The 2024 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which took place from March 13–17, 2024. The tournament was held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the first year in which the first round was broadcast by Peacock. As the tournament winner, Illinois received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
This was the last edition held in this tournament format, as the conference expanded to 18 teams the following year. The conference announced that 15 teams would participate in future tournaments, with the bottom three teams not qualifying.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2Tiebreak 31Purdue17–32Illinois14–63Nebraska12–81–1 vs. Northwestern1–0 vs. Purdue4Northwestern12–81–1 vs. Nebraska1–1 vs. Purdue5Wisconsin11–96Indiana10–102–0 vs. Iowa/Michigan State7Iowa10–101–1 vs. Indiana/Michigan State8Michigan State10–100–2 vs. Indiana/Iowa9Minnesota9–113–1 vs. Ohio State/Penn State10Ohio State9–112–2 vs. Minnesota/Penn State11Penn State9–111–3 vs. Minnesota/Ohio State12Maryland7–131–1 vs. Rutgers0–1 vs. Purdue1–1 vs. Illinois13Rutgers7–131–1 vs. Maryland0–2 vs. Purdue0–2 vs. Illinois14Michigan3–17
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1311 5:30 pmNo. 12 Maryland vs. No. 13 Rutgers65–51Peacock12,379225 mins after Game 1No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 14 Michigan66–57 Second round – Thursday, March 142311:00 amNo. 8 Michigan State vs. No. 9 Minnesota77–67BTN12,338425 mins after Game 3No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Maryland87−56355:30 pmNo. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Ohio State78–9012,338625 mins after Game 5No. 6 Indiana vs. No. 11 Penn State61–59 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 154711:00 amNo. 1 Purdue vs. No. 8 Michigan State67–62BTN12,609825 mins after Game 7No. 4 Northwestern vs. No. 5 Wisconsin61–70595:30 pmNo. 2 Illinois vs. No. 10 Ohio State77–74 12,6251025 mins after Game 9No. 3 Nebraska vs. No. 6 Indiana93–66 Semifinals – Saturday, March 1661112:00 pmNo. 1 Purdue vs. No. 5 Wisconsin75–76OTCBS 14,1381225 mins after Game 11 No. 2 Illinois vs. No. 3 Nebraska 98–87 Championship – Sunday, March 177132:30 pmNo. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 2 Illinois87–93CBS13,991 *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
Game summaries
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
References