2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2012BigTenBasketballTournament.png
2012 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2011–12
Teams 12
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Michigan State (3rd title)
Winning coach Tom Izzo (3rd title)
MVP Draymond Green (Michigan State)
Attendance 107,737
Television BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2011  2013»
2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722     31 – 8   .795
#5 Michigan State † 13 – 5   .722     29 – 8   .784
#13 Michigan 13 – 5   .722     24 – 10   .706
#14 Wisconsin 12 – 6   .667     26 – 10   .722
#16 Indiana 11 – 7   .611     27 – 9   .750
Purdue 10 – 8   .556     22 – 13   .629
Northwestern 8 – 10   .444     19 – 14   .576
Iowa 8 – 10   .444     18 – 17   .514
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333     23 – 15   .605
Illinois 6 – 12   .333     17 – 15   .531
Nebraska 4 – 14   .222     12 – 18   .400
Penn State 4 – 14   .222     12 – 20   .375
† 2012 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 8 through March 11 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1] This was the first tournament to feature twelve teams of the expanded Big Ten, with Nebraska making its debut. As tournament champion Michigan State received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2011–12 Big Ten Conference season record. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records.[2] The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.

The seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

Seed School Conf Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3 Tiebreak 4
1 Michigan St. 13–5 2–2 vs. Mich/OSU 2–0 vs. Wis 1–1 vs. Ind 2–0 vs. Pur
2 Michigan 13–5 2–2 vs. MSU/OSU 1–0 vs. Wis 1–1 vs. Ind 1–1 vs. Pur
3 Ohio St. 13–5 2–2 vs. MSU/Mich 1–1 vs. Wis
4 Wisconsin 12–6
5 Indiana 11–7
6 Purdue 10–8
7 Northwestern 8–10 2–0 vs. Iowa
8 Iowa 8–10 0–2 vs. NW
9 Illinois 6–12 1–1 vs. Minn 2–3 vs. MSU/Mich/OSU
10 Minnesota 6–12 1–1 vs. Ill 0–4 vs. MSU/Mich/OSU
11 Nebraska 4–14 1–1 vs. PSU 0–5 vs. MSU/Mich/OSU 0–2 vs. Wis 1–0 vs. Ind
12 Penn St. 4–14 1–1 vs. Neb 0–4 vs. MSU/Mich/OSU 0–2 vs. Wis 0–2 vs. Ind

Schedule

Source[3]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score attendance
First round - Thursday, March 8
1 1 11:30am #8 Iowa vs. #9 Illinois BTN 64–61 17,936
2 2:00pm #5 Indiana vs. #12 Penn State BTN 75–58 17,936
2 3 5:30pm #7 Northwestern vs. #10 Minnesota ESPN2 75–68 OT 17,257
4 8:00pm #6 Purdue vs. #11 Nebraska ESPN2 79–61 17,257
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
3 5 12:00pm #1 Michigan State vs. #8 Iowa ESPN 92–75 18,484
6 2:30pm #4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Indiana ESPN 79–71 18,484
4 7 6:30pm #2 Michigan vs. #10 Minnesota BTN 73–69 OT 18,484
8 9:00pm #3 Ohio State vs. #6 Purdue BTN 88–71 18,484
Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
5 9 1:40pm #1 Michigan State vs. #4 Wisconsin CBS 65–52 18,451
10 4:05pm #2 Michigan vs. #3 Ohio State CBS 77–55 18,451
Championship - Sunday, March 11
6 11 3:30pm #1 Michigan State vs. #3 Ohio State CBS 68–64 17,125
*Game times in Eastern Time. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Attendance figures;[4][5][6][7][8] Total Tournament Attendance:107,737[8]

Bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 8
ESPN2/BTN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN/BTN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
CBS		 Championship
Sunday, March 11
CBS
                                     
        
  1  Michigan State 92  
    8  Iowa 75  
8  Iowa 64
9  Illinois 61  
  1  Michigan State 65  
  4  Wisconsin 52  
        
        
  4  Wisconsin 79
    5  Indiana 71  
5  Indiana 75
12  Penn State 58  
  1  Michigan State 68
  3  Ohio State 64
        
        
  2  Michigan 73OT
    10  Minnesota 69  
7  Northwestern 68
10  Minnesota 75OT  
  2  Michigan 55
  3  Ohio State 77  
        
        
  3  Ohio State 88
    6  Purdue 71  
6  Purdue 79
11  Nebraska 61  

Honors

All-Tournament Team

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Tournament notes

  • For the third year in-a-row, the 1 seed won the Big Ten Tournament, but this would be the last time for years to come.
  • There were only 2 upsets in this tournament, the biggest being 10 seed, Minnesota, over 7 seed, Northwestern.

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