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1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1997–98
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Ellerbe (1st title)
MVPRobert Traylor (Michigan)
1999 →
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No.  16 Michigan State 13 – 3   .813 22 – 8   .733
No. 22 Illinois 13 – 3   .813 23 – 10   .697
No. 11 Purdue 12 – 4   .750 28 – 8   .778
Iowa 9 – 7   .563 20 – 11   .645
Indiana 9 – 7   .563 20 – 12   .625
Penn State 8 – 8   .500 19 – 13   .594
Northwestern 3 – 13   .188 10 – 17   .370
Wisconsin 3 – 13   .188 12 – 19   .387
Ohio State 1 – 15   .063 8 – 22   .267
No. 12 Michigan* † 0 – 5   .000 0 – 8   .000
Minnesota** 0 – 10   .000 0 – 15   .000
† 1998 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10


The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game.[1] As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[3]

Seeds

All 11 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
1 Michigan State 13–3 1–1 vs. Ill. 1–1 vs. Pur
2 Illinois 13–3 1–1 vs. MSU 0–2 vs. Pur
3 Purdue 12–4
4 Michigan 11–5
5 Iowa 9–7 2–0 vs. Ind
6 Indiana 9–7 0–2 vs. Iowa
7 Penn State 8–8
8 Minnesota 6–10
9 Northwestern 3–13 1–1 vs. Wisc 0–1 vs. MSU
10 Wisconsin 3–13 1–1 vs. NW 0–2 vs. MSU
11 Ohio State 1–15

Bracket

Opening round
March 5 		Quarterfinals
March 6 		Semifinals
March 7 		Championship
March 8
            
1 #12 Michigan State 73
8 Minnesota 76
8 Minnesota 64
9 Northwestern 56
8 Minnesota 69
4 #17 Michigan 85
4 #17 Michigan 77
5 Iowa 66
4 #17 Michigan 76
3 #9 Purdue 67
2 #18 Illinois 66
10 Wisconsin 61
7 Penn State 51
10 Wisconsin 52
2 #18 Illinois 47
3 #9 Purdue 68
3 #9 Purdue 76
6 Indiana 71
6 Indiana 78
11 Ohio State 71

Source:[4]

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ^ NORWOOD, ROBYN (March 9, 1998). "Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Big_Ten_men%27s_basketball_tournament