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. The tournament returned to its more traditional Midwest roots as it will be held at the

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. The tournament was held from March 13 through March 17, 2019.

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65–60 in the championship game to win the tournament, marking the school's sixth tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA 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 remain unchanged from the 2018 tournament.

Schedule

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

All-Tournament Team

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References

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