2007 Big Ten men's basketball tournament


The 2007 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It was the tenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Ohio State's second tournament championship (the prior championship has been vacated) in their fourth appearance.

2007 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2006–07
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsOhio State Buckeyes (2nd title)
Winning coachThad Matta (1st title)
MVPGreg Oden (Ohio State)
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2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Ohio State151 .938354 .897
No. 6 Wisconsin133 .813306 .833
Indiana106 .6252111 .656
Iowa97 .5631714 .548
Purdue97 .5632212 .647
Illinois97 .5632312 .657
Michigan State88 .5002312 .657
Michigan88 .5002213 .629
Minnesota313 .188922 .290
Penn State214 .1251318 .419
Northwestern214 .1251119 .367
2007 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 13, 2007
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Seeds

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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
1Ohio State15–1
2Wisconsin13–3
3Indiana10–6
4Iowa9–72–1 vs Pur, Ill
5Purdue9–71–1 vs Iowa, Ill
6Illinois9–71–2 vs Pur, Iowa
7Michigan State8–81–1 vs Mich0–2 vs OSU1–1 vs Wisc
8Michigan8–81–1 vs MSU0–2 vs OSU0–1 vs Wisc
9Minnesota3–13
10Northwestern2–141–1 vs PSU0–2 vs OSU0–2 vs Wisc0–1 vs Ind
11Penn State2–141–1 vs PSU0–2 vs OSU0–2 vs Wisc0–2 vs Ind

Bracket

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Opening round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
            
1Ohio State72
8Michigan62
8Michigan49
9Minnesota40
1Ohio State63
5Purdue52
4Iowa55
5Purdue74
1Ohio State66
2Wisconsin49
2Wisconsin70
7Michigan State57
7Michigan State62
10Northwestern57
2Wisconsin53
6Illinois41
3Indiana54
6Illinois58OT
6Illinois66
11Penn State60

All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23
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