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2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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2006 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 11
Site Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Iowa Hawkeyes (2nd title)
Winning coach Steve Alford (2nd title)
MVP Jeff Horner (Iowa)
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2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 6 Ohio State 12 4   .750     26 6   .813
No. 15 Iowa 11 5   .688     25 9   .735
No. 13 Illinois 11 5   .688     26 7   .788
Wisconsin 9 7   .563     19 12   .613
Indiana 9 7   .563     19 12   .613
Michigan State 8 8   .500     22 12   .647
Michigan 8 8   .500     22 11   .667
Penn State 6 10   .375     15 15   .500
Northwestern 6 10   .375     14 15   .483
Minnesota 5 11   .313     16 15   .516
Purdue 3 13   .188     9 19   .321
2006 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 14, 2006; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the ninth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. For the third straight year, the top two seed met in the championship game. The championship was won by Iowa Hawkeyes who defeated Ohio State to win the championship. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This marked Iowa's second tournament championship in three 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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