2011 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2011 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 10 through March 13, 2011 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 13th annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Penn State 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 fourth tournament championship and second consecutive.

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.
SeedSchoolConf1st tiebreak2nd tiebreak3rd tiebreak4th tiebreak5th tiebreak6th tiebreak7th tiebreak
1Ohio State16–2
2Purdue14–4
3Wisconsin13–5
4Michigan9–94–1 vs Ill, PSU, MSU
5Illinois9–93–2 vs Mich, PSU, MSU
6Penn State9–92–4 vs Mich, Ill, MSU0–2 vs OSU0–2 vs Pur1–1 vs Wis2–0 vs NW2–0 vs Minn1–0 vs Iowa
7Michigan State9–92–4 vs Mich, Ill, PSU0–1 vs OSU0–2 vs Pur1–1 vs Wis2–0 vs NW2–0 vs Minn1–1 vs Iowa
8Northwestern7–11
9Minnesota6–12
10Iowa4–14
11Indiana3–15

Schedule

Bracket

Honors

All-Tournament Team