2021 Big Ten Tournament: Bracket, Schedule, Scores, Seeds

The 2021 Big Ten tournament ended at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, March 14. Get the bracket, schedule, scores and seeds below. Illinois beat Ohio State for the title on Sunday.

This marked the 12th time Indianapolis is holding the event.

2021 Big Ten tournament: Bracket

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2021 Big Ten tournament: Schedule, scores

All times ET.

First round — Wednesday, March 10

Game 1: No. 13 Minnesota 51, No. 12 Northwestern 46 Game 2: No. 11 Penn State 72, No. 14 Nebraska 66

Second round — Thursday, March 11

Game 3: No. 8 Maryland 68, No. 9 Michigan State 57 Game 4: No. 5 Ohio State 79, No. 13 Minnesota 75 Game 5: No. 7 Rutgers 61, No. 10 Indiana 50 Game 6: No. 6 Wisconsin 75, No. 11 Penn State 74

Quarterfinals — Friday, March 12

Game 7: No. 1 Michigan 79, No. 8 Maryland 66 Game 8: No. 5 Ohio State 87, No. 4 Purdue 78 (OT) Game 9: No. 2 Illinois 90, No. 7 Rutgers 68 Game 10: No. 3 Iowa 62, No. 6 Wisconsin 57

Semifinals — Saturday, March 13

Game 11: No. 5 Ohio State 68, No. 1 Michigan 67 Game 12: No. 2 Illinois 82, No. 3 Iowa 71

Championship — Sunday, March 14

No. 2 Illinois 91, No. 5 Ohio State 88 (OT)

2021 Big Ten tournament: Seeds

Seeds 11 through 14 open play on Wednesday, March 10. Seeds 5 through 10 then join starting in the second round. The top-4 seeds have double-byes into the quarterfinals.

1. Michigan
2. Illinois
3. Iowa
4. Purdue
5. Ohio State
6. Wisconsin
7. Rutgers
8. Maryland
9. Michigan State
10. Indiana
11. Penn State
12. Northwestern
13. Minnesota
14. Nebraska

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Big Ten Tournament: Champions, history

Michigan State is the defending champion (2019 title) and has won the most championships overall with six.

YEAR	WINNER	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	CITY
1998	Michigan (vacated)	76-67	Purdue	Chicago
1999	Michigan State	67-50	Illinois	Chicago
2000	Michigan State	76-61	Illinois	Chicago
2001	Iowa	63-61	Indiana	Chicago
2002	Ohio State (vacated)	81-64	Iowa	Indianapolis
2003	Illinois	72-59	Ohio State	Chicago
2004	Wisconsin	70-53	Illinois	Indianapolis
2005	Illinois	54-43	Wisconsin	Chicago
2006	Iowa	67-60	Ohio State	Indianapolis
2007	Ohio State	66-49	Wisconsin	Chicago
2008	Wisconsin	61-48	Illinois	Indianapolis
2009	Purdue	65-61	Ohio State	Indianapolis
2010	Ohio State	90-61	Minnesota	Indianapolis
2011	Ohio State	71-60	Penn State	Indianapolis
2012	Michigan State	68-64	Ohio State	Indianapolis
2013	Ohio State	50-43	Wisconsin	Chicago
2014	Michigan State	69-55	Michigan	Indianapolis
2015	Wisconsin	80-69 (OT)	Michigan State	Chicago
2016	Michigan State	66-62	Purdue	Indianapolis
2017	Michigan	71-56	Wisconsin	Washington, D.C.
2018	Michigan	75-66	Purdue	New York City
2019	Michigan State	65-60	Michigan	Chicago