The 2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the

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. It was the ninth annual

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. For the third straight year, the top two seed met in the championship game. The championship was won by

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who defeated

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to win the championship. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This marked Iowa's second tournament championship in three 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.

Game summaries

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

* Jeff Horner, Iowa –

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References

External links

Official site
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