The 2005 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball
tournament for the
Big Ten Conference and was played between March 9 and 12, 2005, at the
United Center in
Chicago, Illinois. This was the eighth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by
Illinois who defeated
Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Illinois received the
Big Ten's automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament. The win marked the second tournament championship for Illinois in their fifth championship game appearance.
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
All-Tournament Team
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James Augustine, Illinois –
Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
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Luther Head
Luther Dale Head (born November 26, 1982) is a former American professional basketball player.
High school
Head attended Chicago's Manley Academy where he averaged over 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds per game as a junior. Those n ...
, Illinois
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Vincent Grier
Vincent Grier (born March 14, 1983) is an American former college basketball player for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. He has scored 1,118 points, but did not play during his junior season, due to an injury.
He played for Minnesota ...
, Minnesota
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Zach Morley
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, Wisconsin
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Alando Tucker
Alando Forest Tucker (born February 11, 1984) is an American former collegiate basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before joining the NBA, he played college basket ...
, Wisconsin
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