The 2017 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 8 through March 12, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first Big Ten men's basketball tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest. The championship was won by Michigan, which defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked the second championship for Michigan (their first championship in 1998 was later vacated) and they became the lowest-seeded team ever to win the Big Ten tournament.
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. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 tournament.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker1Purdue14–4 2Wisconsin12–61–0 vs Maryland3Maryland12–60–1 vs Wisconsin4Minnesota11–75Michigan State10–83–1 vs Northwestern, Iowa, Michigan6Northwestern10–82–1 vs Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan7Iowa10–81–2 vs Michigan State, Northwestern, Michigan8Michigan10–81–3 vs Michigan State, Northwestern, Iowa9Illinois8–1010Indiana7–111–0 vs Ohio State11Ohio State7–110–1 vs Indiana12Nebraska6–121–0 vs Penn State13Penn State6–120–1 vs Nebraska14Rutgers3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 811 4:30 pmNo. 13 Penn State vs. No. 12 Nebraska76–67OTESPN227:00 pmNo. 14 Rutgers vs. No. 11 Ohio State66–57BTN Second round – Thursday, March 92312:00 pm No. 9 Illinois vs. No. 8 Michigan55–75BTN12,18942:45 pmNo. 13 Penn State vs. No. 5 Michigan State51–78356:30 pmNo. 10 Indiana vs. No. 7 Iowa95–73ESPN212,40869:00 pmNo. 14 Rutgers vs. No. 6 Northwestern61–83 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 104712:00 pmNo. 8 Michigan vs. No. 1 Purdue74–70OTESPN12,33482:30 pmNo. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Minnesota 58–63596:30 pmNo. 10 Indiana vs. No. 2 Wisconsin60–70BTN15,624109:00 pmNo. 6 Northwestern vs. No. 3 Maryland72–64 Semifinals – Saturday, March 116111:00 pmNo. 8 Michigan vs. No. 4 Minnesota84–77CBS13,984123:30 pmNo 6 Northwestern vs. No. 2 Wisconsin48-76 Championship – Sunday, March 127133:00 pmNo. 8 Michigan vs. No. 2 Wisconsin71–56CBS12,902 *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 Derrick Walton, Michigan – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Zak Irvin, Michigan Ethan Happ, Wisconsin Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin
References
External links 2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at BigTen.org