2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2005 Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	11
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Illinois Fighting Illini (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bruce Weber (1st title)
MVP	James Augustine (Illinois)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2004  2006»

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#1 Illinois †	15	–	1		.938			37	–	2		.949
#15 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
#20 Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Minnesota	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Ohio State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Iowa	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
Penn State	1	–	15		.063			7	–	23		.233
† 2005 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 15, 2005; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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.

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	Illinois	68
						8	Northwestern	51
	8	Northwestern	58
	9	Michigan	56
											1	Illinois	64
										5	Minnesota	56
						4	Indiana	55
						5	Minnesota	71
																1	Illinois	54
																3	Wisconsin	43
						2	Michigan State	69
						7	Iowa	71
	7	Iowa	71
	10	Purdue	52
											7	Iowa	56
										3	Wisconsin	59
						3	Wisconsin	60
						6	Ohio State	49
	6	Ohio State	72
	11	Penn State	69

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References

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