The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received 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. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye. SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker1Ohio State13–31–1 vs MSU1–0 vs Pur2Michigan State13–31–1 vs OSU0–1 vs Pur3Purdue12–44Illinois11–55Indiana10–66Wisconsin 8–87Iowa6–101–1 vs Mich1–0 vs OSU8Michigan6–101–1 vs Iowa0–1 vs OSU9Penn State5–1110Minnesota4–1211Northwestern0–16
Bracket
Source
All-Tournament team Morris Peterson, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Brian Cook, Illinois Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State Joe Crispin, Penn State Jarrett Stephens, Penn State
Media
Television NetworkPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)Sideline reporter(s)ESPN Plus (Northwestern–Wisconsin, opening round; Iowa–Michigan State, quarterfinals)ESPN2 (Wisconsin–Purdue, quarterfinals)CBS (semifinals and championship game)Wayne LarriveeDave BarnettJim NantzGreg KelserQuinn BucknerBilly Packer
Local Radio SeedTeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s) 2 Michigan State WJIM–AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State) Mark Champion Gus Ganakas 6 Wisconsin WIBA–AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin) Matt Lepay Mike Lucas
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