# 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

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.
| Seed | School | Conference | 1st Tiebreaker | 2nd Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Ohio State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs MSU | 1–0 vs Pur |
| 2 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs OSU | 0–1 vs Pur |
| 3 | Purdue | 12–4 | | |
| 4 | Illinois | 11–5 | | |
| 5 | Indiana | 10–6 | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 8–8 | | |
| 7 | Iowa | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Mich | 1–0 vs OSU |
| 8 | Michigan | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Iowa | 0–1 vs OSU |
| 9 | Penn State | 5–11 | | |
| 10 | Minnesota | 4–12 | | |
| 11 | Northwestern | 0–16 | | |

## Bracket

| Opening round March 9 | Opening round March 9 | Opening round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 10 | Quarterfinals March 10 | Quarterfinals March 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 |
| | | | 1 | #4 Ohio State | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Penn State | 71 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 66 | 9 | Penn State | 71 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Penn State | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Penn State | 76 | | | | 9 | Penn State | 84 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | #25 Illinois | 94 | | | |
| | | | 4 | #25 Illinois | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | #18 Indiana | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | #25 Illinois | 61 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | #5 Michigan State | 76 |
| | | | 2 | #5 Michigan State | 75 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Iowa | 65 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Iowa | 81 | 7 | Iowa | 65 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Minnesota | 78 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Minnesota | 78 | | | | 2 | #5 Michigan State | 55 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Wisconsin | 46 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #22 Purdue | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wisconsin | 78 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 51 | 6 | Wisconsin | 78 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Northwestern | 41 | | | | | | | | | |
Source

## All-Tournament team

* Morris Peterson, Michigan State – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
* Brian Cook, Illinois
* Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
* Joe Crispin, Penn State
* Jarrett Stephens, Penn State

## Media
### Television

| Network | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
| ESPN Plus (Northwestern–Wisconsin, opening round; Iowa–Michigan State, quarterfinals) ESPN2 (Wisconsin–Purdue, quarterfinals) CBS (semifinals and championship game) | Wayne Larrivee Dave Barnett Jim Nantz | Greg Kelser Quinn Buckner Billy Packer | |

### Local Radio

| Seed | Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) |
| 2 | Michigan State | WJIM–AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State) | Mark Champion | Gus Ganakas |
| 6 | Wisconsin | WIBA–AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin) | Matt Lepay | Mike Lucas |