The 2008 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 13 and 16, 2008 at
Conseco Fieldhouse in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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. It was the eleventh annual
Big Ten men's basketball tournament. The championship was won by
Wisconsin
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who defeated
Illinois
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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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Marcus Landry, Wisconsin –
Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
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Demetri McCamey, Illinois
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Shaun Pruitt, Illinois
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Drew Neitzel, Michigan State
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Michael Flowers, Wisconsin
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References
External links
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Tournament
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