2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006, at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the ninth annual Big Ten men's basketball tournament. For the third straight year, the top two seed met in the championship game. The championship was won by Iowa Hawkeyes who defeated Ohio State 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.

Seed	School	Conference	1st Tiebreaker	2nd Tiebreaker
1	Ohio State	12–4
2	Iowa	11–5	1–0 vs. OSU
3	Illinois	11–5	0–1 vs. OSU
4	Wisconsin	9–7	1–0 vs. Ind
5	Indiana	9–7	0–1 vs. Wis
6	Michigan State	8–8	1–1 vs. Mich	1–1 vs. OSU
7	Michigan	8–8	1–1 vs. MSU	0–1 vs OSU
8	Penn State	6–10	2–0 vs. NU
9	Northwestern	6–10	0–2 vs. PSU
10	Minnesota	5–11
11	Purdue	3–13

All-Tournament Team

• Jeff Horner, Iowa – Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Maurice Ager, Michigan State
• Greg Brunner, Iowa
• Jamar Butler, Ohio State
• J. J. Sullinger, Ohio State

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External links

• Official site