2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2006–07
Teams 11
Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title)
Winning coach Thad Matta (1st title)
MVP Greg Oden (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2006  2008»
2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Ohio State† 15 – 1   .938     35 – 4   .897
#6 Wisconsin 13 – 3   .813     30 – 6   .833
Indiana 10 – 6   .625     21 – 11   .656
Iowa 9 – 7   .563     17 – 14   .548
Purdue 9 – 7   .563     22 – 12   .647
Illinois 9 – 7   .563     23 – 12   .657
Michigan State 8 – 8   .500     23 – 12   .657
Michigan 8 – 8   .500     22 – 13   .629
Minnesota 3 – 13   .188     9 – 22   .290
Penn State 2 – 14   .125     13 – 18   .419
Northwestern 2 – 14   .125     11 – 19   .367
† 2007 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 13, 2007; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It was the tenth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Ohio State's second tournament championship (the prior championship has been vacated) in their fourth 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 Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
1 Ohio State 15–1
2 Wisconsin 13–3
3 Indiana 10–6
4 Iowa 9–7 2–1 vs Pur, Ill
5 Purdue 9–7 1–1 vs Iowa, Ill
6 Illinois 9–7 1–2 vs Pur, Iowa
7 Michigan State 8–8 1–1 vs Mich 0–2 vs OSU 1–1 vs Wisc
8 Michigan 8–8 1–1 vs MSU 0–2 vs OSU 0–1 vs Wisc
9 Minnesota 3–13
10 Northwestern 2–14 1–1 vs PSU 0–2 vs OSU 0–2 vs Wisc 0–1 vs Ind
11 Penn State 2–14 1–1 vs PSU 0–2 vs OSU 0–2 vs Wisc 0–2 vs Ind

Bracket

  Opening round
March 8		 Quarterfinals
March 9		 Semifinals
March 10		 Championship
March 11
                                     
        
  1  Ohio State 72  
    8  Michigan 62  
8  Michigan 49
9  Minnesota 40  
  1  Ohio State 63  
  5  Purdue 52  
        
        
  4  Iowa 55
    5  Purdue 74  
      
        
  1  Ohio State 66
  2  Wisconsin 49
        
        
  2  Wisconsin 70
    7  Michigan State 57  
7  Michigan State 62
10  Northwestern 57  
  2  Wisconsin 53
  6  Illinois 41  
        
        
  3  Indiana 54
    6  Illinois 58OT  
6  Illinois 66
11  Penn State 60  

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 13, 2007.

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