The 2027 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded at the 2027 TIAA Big Ten Men's basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) will be a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference in the 2026-27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will take place from March 9-14, 2027, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tirbreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConference recordsTiebreak 1 1 #‡ 2 ‡ 3 ‡ 4 ‡ 5 † 6 † 7 † 8 † 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Notes: # – Big Ten regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed‡ – Received a triple-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament third roundOverall records include all games played in the 2026 Big Ten tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 9112 Second round – Wednesday, March 10234356 Third round – Thursday, March 114785910 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 1261112 713 14 Semifinals – Saturday, March 13815 16 Championship – Sunday, March 14917 *Game times in CDT. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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