2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which took place March 9–13, 2022. The tournament was held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	14
Site	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Iowa (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fran McCaffery (1st title)
MVP	Keegan Murray (Iowa)
Television	BTN, CBS/Paramount+
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2021–22 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Illinois	15	–	5		.750			23	–	10		.697
No. 14 Wisconsin	15	–	5		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	6		.700			29	–	8		.784
Rutgers	12	–	8		.600			18	–	14		.563
No. 16 Iowa †	12	–	8		.600			26	–	10		.722
Ohio State	12	–	8		.600			20	–	12		.625
Michigan State	11	–	9		.550			23	–	13		.639
Michigan	11	–	9		.550			19	–	15		.559
Indiana	9	–	11		.450			21	–	14		.600
Maryland	7	–	13		.350			15	–	17		.469
Penn State	7	–	13		.350			14	–	17		.452
Northwestern	7	–	13		.350			15	–	16		.484
Nebraska	4	–	16		.200			10	–	22		.313
Minnesota	4	–	16		.200			13	–	17		.433
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Iowa defeated Purdue in the championship game, 75–66, to win the tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 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. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2021 tournament.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Illinois	15–5	1–0 vs. Wisconsin
2	Wisconsin	15–5	0–1 vs. Illinois
3	Purdue	14–6
4	Rutgers	12–8	2–0 vs. Iowa/Ohio State
5	Iowa	12–8	1–1 vs. Ohio State/Rutgers
6	Ohio State	12–8	0–2 vs. Iowa/Rutgers
7	Michigan State	11–9	1–1 vs. Michigan	1–3 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
8	Michigan	11–9	1–1 vs. Michigan State	0–3 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
9	Indiana	9–11
10	Maryland	7–13	2–1 vs. Northwestern/Penn State	1–2 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
11	Penn State	7–13	2–1 vs. Maryland/Northwestern	0–2 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
12	Northwestern	7–13	1–3 vs. Maryland/Penn State
13	Nebraska	4–16	1–0 vs. Minnesota
14	Minnesota	4–16	0–1 vs. Nebraska

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance	Score
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 13 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Northwestern	BTN		69–71^[2]
	2	8:30 pm	No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 11 Penn State			51–60^[3]
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2	3	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 8 Michigan	BTN		74–69^[4]
	4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs No. 12 Northwestern			112–76^[5]
3	5	6:30 pm	No. 10 Maryland vs No. 7 Michigan State			72–76^[6]
	6	9:00 pm	No. 11 Penn State vs No. 6 Ohio State			71–68^[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 1 Illinois	BTN		65–63^[8]
	8	2:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs. No. 4 Rutgers			84–74^[9]
5	9	6:30 pm	No. 7 Michigan St vs. No. 2 Wisconsin		16,415	69–63^[10]
	10	9:00 pm	No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 3 Purdue			61–69^[11]
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6	11	1:00 pm	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 5 Iowa	CBS/Paramount+	17,762	77–80^[12]
	12	3:30 pm	No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 3 Purdue			70–75^[13]
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	13	3:30 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs No.3 Purdue	CBS/Paramount+	17,732	75–66^[14]

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. ^[15]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 BTN/Fox Sports App					Second round Thursday, March 10 BTN/Fox Sports App					Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 BTN/Fox Sports App					Semifinals Saturday, March 12 CBS/Paramount+					Championship Sunday, March 13 CBS/Paramount+
											1	Illinois	63
						8	Michigan	69			9	Indiana	65
						9	Indiana	74								9	Indiana	77
																5	Iowa	80
											4	Rutgers	74
						5	Iowa	112			5	Iowa	84
	12	Northwestern	71			12	Northwestern	76													5	Iowa	75
	13	Nebraska	69																		3	Purdue	66
											2	Wisconsin	63
						7	Michigan State	76			7	Michigan State	69
						10	Maryland	72								7	Michigan State	70
																3	Purdue	75
											3	Purdue	69
						6	Ohio State	68			11	Penn State	61
	11	Penn State	60			11	Penn State	71
	14	Minnesota	51

Game summaries

First round

BTN

March 9 6:00 pm

Recap

No. 13 Nebraska 69, No. 12 Northwestern 71
Scoring by half: 39–25, 30–46
Pts: Alonzo Verge Jr., 21 Rebs: Lat Mayen, Alonzo Verge Jr., Derrick Walker, 7 Asts: Alonzo Verge Jr., 9		Pts: Boo Buie, 16 Rebs: Pete Nance, 8 Asts: Pete Nance, 8

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Steve McJunkins, Rob Riley, Paul Szelc

BTN

March 9 8:41 pm

Recap

No. 14 Minnesota 51, No. 11 Penn State 60
Scoring by half: 28–24, 23–36
Pts: Jamison Battle, 19 Rebs: Jamison Battle, Sean Sutherlin, 6 Asts: Eric Curry, 6		Pts: Jalen Pickett, 22 Rebs: John Harrar, 12 Asts: Jalen Pickett, 4

