2010 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 11 through March 14 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the thirteenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Minnesota 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 third tournament championship (one prior championship has been vacated).

2010 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	11
Site	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Ohio State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Thad Matta (2nd title)
MVP	Evan Turner (Ohio State)
Television	BTN, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS
Big Ten men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Ohio State†	14	–	4		.778			29	–	8		.784
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	4		.778			29	–	6		.829
No. 13 Michigan State	14	–	4		.778			28	–	9		.757
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Illinois	10	–	8		.556			21	–	15		.583
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			20	–	14		.588
Michigan	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Indiana	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Iowa	4	–	14		.222			10	–	22		.313
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
† 2010 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 3, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

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	Ohio State	14–4	2–1 vs Pur, MSU
2	Purdue	14–4	2–2 vs OSU, MSU
3	Michigan State	14–4	1–2 vs OSU, Pur
4	Wisconsin	13–5
5	Illinois	10–8
6	Minnesota	9–9
7	Northwestern	7–11	2–0 vs Mich
8	Michigan	7–11	0–2 vs NW
9	Iowa	4–14	2–0 vs Ind
10	Indiana	4–14	0–2 vs Iowa
11	Penn State	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Score
Opening round – Thursday, March 11
1	1	2:30 PM	#8 Michigan vs #9 Iowa	ESPN2	59–52
	2	5:00 PM	#7 Northwestern vs #10 Indiana	ESPN2	73–58
	3	8:30 PM	#6 Minnesota vs #11 Penn State	BTN	76–55
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
2	4	12:00 PM	#1 Ohio State vs #8 Michigan	ESPN	69–68
	5	2:30 PM	#4 Wisconsin vs #5 Illinois	ESPN	54–58
3	6	6:30 PM	#2 Purdue vs #7 Northwestern	BTN	69–61
7		9:00 PM	#3 Michigan State vs #6 Minnesota	BTN	67–72 (OT)
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
4	8	1:40 PM	#1 Ohio State vs. #5 Illinois	CBS	88–81 (2OT)
	9	4:05 PM	#2 Purdue vs. #6 Minnesota	CBS	42–69
Championship Game – Sunday, March 14
5	10	3:30 PM	#1 Ohio State vs. #6 Minnesota	CBS	90–61
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Opening round Thursday, March 11					Quarterfinals Friday, March 12					Semifinals Saturday, March 13					Championship Sunday, March 14
						1	#5 Ohio State	69
						8	Michigan	68
	8	Michigan	59
	9	Iowa	52
											1	#5 Ohio State	882OT
											5	Illinois	81
						4	#13 Wisconsin	54
						5	Illinois	58
																1	#5 Ohio State	90
																6	Minnesota	61
						2	#6 Purdue	69
						7	Northwestern	61
	7	Northwestern	73
	10	Indiana	58
											2	#6 Purdue	42
											6	Minnesota	69
						3	#11 Michigan State	67
						6	Minnesota	72OT
	6	Minnesota	76
	11	Penn State	55

Honors

All-Tournament Team

• Evan Turner, Ohio State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Demetri McCamey, Illinois
• William Buford, Ohio State
• David Lighty, Ohio State
• Devoe Joseph, Minnesota