2004_Big_Ten_men's_basketball_tournament

2004 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2004 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 2004 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played between March 11 and March 14, 2004 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's first win in their first appearance in the championship game. It also marked the first time in tournament history that the top two seeds appeared in the championship game.

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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 11 		Quarterfinals
March 12 		Semifinals
March 13 		Championship
March 14
1 #12 Illinois 71
8 Indiana 83 8 Indiana 59
9 Ohio State 69 1 #12 Illinois 74
5 Michigan 60
4 Iowa 70
5 Michigan 79
1 #12 Illinois 53
2 #10 Wisconsin 70
2 #10 Wisconsin 66
7 Purdue 52 10 Minnesota 52
10 Minnesota 63 2 #10 Wisconsin 68
3 Michigan State 66
3 Michigan State 68
6 Northwestern 57 6 Northwestern 55
11 Penn State 52

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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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