2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 8 through March 12, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first Big Ten Conference Tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest. The championship was won by Michigan, which defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The championship was Michigan's first and they became the lowest-seeded team ever to win the Big Ten Tournament.

Seeds

All 14 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. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker
1Purdue14–4
2Wisconsin12–61–0 vs Maryland
3Maryland12–60–1 vs Wisconsin
4Minnesota11–7
5Michigan State10–83–1 vs Northwestern, Iowa, Michigan
6Northwestern10–82–1 vs Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan
7Iowa10–81–2 vs Michigan State, Northwestern, Michigan
8Michigan10–81–3 vs Michigan State, Northwestern, Iowa
9Illinois8–10
10Indiana7–111–0 vs Ohio State
11Ohio State7–110–1 vs Indiana
12Nebraska6–121–0 vs Penn State
13Penn State6–120–1 vs Nebraska
14Rutgers3–15

Schedule

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team