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Revision as of 00:53, 23 March 2007 by PaddyM (talk | contribs) (←Undid revision 117169034 by Miaers (talk) reverted to their sports nomenclature.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament, thus receiving the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
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.
| Seed | School | Conference (Overall) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State University | 15-1 (27-3) |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin | 13-3 (27-4) |
| 3 | Indiana University | 10-6 (20-9) |
| 4 | University of Iowa | 9-7 (17-13) |
| 5 | Purdue University | 9-7 (20-10) |
| 6 | University of Illinois | 9-7 (21-10) |
| 7 | Michigan State University | 8-8 (21-10) |
| 8 | University of Michigan | 8-8 (20-11) |
| 9 | University of Minnesota | 3-13 (9-21) |
| 10 | Northwestern University | 2-14 (13-17) |
| 11 | Penn State University | 2-14 (11-18) |
Tiebreakers
- Iowa, Purdue, Illinois for seeds #4, #5, #6, respectively: based on winning percentages against each other. Iowa was 2-1, Purdue 1-1, and Illinois 1-2.
- Michigan State over Michigan for #7 seed: Michigan State and Michigan each won one of the two games played head-to-head, and each lost two games against regular season champion Ohio State. Michigan State wins tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #2 seed Wisconsin (Michigan State vs Wisconsin, 1-1; Michigan vs Wisconsin, 0-1).
- Northwestern over Penn State for the #10 seed: both teams had identical records in head-to-head games (1-1); vs. #1 seed, Ohio State (0-2); and #2 seed, Wisconsin (0-2). Northwestern wins tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #3 seed Indiana (Northwestern vs Indiana, 0-1; Penn State vs Indiana, 0-2).
Bracket
| Opening Round
08 March 2007 | Quarterfinals
09 March 2007 | Semifinals
10 March 2007 | Championship
11 March 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio St. (28-3) | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Michigan (21-12) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Michigan (21-11) | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Minnesota (9-22) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio St. (29-3) | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Purdue (21-11) | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Iowa (17-14) | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Purdue (21-10) | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State (30-3) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin (29-5) | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin (28-4) | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan St. (22-11) | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan St. (22-10) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Northwestern (13-18) | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin (29-4) | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois (23-11) | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (20-10) | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois (23-10) | 58 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois (22-10) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Penn St. (11-19) | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
External Links
| Big Ten men's basketball tournament | |
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| Broadcasters |