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2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

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2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams15
SiteGainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
TelevisionPeacock, BTN, CBS/Paramount+
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2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Michigan State 9 1   .900 18 3   .857
No. 10 Purdue 9 2   .818 17 5   .773
Michigan 8 2   .800 16 5   .762
Maryland 7 4   .636 17 5   .773
No. 17 Wisconsin 7 4   .636 17 5   .773
UCLA 7 4   .636 16 6   .727
No. 18 Illinois 7 5   .583 15 7   .682
USC 5 5   .500 13 8   .619
No. 16 Oregon 5 6   .455 16 6   .727
Indiana 5 6   .455 14 8   .636
Ohio State 5 6   .455 13 9   .591
Iowa 4 6   .400 13 8   .619
Nebraska 4 7   .364 14 8   .636
Rutgers 4 7   .364 11 11   .500
Penn State 3 8   .273 13 9   .591
Northwestern 3 8   .273 12 10   .545
Minnesota 3 8   .273 11 11   .500
Washington 2 8   .200 11 10   .524
2025 Big Ten tournament winner
As of February 2, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which will take place from March 12–16, 2025. The tournament will be held at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

This will be the first season in the current tournament format as the conference expanded to 18 teams.[1] The conference announced that only 15 teams will participate with the bottom three teams not qualifying for the tournament.[2]

Seeds

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The top 15 Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 9 teams receive a first round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.

Seed School Conference Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1 1 3:30 pm No. 12 vs. No. 13 Peacock
2 25 mins after Game 1 No. 11 vs. No. 14
3 25 mins after Game 2 No. 10 vs. No. 15
Second round – Thursday, March 13
2 4 12:00 pm No. 8 vs. No. 9 BTN
5 25 mins after Game 4 No. 5 vs.
3 6 6:30 pm No. 7 vs.
7 25 mins after Game 6 No. 6 vs.
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
4 8 12:00 pm No. 1 vs. BTN
9 25 mins after Game 8 No. 4 vs.
5 10 6:30 pm No. 2 vs.
11 25 mins after Game 10 No. 3 vs.
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
6 12 1:00 pm vs. CBS
13 25 mins after Game 12 vs.
Championship – Sunday, March 16
7 14 3:30 pm vs. CBS

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. [3]

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 12
Peacock
Second round
Thursday, March 13
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
CBS
Championship
Sunday, March 16
CBS
1
8
9
4
5
12
13
2
7
10
15
3
6
11
14

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

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First round

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Peacock
March 12
3:30 pm
No. 13 vs. No. 12
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Peacock
March 12
6:00 pm
No. 14 vs. No. 11
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Peacock
March 12
8:30 pm
No. 15 vs. No. 10
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Second round

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BTN
March 13
12:00 pm
No. 9 vs. No. 8
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 13
2:30 pm
  vs. No. 5
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 13
6:30 pm
  vs. No. 7
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 13
9:00 pm
  vs. No. 6
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Quarterfinals

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BTN
March 14
12:00 pm
  vs. No. 1
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 14
2:30 pm
  vs. No. 4
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 14
6:30 pm
  vs. No. 2
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
BTN
March 14
9:00 pm
  vs. No. 3
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Semifinals

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CBS
March 15
1:00 pm
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
CBS
March 15
3:30 pm
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Championship

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CBS
March 16
3:30 pm
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference to Alter Basketball Tournaments Starting in 2025". SportsTravelMagazine.com. January 30, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Tournament won't include all teams starting next season; will stay with 20-game conference schedule". CBSSports.com. January 30, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament". Indiana Sports Corp. Retrieved September 10, 2024.