| 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament | |
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| 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) |
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Big Ten 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]
Game summaries
Opening round
ESPN2 |
March 8 2:00 pm |
| No. 9 Minnesota 77, No. 8 Purdue 91 | ||
| Scoring by half: 40-45, 37-46 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Jerry Petro |
ESPN |
March 8 4:30 pm |
| No. 10 Michigan 80, No. 7 Penn State 82 | ||
| Scoring by half: 42-37, 38-45 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Rick Hartzell, Gene Monje, Dan Chrisman |
ESPN Plus |
March 8 7:00 pm |
| No. 11 Northwestern 55, No. 6 Iowa 72 | ||
| Scoring by half: 15-30, 40-42 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 20,003 Referees: Phil Bova, Sid Rodeheffer, Tom Clark |
Quarterfinals
ESPN2 |
March 9 12:30 pm |
| No. 5 Wisconsin 52, No. 4 Indiana 64 | ||
| Scoring by half: 28-24, 24-40 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,679 Referees: Ed Hightower, Art McDonald, Zelton Steed |
ESPN2 |
March 9 3:00 pm |
| No. 8 Purdue 66, No. 1 Illinois 83 | ||
| Scoring by half: 33-47, 33-36 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,679 Referees: Ted Hillary, Gene Monje, Sid Rodeheffer |
ESPN Plus |
March 9 7:40 pm |
| No. 7 Penn State 65, No. 2 Michigan State 63 | ||
| Scoring by half: 31-30, 34-33 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 21,739 Referees: Donnee Gray, Phil Bova, Jerry Petro |
ESPN2 |
March 9 10:00 pm |
| No. 6 Iowa 75, No. 3 Ohio State 66 | ||
| Scoring by half: 22-33, 53-33 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 21,739 Referees: Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere, Tom Clark |
Semifinals
CBS |
March 10 2:30 pm |
| No. 4 Indiana 58, No. 1 Illinois 56 | ||
| Scoring by half: 26-29, 32-27 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 23,418 Referees: Phil Bova, Ted Hillary, Gene Monje |
CBS |
March 10 5:00 pm |
| No. 7 Penn State 74, No. 6 Iowa 94 | ||
| Scoring by half: 33-49, 41-45 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 23,418 Referees: Ed Hightower, Tom Rucker, Mike Sanzere |
Championship
CBS |
March 11 3:30 pm |
| No. 6 Iowa 63, No. 4 Indiana 61 | ||
| Scoring by half: 26-32, 37-29 |
United Center Chicago, IL Attendance: 22,081 Referees: Ed Hightower, Ted Hillary, Tom Rucker |
All-Tournament team
- Reggie Evans, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Brian Cook, Illinois
- Kirk Haston, Indiana
- Jared Jeffries, Indiana
- Joe Crispin, Penn State
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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