Referees: Phil Bova, Ted Hillary, Gene Monje
CBS
March 10
5:00 pm
No. 7 Penn State 74, No. 6 Iowa 94
Scoring by half: 33-49, 41-45
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 23,418
Referees: Ed Hightower, Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere

Championship

CBS
March 11
3:30 pm
No. 6 Iowa 63, No. 4 Indiana 61
Scoring by half: 26-32, 37-29
United Center
Chicago, IL
Attendance: 22,081
Referees: Ed Hightower, Ted Hillary, Tom Rucker

All-Tournament team

References

  1. ^ Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.