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.