2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2001 Big Ten Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll; *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	11
Site	United Center; Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Iowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Alford (1st title)
MVP	Reggie Evans (Iowa)
	Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournaments

The 2001 Big Ten Conference 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.[1]

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	3rd Tiebreaker
1	Illinois	13–3	1–0 vs MSU
2	Michigan State	13–3	0–1 vs Ill
3	Ohio State	11–5
4	Indiana	10–6
5	Wisconsin	9–7
6	Iowa	7–9	1–1 vs PSU	1–1 vs Ill	0–1 vs MSU
7	Penn State	7–9	1–1 vs Iowa	1–1 vs Ill	0–2 vs MSU
8	Purdue	6–10
9	Minnesota	5–11
10	Michigan	4–12
11	Northwestern	3–13

Bracket

Opening round March 8			Quarterfinals March 9			Semifinals March 10			Championship March 11


			1	#4 Illinois	83

			8	Purdue	66
8	Purdue	91

9	Minnesota	77
						1	#4 Illinois	56

						4	Indiana	58



			4	Indiana	64

			5	#23 Wisconsin	52



									4	Indiana	61

									6	Iowa	63



			2	#2 Michigan State	63

			7	Penn State	65
7	Penn State	82

10	Michigan	80
						7	Penn State	74

						6	Iowa	94



			3	#24 Ohio State	66

			6	Iowa	75
6	Iowa	72

11	Northwestern	55

Source[2]

All-Tournament team

Brian Cook, Illinois
Joe Crispin, Penn State
Reggie Evans, Iowa – Most Outstanding Player
Kirk Haston, Indiana
Jared Jeffries, Indiana

References

Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
"Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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[1] Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.

[2] "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA MAAC MCC MEAC Mid-American Mid-Con Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt TAAC WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Penn State	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
Purdue	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2001 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)