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1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	11
Site	United Center; Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Michigan (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coach	Brian Ellerbe (1st title)
MVP	Robert Traylor (Michigan)
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1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	22	–	8	.733
No. 22 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	23	–	10	.697
No. 11 Purdue	12	–	4	.750	28	–	8	.778
Iowa	9	–	7	.563	20	–	11	.645
Indiana	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Penn State	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	10	–	17	.370
Wisconsin	3	–	13	.188	12	–	19	.387
Ohio State	1	–	15	.063	8	–	22	.267
No. 12 Michigan* †	0	–	5	.000	0	–	8	.000
Minnesota**	0	–	10	.000	0	–	15	.000

† 1998 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program *Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game.^[1] As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament.^[2] Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.^[3]

Seeds

All 11 Big Ten schools participated 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	Michigan State	13–3	1–1 vs. Ill.	1–1 vs. Pur
2	Illinois	13–3	1–1 vs. MSU	0–2 vs. Pur
3	Purdue	12–4
4	Michigan	11–5
5	Iowa	9–7	2–0 vs. Ind
6	Indiana	9–7	0–2 vs. Iowa
7	Penn State	8–8
8	Minnesota	6–10
9	Northwestern	3–13	1–1 vs. Wisc	0–1 vs. MSU
10	Wisconsin	3–13	1–1 vs. NW	0–2 vs. MSU
11	Ohio State	1–15

Bracket

Opening round March 5			Quarterfinals March 6			Semifinals March 7			Championship March 8

			1	#12 Michigan State	73

			8	Minnesota	76
8	Minnesota	64

9	Northwestern	56
						8	Minnesota	69

						4	#17 Michigan	85



			4	#17 Michigan	77

			5	Iowa	66



									4	#17 Michigan	76

									3	#9 Purdue	67



			2	#18 Illinois	66

			10	Wisconsin	61
7	Penn State	51

10	Wisconsin	52
						2	#18 Illinois	47

						3	#9 Purdue	68



			3	#9 Purdue	76

			6	Indiana	71
6	Indiana	78

11	Ohio State	71