2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
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The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1999–00 |
Teams | 11 |
Website | United Center Chicago, Illinois |
Champions | Michigan State Spartans (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Tom Izzo (2nd title) |
MVP | Morris Peterson (Michigan State) |
Television | ESPN Plus, ESPN2, CBS |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Michigan State† | 13 | - | 3 | .813 | 32 | - | 7 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Purdue | 12 | - | 4 | .750 | 24 | - | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Illinois | 11 | - | 5 | .688 | 22 | - | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Indiana | 10 | - | 6 | .625 | 20 | - | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | - | 8 | .500 | 22 | - | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 14 | - | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 15 | - | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 5 | - | 11 | .313 | 19 | - | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 4 | - | 12 | .250 | 12 | - | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | - | 16 | .000 | 5 | - | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Ohio State* | 11 | - | 3 | .786 | 5 | - | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2000 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 14 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State (23–7) (13–3)[1] |
Seeds
editAll 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 | 1st Tiebreaker | 2nd Tiebreaker |
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1 | Ohio State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs MSU | 1–0 vs Pur |
2 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs OSU | 0–1 vs Pur |
3 | Purdue | 12–4 | ||
4 | Illinois | 11–5 | ||
5 | Indiana | 10–6 | ||
6 | Wisconsin | 8–8 | ||
7 | Iowa | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Mich | 1–0 vs OSU |
8 | Michigan | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Iowa | 0–1 vs OSU |
9 | Penn State | 5–11 | ||
10 | Minnesota | 4–12 | ||
11 | Northwestern | 0–16 |
Bracket
editOpening round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | #4 Ohio State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Penn State | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Michigan | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Penn State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Penn State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | #25 Illinois | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | #25 Illinois | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | #18 Indiana | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | #25 Illinois | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #5 Michigan State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #5 Michigan State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Iowa | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Iowa | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Minnesota | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #5 Michigan State | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wisconsin | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | #22 Purdue | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wisconsin | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Wisconsin | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Northwestern | 41 |
Source[2]
All-Tournament team
edit- Morris Peterson, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Brian Cook, Illinois
- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
- Joe Crispin, Penn State
- Jarrett Stephens, Penn State
Media
editTelevision
editNetwork | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
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ESPN Plus (Northwestern–Wisconsin, opening round; Iowa–Michigan State, quarterfinals) ESPN2 (Wisconsin–Purdue, quarterfinals) CBS (semifinals and championship game) |
Wayne Larrivee Dave Barnett Jim Nantz |
Greg Kelser Quinn Buckner Billy Packer |
Local Radio
editSeed | Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) |
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2 | Michigan State | WJIM–AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State) | Mark Champion | Gus Ganakas |
6 | Wisconsin | WIBA–AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin) | Matt Lepay | Mike Lucas |
References
edit- ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.