B1G Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket, Iowa Seeded No. 5
Indiana, Michigan State, Maryland and Purdue are the top four seeds in the 2016 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Iowa Hawkeyes was awarded the fifth seed.
The 19th annual event will be contested from March 9-13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Iowa, Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin finished the year with matching 12-6 conference marks. Based on conference tiebreaking procedures, the Terrapins are the No. 3 seed and the Boilermakers claimed the fourth seed, as both teams earned a double-bye.
Iowa earned the No. 5 seed and will begin play in Thursday's second round at approximately 1:30 PM-CT.
2016 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||||
#9 Northwestern | |||||||||||||
THU, MAR 10, 11:00 AM | G1 | ||||||||||||
BTN | WinnerG1 | ||||||||||||
#8 Michigan | SCORE | G9 | |||||||||||
FRI, MAR 11, 11:00 AM | |||||||||||||
ESPN | WinnerG9 | ||||||||||||
SCORE | G13 | ||||||||||||
#1 Indiana | SAT, MAR 12, Noon | ||||||||||||
CBS Sports | |||||||||||||
Play-In Game #1 Winner | WinnerG13 | ||||||||||||
25 mins. After G1 | G3 | SCORE | |||||||||||
BTN | WinnerG3 | ||||||||||||
#5 Iowa | SCORE | G10 | |||||||||||
25 min.s after G9 | |||||||||||||
ESPN | WinnerG10 | ||||||||||||
#4 Purdue | |||||||||||||
SUN, MAR 13, 2:00 PM | G15 | ||||||||||||
WinnerG15 | |||||||||||||
#10 Penn State | CHAMPION | ||||||||||||
THU, MAR 10, 5:30 PM | G5 | SCORE | |||||||||||
ESPN2 | WinnerG5 | CBS Sports | |||||||||||
#7 Ohio State | SCORE | G11 | |||||||||||
FRI, MAR 11, 5:30 PM | |||||||||||||
At Location | WinnerG11 | ||||||||||||
SCORE | G14 | ||||||||||||
#2 Michigan State | SAT, MAR 12, 2:30 PM | ||||||||||||
CBS Sports | |||||||||||||
WinnerG14 | |||||||||||||
Play-In Game #1 Winner | SCORE | ||||||||||||
25 mins. After G5 | G7 | ||||||||||||
ESPN2 | WinnerG7 | ||||||||||||
#6 Wisconsin | SCORE | G12 | |||||||||||
25 min.s after G11 | |||||||||||||
At Location | WinnerG12 | ||||||||||||
#3 Maryland | |||||||||||||
PLAY-IN GAME 1 | PLAY-IN GAME 2 | ||||||||||||
#13 Minnesota | #14 Rutgers | ||||||||||||
WED, MAR 9, 3:30 PM | WED, MAR 9, 6:00 PM | ||||||||||||
ESPN2 | BTN | ||||||||||||
#12 Illinois | #11 Nebraska |