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1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan State (1st title)
Winning coachTom Izzo (1st title)
MVPMateen Cleaves (Michigan State)
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1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
    No. 2 Michigan State 15 1   .938 33 5   .868
    No.19Indiana 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
    No.18Wisconsin 9 7   .563 22 10   .688
    No.21Iowa 9 7   .563 20 10   .667
    Purdue 7 9   .438 21 13   .618
    Northwestern 6 10   .375 15 14   .517
    Penn State 5 11   .313 13 14   .481
    Illinois 3 13   .188 14 18   .438
    No. 14 Ohio State** 1 1   .500 1 1   .500
    Minnesota*** 0 8   .000 0 11   .000
    Michigan* 0 11   .000 0 19   .000
    1999 Big Ten tournament winner
    Rankings from AP poll
    *Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
    **Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program[1]
    *** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
    Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

    The 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999, at the United CenterinChicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game.[2] As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

    Due to Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[3] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[4] Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.[5]

    Seeds[edit]

    All 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
    1 Michigan State 15–1
    2 Ohio State 12–4
    3 Indiana 9–7
    4 Wisconsin 9–7
    5 Iowa 9–7
    6 Minnesota 8–8
    7 Purdue 7–9
    8 Northwestern 6–10
    9 Penn State 5–11
    10 Michigan 5–11
    11 Illinois 3–13

    Bracket[edit]

    [6]

    Opening round
    March 4
    Quarterfinals
    March 5
    Semifinals
    March 6
    Championship
    March 7
                
    1#2 Michigan State 61
    8Northwestern 59
    8Northwestern 54
    9Penn State 44
    1#2 Michigan State 56
    4#19 Wisconsin 41
    4#19 Wisconsin 74
    5#20 Iowa 60
    1#2 Michigan State 67
    11Illinois 50
    2#11 Ohio State 87
    10Michigan 69
    7Purdue 73
    10Michigan 79
    2#11 Ohio State 77
    11Illinois 79
    3#17 Indiana 66
    11Illinois 82
    6#23 Minnesota 64
    11Illinois 67

    All-Tournament Team[edit]

    Source[7]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  • ^ "Michigan State Wins Big Ten tournament – Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 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.
  • ^ Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
  • ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  • ^ "Past Big Ten tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2008.

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