1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

The 1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the second annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 4 through March 7, 1999, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

1999 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199899
Teams11
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsMichigan State (1st title)
Winning coachTom Izzo (1st title)
MVPMateen Cleaves (Michigan State)
1998–99 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Michigan State151 .938335  .868
No. 19 Indiana97 .5632311  .676
No. 18 Wisconsin97 .5632210  .688
No. 21 Iowa97 .5632010  .667
Purdue79 .4382113  .618
Northwestern610 .3751514  .517
Penn State511 .3131314  .481
Illinois313 .1881418  .438
No. 14 Ohio State**04 .00019  .100
Minnesota***08 .000011  .000
Michigan*011 .000019  .000
1999 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Michigan: 12 games vacated due to sanctions against the program
**Ohio State: 26 games including 5 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
*** Minnesota vacated 17 games including 1 NCAA Tourn. game due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan: 12–19, 5–11; Ohio State: 27–9, 12–4; Minnesota: 17–11, 8–8

Due to 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. Ohio State also vacated its appearance in the tournament due to NCAA Sanctions.

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