2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament, thus receiving the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

eeds

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.

Tiebreakers

* Iowa, Purdue, Illinois for seeds #4, #5, #6, respectively: based on winning percentages against each other. Iowa was 2-1, Purdue 1-1, and Illinois 1-2.
* Michigan State over Michigan for #7 seed: Michigan State and Michigan each won one of the two games played head-to-head, and each lost two games against regular season champion Ohio State. Michigan State wins tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #2 seed Wisconsin (Michigan State vs Wisconsin, 1-1; Michigan vs Wisconsin, 0-1).
* Northwestern over Penn State for the #10 seed: both teams had identical records in head-to-head games (1-1); vs. #1 seed, Ohio State (0-2); and #2 seed, Wisconsin (0-2). Northwestern wins tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #3 seed Indiana (Northwestern vs Indiana, 0-1; Penn State vs Indiana, 0-2).

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=Opening Round08 March 2007
RD2=Quarterfinals09 March 2007
RD3=Semifinals10 March 2007
RD4=Championship11 March 2007

RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Michigan (21-11)
RD1-score03=49
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Minnesota (9-22)
RD1-score04=40

RD1-seed11=7
RD1-team11=Michigan St. (22-10)
RD1-score11=62
RD1-seed12=10
RD1-team12=Northwestern (13-18)
RD1-score12=57

RD1-seed15=6
RD1-team15=Illinois (22-10)
RD1-score15=66
RD1-seed16=11
RD1-team16=Penn St. (11-19)
RD1-score16=60

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Ohio St. (28-3)
RD2-score01=72
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Michigan (21-12)
RD2-score02=62

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Iowa (17-14)
RD2-score03=55
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Purdue (21-10)
RD2-score04=74

RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Wisconsin (28-4)
RD2-score05=70
RD2-seed06=7
RD2-team06=Michigan St. (22-11)
RD2-score06=57

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Indiana (20-10)
RD2-score07=54
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Illinois (23-10)
RD2-score08=58 (OT)

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Ohio St. (29-3)
RD3-score01=63
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Purdue (21-11)
RD3-score02=52
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Wisconsin (29-4)
RD3-score03=53
RD3-seed04=6
RD3-team04=Illinois (23-11)
RD3-score04=41
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Ohio State (30-3)
RD4-score01=66
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Wisconsin (29-5)
RD4-score02=49

External links

* [http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-07-mbb-tourney-central.html Tournament Homepage]