1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
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.[1] As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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 |
Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[3]
Seeds
editAll 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
editOpening 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:[4]
All-Tournament Team
edit- Robert Traylor, Michigan – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player (Vacated)
- Jerod Ward, Michigan
- Quincy Lewis, Minnesota
- Brad Miller, Purdue
- Mike Robinson, Purdue
References
edit- ^ 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.