2005 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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 seventh annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The Illinois Fighting Illini were champions of the tournament, and thereby received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. James Augustine of Illinois was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

eeds

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.

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=Opening Round10 March 2005
RD2=Quarterfinals11 March 2005
RD3=Semifinals12 March 2005
RD4=Championship13 March 2005

RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Northwestern
RD1-score03=58
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Michigan
RD1-score04=56

RD1-seed11=7
RD1-team11=Iowa (20-10)
RD1-score11=71
RD1-seed12=10
RD1-team12=Purdue (7-21)
RD1-score12=52

RD1-seed15=6
RD1-team15=Ohio State
RD1-score15=72
RD1-seed16=11
RD1-team16=Penn State
RD1-score16=69

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Illinois (30-1)
RD2-score01=68
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Northwestern
RD2-score02=51

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Indiana (16-13)
RD2-score03=55
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Minnesota (21-10)
RD2-score04=71

RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Michigan State (22-6)
RD2-score05=69
RD2-seed06=7
RD2-team06=Iowa (21-10)
RD2-score06=71

RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Wisconsin (21-7)
RD2-score07=60
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Ohio State
RD2-score08=49

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Illinois (31-1)
RD3-score01=64
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Minnesota (21-11)
RD3-score02=56
RD3-seed03=7
RD3-team03=Iowa (21-11)
RD3-score03=56
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Wisconsin (22-7)
RD3-score04=59
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Illinois (32-1)
RD4-score01=54
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Wisconsin (22-8)
RD4-score02=43

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