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2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

FieldValue
Year2008
ConferenceBig Ten
DivisionI
GenderMen's
Image2008BigTenBasketballTournament.png
ImageSize125px
Teams11
ArenaConseco Fieldhouse
CityIndianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers
TitleCount2nd
CoachBo Ryan
CoachCount2nd
MVPMarcus Landry
MVPTeamWisconsin
TelevisionBTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS

The 2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the eleventh annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4
1Wisconsin16–2
2Purdue15–3
3Indiana14–4
4Michigan State12–6
5Ohio State10–8
6Minnesota8–10
7Penn State7–11
8Iowa6–12
9Michigan5–131–1 vs Ill0–2 vs Wisc0–2 vs Pur0–1 vs Ind
10Illinois5–131–1 vs Mich0–2 vs Wisc0–2 vs Pur0–2 vs Ind
11Northwestern1–17

Bracket

March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16

| RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Iowa | RD1-score03= 47 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=Michigan | RD1-score04= 55

| RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11=Penn State | RD1-score11= 63 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12= Illinois | RD1-score12= 64

| RD1-seed15=6 | RD1-team15=Minnesota | RD1-score15=55 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16=Northwestern | RD1-score16=52

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=#8 Wisconsin | RD2-score01=51 | RD2-seed02=9 | RD2-team02=Michigan | RD2-score02=34

| RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=#19 Michigan State | RD2-score03=67 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=Ohio State | RD2-score04=60

| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05=#17 Purdue | RD2-score05=67 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06=Illinois | RD2-score06=74

| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=#22 Indiana | RD2-score07=58 | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=Minnesota | RD2-score08=59

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=#8 Wisconsin | RD3-score01=65 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=#19 Michigan State | RD3-score02=63 | RD3-seed03=10 | RD3-team03=Illinois | RD3-score03=54 | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-team04=Minnesota | RD3-score04=50

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=#8 Wisconsin | RD4-score01=61 | RD4-seed02=10 | RD4-team02=Illinois | RD4-score02=48

Source

All-Tournament Team

  • Marcus Landry, Wisconsin – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • Demetri McCamey, Illinois
  • Shaun Pruitt, Illinois
  • Drew Neitzel, Michigan State
  • Michael Flowers, Wisconsin

References

References

  1. (March 10, 2008). "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV.
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221230202641/https://bigten.org/documents/2022/11/17/22_23_Men_s_Basketball_Media_Guide.pdf Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23]
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