2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	11
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Iowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Alford (1st title)
MVP	Reggie Evans (Iowa)
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2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3		.813			27	–	8		.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			18	–	11		.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9		.438			23	–	12		.657
Penn State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Purdue	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
Northwestern	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2001 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.^[1]

Seeds

All 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	3rd Tiebreaker
1	Illinois	13–3	1–0 vs MSU
2	Michigan State	13–3	0–1 vs Ill
3	Ohio State	11–5
4	Indiana	10–6
5	Wisconsin	9–7
6	Iowa	7–9	1–1 vs PSU	1–1 vs Ill	0–1 vs MSU
7	Penn State	7–9	1–1 vs Iowa	1–1 vs Ill	0–2 vs MSU
8	Purdue	6–10
9	Minnesota	5–11
10	Michigan	4–12
11	Northwestern	3–13

Bracket

	Opening round March 8					Quarterfinals March 9					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
						1	#4 Illinois	83
						8	Purdue	66
	8	Purdue	91
	9	Minnesota	77
											1	#4 Illinois	56
											4	Indiana	58
						4	Indiana	64
						5	#23 Wisconsin	52
																4	Indiana	61
																6	Iowa	63
						2	#2 Michigan State	63
						7	Penn State	65
	7	Penn State	82
	10	Michigan	80
											7	Penn State	74
											6	Iowa	94
						3	#24 Ohio State	66
						6	Iowa	75
	6	Iowa	72
	11	Northwestern	55

Source^[2]

Game summaries

Opening round

ESPN2

March 8 2:00 pm

No. 9 Minnesota 77, No. 8 Purdue 91

Scoring by half: 40-45, 37-46

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Jerry Petro

ESPN

March 8 4:30 pm

No. 10 Michigan 80, No. 7 Penn State 82

Scoring by half: 42-37, 38-45

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Rick Hartzell, Gene Monje, Dan Chrisman

ESPN Plus

March 8 7:00 pm

No. 11 Northwestern 55, No. 6 Iowa 72

Scoring by half: 15-30, 40-42

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Phil Bova, Sid Rodeheffer, Tom Clark

Quarterfinals

ESPN2

March 9 12:30 pm

No. 5 Wisconsin 52, No. 4 Indiana 64

Scoring by half: 28-24, 24-40

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,679 Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Zelton Steed

ESPN2

March 9 3:00 pm

No. 8 Purdue 66, No. 1 Illinois 83

Scoring by half: 33-47, 33-36

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,679 Referees: Ted Hillary, Gene Monje, Sid Rodeheffer

ESPN Plus

March 9 7:40 pm

No. 7 Penn State 65, No. 2 Michigan State 63

Scoring by half: 31-30, 34-33

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 21,739 Referees: Donnee Gray, Phil Bova, Jerry Petro

ESPN2

March 9 10:00 pm

No. 6 Iowa 75, No. 3 Ohio State 66

Scoring by half: 22-33, 53-33

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 21,739 Referees: Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere, Tom Clark

Semifinals

CBS

March 10 2:30 pm

No. 4 Indiana 58, No. 1 Illinois 56

Scoring by half: 26-29, 32-27

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 23,418 Referees: Phil Bova, Ted Hillary, Gene Monje

CBS

March 10 5:00 pm

No. 7 Penn State 74, No. 6 Iowa 94

Scoring by half: 33-49, 41-45

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 23,418 Referees: Ed Hightower, Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere

Championship

CBS

March 11 3:30 pm

No. 6 Iowa 63, No. 4 Indiana 61

Scoring by half: 26-32, 37-29

United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,081 Referees: Ed Hightower, Ted Hillary, Tom Rucker

All-Tournament team

• Brian Cook, Illinois
• Joe Crispin, Penn State
• Reggie Evans, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player
• Kirk Haston, Indiana
• Jared Jeffries, Indiana

References

1. Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
2. . Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.