1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
The 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game.[2] As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
| 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | United Center Chicago, Illinois |
| Champions | Michigan State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Tom Izzo (1st title) |
| MVP | Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Michigan State† | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 33 | – | 5 | .868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Indiana | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Wisconsin | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Iowa | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Ohio State** | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota*** | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 0 | – | 11 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan* | 0 | – | 11 | .000 | 0 | – | 19 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1999 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program **Ohio State: 34 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program[1] *** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due to Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.[3] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.[4] Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.[5]
Seeds
editAll Big Ten schools participated 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 | 1st Tiebreaker | 2nd Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State | 15–1 | ||
| 2 | Ohio State | 12–4 | ||
| 3 | Indiana | 9–7 | ||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 9–7 | ||
| 5 | Iowa | 9–7 | ||
| 6 | Minnesota | 8–8 | ||
| 7 | Purdue | 7–9 | ||
| 8 | Northwestern | 6–10 | ||
| 9 | Penn State | 5–11 | ||
| 10 | Michigan | 5–11 | ||
| 11 | Illinois | 3–13 |
Bracket
edit| Opening round March 4 | Quarterfinals March 5 | Semifinals March 6 | Championship March 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #2 Michigan State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northwestern | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northwestern | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Penn State | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #2 Michigan State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #19 Wisconsin | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #19 Wisconsin | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | #20 Iowa | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #2 Michigan State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #11 Ohio State | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Purdue | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #11 Ohio State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #17 Indiana | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #23 Minnesota | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Illinois | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
edit- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Cory Bradford, Illinois
- Antonio Smith, Michigan State
- Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern
- Michael Redd, Ohio State
Source[7]
References
edit- ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan State Wins Big Ten tournament – Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ Guerrieri, Vince (March 10, 2006). "NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation". USA Today.
- ^ "Men's Basketball – All-Time Results". Big Ten. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Past Big Ten tournament Results". SpartanTailgate.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2008.