2003_Big_Ten_men's_basketball_tournament Knowpia

2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	11
Site	United Center; Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Illinois Fighting Illini (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (1st title)
MVP	Brian Cook (Illinois)
	Big Ten men's basketball tournaments ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Ohio State in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Illinois' first tournament championship following two prior championship game appearances.

2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin	12	–	4	.750	24	–	8	.750
No. 11 Illinois †	11	–	5	.688	25	–	7	.781
Purdue	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	10	–	6	.625	18	–	12	.600
Indiana	8	–	8	.500	21	–	13	.618
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
Iowa	7	–	9	.438	17	–	14	.548
Ohio State	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	12	–	17	.414
Penn State	2	–	14	.125	7	–	21	.250

† 2003 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds edit

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.

Seed	School	Conference
1	Wisconsin	12–4
2	Illinois	11–5
3	Michigan	10–6
4	Purdue	10–6
5	Michigan State	10–6
6	Indiana	8–8
7	Minnesota	8–8
8	Ohio State	7–9
9	Iowa	7–9
10	Northwestern	3–13
11	Penn State	2–14

Bracket edit

Opening round March 13			Quarterfinals March 14			Semifinals March 15			Championship March 16

			1	#18 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	#13 Illinois	72



			2	#13 Illinois	94

			10	Northwestern	65
7	Minnesota	64

10	Northwestern	76
						2	#13 Illinois	73

						6	Indiana	72



			3	Michigan	56

			6	Indiana	63
6	Indiana	77

11	Penn State	49