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2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

FieldValue
Year2006
ConferenceBig Ten
GenderMen's
Image2006BigTenBasketballTournament.png
ImageSize128px
Teams11
ArenaConseco Fieldhouse
CityIndianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsIowa Hawkeyes
TitleCount2nd
CoachSteve Alford
CoachCount2nd
MVPJeff Horner
MVPTeamIowa

The 2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006, at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the ninth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. For the third straight year, the top two seed met in the championship game. The championship was won by Iowa Hawkeyes who defeated Ohio State to win the championship. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This marked Iowa's second tournament championship in three appearances.

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. The top five teams received a first round bye.

SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker
1Ohio State12–4
2Iowa11–51–0 vs. OSU
3Illinois11–50–1 vs. OSU
4Wisconsin9–71–0 vs. Ind
5Indiana9–70–1 vs. Wis
6Michigan State8–81–1 vs. Mich1–1 vs. OSU
7Michigan8–81–1 vs. MSU0–1 vs OSU
8Penn State6–102–0 vs. NU
9Northwestern6–100–2 vs. PSU
10Minnesota5–11
11Purdue3–13

Game summaries

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Bracket

March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12

| RD1-seed01=8 | RD1-team01=Penn State | RD1-score01=60 | RD1-seed02=9 | RD1-team02=Northwestern | RD1-score02=42

| RD1-seed3=7 | RD1-team3=Michigan | RD1-score3=55 | RD1-seed4=10 | RD1-team4=Minnesota | RD1-score4=59

| RD1-seed5=6 | RD1-team5=Michigan State | RD1-score5=70 | RD1-seed6=11 | RD1-team6=Purdue | RD1-score6=58

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=#7 Ohio State | RD2-score01=63 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=Penn State | RD2-score02=56

| RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=Wisconsin | RD2-score03=56 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=Indiana | RD2-score04=61

| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05=#20 Iowa | RD2-score05=67 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06= Minnesota | RD2-score06=57

| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=#9 Illinois | RD2-score07=56 | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=Michigan State | RD2-score08=61

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=#7 Ohio State | RD3-score01=52 | RD3-seed02=5 | RD3-team02=Indiana | RD3-score02=51

| RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=#20 Iowa | RD3-score03=53 | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-team04=Michigan State | RD3-score04=48

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=#7 Ohio State | RD4-score01=60 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=#20 Iowa | RD4-score02=67

All-Tournament Team

  • Jeff Horner, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • Maurice Ager, Michigan State
  • Greg Brunner, Iowa
  • Jamar Butler, Ohio State
  • J. J. Sullinger, Ohio State Source:

References

References

  1. "All-Tournament Team".
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