2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2008–09
Teams 11
Site Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Purdue (1st title)
Winning coach Matt Painter (1st title)
MVP Robbie Hummel (Purdue)
Television BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2008  2010»
2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Michigan State 15 – 3   .833     31 – 7   .816
#17 Purdue† 11 – 7   .611     27 – 10   .730
Illinois 11 – 7   .611     24 – 10   .706
Penn State 10 – 8   .556     27 – 11   .711
Ohio State 10 – 8   .556     22 – 11   .667
Wisconsin 10 – 8   .556     20 – 13   .606
Minnesota 9 – 9   .500     22 – 11   .667
Michigan 9 – 9   .500     21 – 14   .600
Northwestern 8 – 10   .444     17 – 14   .548
Iowa 5 – 13   .278     15 – 17   .469
Indiana 1 – 17   .056     6 – 25   .194
† 2009 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 12 and March 15, 2009 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 11th annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Purdue who defeated Ohio State in the championship game. As a result, Purdue received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Purdue's first tournament championship in only their second appearance.

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 Michigan St 15–3
2 Illinois 11–7 2–0 vs Pur
3 Purdue 11–7 0–2 vs Ill
4 Wisconsin 10–8 3–0 vs PSU, OSU
5 Ohio St 10–8 1–1 vs Wisc, PSU
6 Penn St 10–8 0–3 vs Wisc, OSU
7 Michigan 9–9 2–0 vs Minn.
8 Minnesota 9–9 0–2 vs Mich.
9 Northwestern 8–10
10 Iowa 5–13
11 Indiana 1–17

Schedule

Session Game Time Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Opening round – Thursday, March 12
1 1 12:00 PM #8 Minnesota vs #9 Northwestern 66–53 BTN 12,174[1]
2 2:30 PM #7 Michigan vs #10 Iowa 73–45 BTN
3 5:00 PM #6 Penn State vs #11 Indiana 66–51 ESPN
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
2 4 12:00 PM #1 Michigan State vs #8 Minnesota 64–56 ESPN 13,023[2]
5 2:30 PM #4 Wisconsin vs #5 Ohio State 57–61 ESPN
3 6 6:30 PM #2 Illinois vs #7 Michigan 60–50 BTN 14,647[3]
7 9:00 PM #3 Purdue vs #6 Penn State 79–54 BTN
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
4 8 1:40 PM #1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State 70–82 CBS 15,728[4]
9 4:05 PM #2 Illinois vs #3 Purdue 56–66 CBS
Championship Game – Sunday, March 15
5 10 3:30 PM #5 Ohio State vs #3 Purdue 61–65 CBS 12,526[5]
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  Opening round
Thursday, March 12		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 14		 Championship
Sunday, March 15
                                     
        
  1  Michigan State 64  
    8  Minnesota 56  
8  Minnesota 66
9  Northwestern 53  
  1  Michigan State 70  
  5  Ohio State 82  
        
        
  4  Wisconsin 57
    5  Ohio State 61  
      
        
  5  Ohio State 61
  3  Purdue 65
        
        
  2  Illinois 60
    7  Michigan 50  
7  Michigan 73
10  Iowa 45  
  2  Illinois 56
  3  Purdue 66  
        
        
  3  Purdue 79
    6  Penn State 65  
6  Penn State 66
11  Indiana 51  

Source[6]

Honors

All-Tournament Team

[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions – Box Score". ESPN. March 12, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers – Box Score". ESPN. March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Purdue Boilermakers – Box Score". ESPN. March 13, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Purdue Boilermakers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini – Box Score". ESPN. March 14, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Purdue Boilermakers – Box Score". ESPN. March 15, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Tournament Bracket". Big Ten CSTV. March 3, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Men's Basketball Live Tournament Coverage". CBS Interactive. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.

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