2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Purdue (1st title)
Winning coach	Matt Painter (1st title)
MVP	Robbie Hummel (Purdue)
Television	BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2008  2010»

2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#8 Michigan State	15	–	3		.833			31	–	7		.816
#17 Purdue†	11	–	7		.611			27	–	10		.730
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
Penn State	10	–	8		.556			27	–	11		.711
Ohio State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	11		.667
Wisconsin	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			22	–	11		.667
Michigan	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Northwestern	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Iowa	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Indiana	1	–	17		.056			6	–	25		.194
† 2009 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played during Championship Week between March 12 and March 15, 2009 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The winner, the Purdue Boilermakers, received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Purdue defeated Ohio State 65–61 to win their first tournament championship.

Seeds

All Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2008–09 Big Ten Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 5 teams received a first round bye. The Final Conference Standings are shown below:

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Michigan St	15–3	25–5
2	Illinois	11–7	23–8	2–0 vs. Purdue
3	Purdue	11–7	22–9	0–2 vs. Illinois
4	Wisconsin	10–8	19–11	3–0 vs. PSU/OSU
5	Ohio St	10–8	20–9	1–1 vs. UW/PSU
6	Penn St	10–8	21–10	0–3 vs. UW/OSU
7	Michigan	9–9	19–12	2–0 vs. Minn.
8	Minnesota	9–9	21–9	0–2 vs. Mich.
9	Northwestern	8–10	17–12
10	Iowa	5–13	15–16
11	Indiana	1–17	6–24

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Opening round – Thursday, March 12
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Minnesota vs #9 Northwestern	BTN	12,174[1]
	2	2:30 PM	#7 Michigan vs #10 Iowa	BTN
	3	5:00 PM	#6 Penn State vs #11 Indiana	ESPN
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
2	4	12:00 PM	#1 Michigan State vs #8 Minnesota	ESPN	13,023[2]
	5	2:30 PM	#4 Wisconsin vs #5 Ohio State	ESPN
3	6	6:30 PM	#2 Illinois vs #7 Michigan	BTN	14,647[3]
	7	9:00 PM	#3 Purdue vs #6 Penn State	BTN
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
4	8	1:40 PM	#1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State	CBS	15,728[4]
	9	4:05 PM	#2 Illinois vs #3 Purdue	CBS
Championship Game – Sunday, March 15
5	10	3:30 PM	#5 Ohio State vs #3 Purdue	CBS	12,526[5]
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Opening round Thursday, March 12					Quarterfinals Friday, March 13					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
						1	Michigan State	64
						8	Minnesota	56
	8	Minnesota	66
	9	Northwestern	53
											1	Michigan State	70
										5	Ohio State	82
						4	Wisconsin	57
						5	Ohio State	61
																5	Ohio State	61
																3	Purdue	65
						2	Illinois	60
						7	Michigan	50
	7	Michigan	73
	10	Iowa	45
											2	Illinois	56
										3	Purdue	66
						3	Purdue	79
						6	Penn State	65
	6	Penn State	66
	11	Indiana	51

Source^[6]

Honors

All-Tournament Team

• Evan Turner, Ohio State
• Robbie Hummel, Purdue – Most Outstanding Player
• JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
• Mike Davis, Illinois
• E'Twaun Moore, Purdue

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References

1. "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions – Box Score". ESPN. March 12, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
2. "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers – Box Score". ESPN. March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
3. "Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Purdue Boilermakers – Box Score". ESPN. March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
4. "Purdue Boilermakers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini – Box Score". ESPN. March 14, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
5. "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Purdue Boilermakers – Box Score". ESPN. March 15, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
6. "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 3, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
7. "Men's Basketball Live Tournament Coverage". CBS Interactive. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.

External links

• Official website