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1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 1999 |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Gender | Men's |
| Image | Big Ten Conference former logo.svg |
| Teams | 11 |
| Arena | United Center |
| City | Chicago, Illinois |
| Champions | Michigan State |
| TitleCount | 1st |
| Coach | Tom Izzo |
| CoachCount | 1st |
| MVP | Mateen Cleaves |
| MVPTeam | Michigan State |
The 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Due to 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. Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State | 15–1 | ||
| 2 | Ohio State | 12–4 | ||
| 3 | Indiana | 9–7 | ||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 9–7 | ||
| 5 | Iowa | 9–7 | ||
| 6 | Minnesota | 8–8 | ||
| 7 | Purdue | 7–9 | ||
| 8 | Northwestern | 6–10 | ||
| 9 | Penn State | 5–11 | ||
| 10 | Michigan | 5–11 | ||
| 11 | Illinois | 3–13 |
Bracket
March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7
| RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Northwestern | RD1-score03=54 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=Penn State | RD1-score04=44
| RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11=Purdue | RD1-score11=73 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12=Michigan | RD1-score12=79
| RD1-seed15=6 | RD1-team15=#23 Minnesota | RD1-score15=64 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16=Illinois | RD1-score16=67
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=#2 Michigan State | RD2-score01=61 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=Northwestern | RD2-score02=59
| RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=#19 Wisconsin | RD2-score03=74 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=#20 Iowa | RD2-score04=60
| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05=#11 Ohio State | RD2-score05=87 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06=Michigan | RD2-score06=69
| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=#17 Indiana | RD2-score07=66 | RD2-seed08=11 | RD2-team08=Illinois | RD2-score08=82
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=#2 Michigan State | RD3-score01=56 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=#19 Wisconsin | RD3-score02=41
| RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=#11 Ohio State | RD3-score03=77 | RD3-seed04=11 | RD3-team04=Illinois | RD3-score04=79
| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=#2 Michigan State | RD4-score01=67 | RD4-seed02=11 | RD4-team02=Illinois | RD4-score02=50
All-Tournament Team
- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Cory Bradford, Illinois
- Antonio Smith, Michigan State
- Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern
- Michael Redd, Ohio State Source
References
References
- "Michigan State Wins Big Ten tournament – Michigan State Official Athletic Site".
- "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results". [[Big Ten Conference]].
- (November 11, 2000). "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS.
- Guerrieri, Vince. (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
- "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten.
- "Past Big Ten tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com.
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