The 2011 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was held from March 10 through March 13, 2011 at

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. It was the fourteenth 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, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Ohio State's fourth tournament championship and second consecutive (one championship has been vacated).

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.

Schedule

Bracket

Honors

All-Tournament Team

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References

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