2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2014 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
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held from March 13 through March 16, 2014 at
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in
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. The tournament was the seventeenth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament and third and final year to feature 12 teams. The championship was won by
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who defeated
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in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win marked Michigan State's fourth tournament championship (tying them with
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for the most championships) and second championship in three years.
Branden Dawson Branden James Dawson (born February 1, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player. A native of Gary, Indiana, he attended Lew Wallace High School and played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. In his senior season ...
was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


Seeds

All 12 Big Ten schools participated 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 four teams received a first-round bye. Tiebreaking procedures were unchanged from the 2013 tournament.


Game summaries


First round


Quarterfinals


Semifinals


Championship

* Attendance for the six sessions was 111,592.


Bracket


All-Tournament Team

*
Branden Dawson Branden James Dawson (born February 1, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player. A native of Gary, Indiana, he attended Lew Wallace High School and played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. In his senior season ...
, Michigan State –
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* Gary Harris, Michigan State * Adreian Payne, Michigan State *
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, Michigan * LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State


See also

* 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament


References


External links


Tournament results
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