2002 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2002 Big Ten Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll; *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

2002 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Ohio State Buckeyes (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim O'Brien (1st title)
MVP	Boban Savovic (Ohio State)
	Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournaments

The 2002 Big Ten Conference 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.[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
1	Wisconsin	11–5
2	Ohio State	11–5
3	Illinois	11–5
4	Indiana	11–5
5	Michigan State	10–6
6	Minnesota	9–7
7	Northwestern	7–9
8	Purdue	5–11
9	Iowa	5–11
10	Michigan	5–11
11	Penn State	3–13

Bracket

Opening round March 7			Quarterfinals March 8			Semifinals March 9			Championship March 10


			1	Wisconsin	56

			9	Iowa	58
8	Purdue	72

9	Iowa	87
						9	Iowa	62

						4	#23 Indiana	60



			4	#23 Indiana	67

			5	Michigan State	56



									9	Iowa	64

									2	#21 Ohio State	81



			2	#21 Ohio State	75

			10	Michigan	68
7	Northwestern	51

10	Michigan	72
						2	#21 Ohio State	94

						3	#10 Illinois	88



			3	#10 Illinois	92

			6	Minnesota	76
6	Minnesota	84

11	Penn State	60

Source[2]

All-Tournament team

Brian Brown, Ohio State
Brian Cook, Illinois
Brent Darby, Ohio State
Luke Recker, Iowa
Boban Savovic, Ohio State – Most Outstanding Player

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.

2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Mid-Con Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT

2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
Indiana	11	–	5	.688	25	–	12	.676
Wisconsin	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Northwestern	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Iowa	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Purdue	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Michigan	5	–	11	.313	11	–	18	.379
Penn State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
No. 14 Ohio State*†	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2002 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)