1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

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1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan State (1st title)
Winning coachTom Izzo (1st title)
MVPMateen Cleaves (Michigan State)
← 1998
2000 →
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Michigan State† 15 – 1   .938 33 – 5   .868
No. 19 Indiana 9 – 7   .563 23 – 11   .676
No. 18 Wisconsin 9 – 7   .563 22 – 10   .688
No. 21 Iowa 9 – 7   .563 20 – 10   .667
Purdue 7 – 9   .438 21 – 13   .618
Northwestern 6 – 10   .375 15 – 14   .517
Penn State 5 – 11   .313 13 – 14   .481
Illinois 3 – 13   .188 14 – 18   .438
No. 14 Ohio State** 0 – 4   .000 1 – 9   .100
Minnesota*** 0 – 8   .000 0 – 11   .000
Michigan* 0 – 11   .000 0 – 19   .000
† 1999 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Ohio State: 26 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
*** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

The 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game.[1] As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Due to Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[3] Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.[4]

Seeds[edit]

All 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. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.

Seed School Conference 1st Tiebreaker 2nd Tiebreaker
1 Michigan State 15–1
2 Ohio State 12–4
3 Indiana 9–7
4 Wisconsin 9–7
5 Iowa 9–7
6 Minnesota 8–8
7 Purdue 7–9
8 Northwestern 6–10
9 Penn State 5–11
10 Michigan 5–11
11 Illinois 3–13

Bracket[edit]

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Opening round
March 4 		Quarterfinals
March 5 		Semifinals
March 6 		Championship
March 7
            
1 #2 Michigan State 61
8 Northwestern 59
8 Northwestern 54
9 Penn State 44
1 #2 Michigan State 56
4 #19 Wisconsin 41
4 #19 Wisconsin 74
5 #20 Iowa 60
1 #2 Michigan State 67
11 Illinois 50
2 #11 Ohio State 87
10 Michigan 69
7 Purdue 73
10 Michigan 79
2 #11 Ohio State 77
11 Illinois 79
3 #17 Indiana 66
11 Illinois 82
6 #23 Minnesota 64
11 Illinois 67

All-Tournament Team[edit]

Source[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michigan State Wins Big Ten tournament – Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  4. ^ Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  5. ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Past Big Ten tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
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