2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	14
Site	Gainbridge Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Iowa (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fran McCaffery (1st title)
MVP	Keegan Murray (Iowa)
Television	BTN, CBS/Paramount+
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The 2022 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which took place March 9–13, 2022. The tournament was held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2021–22 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Illinois	15	–	5	.750	23	–	10	.697
No. 14 Wisconsin	15	–	5	.750	25	–	8	.758
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	6	.700	29	–	8	.784
Rutgers	12	–	8	.600	18	–	14	.563
No. 16 Iowa †	12	–	8	.600	26	–	10	.722
Ohio State	12	–	8	.600	20	–	12	.625
Michigan State	11	–	9	.550	23	–	13	.639
Michigan	11	–	9	.550	19	–	15	.559
Indiana	9	–	11	.450	21	–	14	.600
Maryland	7	–	13	.350	15	–	17	.469
Penn State	7	–	13	.350	14	–	17	.452
Northwestern	7	–	13	.350	15	–	16	.484
Nebraska	4	–	16	.200	10	–	22	.313
Minnesota	4	–	16	.200	13	–	17	.433

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Iowa defeated Purdue in the championship game, 75–66, to win the tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 14 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. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2021 tournament.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Illinois	15–5	1–0 vs. Wisconsin
2	Wisconsin	15–5	0–1 vs. Illinois
3	Purdue	14–6
4	Rutgers	12–8	2–0 vs. Iowa/Ohio State
5	Iowa	12–8	1–1 vs. Ohio State/Rutgers
6	Ohio State	12–8	0–2 vs. Iowa/Rutgers
7	Michigan State	11–9	1–1 vs. Michigan	1–3 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
8	Michigan	11–9	1–1 vs. Michigan State	0–3 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
9	Indiana	9–11
10	Maryland	7–13	2–1 vs. Northwestern/Penn State	1–2 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
11	Penn State	7–13	2–1 vs. Maryland/Northwestern	0–2 vs. Illinois/Wisconsin
12	Northwestern	7–13	1–3 vs. Maryland/Penn State
13	Nebraska	4–16	1–0 vs. Minnesota
14	Minnesota	4–16	0–1 vs. Nebraska

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance	Score
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 13 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Northwestern	BTN		69–71^[2]
1	2	8:30 pm	No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 11 Penn State	BTN		51–60^[3]
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2	3	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 8 Michigan	BTN		74–69^[4]
2	4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs No. 12 Northwestern			112–76^[5]
3	5	6:30 pm	No. 10 Maryland vs No. 7 Michigan State			72–76^[6]
3	6	9:00 pm	No. 11 Penn State vs No. 6 Ohio State			71–68^[7]
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 1 Illinois	BTN		65–63^[8]
4	8	2:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs. No. 4 Rutgers			84–74^[9]
5	9	6:30 pm	No. 7 Michigan St vs. No. 2 Wisconsin		16,415	69–63^[10]
5	10	9:00 pm	No. 11 Penn State vs. No. 3 Purdue		16,415	61–69^[11]
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6	11	1:00 pm	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 5 Iowa	CBS/Paramount+	17,762	77–80^[12]
6	12	3:30 pm	No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 3 Purdue	CBS/Paramount+	17,762	70–75^[13]
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	13	3:30 pm	No. 5 Iowa vs No.3 Purdue	CBS/Paramount+	17,732	75–66^[14]

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. ^[15]

Bracket


First round Wednesday, March 9 BTN/Fox Sports App			Second round Thursday, March 10 BTN/Fox Sports App			Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 BTN/Fox Sports App			Semifinals Saturday, March 12 CBS/Paramount+			Championship Sunday, March 13 CBS/Paramount+



