The 2017 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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held from March 8 through March 12, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first

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held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest. The championship was won by

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, which defeated

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in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The championship was Michigan's first (after having their win of the inaugural tournament vacated) and they became the lowest-seeded team ever to win the Big Ten tournament.

Seeds

All 14 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. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 tournament.

Schedule

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

* Derrick Walton, Michigan –

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* Zak Irvin, Michigan * Ethan Happ, Wisconsin * Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin * Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin

References

External links

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