2005 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2005 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. This was the eighth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked the second tournament championship for Illinois in their fifth championship game appearance.

2005 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200405
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsIllinois Fighting Illini (2nd title)
Winning coachBruce Weber (1st title)
MVPJames Augustine (Illinois)
2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Illinois151 .938  372  .949
No. 15 Michigan State133 .813  266  .813
No. 20 Wisconsin115 .688  259  .735
Indiana106 .625  1514  .517
Minnesota106 .625  2111  .656
Ohio State88 .500  2012  .625
Iowa79 .438  2112  .636
Northwestern610 .375  1516  .484
Michigan412 .250  1318  .419
Purdue313 .188  721  .250
Penn State115 .063  723  .233
2005 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2005; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Seeds

All Big Ten schools played 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 Illinois 15–1
2 Michigan State 13–3
3 Wisconsin 11–5
4 Indiana 10–6
5 Minnesota 10–6
6 Ohio State 8–8
7 Iowa 7–9
8 Northwestern 6–10
9 Michigan 4–12
10 Purdue 3–13
11 Penn State 1–15

Bracket

  Opening round
March 10
Quarterfinals
March 11
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 13
                                     
       
  1 #1 Illinois 68  
    8 Northwestern 51  
8 Northwestern 58
9 Michigan 56  
  1 #1 Illinois 64  
  5 Minnesota 56  
       
       
  4 Indiana 55
    5 Minnesota 71  
     
       
  1 #1 Illinois 54
  3 #23 Wisconsin 43
       
       
  2 #13 Michigan State 69
    7 Iowa 71  
7 Iowa 71
10 Purdue 52  
  7 Iowa 56
  3 #23 Wisconsin 59  
       
       
  3 #23 Wisconsin 60
    6 Ohio State 49  
6 Ohio State 72
11 Penn State 69  

[2]

References

  1. "2005 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 15, 2005.
  2. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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