1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1997–98
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Ellerbe (1st title)
MVPRobert Traylor (Michigan)
1999 →
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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]

  1. ^ NORWOOD, ROBYN (March 9, 1998). "Michigan Plows Through Purdue to Championship". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "Big Ten tournament All-Time Results" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Stripped Of Conference Championship". CBS. Associated Press. November 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2012.