The 2009 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 12 and March 15, 2009 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the twelfth 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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Michigan St 15–3 2Illinois 11–7 2–0 vs Pur3Purdue 11–7 0–2 vs Ill4Wisconsin 10–8 3–0 vs PSU, OSU5Ohio St 10–8 1–1 vs Wisc, PSU6Penn St 10–8 0–3 vs Wisc, OSU7Michigan 9–9 2–0 vs Minn.8Minnesota 9–9 0–2 vs Mich.9Northwestern 8–10 10Iowa 5–13 11Indiana 1–17
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance Opening round – Thursday, March 121112:00 PM#8 Minnesota vs #9 Northwestern66–53BTN12,17422:30 PM#7 Michigan vs #10 Iowa73–45BTN35:00 PM#6 Penn State vs #11 Indiana66–51ESPN Quarterfinals – Friday, March 132412:00 PM#1 Michigan State vs #8 Minnesota 64–56ESPN13,02352:30 PM#4 Wisconsin vs #5 Ohio State57–61ESPN366:30 PM#2 Illinois vs #7 Michigan60–50BTN14,64779:00 PM#3 Purdue vs #6 Penn State79–54BTN Semifinals – Saturday, March 14481:40 PM#1 Michigan State vs #5 Ohio State70–82CBS15,72894:05 PM#2 Illinois vs #3 Purdue56–66CBS Championship Game – Sunday, March 155103:30 PM#5 Ohio State vs #3 Purdue61–65CBS12,526 Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Source
Honors
All-Tournament Team Robbie Hummel, Purdue – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Mike Davis, Illinois Evan Turner, Ohio State JaJuan Johnson, Purdue E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
References
External links Official website