2003_Big_Ten_men's_basketball_tournament

2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Ohio State in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Illinois' first tournament championship following two prior championship game appearances.

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Seeds

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

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Bracket

Opening round
March 13 		Quarterfinals
March 14 		Semifinals
March 15 		Championship
March 16
            
1 #18 Wisconsin 50
8 Ohio State 58
8 Ohio State 66
9 Iowa 64
8 Ohio State 55
5 Michigan State 54
4 Purdue 42
5 Michigan State 54
8 Ohio State 59
2 #13 Illinois 72
2 #13 Illinois 94
10 Northwestern 65
7 Minnesota 64
10 Northwestern 76
2 #13 Illinois 73
6 Indiana 72
3 Michigan 56
6 Indiana 63
6 Indiana 77
11 Penn State 49

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Honors

All-Tournament Team

References

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    "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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