2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament


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.

2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2007–08
Teams11
SiteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (2nd title)
Winning coachBo Ryan (2nd title)
MVPMarcus Landry (Wisconsin)
TelevisionBTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
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2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Wisconsin162 .889315 .861
No. 20 Purdue153 .833259 .735
Indiana144 .778258 .758
No. 18 Michigan State126 .667279 .750
Ohio State108 .5562413 .649
Minnesota810 .4442014 .588
Penn State711 .3891516 .484
Iowa612 .3331319 .406
Illinois513 .2781619 .457
Michigan513 .2781022 .313
Northwestern117 .056822 .267
2008 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 23, 2008
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
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

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Opening round
March 13
Quarterfinals
March 14
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
            
1#8 Wisconsin51
9Michigan34
8Iowa47
9Michigan55
1#8 Wisconsin65
4#19 Michigan State63
4#19 Michigan State67
5Ohio State60
1#8 Wisconsin61
10Illinois48
2#17 Purdue67
10Illinois74
7Penn State63
10Illinois64
10Illinois54
6Minnesota50
3#22 Indiana58
6Minnesota59
6Minnesota55
11Northwestern52

Source[2]

All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 23)". ESPN. March 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23
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