2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by [2000–01 2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team|Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team|Iowa] who defeated [2000-01 2000-01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana] in the championship game. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.
Seeds
All Big Ten schools participated 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.| Seed | School | Conference | 1st Tiebreaker | 2nd Tiebreaker | 3rd Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Illinois | 13–3 | 1–0 vs MSU | ||
| 2 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 0–1 vs Ill | ||
| 3 | Ohio State | 11–5 | |||
| 4 | Indiana | 10–6 | |||
| 5 | Wisconsin | 9–7 | |||
| 6 | Iowa | 7–9 | 1–1 vs PSU | 1–1 vs Ill | 0–1 vs MSU |
| 7 | Penn State | 7–9 | 1–1 vs Iowa | 1–1 vs Ill | 0–2 vs MSU |
| 8 | Purdue | 6–10 | |||
| 9 | Minnesota | 5–11 | |||
| 10 | Michigan | 4–12 | |||
| 11 | Northwestern | 3–13 |
Bracket
SourceAll-Tournament team
- Reggie Evans, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Brian Cook, Illinois
- Kirk Haston, Indiana
- Jared Jeffries, Indiana
- Joe Crispin, Penn State