2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Iowa Hawkeyes (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Alford (2nd title)
MVP	Jeff Horner (Iowa)
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2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Ohio State	12	–	4		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 15 Iowa †	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5		.688			26	–	7		.788
Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Indiana	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Michigan State	8	–	8		.500			22	–	12		.647
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			22	–	11		.667
Penn State	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			14	–	15		.483
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			16	–	15		.516
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
† 2006 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 14, 2006 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the

. This marked Iowa's second tournament championship in three appearances.

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	12–4
2	Iowa	11–5	1–0 vs. OSU
3	Illinois	11–5	0–1 vs. OSU
4	Wisconsin	9–7	1–0 vs. Ind
5	Indiana	9–7	0–1 vs. Wis
6	Michigan State	8–8	1–1 vs. Mich	1–1 vs. OSU
7	Michigan	8–8	1–1 vs. MSU	0–1 vs OSU
8	Penn State	6–10	2–0 vs. NU
9	Northwestern	6–10	0–2 vs. PSU
10	Minnesota	5–11
11	Purdue	3–13

	Opening Round March 9					Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 11					Championship March 12
						1	#7 Ohio State	63
	8	Penn State	60			8	Penn State	56
	9	Northwestern	42								1	#7 Ohio State	52
											5	Indiana	51
						4	Wisconsin	56
						5	Indiana	61
																1	#7 Ohio State	60
																2	#20 Iowa	67
						2	#20 Iowa	67
	7	Michigan	55			10	Minnesota	57
	10	Minnesota	59								2	#20 Iowa	53
											6	Michigan State	48
						3	#9 Illinois	56
	6	Michigan State	70			6	Michigan State	61
	11	Purdue	58

• Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Maurice Ager, Michigan State
• Greg Brunner, Iowa
• Jamar Butler, Ohio State
• J. J. Sullinger, Ohio State

Source:^[2]

• Official site