1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

Inaugural tournament August 2023 March 2026 1998 Big Ten Men's Big Ten Conference former logo.svg 11 United Center Chicago, Illinois Michigan* (Vacated) 1st Brian Ellerbe 1st Robert Traylor Michigan Yes The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-09-sp-27196-story.html Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship NORWOOD ROBYN 1998-03-09 Los Angeles Times en-US 0458-3035 2016-07-18 As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan later vacated games from this tournament.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/bttrecords.pdf Big Ten tournament All-Time Results Big Ten Conference April 25, 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170831223023/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/bttrecords.pdf August 31, 2017 Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-stripped-of-conference-championship/ Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship November 11, 2000 CBS January 4, 2012 Associated Press Seeds All 11 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 five teams received a first round bye. SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker1Michigan State 13–3 1–1 vs. Ill. 1–1 vs. Pur2Illinois 13–3 1–1 vs. MSU 0–2 vs. Pur3Purdue 12–4 4Michigan 11–5 5Iowa 9–7 2–0 vs. Ind6Indiana 9–7 0–2 vs. Iowa7Penn State 8–8 8Minnesota 6–10 9Northwestern 3–13 1–1 vs. Wisc 0–1 vs. MSU10Wisconsin 3–13 1–1 vs. NW 0–2 vs. MSU11Ohio State 1–15 Bracket Opening roundMarch 5 QuarterfinalsMarch 6 SemifinalsMarch 7 ChampionshipMarch 8 8 Minnesota 64 9 Northwestern 56 7 Penn State 51 10 Wisconsin 52 6 Indiana 78 11 Ohio State 71 1 #12 Michigan State 73 8 Minnesota 76 4 #17 Michigan 77 5 Iowa 66 2 #18 Illinois 66 10 Wisconsin 61 3 #9 Purdue 76 6 Indiana 71 8 Minnesota 69 4 #17 Michigan 85 2 #18 Illinois 47 3 #9 Purdue 68 4 #17 Michigan 76 3 #9 Purdue 67 Source:http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100606aai.html Men's Basketball – All-Time Results Big Ten February 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150305080803/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100606aai.html March 5, 2015 dead All-Tournament Team Robert Traylor, Michigan – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player (Vacated) Jerod Ward, Michigan Quincy Lewis, Minnesota Brad Miller, Purdue Mike Robinson, Purdue References Category:Big Ten men's basketball tournament Tournament Big Ten men's basketball tournament Big Ten men's basketball tournament Category:Events at United Center Category:1998 in Chicago