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, IN
Television	BTN, CBS/Paramount+
	Big Ten men's basketball tournaments ← 2021 2023 →

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

The 2022 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will be a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which will take place March 9–13, 2022. The tournament will be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Seeds

All 14 Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures will remain unchanged from the 2022 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	Score
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 13 Nebraska vs. No. 12 Northwestern	BTN	69-71
1	2	8:41 pm	No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 11 Penn State	BTN	51–60
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2	3	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 8 Michigan	BTN	74-69
2	4	25 min. after Game 3	No. 5 Iowa vs No. 12 Northwestern		112-76
3	5	6:30 pm	No. 10 Maryland vs No. 7 Michigan State		-
3	6	25 min. after Game 5	No. 11 Penn State vs No. 6 Ohio State		-
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	11:30 am	No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 1 Illinois	BTN	–
4	8	25 min. after Game 7	No. 5 Iowa vs. No. 4 Rutgers		–
5	9	6:30 pm	Game 5 Winner vs. No. 2 Wisconsin		–
5	10	25 min. after Game 9	Game 6 Winner vs. No. 3 Purdue		–
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6	11	1:00 pm	Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner	CBS/Paramount+	–
6	12	25 min. after Game 11	Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner	CBS/Paramount+	–
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	13	3:30 pm	Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner	CBS/Paramount+	–

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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

			8	Michigan	69	9	Indiana

			9	Indiana	74



						4	Rutgers

			5	Iowa	112	5	Iowa

12	Northwestern	71	12	Northwestern	76

13	Nebraska	69

						2	Wisconsin

			7	Michigan State

			10	Maryland



						3	Purdue

			6	Ohio State

11	Penn State	60	11	Penn State

14	Minnesota	51

* denotes overtime period

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)