BigTen Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

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Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced
Tournament to be held at Madisonv Square Garden in New York City from February 28 -- March 4
Feb. 25, 2018

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Nebraska are the top four seeds in the 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, the conference office announced on Sunday night. The 21st annual event will be played from Feb. 28 -- March 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Michigan State finished with a 16-2 conference record and claimed the outright regular-season title with a 68-63 win at Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans' outright regular-season crown is its first since the 2008-09 season. They open play at Noon ET on Friday.

Ohio State and Purdue tied for the second place in the regular-season standings, with a 15-3 record, with the Buckeyes earning the No. 2 seed based on a head-to-head victory vs. the Boilermakers. Nebraska earned the No. 4 seed and the final double-bye of the tournament with a 76-64 result vs. Penn State on the last day of the regular season. The Huskers tied with Michigan at 13-5, but Nebraska claimed the fourth seed by virtue of its head-to-head win vs. the Wolverines.

The tournament begins on Wednesday with two opening-round games of No. 13 Illinois vs. No. 12 Iowa at 5:30 p.m. ET followed by No. 11 Minnesota vs. No. 14 Rutgers. BTN will broadcast games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with CBS set to televise the semifinals on Saturday and championship game on Sunday.

All-session tickets currently remain available at the Madison Square Garden box office, Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Single-session tickets are now on sale.

For more information on the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, go to www.BigTen.org/MBBT.

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Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced
Ohio State wins outright Big Ten Championship, earns top seed for tournament
Feb. 25, 2018

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference has announced the full bracket for the 25th Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament that will take place Feb. 28-March 4 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Ohio State (24-6, 13-3 Big Ten) secured the outright Big Ten Championship on Sunday with its 89-64 win at Penn State. The Buckeyes collect their second consecutive conference title and 16th Big Ten women’s basketball crown, the most of any conference school. They also receive the No. 1 seed for next week’s Big Ten Tournament.

Ohio State will open tournament play on Friday with a quarterfinal contest at noon (ET) against the winner of the second-round game between No. 8 seed Purdue and No. 9 seed Rutgers.

Three-time defending tournament champion and Maryland (23-6, 12-4) is the No. 2 seed for this year’s Big Ten Tournament, the second year in a row the Terrapins will play from that spot in the bracket. Maryland tips off its postseason schedule at 6:30 p.m. (ET) Friday with a tournament quarterfinal game against the winner of the second-round matchup between No. 7 seed Indiana and 10th-seeded Michigan State.

Nebraska (20-9, 11-5) earned the No. 3 seed for the Big Ten Tournament, winning a three-way tiebreaker with Iowa and Minnesota on the basis of the highest record against the other two tied schools (Nebraska 3-0, Minnesota 1-2, Iowa 1-3). The Huskers, who have recorded 13 more wins this season than last year, including 10 more in conference play, will play in the last Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal on Friday night, 25 minutes following the completion of Maryland’s quarterfinal.

Rounding out the top four seeds in this year’s Big Ten Tournament is Minnesota (22-7, 11-5), which claimed the last of the tournament’s double-byes into the quarterfinal round. The Golden Gophers will open their Big Ten Tournament slate Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals, playing 25 minutes after Ohio State’s game has concluded.

All 13 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will be televised live to a national audience, with games on the first three days (first round through quarterfinals) broadcast live on BTN2Go (available to authenticated BTN subscribers) as well as through several Regional Sports Networks around the country (check local listings for times and availability). BTN will also carry Saturday’s semifinals live on its linear network, as well as through its BTN2Go platform. Sunday’s Big Ten Tournament championship game will be televised live on ESPN2 and the WatchESPN platform.

Tickets for the 2018 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament are on sale through the Bankers Life Fieldhouse box office, Ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Information on tournament tickets, history and more can be found on the official Big Ten Tournament Central page at bigten.org/wbbt.