1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the inaugural postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 5 through March 8, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan who defeated Purdue in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

1998 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199798
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan (Vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Ellerbe (1st title)
MVPRobert Traylor (Michigan)
1997–98 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No.  16 Michigan State133 .813228  .733
No. 22 Illinois133 .8132310  .697
No. 11 Purdue124 .750288  .778
Iowa97 .5632011  .645
Indiana97 .5632012  .625
Penn State88 .5001913  .594
Northwestern313 .1881017  .370
Wisconsin313 .1881219  .387
Ohio State115 .063822  .267
No. 12 Michigan* †05 .00008  .000
Minnesota**010 .000015  .000
1998 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 24 reg. season games including Big Ten Tourn. Champ.; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Minnesota: 15 games including 5 NIT games and championship vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan 25–9, 11–5; Minnesota 20–15, 6–10

Due to the Michigan basketball scandal, Michigan has vacated the records from this tournament. Similarly, due to the Minnesota academic scandal, Minnesota's appearance in this tournament was vacated.

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