1999 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1999 Big Ten tournament was played from March 4, 1999, to March 7, 1999. The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago, and won by the Michigan State Spartans.

Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan and Ohio State have vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was voided.

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.

*Rankings are based on the final USA Today polls of the 1998-1999 Regular Season

Bracket

[ [http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100606aai.html All-Time Results :: 2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament ] ] 4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=Opening Round4 March 1999
RD2=Quarterfinals5 March 1999
RD3=Semifinals6 March 1999
RD4=Championship7 March 1999

RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Northwestern
RD1-score03=54
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Penn State
RD1-score04=44

RD1-seed11=7
RD1-team11=Purdue
RD1-score11=73
RD1-seed12=10
RD1-team12=Michigan
RD1-score12=79

RD1-seed15=6
RD1-team15=Minnesota
RD1-score15=64
RD1-seed16=11
RD1-team16=Illinois
RD1-score16=67

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Michigan State
RD2-score01=61
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Northwestern
RD2-score02=59

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Wisconsin
RD2-score03=74
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Iowa
RD2-score04=60

RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Ohio State
RD2-score05=87
RD2-seed06=10
RD2-team06=Michigan
RD2-score06=69

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Indiana
RD2-score07=66
RD2-seed08=11
RD2-team08=Illinois
RD2-score08=82

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Michigan State
RD3-score01=56
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Wisconsin
RD3-score02=41

RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Ohio State
RD3-score03=77
RD3-seed04=11
RD3-team04=Illinois
RD3-score04=79

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Michigan State
RD4-score01=67
RD4-seed02=11
RD4-team02=Illinois
RD4-score02=50

Awards

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All-Tournament Team

Cory Bradford, Illinois

Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
Antonio Smith, Michigan State

Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern

Michael Redd, Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State

References