2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2002 Big Ten Men's Big Ten Conference former logo.svg 11 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana Ohio State Buckeyes (Vacated) 1st Jim O'Brien 1st Boban Savovic Ohio State The 2002 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 7 through March 10, 2002 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Iowa in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State was forced to vacate the championship.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/2006-03-10-ohio-state-probation_x.htm NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation Guerrieri Vince March 10, 2006 USA Today Seeds All 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. SeedSchoolConference1Wisconsin11–52Ohio State11–53Illinois11–54Indiana11–55Michigan State10–66Minnesota9–77Northwestern7–98Purdue5–119Iowa5–1110Michigan5–1111Penn State3–13 Bracket Opening roundMarch 7 QuarterfinalsMarch 8 SemifinalsMarch 9 ChampionshipMarch 10 8 Purdue 72 9 Iowa 87 7 Northwestern 51 10 Michigan 72 6 Minnesota 84 11 Penn State 60 1 Wisconsin 56 9 Iowa 58 4 #23 Indiana 67 5 Michigan State 56 2 #21 Ohio State 75 10 Michigan 68 3 #10 Illinois 92 6 Minnesota 76 9 Iowa 62 4 #23 Indiana 60 2 #21 Ohio State 94 3 #10 Illinois 88 9 Iowa 64 2 #21 Ohio State 81 Sourcehttp://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 mdy-all All-Tournament team Boban Savovic, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Brian Cook, Illinois Luke Recker, Iowa Brian Brown, Ohio State Brent Darby, Ohio State References Category:Big Ten men's basketball tournament Tournament Big Ten Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament Big Ten men's basketball tournament Category:2000s in Indianapolis Category:College basketball tournaments in Indiana