2001_Big_Ten_men's_basketball_tournament

2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

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.

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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.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  2. [2]
    "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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