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2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification Division I
Season 2002–03
Teams 11
Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Illinois (1st title)
Winning coach Bill Self (1st title)
MVP Brian Cook (Illinois)
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2002–03 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 21 Wisconsin 12 4   .750     24 8   .750
No. 11 Illinois 11 5   .688     25 7   .781
Purdue 10 6   .625     19 11   .633
Michigan State 10 6   .625     22 13   .629
Michigan 10 6   .625     18 12   .600
Indiana 8 8   .500     21 13   .618
Minnesota 8 8   .500     19 14   .576
Iowa 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
Ohio State 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Northwestern 3 13   .188     12 17   .414
Penn State 2 14   .125     7 21   .250
2003 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2003 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and March 16, 2003 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Ohio State in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Illinois' first tournament championship following two prior championship game appearances.

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.



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