2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2001 Big Ten Men's Big Ten Conference former logo.svg 11 United Center Chicago, Illinois Iowa Hawkeyes 1st Steve Alford 1st Reggie Evans Iowa The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.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. SeedSchoolConference1st Tiebreaker2nd Tiebreaker3rd Tiebreaker1Illinois13–31–0 vs MSU2Michigan State13–30–1 vs Ill3Ohio State 11–54Indiana10–65Wisconsin9–76Iowa7–91–1 vs PSU1–1 vs Ill0–1 vs MSU7Penn State7–91–1 vs Iowa1–1 vs Ill0–2 vs MSU8Purdue6–109Minnesota5–1110Michigan4–1211Northwestern3–13 Bracket Opening roundMarch 8 QuarterfinalsMarch 9 SemifinalsMarch 10 ChampionshipMarch 11 8 Purdue 91 9 Minnesota 77 7 Penn State 82 10 Michigan 80 6 Iowa 72 11 Northwestern 55 1 #4 Illinois 83 8 Purdue 66 4 Indiana 64 5 #23 Wisconsin 52 2 #2 Michigan State 63 7 Penn State 65 3 #24 Ohio State 66 6 Iowa 75 1 #4 Illinois 56 4 Indiana 58 7 Penn State 74 6 Iowa 94 4 Indiana 61 6 Iowa 63 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 Game summaries Opening round #e6e6e6 March 8 2:00 pm No. 9 Minnesota 77 No. 8 Purdue 91 40-45 37-46 United CenterChicago, IL 20,003 Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Jerry Petro ESPN2 March 8 4:30 pm No. 10 Michigan 80 No. 7 Penn State 82 42-37 38-45 United CenterChicago, IL 20,003 Rick Hartzell, Gene Monje, Dan Chrisman ESPN #e6e6e6 March 8 7:00 pm No. 11 Northwestern 55 No. 6 Iowa 72 15-30 40-42 United CenterChicago, IL 20,003 Phil Bova, Sid Rodeheffer, Tom Clark ESPN Plus Quarterfinals #e6e6e6 March 9 12:30 pm No. 5 Wisconsin 52 No. 4 Indiana 64 28-24 24-40 United CenterChicago, IL 22,679 Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Zelton Steed ESPN2 March 9 3:00 pm No. 8 Purdue 66 No. 1 Illinois 83 33-47 33-36 United CenterChicago, IL 22,679 Ted Hillary, Gene Monje, Sid Rodeheffer ESPN2 #e6e6e6 March 9 7:40 pm No. 7 Penn State 65 No. 2 Michigan State 63 31-30 34-33 United CenterChicago, IL 21,739 Donnee Gray, Phil Bova, Jerry Petro ESPN Plus March 9 10:00 pm No. 6 Iowa 75 No. 3 Ohio State 66 22-33 53-33 United CenterChicago, IL 21,739 Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere, Tom Clark ESPN2 Semifinals #e6e6e6 March 10 2:30 pm No. 4 Indiana 58 No. 1 Illinois 56 26-29 32-27 United CenterChicago, IL 23,418 Phil Bova, Ted Hillary, Gene Monje CBS March 10 5:00 pm No. 7 Penn State 74 No. 6 Iowa 94 33-49 41-45 United CenterChicago, IL 23,418 Ed Hightower, Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere CBS Championship #e6e6e6 March 11 3:30 pm No. 6 Iowa 63 No. 4 Indiana 61 26-32 37-29 United CenterChicago, IL 22,081 Ed Hightower, Ted Hillary, Tom Rucker CBS All-Tournament team Reggie Evans, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Brian Cook, Illinois Kirk Haston, Indiana Jared Jeffries, Indiana Joe Crispin, Penn State 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:2001 in Chicago