Big Ten Conference Men 's basketball tournament - wikipedia Big Ten Conference Men 's basketball tournament Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament Sport College basketball Conference Big Ten Conference Number of teams 14 Format Single - elimination tournament Current stadium Madison Square Garden Current location New York, NY Played 1998 -- present Last contest 2018 Current champion Michigan Most championships Michigan State ( 5 ) TV partner ( s ) CBS ( semifinals and championship game ) ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network ( other rounds ) Official website ( 1 ) Host stadiums United Center ( 1998 -- 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021 ) Bankers Life Fieldhouse ( 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 -- 12, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022 ) Verizon Center ( 2017 ) Madison Square Garden ( 2018 ) The Big Ten Conference men 's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men 's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten was one of the last NCAA Division I college basketball conferences to start a tournament. The finals of the tournament are typically held immediately before the field for the NCAA Tournament is announced, although in 2018 it was held the week before Selection Sunday. On six occasions, the champion of the tournament has gone on to reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament ( Michigan State in 1999 and 2000, Illinois in 2005, Ohio State in 2007, Wisconsin in 2015, and Michigan in 2018 ). In 2000, champion Michigan State won the NCAA Tournament. The No. 1 seed has won the tournament eight times, the most of any seed. The lowest seed to win the tournament was Michigan as a No. 8 seed in 2017. Contents 1 Host 2 Vacated results 3 Results and records 3.1 Results by year 3.2 Most conference tournament championships 3.3 Most consecutive championships 3.4 Records all - time by team 3.5 Records all - time by seed 3.6 Records by coaches 3.7 Notes 4 Television coverage 5 See also 6 References Host The Big Ten Men 's Basketball tournaments have been held at neutral sites every year. The first four tournaments were held at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Beginning in 2002, the tournament alternated between United Center and Conseco Fieldhouse ( later known as Bankers Life Fieldhouse ) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2008, the tournament began a five - year residence in Indianapolis. On June 5, 2011, the Big Ten announced that the tournament would revert to alternating between Indianapolis and Chicago. The 2013 and 2015 tournaments were played at United Center in Chicago and the 2014 and 2016 tournaments were played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The 2017 Tournament was held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The 2018 Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York and held a week earlier than usual due to the Big East Tournament, ending on March 4, 2018, one week before Selection Sunday. The 2019 through 2022 Tournaments will return to alternating between United Center in Chicago and Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Vacated results Due to various rulings against participating programs, some of the results of the Big Ten Tournament have been vacated or voided. Here is a compiled list of sanctions imposed that have affected the results and records of the tournament since its inception. The information in this article does not include results of the teams in which records were vacated. Because of the Minnesota academic scandal, the NCAA has vacated the postseason tournament records for the Minnesota basketball team from the 1993 -- 94 season through the 1998 -- 99 season. Minnesota had a record of 2 -- 1 in the 1998 Tournament and went 0 -- 1 in 1999. Because of the Michigan basketball scandal, the NCAA vacated the records for the Michigan basketball team from the 1995 -- 96 season through the 1998 -- 99 season, including the 1998 and 1999 Big Ten Tournaments. Michigan had won the Tournament championship in 1998 with a 3 -- 0 record, and had a record of 1 -- 1 in 1999. The NCAA has vacated the NCAA records for the Ohio State basketball team from the 1998 -- 99 season through the 2001 -- 02 season. Ohio State had a record of 1 -- 1 in the 1999 Tournament, went 0 -- 1 in 2000 and 2001, and had won the championship in 2002. Results and records Results by year Year Champion Seed Score Runner - up Seed Most Valuable Player Site 1998 Michigan ( vacated ) 76 -- 67 Purdue Robert Traylor, Michigan United Center, Chicago 1999 Michigan State 67 -- 50 Illinois 11 Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State United Center, Chicago 2000 Michigan State 76 -- 61 Illinois Morris Peterson, Michigan State United Center, Chicago 2001 Iowa 6 63 -- 61 Indiana Reggie Evans, Iowa United Center, Chicago 2002 Ohio State ( vacated ) 81 -- 64 Iowa 9 Boban Savovic, Ohio State Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2003 Illinois 72 -- 59 Ohio State 8 Brian Cook, Illinois United Center, Chicago Wisconsin 70 -- 53 Illinois Devin Harris, Wisconsin Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2005 Illinois 54 -- 43 Wisconsin James Augustine, Illinois United Center, Chicago 2006 Iowa 67 -- 60 Ohio State Jeff Horner, Iowa Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2007 Ohio State 66 -- 49 Wisconsin Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State United Center, Chicago 2008 Wisconsin 61 -- 48 Illinois 10 Marcus Landry, Wisconsin Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2009 Purdue 65 -- 61 Ohio State 5 Robbie