The 2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament took place from March 12–16, 2025 and was held at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. As the tournament winner, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
This was the first edition since the conference expanded to 18 teams. Only 15 teams participated, with the bottom three teams not qualifying. It marked the fourth Big Ten tournament championship for Michigan (their first championship in 1998 was later vacated).
Seeds The top 15 schools in the Big Ten standings qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top nine teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2Tiebreak 31Michigan State17–32Maryland14–61–0 vs. Michigan3Michigan14–60–1 vs. Maryland4UCLA13–71–1 vs. Purdue/Wisconsin1–0 vs. Michigan State5Wisconsin13–71–1 vs. Purdue/UCLA0–1 vs. Michigan State1–0 vs. Purdue6Purdue13–71–1 vs. UCLA/Wisconsin0–1 vs. Michigan State0–1 vs. Wisconsin7Illinois12–81–0 vs. Oregon8Oregon12–80–1 vs. Illinois9Indiana10–1010Ohio State9–1111 Rutgers8–1212Minnesota7–133–1 vs. NW/USC/Iowa/Nebraska13Northwestern7–133–2 vs. Minnesota/USC/Iowa/Nebraska14USC7–132–2 vs. Minnesota/NW/Iowa/Nebraska1–0 vs. Iowa15Iowa7–133–3 vs. Minnesota/NW/USC/Nebraska0–1 vs. USCDNQNebraska7–131–4 vs. Minnesota/NW/USC/IowaDNQPenn State6–14DNQWashington4–16
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1211 3:30 p.m.No. 13 Northwestern vs. No. 12 Minnesota72–64Peacock12,92226:00 p.m.No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 10 Ohio State77–7038:30 p.m.No. 14 USC vs. No. 11 Rutgers97–89 2OT Second round – Thursday, March 132412:00 p.m.No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 8 Oregon59–72BTN13,21652:30 p.m.No. 13 Northwestern vs. No. 5 Wisconsin63–70366:30 p.m.No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 7 Illinois94–106 13,41179:00 p.m.No. 14 USC vs. No. 6 Purdue 71–76 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 144812:00 p.m. No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 1 Michigan State64–74BTN13,29892:42 p.m.No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 4 UCLA86–705106:30 p.m.No. 7 Illinois vs. No. 2 Maryland65–8813,951119:00 p.m.No. 6 Purdue vs. No. 3 Michigan68–86 Semifinals – Saturday, March 156121:00 p.m.No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 1 Michigan State77–74CBS 13,612133:30 p.m.No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 2 Maryland81–80 Championship – Sunday, March 167143:30 p.m.No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 Michigan53–59CBS13,824 *Game times in EDT. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
All-Tournament Team The following players were recognized for the All-Tournament Team. Most Outstanding Player Vladislav Goldin, C, Michigan All-Tournament Team Derik Queen, C, Maryland Vladislav Goldin, C, Michigan Danny Wolf, F/C, Michigan John Blackwell, G, Wisconsin John Tonje, G, Wisconsin
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