The 2012 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was held from March 8 through March 11 at

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. This was the first tournament to feature 12 teams of the expanded Big Ten, with

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making its debut. The tournament was the fifteenth annual

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. The championship was won by

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who defeated

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in the championships game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Michigan State's third tournament championship and first since

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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. A new tie-breaking procedure was announced for the 2012 tournament for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 teams received a first-round bye.

Schedule

Source Attendance figures; Total Tournament Attendance:107,737

Bracket

Honors

All-Tournament Team

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, Michigan State – Most Outstanding Player * Brandon Wood, Michigan State *

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, Minnesota *

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, Ohio State *

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, Ohio State

Tournament notes

* For the third year in a row, the No. 1 seed won the Big Ten tournament, but this would be the last time for years to come. * There were only two upsets in this tournament, the biggest being No. 10 seed, Minnesota, over No. 7 seed, Northwestern.

References

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