The 2010 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 11 through March 14 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the thirteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Minnesota in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Ohio State's second tournament championship (one prior championship has been vacated).
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Ohio State 14–42–1 vs Pur, MSU2Purdue 14–42–2 vs OSU, MSU3Michigan State 14–4 1–2 vs OSU, Pur4Wisconsin 13–55Illinois 10–86Minnesota 9–97Northwestern 7–11 2–0 vs Mich8Michigan 7–11 0–2 vs NW9Iowa 4–14 2–0 vs Ind10Indiana 4–14 0–2 vs Iowa11Penn State 3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore Opening round – Thursday, March 11112:30 PM#8 Michigan vs #9 IowaESPN259–5225:00 PM#7 Northwestern vs #10 IndianaESPN273–5838:30 PM#6 Minnesota vs #11 Penn StateBTN76–55 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 122412:00 PM#1 Ohio State vs #8 MichiganESPN69–6852:30 PM#4 Wisconsin vs #5 IllinoisESPN54–58366:30 PM#2 Purdue vs #7 NorthwesternBTN69–6179:00 PM#3 Michigan State vs #6 MinnesotaBTN67–72 (OT) Semifinals – Saturday, March 13481:40 PM#1 Ohio State vs. #5 IllinoisCBS88–81 (2OT)94:05 PM#2 Purdue vs. #6 MinnesotaCBS42–69 Championship Game – Sunday, March 145103:30 PM#1 Ohio State vs. #6 MinnesotaCBS90–61 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Honors
All-Tournament Team Evan Turner, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Demetri McCamey, Illinois William Buford, Ohio State David Lighty, Ohio State Devoe Joseph, Minnesota
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