1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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1998 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Season | 1997–98 | ||||
Teams | 11 | ||||
Site | United Center Chicago, Illinois |
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Champions | Michigan (Vacated) (1st title) | ||||
Winning coach | Brian Ellerbe (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Robert Traylor (Michigan) | ||||
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The 1998 Big Ten tournament was the inaugural tournament for the conference and was played from March 5 to March 8, 1998. The tournament was held at the United Center in Chicago, and won by the Michigan Wolverines.
Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was voided.
Seeds
All Big Ten schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
1998–1999 Big Ten Conference Standings[1] | |||||||
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Team | Conference record | Overall | |||||
W | L | GB | W | L | |||
Michigan State | 13 | 3 | - | 20 | 6 | ||
Illinois | 13 | 3 | - | 21 | 8 | ||
Purdue | 12 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 6 | ||
Michigan | 11 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | ||
Iowa | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 9 | ||
Indiana | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | ||
Penn State | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 11 | ||
Minnesota | 6 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
Northwestern | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 16 | ||
Wisconsin | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 18 | ||
Ohio State | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
Bracket
Opening round March 5 |
Quarterfinals March 6 |
Semifinals March 7 |
Championship March 8 |
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1 | Michigan State | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Northwestern | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Michigan | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Michigan | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Iowa | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Michigan | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Purdue | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Wisconsin | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn State | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Wisconsin | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Purdue | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Purdue | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Indiana | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Indiana | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Ohio State | 71 |
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Honors
All-Tournament Team
Robert Traylor, Michigan – Most Outstanding Player (Vacated)
Jerod Ward, Michigan
Quincy Lewis, Minnesota
Brad Miller, Purdue
Mike Robinson, Purdue