{"id":542979,"date":"2026-03-16T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542979\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:41:13","slug":"2026-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-for-mens-basketball-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542979\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Big Ten tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores for men&#8217;s basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Share<\/p>\n<p>            <a id=\"social-share-facebook\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-03-14\/2026-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball\" data-shareto=\"facebook\" class=\"sharebutton icon-social-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-03-14\/2026-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/modules\/custom\/casablanca_social\/modules\/casablanca_social_hanger\/img\/social-facebook.svg\" width=\"30px\" height=\"30px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a id=\"social-share-twitter\" data-shareto=\"twitter\" class=\"sharebutton icon-social-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2026-03-14\/2026-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball\" title=\"Share on X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"X\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/modules\/custom\/casablanca_social\/modules\/casablanca_social_hanger\/img\/social-twitter.svg\" width=\"30px\" height=\"30px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purdue won the 2026 2026 Big Ten men&#8217;s basketball tournament, downing No. 1 Michigan, 80-72. It&#8217;s the program&#8217;s first win conference tournament title since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Boilermakers pulled up four straight wins in the same amount of days, beating Rutgers, Northwestern, Illinois, UCLA and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was played March 10-15 at the United Center in Chicago. Check out the final bracket, schedule and scores below.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2025-03-16\/2025-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Wolverines won the 2025 tournament<\/a>, beating Wisconsin in the championship game.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Big Ten tournament bracket<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/_flysystem\/public-s3\/images\/2026\/03\/14\/Big%20Ten%20MBB%20Bracket%20Saturday.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click or tap here for another look at the bracket.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Big-Ten-mens-basketball-bracket_0.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Big Ten MBB Bracket\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2026 Big Ten tournament schedule, scores<\/p>\n<p>All times ET<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, March 10 \u2014 First Round<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, March 11 \u2014 Second Round<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 12 \u2014 Third Round<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 13 \u2014 Quarterfinals<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 14 \u2014 Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 15 \u2014 Championship<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten tournament championship history<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is the defending champion, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2025-03-16\/2025-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 3 seed Wolverines beating No. 5 Wisconsin in the final, 59-53<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State has won the most titles, with six. The Spartans last won the Big Ten tournament in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tYEAR<br \/>\n\t\t\tWINNER<br \/>\n\t\t\tSCORE<br \/>\n\t\t\tRUNNER-UP<br \/>\n\t\t\tCITY<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t1998<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan (vacated)<br \/>\n\t\t\t76-67<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t1999<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t67-50<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2000<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t76-61<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2001<br \/>\n\t\t\tIowa<br \/>\n\t\t\t63-61<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndiana<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2002<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State (vacated)<br \/>\n\t\t\t81-64<br \/>\n\t\t\tIowa<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2003<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\t72-59<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2004<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\t70-53<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2005<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\t54-43<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2006<br \/>\n\t\t\tIowa<br \/>\n\t\t\t67-60<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2007<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\t66-49<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2008<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\t61-48<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2009<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\t65-61<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2010<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\t90-61<br \/>\n\t\t\tMinnesota<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2011<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\t71-60<br \/>\n\t\t\tPenn State<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2012<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t68-64<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2013<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\t50-43<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2014<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t69-55<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2015<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\t80-69 (OT)<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2016<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t66-62<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2017<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan<br \/>\n\t\t\t71-56<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2018<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan<br \/>\n\t\t\t75-66<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\tNew York City<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2019<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan State<br \/>\n\t\t\t65-60<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\tChicago<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2021<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\t91-88 (OT)<br \/>\n\t\t\tOhio State<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2022<br \/>\n\t\t\tIowa<br \/>\n\t\t\t75-66<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2023<br \/>\n\t\t\tPurdue<br \/>\n\t\t\t67-65<br \/>\n\t\t\tPenn State<br \/>\n\t\t\tMinneapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2024<br \/>\n\t\t\tIllinois<br \/>\n\t\t\t93-87<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tMinneapolis<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t2025<br \/>\n\t\t\tMichigan<br \/>\n\t\t\t59-53<br \/>\n\t\t\tWisconsin<br \/>\n\t\t\tIndianapolis<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-ncaa-tournament-bracket-march-madness-selection-sunday_0.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    2026 NCAA tournament printable bracket, schedule for March Madness<\/p>\n<p>Here is the official, printable 2026 NCAA bracket for the March Madness men&#8217;s tournament, along with the tournament schedule, dates and locations.<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"article-related-cta\" 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