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1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

Inaugural tournament

Inaugural tournament

FieldValue
Year1998
ConferenceBig Ten
GenderMen's
ImageBig Ten Conference former logo.svg
Teams11
ArenaUnited Center
CityChicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan (Vacated)
TitleCount1st
CoachBrian Ellerbe
CoachCount1st
MVPRobert Traylor
MVPTeamMichigan
FirstTournamentEverYes

The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.

Seeds

All 11 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.

SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker
1Michigan State13–31–1 vs. Ill.1–1 vs. Pur
2Illinois13–31–1 vs. MSU0–2 vs. Pur
3Purdue12–4
4Michigan11–5
5Iowa9–72–0 vs. Ind
6Indiana9–70–2 vs. Iowa
7Penn State8–8
8Minnesota6–10
9Northwestern3–131–1 vs. Wisc0–1 vs. MSU
10Wisconsin3–131–1 vs. NW0–2 vs. MSU
11Ohio State1–15

Bracket

March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8

| RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Minnesota | RD1-score03=64 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=Northwestern | RD1-score04=56

| RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11=Penn State | RD1-score11=51 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12=Wisconsin | RD1-score12=52

| RD1-seed15=6 | RD1-team15=Indiana | RD1-score15=78 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16=Ohio State | RD1-score16=71

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=#12 Michigan State | RD2-score01=73 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=Minnesota | RD2-score02=76

| RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=#17 Michigan | RD2-score03=77 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=Iowa | RD2-score04=66

| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05=#18 Illinois | RD2-score05=66 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06=Wisconsin | RD2-score06=61

| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=#9 Purdue | RD2-score07=76 | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=Indiana | RD2-score08=71

| RD3-seed01=8 | RD3-team01=Minnesota | RD3-score01=69 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=#17 Michigan | RD3-score02=85

| RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=#18 Illinois | RD3-score03=47 | RD3-seed04=3 | RD3-team04=#9 Purdue | RD3-score04=68

| RD4-seed01=4 | RD4-team01=#17 Michigan | RD4-score01=76 | RD4-seed02=3 | RD4-team02=#9 Purdue | RD4-score02=67 Source:

All-Tournament Team

  • Robert Traylor, Michigan – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player (Vacated)
  • Jerod Ward, Michigan
  • Quincy Lewis, Minnesota
  • Brad Miller, Purdue
  • Mike Robinson, Purdue

References

References

  1. NORWOOD, ROBYN. (1998-03-09). "Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results". [[Big Ten Conference]].
  3. (November 11, 2000). "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS.
  4. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten.
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