2007 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2007 Big Ten 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.

2007 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200607
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsOhio State Buckeyes (2nd title)
Winning coachThad Matta (1st title)
MVPGreg Oden (Ohio State)
2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Ohio State151 .938354  .897
No. 6 Wisconsin133 .813306  .833
Indiana106 .6252111  .656
Iowa97 .5631714  .548
Purdue97 .5632212  .647
Illinois97 .5632312  .657
Michigan State88 .5002312  .657
Michigan88 .5002213  .629
Minnesota313 .188922  .290
Penn State214 .1251318  .419
Northwestern214 .1251119  .367
2007 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 13, 2007
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 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

All-Tournament Team

[2]

References

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