The 2014 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 13 through March 16, 2014 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament was the seventeenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament and third and final year to feature 12 teams. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Michigan in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Michigan State's fourth tournament championship (tying them with Ohio State for the most championships) and second championship in three years. Branden Dawson was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Seeds All 12 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 four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2013 tournament.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Michigan15–32Wisconsin12–61–0 vs MSU3Michigan State12–60–1 vs Wisc4Nebraska11–75Ohio State10–86Iowa9–97Minnesota8–108Indiana7–111–1 vs Ill1–1 vs Mich9Illinois7–111–1 vs Ind0–1 vs Mich10Penn State6–121–0 vs NW11Northwestern6–120–1 vs PSU12Purdue5–13
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Attendance for the six sessions was 111,592.
Bracket
All-Tournament Team Branden Dawson, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player Gary Harris, Michigan State Adreian Payne, Michigan State Nik Stauskas, Michigan LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State
See also 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links Tournament results at BigTen.org