The 2013 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was held from March 14 through March 17 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The tournament was the sixteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament and second to feature 12 teams. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Wisconsin 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 fourth tournament championship, though one championship has since been vacated.
Seeds All 12 Big Ten schools participated 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 four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2012 tournament.
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular season. SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Indiana14–42Ohio State13–51–1 vs MSU1–1 vs Ind3Michigan State13–51–1 vs OSU0–2 vs Ind4Wisconsin12–61–0 vs Mich5Michigan12–60–1 vs Wis6Iowa9–97Purdue8–102–1 vs Ill, Minn8Illinois8–102–2 vs Pur, Minn9Minnesota8–101–2 vs Pur, Ill10Nebraska5–1311Northwestern4–1412Penn State2–16
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Thursday, March 1411 11:00am#9 Minnesota vs. #8 IllinoisBTN49–5121:30pm#12 Penn State vs. #5 MichiganBTN66–83235:30pm#10 Nebraska vs. #7 PurdueESPN257–5548:00pm#11 Northwestern vs. #6 IowaESPN259–73 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 153511:00am#8 Illinois vs. #1 IndianaESPN64–8061:30pm#5 Michigan vs. #4 WisconsinESPN59–68475:30pm#10 Nebraska vs. #2 Ohio StateBTN50–7188:00pm#6 Iowa vs. #3 Michigan StateBTN56–59 Semifinals - Saturday, March 165912:40pm#4 Wisconsin vs. #1 IndianaCBS68–56103:00pm#3 Michigan State vs. #2 Ohio StateCBS58–61 Championship - Sunday, March 176112:30pm#4 Wisconsin vs. #2 Ohio StateCBS43–50 *Game times in Central Time.
Bracket
Honors
All-Tournament Team Aaron Craft, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State Ryan Evans, Wisconsin Traevon Jackson, Wisconsin Cody Zeller, Indiana
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