2013 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was held from March 14 through March 17 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The tournament was the sixteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament and second to feature 12 teams. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Ohio State's fifth tournament championship, though one championship has since been vacated.

2013 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	12
Site	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Ohio State (5th title)
Winning coach	Thad Matta (4th title)
MVP	Aaron Craft (Ohio State)
Television	BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten men's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Indiana	14	–	4		.778			29	–	7		.806
No. 7 Ohio State †	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 9 Michigan State	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Michigan	12	–	6		.667			31	–	8		.795
No. 18 Wisconsin	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Iowa	9	–	9		.500			25	–	13		.658
Illinois	8	–	10		.444			23	–	13		.639
Minnesota	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			16	–	18		.471
Nebraska	5	–	13		.278			15	–	18		.455
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
Penn State	2	–	16		.111			10	–	21		.323
† 2013 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 12 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 four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2012 tournament.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular season.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Indiana	14–4
2	Ohio State	13–5	1–1 vs MSU	1–1 vs Ind
3	Michigan State	13–5	1–1 vs OSU	0–2 vs Ind
4	Wisconsin	12–6	1–0 vs Mich
5	Michigan	12–6	0–1 vs Wis
6	Iowa	9–9
7	Purdue	8–10	2–1 vs Ill, Minn
8	Illinois	8–10	2–2 vs Pur, Minn
9	Minnesota	8–10	1–2 vs Pur, Ill
10	Nebraska	5–13
11	Northwestern	4–14
12	Penn State	2–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Score
First round - Thursday, March 14
1	1	11:00am	#9 Minnesota vs. #8 Illinois	BTN	49–51
	2	1:30pm	#12 Penn State vs. #5 Michigan	BTN	66–83
2	3	5:30pm	#10 Nebraska vs. #7 Purdue	ESPN2	57–55
	4	8:00pm	#11 Northwestern vs. #6 Iowa	ESPN2	59–73
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 15
3	5	11:00am	#8 Illinois vs. #1 Indiana	ESPN	64–80
	6	1:30pm	#5 Michigan vs. #4 Wisconsin	ESPN	59–68
4	7	5:30pm	#10 Nebraska vs. #2 Ohio State	BTN	50–71
	8	8:00pm	#6 Iowa vs. #3 Michigan State	BTN	56–59
Semifinals - Saturday, March 16
5	9	12:40pm	#4 Wisconsin vs. #1 Indiana	CBS	68–56
	10	3:00pm	#3 Michigan State vs. #2 Ohio State	CBS	58–61
Championship - Sunday, March 17
6	11	2:30pm	#4 Wisconsin vs. #2 Ohio State	CBS	43–50

*Game times in Central Time.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 14 BTN/ESPN2					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN/BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 16 CBS					Championship Sunday, March 17 CBS
						1	#3 Indiana	80
						8	Illinois	64
	8	Illinois	51
	9	Minnesota	49
											1	#3 Indiana	56
											4	#22 Wisconsin	68
						4	#22 Wisconsin	68
						5	#6 Michigan	59
	5	#6 Michigan	83
	12	Penn State	66
																4	#22 Wisconsin	43
																2	#10 Ohio State	50
						2	#10 Ohio State	71
						10	Nebraska	50
	7	Purdue	55
	10	Nebraska	57
											2	#10 Ohio State	61
											3	#8 Michigan State	58
						3	#8 Michigan State	59
						6	Iowa	56
	6	Iowa	73
	11	Northwestern	59

Honors

All-Tournament Team

• Aaron Craft, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State
• Ryan Evans, Wisconsin
• Traevon Jackson, Wisconsin
• Cody Zeller, Indiana