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 AMG1   
 BTNWinnerG1  
 #8 MichiganSCOREG9  
  FRI, MAR 11, 11:00 AM  
   ESPN WinnerG9 
       SCOREG13 
  #1 Indiana SAT, MAR 12, Noon 
    CBS Sports 
      
 Play-In Game #1 Winner  WinnerG13
 25 mins. After G1G3  SCORE
 BTNWinnerG3  
 #5 IowaSCOREG10  
    25 min.s after G9  
   ESPN WinnerG10 
        
  #4 Purdue 
      SUN, MAR 13, 2:00 PMG15 
     WinnerG15
 #10 Penn State  CHAMPION
 THU, MAR 10, 5:30 PMG5  SCORE
 ESPN2WinnerG5 CBS Sports 
 #7 Ohio StateSCOREG11    
    FRI, MAR 11, 5:30 PM  
   At Location WinnerG11
       SCOREG14 
  #2 Michigan State SAT, MAR 12, 2:30 PM 
      CBS Sports 
       WinnerG14
 Play-In Game #1 Winner    SCORE
 25 mins. After G5G7   
 ESPN2WinnerG7   
 #6 WisconsinSCOREG12   
  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   
 ESPN2BTN  
 #12 Illinois#11 Nebraska  

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