The 2011 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was held from March 10 through March 13, 2011 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the fourteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Penn State 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 third tournament championship and second consecutive (one 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. SeedSchoolConf1st tiebreak2nd tiebreak3rd tiebreak4th tiebreak5th tiebreak6th tiebreak7th tiebreak1Ohio State16–22Purdue14–43Wisconsin13–54Michigan 9–94–1 vs Ill, PSU, MSU5 Illinois9–93–2 vs Mich, PSU, MSU6 Penn State9–92–4 vs Mich, Ill, MSU0–2 vs OSU0–2 vs Pur1–1 vs Wis2–0 vs NW2–0 vs Minn1–0 vs Iowa7 Michigan State9–92–4 vs Mich, Ill, PSU0–1 vs OSU0–2 vs Pur1–1 vs Wis2–0 vs NW2–0 vs Minn1–1 vs Iowa8 Northwestern7–119 Minnesota6–1210Iowa4–1411Indiana3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Thursday, March 1011 2:30pm#9 Minnesota vs. #8 NorthwesternESPN265–752 5:00pm#10 Iowa vs. #7 Michigan StateESPN261–663 7:30pm#11 Indiana vs. #6 Penn StateBTN55–61 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 1124 12:00pm#8 Northwestern vs. #1 Ohio StateESPN61–67 OT5 2:30pm#5 Illinois vs. #4 MichiganESPN55–6036 6:30pm#7 Michigan State vs. #2 PurdueBTN74–567 9:00pm#6 Penn State vs. #3 WisconsinBTN36–33 Semifinals - Saturday, March 1248 1:40pm#4 Michigan vs. #1 Ohio StateCBS61–689 4:00pm#7 Michigan State vs. #6 Penn StateCBS48–61 Championship - Sunday, March 13510 3:30pm#6 Penn State vs. #1 Ohio StateCBS60–71 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Honors
All-Tournament Team Jared Sullinger, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Kalin Lucas, Michigan State Michael Thompson, Northwestern Jon Diebler, Ohio State William Buford, Ohio State Talor Battle, Penn State
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