2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the eleventh annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Wisconsin who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four appearances.

2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2007–08
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bo Ryan (2nd title)
MVP	Marcus Landry (Wisconsin)
Television	BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
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2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Wisconsin†	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 20 Purdue	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
No. 18 Michigan State	12	–	6		.667			27	–	9		.750
Ohio State	10	–	8		.556			24	–	13		.649
Minnesota	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Penn State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Iowa	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Illinois	5	–	13		.278			16	–	19		.457
Michigan	5	–	13		.278			10	–	22		.313
Northwestern	1	–	17		.056			8	–	22		.267
† 2008 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 23, 2008 Rankings from AP poll[1]

Seeds

All 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	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4
1	Wisconsin	16–2
2	Purdue	15–3
3	Indiana	14–4
4	Michigan State	12–6
5	Ohio State	10–8
6	Minnesota	8–10
7	Penn State	7–11
8	Iowa	6–12
9	Michigan	5–13	1–1 vs Ill	0–2 vs Wisc	0–2 vs Pur	0–1 vs Ind
10	Illinois	5–13	1–1 vs Mich	0–2 vs Wisc	0–2 vs Pur	0–2 vs Ind
11	Northwestern	1–17

Bracket

	Opening round March 13					Quarterfinals March 14					Semifinals March 15					Championship March 16
						1	#8 Wisconsin	51
						9	Michigan	34
	8	Iowa	47
	9	Michigan	55
											1	#8 Wisconsin	65
											4	#19 Michigan State	63
						4	#19 Michigan State	67
						5	Ohio State	60
																1	#8 Wisconsin	61
																10	Illinois	48
						2	#17 Purdue	67
						10	Illinois	74
	7	Penn State	63
	10	Illinois	64
											10	Illinois	54
											6	Minnesota	50
						3	#22 Indiana	58
						6	Minnesota	59
	6	Minnesota	55
	11	Northwestern	52

Source^[2]

All-Tournament Team

• Marcus Landry, Wisconsin – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Demetri McCamey, Illinois
• Shaun Pruitt, Illinois
• Drew Neitzel, Michigan State
• Michael Flowers, Wisconsin

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