1999 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game.[1] As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

1999 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan State (1st title)
Winning coachTom Izzo (1st title)
MVPMateen Cleaves (Michigan State)
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Michigan State†15–1 .938  33–5  .868
No. 19 Indiana9–7 .563  23–11  .676
No. 18 Wisconsin9–7 .563  22–10  .688
No. 21 Iowa9–7 .563  20–10  .667
Purdue7–9 .438  21–13  .618
Northwestern6–10 .375  15–14  .517
Penn State5–11 .313  13–14  .481
Illinois3–13 .188  14–18  .438
No. 14 Ohio State**0–4 .000  1–9  .100
Minnesota***0–8 .000  0–11  .000
Michigan*0–11 .000  0–19  .000
† 1999 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Ohio State: 26 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
*** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

Due to Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[3] Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.[4]

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.

Seed School Conference 1st Tiebreaker 2nd Tiebreaker
1 Michigan State 15–1
2 Ohio State 12–4
3 Indiana 9–7
4 Wisconsin 9–7
5 Iowa 9–7
6 Minnesota 8–8
7 Purdue 7–9
8 Northwestern 6–10
9 Penn State 5–11
10 Michigan 5–11
11 Illinois 3–13

Bracket

[5]

  Opening round
March 4		 Quarterfinals
March 5		 Semifinals
March 6		 Championship
March 7
                                     
       
  1 #2 Michigan State 61  
    8 Northwestern 59  
8 Northwestern 54
9 Penn State 44  
  1 #2 Michigan State 56  
  4 #19 Wisconsin 41  
       
       
  4 #19 Wisconsin 74
    5 #20 Iowa 60  
     
       
  1 #2 Michigan State 67
  11 Illinois 50
       
       
  2 #11 Ohio State 87
    10 Michigan 69  
7 Purdue 73
10 Michigan 79  
  2 #11 Ohio State 77
  11 Illinois 79  
       
       
  3 #17 Indiana 66
    11 Illinois 82  
6 #23 Minnesota 64
11 Illinois 67  

All-Tournament Team

Source[6]

References
  1. "Michigan State Wins Big Ten Tournament – Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/bttrecords.pdf
  3. "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  4. Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  5. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  6. "Past Big Ten Tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
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