2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2004 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 11 and March 14, 2004 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The champion of the tournament was the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Devin Harris of Wisconsin.

eeds

All Big Ten schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Results

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=Opening Round11 March 2004
RD2=Quarterfinals12 March 2004
RD3=Semifinals13 March 2004
RD4=Championship14 March 2004

RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Indiana
RD1-score03=83
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Ohio State
RD1-score04=69

RD1-seed11=7
RD1-team11=Purdue
RD1-score11=52
RD1-seed12=10
RD1-team12=Minnesota
RD1-score12=63

RD1-seed15=6
RD1-team15=Northwestern
RD1-score15=57
RD1-seed16=11
RD1-team16=Penn State
RD1-score16=52

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Illinois
RD2-score01=71
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Indiana
RD2-score02=59

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Iowa
RD2-score03=70
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Michigan
RD2-score04=79

RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Wisconsin
RD2-score05=66
RD2-seed06=10
RD2-team06= Minnesota
RD2-score06=52

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Michigan State
RD2-score07=68
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Northwestern
RD2-score08=55

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Illinois
RD3-score01=74
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Michigan
RD3-score02=60
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Wisconsin
RD3-score03=68
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Michigan State
RD3-score04=66
RD4-seed01=2
RD4-team01=Wisconsin
RD4-score01=70
RD4-seed02=1
RD4-team02=Illinois
RD4-score02=53

Opening Round (March 11, 2004)

* Game 1: #8 Indiana 83 #9 Ohio State 69
* Game 2: #10 Minnesota 63 #7 Purdue 52
* Game 3: #6 Northwestern 57 #11 Penn State 52

Quarterfinals (March 12, 2004)

* Game 4: #1 Illinois 71 #8 Indiana 59
* Game 5: #5 Michigan 79 #4 Iowa 70
* Game 6: #2 Wisconsin 66 #10 Minnesota 52
* Game 7: #3 Michigan State 68 #6 Northwestern 55

emifinals (March 13, 2004)

* Game 8: #1 Illinois 74 #5 Michigan 60
* Game 9: #2 Wisconsin 68 #3 Michigan State 66

Championship (March 14, 2004)

* Game 10: #2 Wisconsin 70 #1 Illinois 53

All Tournament Team

* Devin Harris, Wisconsin - Most Outstanding Player
* Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin
* Dee Brown, Illinois
* Deron Williams, Illinois
* Jitim Young, Northwestern