| 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1997–98 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | United Center Chicago, Illinois |
| Champions | Michigan (Vacated) (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Brian Ellerbe (1st title) |
| MVP | Robert Traylor (Michigan) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Michigan State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Illinois | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Purdue | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Michigan* † | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota** | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 0 | – | 15 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1998 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.
Seeds
All 11 Big Ten schools participated 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 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs. Ill. | 1–1 vs. Pur |
| 2 | Illinois | 13–3 | 1–1 vs. MSU | 0–2 vs. Pur |
| 3 | Purdue | 12–4 | ||
| 4 | Michigan | 11–5 | ||
| 5 | Iowa | 9–7 | 2–0 vs. Ind | |
| 6 | Indiana | 9–7 | 0–2 vs. Iowa | |
| 7 | Penn State | 8–8 | ||
| 8 | Minnesota | 6–10 | ||
| 9 | Northwestern | 3–13 | 1–1 vs. Wisc | 0–1 vs. MSU |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 3–13 | 1–1 vs. NW | 0–2 vs. MSU |
| 11 | Ohio State | 1–15 |
Bracket
| Opening round March 5 | Quarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 7 | Championship March 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #12 Michigan State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Northwestern | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #17 Michigan | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #17 Michigan | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #17 Michigan | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #9 Purdue | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #18 Illinois | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Wisconsin | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Penn State | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Wisconsin | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #18 Illinois | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #9 Purdue | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #9 Purdue | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Ohio State | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:
All-Tournament Team
- Robert Traylor, Michigan – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player (Vacated)
- Jerod Ward, Michigan
- Quincy Lewis, Minnesota
- Brad Miller, Purdue
- Mike Robinson, Purdue
References
- NORWOOD, ROBYN (March 9, 1998). "Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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