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2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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2005 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2004–05
Teams 11
Site United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Illinois Fighting Illini (2nd title)
Winning coach Bruce Weber (1st title)
MVP James Augustine (Illinois)
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2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 1 Illinois 15 1   .938     37 2   .949
No. 15 Michigan State 13 3   .813     26 6   .813
No. 20 Wisconsin 11 5   .688     25 9   .735
Indiana 10 6   .625     15 14   .517
Minnesota 10 6   .625     21 11   .656
Ohio State 8 8   .500     20 12   .625
Iowa 7 9   .438     21 12   .636
Northwestern 6 10   .375     15 16   .484
Michigan 4 12   .250     13 18   .419
Purdue 3 13   .188     7 21   .250
Penn State 1 15   .063     7 23   .233
2005 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2005; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2005 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. This was the eighth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Illinois who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked the second tournament championship for Illinois in their fifth championship game appearance.

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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