The 2011 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament was held from March 10 through March 13 at the Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse

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 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. All 10 games were aired nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, the Big Ten Network and CBS Sports. ESPN2 carried the first two games on Thursday and the Big Ten Network aired the final game of the evening. On Friday, ESPN will broadcast the first two quarterfinal games, while the Big Ten Network aired the remaining two contests. CBS Sports televised the semifinal and championship games on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The winner, Ohio State

2010-11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented The Ohio State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his 7th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in...

, received an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament

2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:First Four*March 15 and 16**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSecond and third rounds*March 17 and 19**Verizon Center, Washington, D.C....

 (and the #1 overall seed after finishing the regular season 32-2).

The All-Tournament Team was composed of Kalin Lucas

Kalin Lucas

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, William Buford, Jon Diebler

Jon Diebler

Jon Keith Diebler is an American basketball player for Panionios B.C. in Greece. He previously played four seasons at Ohio State University. He holds the Ohio high school career scoring record and the Ohio State University and Big Ten career three-point field goals records...

, Jared Sullinger

Jared Sullinger

Jared Sullinger is an American college basketball player. He is a sophomore at Ohio State and was one of the top rated basketball players in the class of 2010.-High school career:...

, Michael Thompson, and Talor Battle

Talor Battle

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. Sullinger was the Most Outstanding Player. It was Ohio State's fourth Big Ten Tournament title, the most of any team. The Buckeyes became the second back-to-back champions.

Seeds

All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Big Ten Conference season

2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marks the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members that began in 1904. The non-conference season began on November 8, 2010 with Illinois defeating UC Irvine in the opening round of the...

 record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records . The top 5 teams received a first round bye

Bye (sports)

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.

The seeding for the tournament was as follows:

Seed	School	Conf	1st Tiebreak	2nd Tiebreak	3rd Tiebreak	4th Tiebreak	5th Tiebreak	6th Tiebreak	7th Tiebreak
#1	Ohio State	16–2
#2	Purdue 2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team The 2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Matt Painter, in his sixth season with the Boilers...	14–4
#3	Wisconsin 2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team The 2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin at Madison in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was coach Bo Ryan's tenth season at the University of Wisconsin. They played their home games at the Kohl Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference...	13–5
#4	Michigan 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team The 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represents the University of Michigan during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Crisler Arena, which has a capacity of 13,751, for the forty-fourth consecutive year...	9–9	4–1 vs. ILL/PSU/MSU
#5	Illinois 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team The 2010–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 2010-11 college basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's eighth season at the University of Illinois. They played their home games at Assembly Hall and are...	9–9	3–2 vs. MICH/PSU/MSU
#6	Penn State 2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team The 2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University. Head Coach Ed DeChellis was in his eighth season with the team...	9–9	2–4 vs. MICH/ILL/MSU	0–2 vs. OSU	0–2 vs. PUR	1–1 vs. WIS	2–0 vs. NW	2–0 vs. MINN	1–0 vs. IOWA
#7	Michigan State 2010–11 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team The 2010–11 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 16th year at Michigan State. The team played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing,...	9–9	2–4 vs. MICH/ILL/PSU	0–1 vs. OSU	0–2 vs. PUR	1–1 vs. WIS	2–0 vs. NW	2–0 vs. MINN	1–1 vs. IOWA
#8	Northwestern 2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team The 2010–11 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This is head coach Bill Carmody's eleventh season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan...	7–11
#9	Minnesota 2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team The 2010–11 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2010–2011. The team's head coach, Tubby Smith was in his fourth year at Minnesota...	6–12
#10	Iowa 2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team The 2010–11 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010–11 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Fran McCaffery and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has been their home since 1983. They are members of the Big Ten...	4–14
#11	Indiana 2010–11 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team The 2010–11 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Crean, in his third season with the Hoosiers. The team played its home games at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big...	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Score
First Round - Thursday, March 10
1	1	2:30pm	#8 Northwestern vs. #9 Minnesota	ESPN2	75–65
	2	5:00pm	#7 Michigan State vs. #10 Iowa	ESPN2	66–61
	3	7:30pm	#6 Penn State vs. #11 Indiana	BTN	61–55
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 11
2	4	12:00pm	#1 Ohio State vs. #8 Northwestern	ESPN	67–61 OT
	5	2:30pm	#4 Michigan vs. #5 Illinois	ESPN	60–55
3	6	6:30pm	#2 Purdue vs. #7 Michigan State	BTN	74–56
	7	9:00pm	#3 Wisconsin vs. #6 Penn State	BTN	36–33
Semifinals - Saturday, March 12
4	8	1:40pm	#1 Ohio State vs. #4 Michigan	CBS	68-61
	9	4:00pm	#7 Michigan State vs. #6 Penn State	CBS	61-48
Championship Game - Sunday, March 13
5	10	3:30pm	#1 Ohio State vs. #6 Penn State	CBS	71-60
*Game Times in ET Eastern Time Zone The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time... . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

All game times are ET.

* Game went into Overtime