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Chris Beaver, Courtney Green, Kelly Pfeifer

Second round

BTN

March 10 11:30 am

No. 9 Indiana 74, No. 8 Michigan 69
Scoring by half: 28–41, 46–28
Pts: Jackson-Davis (24) Rebs: Jackson-Davis, Johnson (8) Asts: Johnson (7)		Pts: Jones (18) Rebs: Diabaté (12) Asts: Brooks, Houstan, Jones (3)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Paul Szelc, Robert Riley, Kelly Pfeifer

BTN

March 10 2:00 pm

No. 12 Northwestern 76, No. 5 Iowa 112
Scoring by half: 31–64, 45–48
Pts: Young (14) Rebs: 6 tied (2) Asts: Greer (4)		Pts: Ke. Murray (26) Rebs: Rebrača (9) Asts: Perkins (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: D.J. Carstensen, Bill Ek, Rob Kueneman

BTN

March 10 6:30 pm

No. 10 Maryland 72, No. 7 Michigan State 76
Scoring by half: 34-43, 38-33
Pts: Russell (20) Rebs: Russell (7) Asts: Russell (6)		Pts: Christie (16) Rebs: Brown, Christie, Hall (6) Asts: Hoggard (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Attendance: 14,331 Referees: Donnie Eppley, Terry Oglesby, Rob Kueneman

BTN

March 10 9:00 pm

No. 11 Penn State 71, No. 6 Ohio State 68
Scoring by half: 24–33, 47–35
Pts: Sessoms (18) Rebs: Harrar (9) Asts: Pickett (5)		Pts: Liddell (25) Rebs: Liddell (8) Asts: Branham (4)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Lamont Simpson, Bo Boroski, Brandon Cruz

Quarterfinals

BTN

March 11 11:30 am

No. 9 Indiana 65, No. 1 Illinois 63
Scoring by half: 31–33, 34–30
Pts: Jackson-Davis (21) Rebs: Thompson (9) Asts: Johnson (6)		Pts: Cockburn (23) Rebs: Cockburn, Curbelo (10) Asts: Frazier (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Larry Scirotto, Rob Kueneman, Courtney Green

BTN

March 11 2:00 pm

No. 5 Iowa 84, No. 4 Rutgers 74
Scoring by half: 41–32, 43–42
Pts: Ke. Murray (26) Rebs: Ke. Murray (8) Asts: McCaffery (5)		Pts: Baker (23) Rebs: Omoruyi (7) Asts: Mulcahy (9)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Bo Boroski, Brandon Cruz, Kelly Pfeifer

BTN

March 11 6:30 pm

No. 7 Michigan State 69, No. 2 Wisconsin 63
Scoring by half: 24–22, 45–41
Pts: Bingham Jr. (19) Rebs: Bingham Jr. (11) Asts: Walker (7)		Pts: Davison (23) Rebs: Joh. Davis (11) Asts: Hepburn (4)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Lamont Simpson, D.J. Carstensen, Robert Riley

BTN

March 11 9:00 pm

No. 11 Penn State 61, No. 3 Purdue 69
Scoring by half: 31–35, 30–34
Pts: Pickett (16) Rebs: Harrar (12) Asts: Pickett (6)		Pts: Ivey (17) Rebs: Ivey (7) Asts: Williams (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Attendance: 16,415 Referees: Donnie Eppley, Bill Ek, Paul Szelc

Semifinals

CBS/Paramount+

March 12 1:00 pm

No. 9 Indiana 77, No. 5 Iowa 80
Scoring by half: 38–32, 39–48
Pts: Jackson-Davis (31) Rebs: Jackson-Davis (10) Asts: Johnson (9)		Pts: Ke. Murray (32) Rebs: Ke. Murray (9) Asts: Perkins (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Referees: Larry Scirotto, Rob Riley, Rob Kueneman

CBS/Paramount+

March 12 3:30 pm

No. 7 Michigan State 70, No. 3 Purdue 75
Scoring by half: 20–27, 50–48
Pts: Hoggard (17) Rebs: Bingham Jr., Christie (6) Asts: Hoggard (10)		Pts: Ivey (22) Rebs: Edey (10) Asts: Ivey (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Attendance: 17,762 Referees: D.J. Carstensen, Kelly Pfeifer, Lamont Simpson

Championship

CBS/Paramount+

March 13 3:30 pm

No. 5 Iowa 75, No. 3 Purdue 66
Scoring by half: 35–32, 40–34
Pts: Ke. Murray (19) Rebs: Ke. Murray (11) Asts: Perkins (4)		Pts: Ivey (20) Rebs: Edey (14) Asts: Ivey (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Attendance: 17,732 Referees: Paul Szelc, Bo Boroski, Courtney Green

All-Tournament Team

• Keegan Murray, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
• Jordan Bohannon, Iowa
• Jaden Ivey, Purdue
• Trevion Williams, Purdue

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