Hummel, Purdue Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Ohio State 90 -- 61 Minnesota 6 Evan Turner, Ohio State Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2011 Ohio State 71 -- 60 Penn State 6 Jared Sullinger, Ohio State Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2012 Michigan State 68 -- 64 Ohio State Draymond Green, Michigan State Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2013 Ohio State 50 -- 43 Wisconsin Aaron Craft, Ohio State United Center, Chicago 2014 Michigan State 69 -- 55 Michigan Branden Dawson, Michigan State Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2015 Wisconsin 80 -- 69 Michigan State Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin United Center, Chicago 2016 Michigan State 66 -- 62 Purdue Denzel Valentine, Michigan State Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2017 Michigan 8 71 -- 56 Wisconsin Derrick Walton, Michigan Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. 2018 Michigan 5 75 -- 66 Purdue Moritz Wagner, Michigan Madison Square Garden, New York City 2019 United Center, Chicago 2020 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2021 United Center, Chicago 2022 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Most conference tournament championships School Titles Years Michigan State 5 1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016 Ohio State ^ 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013 Wisconsin 2004, 2008, 2015 Illinois 2003, 2005 Iowa 2001, 2006 Michigan * 2017, 2018 Purdue 2009 Minnesota 0 Indiana 0 Penn State 0 Northwestern 0 Nebraska 0 Maryland 0 Rutgers 0 * 1998 championship vacated by Michigan. ^ 2002 championship vacated by Ohio State. Most consecutive championships 2 -- Michigan ( 2017, 2018 ), Michigan State ( 1999, 2000 ), Ohio St. ( 2010, 2011 ) Records all - time by team through 2018 tournament School Record Winning pct Championships Runners - up Ohio State 26 -- 14. 650 Michigan State 29 -- 16. 644 5 Illinois 27 -- 19. 587 Wisconsin 24 -- 18. 571 Michigan 22 -- 17. 564 Iowa 16 -- 19. 457 Rutgers 3 -- 4. 429 0 0 Minnesota 14 -- 19. 424 0 Purdue 14 -- 20. 412 Penn State 14 -- 21. 400 0 Indiana 12 -- 21. 364 0 Maryland 2 -- 4. 333 0 0 Nebraska 3 -- 7. 300 0 0 Northwestern 9 -- 21. 300 0 0 Records all - time by seed through 2018 tournament Seed Record Winning pct Championships Runners - up 34 -- 12. 739 8 26 -- 12. 684 5 * 20 -- 17. 541 14 -- 19. 424 0 * 5 15 -- 19. 441 6 28 -- 18. 609 7 15 -- 20. 429 0 0 8 15 -- 19. 441 9 9 -- 20. 310 0 10 10 -- 19. 345 0 11 7 -- 20. 259 0 12 3 -- 6. 333 0 0 13 2 -- 3. 400 0 0 14 3 -- 4. 429 0 0 * Does not include vacated wins by Michigan ( 1998 ) and Ohio State ( 2002 ) Records by coaches Through 2018 tournament Coach School Record Winning pct. Championships Thad Matta Ohio State 23 -- 9. 719 Bill Self Illinois 5 -- 2. 714 Steve Alford Iowa 13 -- 6. 684 John Beilein Michigan 19 -- 9. 679 Lon Kruger Illinois 6 -- 3. 667 0 Tom Izzo Michigan State 29 -- 16. 644 5 Bo Ryan Wisconsin 17 -- 11. 607 Bruce Weber Illinois 12 -- 8. 600 Mike Davis Indiana 7 -- 6. 538 0 Tubby Smith Minnesota 7 -- 6. 538 0 Matt Painter Purdue 11 -- 12. 478 Pat Chambers Penn State 5 -- 7. 417 0 Ed DeChellis Penn State 5 -- 8. 385 0 Bill Carmody Northwestern 5 -- 13. 278 0 Note : Current coaches at school in bold. Minimum of five wins. Notes ^ Jump up to : Due to NCAA sanctions, Michigan has vacated the records from the 1992 Final Four, the 1992 -- 93, 1995 -- 96, 1996 -- 97, 1997 -- 98, and 1998 -- 99 seasons. See above section Vacated results ^ Jump up to : Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records of 34 games in 1998 -- 99, 16 games in 1999 -- 00 and the entire 2000 -- 01 and 2001 -- 02 seasons. See above section Vacated results ^ Jump up to : Due to NCAA sanctions, Minnesota has vacated the records from the 1993 -- 94, 1994 -- 95, 1995 -- 96, 1996 -- 97, 1997 -- 98, and 1998 -- 99 seasons. See above section Vacated results Television coverage Main article : List of Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament Finals broadcasters See also College basketball portal Big Ten Conference Women 's Basketball Tournament References Jump up ^ `` Big Ten Announces Five - Year Extension to Host Men 's and Women 's Basketball Tournaments in Indianapolis ''. June 5, 2006. Jump up ^ `` Big Ten Announces Future Sites for Football Championship Games and Basketball Tournaments ''. June 5, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Big Ten Men 's Basketball Tournament Heads East with Verizon Center Set to Host in 2017 Big Ten Conference Official Site ''. www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Big Ten tournament moving to D.C. in 2017 ''. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Madison Square Garden Partnership Big Ten Conference Official Site ''. www.bigten.org. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Jump up ^ Thamel, Pete. `` Madison Square Garden to host Big Ten Conference Tournament in 2018 ''. www.si.com. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Big Ten tourney to MSG in ' 18, a week earlier ''. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Big Ten tournament returning to United Center in 2019 and 2021 ''. Crain 's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship ''. CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012. ^ Jump up to : http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/bttrecords.pdf Jump up ^ Guerrieri, Vince ( March 10, 2006 ). `` NCAA slaps Ohio State with severe probation ''. USA Today. 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Question: where is the big ten basketball championship game played
Answer: Madison Square Garden in New York