						1	Illinois	63

			8	Michigan	69	9	Indiana	65

			9	Indiana	74				9	Indiana	77

									5	Iowa	80

						4	Rutgers	74

			5	Iowa	112	5	Iowa	84

12	Northwestern	71	12	Northwestern	76							5	Iowa	75

13	Nebraska	69										3	Purdue	66

						2	Wisconsin	63

			7	Michigan State	76	7	Michigan State	69

			10	Maryland	72				7	Michigan State	70

									3	Purdue	75

						3	Purdue	69

			6	Ohio State	68	11	Penn State	61

11	Penn State	60	11	Penn State	71

14	Minnesota	51

Game summaries

First round

BTN

March 9
6:00 pm

Recap

No. 13 Nebraska 69, No. 12 Northwestern 71
Scoring by half: 39–25, 30–46
Pts: Alonzo Verge Jr., 21 Rebs: Lat Mayen, Alonzo Verge Jr., Derrick Walker, 7 Asts: Alonzo Verge Jr., 9		Pts: Boo Buie, 16 Rebs: Pete Nance, 8 Asts: Pete Nance, 8

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Steve McJunkins, Rob Riley, Paul Szelc

BTN

March 9
8:41 pm

Recap

No. 14 Minnesota 51, No. 11 Penn State 60
Scoring by half: 28–24, 23–36
Pts: Jamison Battle, 19 Rebs: Jamison Battle, Sean Sutherlin, 6 Asts: Eric Curry, 6		Pts: Jalen Pickett, 22 Rebs: John Harrar, 12 Asts: Jalen Pickett, 4

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Chris Beaver, Courtney Green, Kelly Pfeifer

Second round

BTN

March 10
11:30 am

No. 9 Indiana 74, No. 8 Michigan 69
Scoring by half: 28–41, 46–28
Pts: Jackson-Davis (24) Rebs: Jackson-Davis, Johnson (8) Asts: Johnson (7)		Pts: Jones (18) Rebs: Diabaté (12) Asts: Brooks, Houstan, Jones (3)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Paul Szelc, Robert Riley, Kelly Pfeifer

BTN

March 10
2:00 pm

No. 12 Northwestern 76, No. 5 Iowa 112
Scoring by half: 31–64, 45–48
Pts: Young (14) Rebs: 6 tied (2) Asts: Greer (4)		Pts: Ke. Murray (26) Rebs: Rebrača (9) Asts: Perkins (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: D.J. Carstensen, Bill Ek, Rob Kueneman

BTN

March 10
6:30 pm

No. 10 Maryland 72, No. 7 Michigan State 76
Scoring by half: 34-43, 38-33
Pts: Russell (20) Rebs: Russell (7) Asts: Russell (6)		Pts: Christie (16) Rebs: Brown, Christie, Hall (6) Asts: Hoggard (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 14,331
Referees: Donnie Eppley, Terry Oglesby, Rob Kueneman

BTN

March 10
9:00 pm

No. 11 Penn State 71, No. 6 Ohio State 68
Scoring by half: 24–33, 47–35
Pts: Sessoms (18) Rebs: Harrar (9) Asts: Pickett (5)		Pts: Liddell (25) Rebs: Liddell (8) Asts: Branham (4)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Lamont Simpson, Bo Boroski, Brandon Cruz

Quarterfinals

BTN

March 11
11:30 am

No. 9 Indiana 65, No. 1 Illinois 63
Scoring by half: 31–33, 34–30
Pts: Jackson-Davis (21) Rebs: Thompson (9) Asts: Johnson (6)		Pts: Cockburn (23) Rebs: Cockburn, Curbelo (10) Asts: Frazier (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Larry Scirotto, Rob Kueneman, Courtney Green

BTN

March 11
2:00 pm

No. 5 Iowa 84, No. 4 Rutgers 74
Scoring by half: 41–32, 43–42
Pts: Ke. Murray (26) Rebs: Ke. Murray (8) Asts: McCaffery (5)		Pts: Baker (23) Rebs: Omoruyi (7) Asts: Mulcahy (9)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Bo Boroski, Brandon Cruz, Kelly Pfeifer

