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. 18 UCLA	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
No. 20 Michigan State	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	2	.818
No. 24 Michigan	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	3	.727
No. 10 Oregon	1	–	1	.500	10	–	1	.909
Maryland	1	–	1	.500	9	–	2	.818
Penn State	1	–	1	.500	9	–	2	.818
Nebraska	1	–	1	.500	7	–	2	.778
Indiana	1	–	1	.500	8	–	3	.727
Iowa	1	–	1	.500	8	–	3	.727
No. 16 Purdue	1	–	1	.500	8	–	3	.727
Northwestern	1	–	1	.500	8	–	3	.727
Illinois	1	–	1	.500	7	–	3	.700
USC	1	–	1	.500	8	–	4	.667
Ohio State	1	–	1	.500	7	–	4	.636
Rutgers	1	–	1	.500	7	–	4	.636
Wisconsin	0	–	2	.000	9	–	3	.750
Washington	0	–	2	.000	8	–	3	.727
Minnesota	0	–	2	.000	6	–	5	.545

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 18, 2024 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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2
3
4
5
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7
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9
10
11
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14
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18

Schedule

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