The 2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the eleventh annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four appearances.
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. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 41Wisconsin16–2 2Purdue15–3 3Indiana14–4 4Michigan State12–6 5Ohio State10–8 6Minnesota8–10 7Penn State7–11 8Iowa6–12 9Michigan5–131–1 vs Ill0–2 vs Wisc0–2 vs Pur0–1 vs Ind10Illinois5–13 1–1 vs Mich0–2 vs Wisc0–2 vs Pur0–2 vs Ind11Northwestern1–17
Bracket
Source
All-Tournament Team Marcus Landry, Wisconsin – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Demetri McCamey, Illinois Shaun Pruitt, Illinois Drew Neitzel, Michigan State Michael Flowers, Wisconsin Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23
References
External links Official website Big Ten Basketball Tournament Logo, Details Unveiled