BTN

March 11
6:30 pm

No. 7 Michigan State 69, No. 2 Wisconsin 63
Scoring by half: 24–22, 45–41
Pts: Bingham Jr. (19) Rebs: Bingham Jr. (11) Asts: Walker (7)		Pts: Davison (23) Rebs: Joh. Davis (11) Asts: Hepburn (4)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Lamont Simpson, D.J. Carstensen, Robert Riley

BTN

March 11
9:00 pm

No. 11 Penn State 61, No. 3 Purdue 69
Scoring by half: 31–35, 30–34
Pts: Pickett (16) Rebs: Harrar (12) Asts: Pickett (6)		Pts: Ivey (17) Rebs: Ivey (7) Asts: Williams (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 16,415
Referees: Donnie Eppley, Bill Ek, Paul Szelc

Semifinals

CBS/Paramount+

March 12
1:00 pm

No. 9 Indiana 77, No. 5 Iowa 80
Scoring by half: 38–32, 39–48
Pts: Jackson-Davis (31) Rebs: Jackson-Davis (10) Asts: Johnson (9)		Pts: Ke. Murray (32) Rebs: Ke. Murray (9) Asts: Perkins (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Referees: Larry Scirotto, Rob Riley, Rob Kueneman

CBS/Paramount+

March 12
3:30 pm

No. 7 Michigan State 70, No. 3 Purdue 75
Scoring by half: 20–27, 50–48
Pts: Hoggard (17) Rebs: Bingham Jr., Christie (6) Asts: Hoggard (10)		Pts: Ivey (22) Rebs: Edey (10) Asts: Ivey (5)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 17,762
Referees: D.J. Carstensen, Kelly Pfeifer, Lamont Simpson

Championship

CBS/Paramount+

March 13
3:30 pm

No. 5 Iowa 75, No. 3 Purdue 66
Scoring by half: 35–32, 40–34
Pts: Ke. Murray (19) Rebs: Ke. Murray (11) Asts: Perkins (4)		Pts: Ivey (20) Rebs: Edey (14) Asts: Ivey (6)

Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 17,732
Referees: Paul Szelc, Bo Boroski, Courtney Green

All-Tournament Team

Keegan Murray, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Jordan Bohannon, Iowa
Jaden Ivey, Purdue
Trevion Williams, Purdue

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References

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^ "'Cats Roar Back to Defeat Nebraska, 71-69". Northwestern University Athletics. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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^ Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23

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[2] "'Cats Roar Back to Defeat Nebraska, 71-69". Northwestern University Athletics. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[3] "Second Half Surge Powers Penn State to 60-51 Big Ten tournament Win". Penn State University Athletics. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[4] "Indiana Beats Michigan, Advances to Quarterfinal". Indiana University Athletics. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[5] "Records Fall in Big Ten Tourney Rout". University of Iowa Athletics. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[6] "Michigan State Holds On For 76-72 Win Over Maryland in Big Ten tournament". Michigan State University Athletics. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[7] "Nittany Lions Rally to Defeat Ohio State 71-68 in Big Ten tournament". Penn State University Athletics. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[8] "Indiana Punches Ticket to Big Ten Semifinal". Indiana University Athletics. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[9] "Iowa Handles Rutgers; Advances to B1G Semifinals". University of Iowa Athletics. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[10] "Balanced Effort Leads Michigan State Past Wisconsin, 69-63". Michigan State University Athletics. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[11] "No. 9 Purdue Advances to Big Ten Semifinals With 69-61 Win Over Penn State". Purdue University Athletics. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[12] "Bohannon Buzzer-Beater Sends Iowa to Big Ten tournament Title Game". University of Iowa Athletics. March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[13] "No. 9 Purdue Heads to Big Ten Championship After 75-70 Win Over Michigan State". Purdue University Athletics. March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[14] "Iowa Hawkeyes Win Big Ten tournament championship". University of Iowa Athletics. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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[16] Big Ten Media Guide 2022-23

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