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Men's Basketball - Big Ten Tournament History

1998
Chicago, Ill. / #2 Seed
Quarterfinal March 6 #2 Illinois 66, #10 Wisconsin 61  Box
Semifinal March 7 #3 Purdue 68, #2 Illinois 47  Box

1999
Chicago, Ill. / #11 Seed
First Round March 4 #11 Illinois 67, #6 Minnesota 64  Box
Quarterfinal March 5 #11 Illinois 82, #3 Indiana 66  Box
Semifinal March 6 #11 Illinois 79, #2 Ohio State 77  Box
Championship March 7 #1 Michigan State 67, #11 Illinois 50  Box

2000
Chicago, Ill. / #4 Seed
Quarterfinal March 10 #4 Illinois 72, #5 Indiana 69  Box
Semifinal March 11 #4 Illinois 94, #9 Penn State 84  Box
Championship March 12 #2 Michigan State 76, #4 Illinois 61  Box

2001
Chicago, Ill. / #1 Seed
Quarterfinal March 9 #1 Illinois 83, #8 Purdue 66  Box
Semifinal March 10 #4 Indiana 58, #1 Illinois 56  Box

2002
Indianapolis, Ind. / #3 Seed
Quarterfinal March 8 #3 Illinois 92, #6 Minnesota 76  Box
Semifinal March 9 #2 Ohio State 94, #3 Illinois 88  Box

2003
Chicago, Ill. / #2 Seed
Quarterfinal March 14 #2 Illinois 94, #10 Northwestern 65  Box
Semifinal March 15 #2 Illinois 73, #6 Indiana 72  Box
Championship March 16 #2 Illinois 72, #8 Ohio State 59  Box

2004
Indianapolis, Ind. / #1 Seed
Quarterfinal March 12 #1 Illinois 71, #8 Indiana 59  Box
Semifinal March 13 #1 Illinois 74, #5 Michigan 60  Box
Championship March 14 #2 Wisconsin 70, #1 Illinois 53  Box

2005
Chicago, Ill. / #1 Seed
Quarterfinal March 11 #1 Illinois 68, #8 Northwestern 51  Box
Semifinal March 12 #1 Illinois 64, #5 Minnesota 56  Box
Championship March 13 #1 Illinois 54, #3 Wisconsin 43  Box

2006
Indianapolis, Ind. / #3 Seed
Quarterfinal March 10 #6 Michigan State 61, #3 Illinois 56  Box

2007
Chicago, Ill. / #6 Seed
First Round March 8 #6 Illinois 66, #11 Penn State 60  Box
Quarterfinal March 9 #6 Illinois 58, #3 Indiana 54 (OT)  Box
Semifinal March 10 #2 Wisconsin 53, #6 Illinois 41  Box

2008
Indianapolis, Ind. / #10 Seed
First Round March 13 #10 Illinois 64, #7 Penn State 63  Box
Quarterfinal March 14 #10 Illinois 74, #2 Purdue 67 (OT)  Box
Semifinal March 15 #10 Illinois 54, #6 Minnesota 50  Box
Championship March 16 #1 Wisconsin 61, #10 Illinois 48  Box

2009
Indianapolis, Ind. / #2 Seed
Quarterfinal March 13 #2 Illinois 60, #7 Michigan 50 Box
Semifinal March 14 #3 Purdue 66, #2 Illinois 56  Box

2010
Indianapolis, Ind. / #5 Seed
Quarterfinal March 12 #5 Illinois 58, #4 Wisconsin 54  Box
Semifinal March 13 #1 Ohio State 88, #5 Illinois 81 (2OT)  Box

2011
Indianapolis, Ind. / #5 Seed
Quarterfinal March 11 #4 Michigan 60, #5 Illinois 55  Box

2012
Indianapolis, Ind. / #9 Seed
First Round March 8 #8 Iowa 64, #9 Illinois 61  Box

2013
Chicago, Ill. / #8 Seed
First Round March 14 #8 Illinois 51, #9 Minnesota 49  Box
Quarterfinal March 15 #1 Indiana 80, #8 Illinois 64  Box

2014
Indianapolis, Ind. / #9 Seed
First Round March 13 #9 Illinois 64, #8 Indiana 54  Box
Quarterfinal March 14 #1 Michigan 64, #9 Illinois 63  Box

2015
Chicago, Ill. / #8 Seed
Second Round March 12 #9 Michigan 73, #8 Illinois 55  Box

2016
Indianapolis, Ind. / #12 Seed
First Round March 9 #12 Illinois 85, #13 Minnesota 52  Box
Second Round March 10 #12 Illinois 68, #5 Iowa 66  Box
Quarterfinal March 11 #4 Purdue 89, #12 Illinois 58  Box

2017
Washington D.C. / #9 Seed
Second Round March 9 #8 Michigan 75, #9 Illinois 55  Box

2018
New York, N.Y. / #13 Seed
First Round Feb. 28 #12 Iowa 96, #13 Illinois 87  Box

2019
Chicago, Ill. / #11 Seed
First Round March 13 #11 Illinois 74, #14 Northwestern 69 (OT)  Box
Second Round March 14 #6 Iowa 83, #11 Illinois 62  Box

2020
Indianapolis, Ind. / #4 Seed
Canceled due to COVID-19

2021
Indianapolis, Ind. / #2 Seed
Quarterfinal March 12 #2 Illinois 90, #7 Rutgers 68  Box
Semifinal March 13 #2 Illinois 82, #3 Iowa 71  Box
Championship March 14 #2 Illinois 91, #5 Ohio State 88 (OT)  Box

2022
Indianapolis, Ind. / #1 Seed
Quarterfinal March 11 #9 Indiana 65, #1 Illinois 63  Box

Big Ten Tournament Record: 31-21 (.596)
BIg Ten Tournament Championships: 3 (2003, 2005, 2021)