2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	11
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Illinois (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (1st title)
MVP	Brian Cook (Illinois)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2002  2004»

The 2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The champion of the tournament was the Illinois Fighting Illini, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Wisconsin	12–4	22–6
2	Illinois	11–5	21–6
3	Michigan	10–6	17–12
4	Purdue	10–6	18–9
5	Michigan State	10–6	18–11
6	Indiana	8–8	18–11
7	Minnesota	8–8	16–11
8	Ohio State	7–9	14–13
9	Iowa	7–9	15–12
10	Northwestern	3–13	11–16
11	Penn State	2–14	7–20

Bracket

	Opening round March 13					Quarterfinals March 14					Semifinals March 15					Championship March 16
						1	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	Illinois	72
						2	Illinois	94
						10	Northwestern	65
	7	Minnesota	64
	10	Northwestern	76
											2	Illinois	73
										6	Indiana	72
						3	Michigan	56
						6	Indiana	63
	6	Indiana	77
	11	Penn State	49

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References

1. "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Retrieved February 28, 2014.