2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 7 through March 10, 2002 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Iowa in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Ohio State Buckeyes (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim O'Brien (1st title)
MVP	Boban Savovic (Ohio State)
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2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5		.688			26	–	9		.743
Indiana	11	–	5		.688			25	–	12		.676
Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			19	–	13		.594
Michigan State	10	–	6		.625			19	–	12		.613
Minnesota	9	–	7		.563			18	–	13		.581
Northwestern	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
Iowa	5	–	11		.313			19	–	16		.543
Purdue	5	–	11		.313			13	–	18		.419
Michigan	5	–	11		.313			11	–	18		.379
Penn State	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
No. 14 Ohio State*†	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2002 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State was forced to vacate the championship.^[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
1	Wisconsin	11–5
2	Ohio State	11–5
3	Illinois	11–5
4	Indiana	11–5
5	Michigan State	10–6
6	Minnesota	9–7
7	Northwestern	7–9
8	Purdue	5–11
9	Iowa	5–11
10	Michigan	5–11
11	Penn State	3–13

Bracket

	Opening round March 7					Quarterfinals March 8					Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10
						1	Wisconsin	56
						9	Iowa	58
	8	Purdue	72
	9	Iowa	87
											9	Iowa	62
											4	#23 Indiana	60
						4	#23 Indiana	67
						5	Michigan State	56
																9	Iowa	64
																2	#21 Ohio State	81
						2	#21 Ohio State	75
						10	Michigan	68
	7	Northwestern	51
	10	Michigan	72
											2	#21 Ohio State	94
											3	#10 Illinois	88
						3	#10 Illinois	92
						6	Minnesota	76
	6	Minnesota	84
	11	Penn State	60

Source^[2]

All-Tournament team

• Boban Savovic, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Brian Cook, Illinois
• Luke Recker, Iowa
• Brian Brown, Ohio State
• Brent Darby, Ohio State

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.