2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2007 Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2006–07
Teams	11
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title)
Winning coach	Thad Matta (1st title)
MVP	Greg Oden (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2006  2008»

2006–07 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#1 Ohio State†	15	–	1		.938			35	–	4		.897
#6 Wisconsin	13	–	3		.813			30	–	6		.833
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Iowa	9	–	7		.563			17	–	14		.548
Purdue	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Illinois	9	–	7		.563			23	–	12		.657
Michigan State	8	–	8		.500			23	–	12		.657
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			22	–	13		.629
Minnesota	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
Penn State	2	–	14		.125			13	–	18		.419
Northwestern	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.367
† 2007 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 13, 2007; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament, thus receiving 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	Ohio State	15–1	27–3
2	Wisconsin	13–3	27–4
3	Indiana	10–6	20–9
4	Iowa	9–7	17–13
5	Purdue	9–7	20–10
6	Illinois	9–7	21–10
7	Michigan State	8–8	21–10
8	Michigan	8–8	20–11
9	Minnesota	3–13	9–21
10	Northwestern	2–14	13–17
11	Penn State	2–14	11–18

Tiebreakers

• Iowa, Purdue, Illinois for seeds #4, #5, #6, respectively: based on winning percentages against each other. Iowa was 2–1, Purdue 1–1, and Illinois 1–2.
• Michigan State over Michigan for #7 seed: Michigan State and Michigan each won one of the two games played head-to-head, and each lost two games against regular season champion Ohio State. Michigan State won tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #2 seed Wisconsin (Michigan State vs Wisconsin, 1–1; Michigan vs Wisconsin, 0–1).
• Northwestern over Penn State for the #10 seed: both teams had identical records in head-to-head games (1–1); vs. #1 seed, Ohio State (0–2); and #2 seed, Wisconsin (0–2). Northwestern won tiebreaker by virtue of a better record against #3 seed Indiana (Northwestern vs Indiana, 0–1; Penn State vs Indiana, 0–2).

Bracket

	Opening round March 8					Quarterfinals March 9					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
						1	Ohio State	72
						8	Michigan	62
	8	Michigan	49
	9	Minnesota	40
											1	Ohio State	63
										5	Purdue	52
						4	Iowa	55
						5	Purdue	74
																1	Ohio State	66
																2	Wisconsin	49
						2	Wisconsin	70
						7	Michigan State	57
	7	Michigan State	62
	10	Northwestern	57
											2	Wisconsin	53
										6	Illinois	41
						3	Indiana	54
						6	Illinois	58^OT
	6	Illinois	66
	11	Penn State	60

References

1. "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 13, 2007.

External links

• Tournament website