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Purdue won the 2026 2026 Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, downing No. 1 Michigan, 80-72. It’s the program’s first win conference tournament title since 2023.
The Boilermakers pulled up four straight wins in the same amount of days, beating Rutgers, Northwestern, Illinois, UCLA and Michigan.
The tournament was played March 10-15 at the United Center in Chicago. Check out the final bracket, schedule and scores below. The Wolverines won the 2025 tournament, beating Wisconsin in the championship game.
2026 Big Ten tournament bracket
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2026 Big Ten tournament schedule, scores
All times ET
Tuesday, March 10 — First Round
Wednesday, March 11 — Second Round
Thursday, March 12 — Third Round
Friday, March 13 — Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 14 — Semifinals
Sunday, March 15 — Championship
Big Ten tournament championship history
Michigan is the defending champion, with the No. 3 seed Wolverines beating No. 5 Wisconsin in the final, 59-53.
Michigan State has won the most titles, with six. The Spartans last won the Big Ten tournament in 2019.
YEAR
WINNER
SCORE
RUNNER-UP
CITY
1998
Michigan (vacated)
76-67
Purdue
Chicago
1999
Michigan State
67-50
Illinois
Chicago
2000
Michigan State
76-61
Illinois
Chicago
2001
Iowa
63-61
Indiana
Chicago
2002
Ohio State (vacated)
81-64
Iowa
Indianapolis
2003
Illinois
72-59
Ohio State
Chicago
2004
Wisconsin
70-53
Illinois
Indianapolis
2005
Illinois
54-43
Wisconsin
Chicago
2006
Iowa
67-60
Ohio State
Indianapolis
2007
Ohio State
66-49
Wisconsin
Chicago
2008
Wisconsin
61-48
Illinois
Indianapolis
2009
Purdue
65-61
Ohio State
Indianapolis
2010
Ohio State
90-61
Minnesota
Indianapolis
2011
Ohio State
71-60
Penn State
Indianapolis
2012
Michigan State
68-64
Ohio State
Indianapolis
2013
Ohio State
50-43
Wisconsin
Chicago
2014
Michigan State
69-55
Michigan
Indianapolis
2015
Wisconsin
80-69 (OT)
Michigan State
Chicago
2016
Michigan State
66-62
Purdue
Indianapolis
2017
Michigan
71-56
Wisconsin
Washington, D.C.
2018
Michigan
75-66
Purdue
New York City
2019
Michigan State
65-60
MichiganÂ
Chicago
2021
Illinois
91-88 (OT)
Ohio State
Indianapolis
2022
Iowa
75-66
Purdue
Indianapolis
2023
Purdue
67-65
Penn State
Minneapolis
2024
Illinois
93-87
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
2025
Michigan
59-53
Wisconsin
Indianapolis
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