The 2016 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 9 through March 13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the nineteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament and was the second tournament to feature 14 teams of the expanded Big Ten, including Maryland and Rutgers. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Purdue in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Michigan State's fifth tournament championship, the most tournament championships by any team in the Big Ten (Ohio State has won five championships as well, but one has been vacated). It was Michigan State's third straight appearance in the championship game and their fourth appearance in the championship in the prior five years. Denzel Valentine was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Seeds All 14 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 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2015 tournament.

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 41Indiana15–3 2Michigan State13–53Maryland12–63–2 vs Pur, Iowa, Wis4Purdue 12–63–3 vs MD, Iowa, Wis0–1 vs Ind1–0 vs MSU1–0 vs OSU5Iowa12–62–2 vs MD, Pur, Wis0–2 vs Ind2–0 vs MSU0–1 vs OSU6Wisconsin12–62–3 vs MD, Pur, Iowa7Ohio State11–78Michigan10–89Northwestern8–1010Penn State7–1111Nebraska6–1212Illinois5–1313Minnesota2–1614Rutgers1–17

Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 911 4:30 pmNo. 13 Minnesota vs. No. 12 IllinoisESPN216,52827:00 pmNo. 14 Rutgers vs. No. 11 NebraskaBTN Second round – Thursday, March 102312:00 pmNo. 8 Michigan vs. No. 9 NorthwesternBTN15,70742:30 pmNo. 5 Iowa vs. No. 12 Illinois356:30 pmNo. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Penn StateESPN215,75169:00 pmNo. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 11 Nebraska Quarterfinals – Friday, March 114712:00 pmNo. 1 Indiana vs. No. 8 MichiganESPN18,35582:30 pmNo. 4 Purdue vs. No. 12 Illinois 596:30 pmNo. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 7 Ohio StateBTN15,942109:00 pmNo. 3 Maryland vs. No. 11 Nebraska Semifinals – Saturday, March 126111:00 pmNo. 4 Purdue vs. No. 8 MichiganCBS18,339123:30 pmNo. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 3 Maryland Championship – Sunday, March 137133:00 pmNo. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 4 PurdueCBS16,429 *Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team Denzel Valentine, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Zak Irvin, Michigan Shavon Shields, Nebraska Vincent Edwards, Purdue A. J. Hammons, Purdue

See also 2016 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament

References

External links Tournament results at BigTen.org