1998 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game.[1] As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

1998 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1997–98
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Ellerbe (1st title)
MVPRobert Traylor (Michigan)
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No.  16 Michigan State13–3 .813  22–8  .733
No. 22 Illinois13–3 .813  23–10  .697
No. 11 Purdue12–4 .750  28–8  .778
Iowa9–7 .563  20–11  .645
Indiana9–7 .563  20–12  .625
Penn State8–8 .500  19–13  .594
Northwestern3–13 .188  10–17  .370
Wisconsin3–13 .188  12–19  .387
Ohio State1–15 .063  8–22  .267
No. 12 Michigan* †0–5 .000  0–8  .000
Minnesota**0–10 .000  0–15  .000
† 1998 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[3]

Seeds

All 11 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 13–3 1–1 vs. Ill. 1–1 vs. Pur
2 Illinois 13–3 1–1 vs. MSU 0–2 vs. Pur
3 Purdue 12–4
4 Michigan 11–5
5 Iowa 9–7 2–0 vs. Ind
6 Indiana 9–7 0–2 vs. Iowa
7 Penn State 8–8
8 Minnesota 6–10
9 Northwestern 3–13 1–1 vs. Wisc 0–1 vs. MSU
10 Wisconsin 3–13 1–1 vs. NW 0–2 vs. MSU
11 Ohio State 1–15

Bracket
  Opening round
March 5		 Quarterfinals
March 6		 Semifinals
March 7		 Championship
March 8
                                     
       
  1 #12 Michigan State 73  
    8 Minnesota 76  
8 Minnesota 64
9 Northwestern 56  
  8 Minnesota 69  
  4 #17 Michigan 85  
       
       
  4 #17 Michigan 77
    5 Iowa 66  
     
       
  4 #17 Michigan 76
  3 #9 Purdue 67
       
       
  2 #18 Illinois 66
    10 Wisconsin 61  
7 Penn State 51
10 Wisconsin 52  
  2 #18 Illinois 47
  3 #9 Purdue 68  
       
       
  3 #9 Purdue 76
    6 Indiana 71  
6 Indiana 78
11 Ohio State 71  

Source:[4]

All-Tournament Team

References
  1. NORWOOD, ROBYN (1998-03-09). "Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/bttrecords.pdf
  3. "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  4. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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