Tiebreaking procedures remain unchanged from the 2018 tournament. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.Īll 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Michigan State defeated Michigan 65–60 in the championship game to win the tournament, marking the school's sixth tournament championship. The tournament was held from March 13 through March 17, 2019. Time: 25 minutes following Game 7 TV: Big. Rutgers has been struggling down the stretch with losses in six of their last. The tournament returned to its more traditional Midwest roots as it will be held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The 2023 Big Ten men's basketball tournament is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday at the United Center in Chicago. Both of these teams desperately need a win to help bolster their chances at making the NCAA Tournament, and I believe the Wolverines will easily achieve that in Thursday’s first game. The 2019 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
