The 2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at

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. It was the eleventh annual

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. The championship was won by

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who defeated

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in the championship game. As a result, Wisconsin received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Wisconsin's second tournament championship in four appearances.

Seeds

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.

Bracket

Source

All-Tournament Team

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, Wisconsin –

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References

External links

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