2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

American college basketball postseason tournament

2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	15
Site	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Television	Peacock, BTN, CBS/Paramount+
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2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Michigan State	9	–	0	1.000	18	–	2	.900
No. 10 Purdue	8	–	2	.800	16	–	5	.762
Michigan	7	–	2	.778	15	–	5	.750
Maryland	7	–	4	.636	17	–	5	.773
UCLA	7	–	4	.636	16	–	6	.727
No. 17 Wisconsin	6	–	4	.600	16	–	5	.762
No. 18 Illinois	6	–	5	.545	14	–	7	.667
No. 16 Oregon	5	–	5	.500	16	–	5	.762
Indiana	5	–	5	.500	14	–	7	.667
Ohio State	5	–	5	.500	13	–	8	.619
USC	4	–	5	.444	12	–	8	.600
Iowa	4	–	6	.400	13	–	8	.619
Rutgers	4	–	6	.400	11	–	10	.524
Nebraska	3	–	7	.300	13	–	8	.619
Northwestern	3	–	7	.300	12	–	9	.571
Minnesota	3	–	7	.300	11	–	10	.524
Penn State	3	–	8	.273	13	–	9	.591
Washington	1	–	8	.111	10	–	10	.500

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 30, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which will take place from March 12–16, 2025. The tournament will be held at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

This will be the first season in the current tournament format as the conference expanded to 18 teams. The conference announced that only 15 teams will participate with the bottom three teams not qualifying for the tournament.

Seeds

The top 15 Big Ten schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 9 teams receive a first round bye and the top four teams receive a double bye.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2	Tiebreak 3
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DNQ
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DNQ

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1	1	3:30 pm	No. 12 vs. No. 13	Peacock
	2	25 mins after Game 1	No. 11 vs. No. 14
	3	25 mins after Game 2	No. 10 vs. No. 15
Second round – Thursday, March 13
2	4	12:00 pm	No. 8 vs. No. 9	BTN
2	5	25 mins after Game 4	No. 5 vs.
3	6	6:30 pm	No. 7 vs.
3	7	25 mins after Game 6	No. 6 vs.
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
4	8	12:00 pm	No. 1 vs.	BTN
4	9	25 mins after Game 8	No. 4 vs.
5	10	6:30 pm	No. 2 vs.
5	11	25 mins after Game 10	No. 3 vs.
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
6	12	1:00 pm	vs.	CBS
6	13	25 mins after Game 12	vs.	CBS
Championship – Sunday, March 16
7	14	3:30 pm	vs.	CBS

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

Bracket


First round Wednesday, March 12 Peacock	Second round Thursday, March 13 BTN	Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 BTN	Semifinals Saturday, March 15 CBS	Championship Sunday, March 16 CBS



		1

	8

	9



		4

	5

12

13

		2

	7

10

15

		3

	6

11

14

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries