2025 Big Ten Conference Basketball Tournament

S. Samek

March madness is in the air! Conference tournaments are in full swing. Let’s take a look at the Big Ten conference basketball tournament.

Michigan State clinched the regular season title with a win over Iowa on Thursday March 6th, 2025, by a 91-84 score. The Spartans haven’t won a conference title sense 2020. They are ranked number eight in the country.

Maryland, Michigan and UCLA round out the top four seeds. The top four all receive double byes into the quarterfinal round.

2024 conference tournament champion Illinois is seeded seventh. They receive one bye into the second round.

Penn State failed to reach the conference tournament after a 6-14 record had them next to last in the standings. They only finished ahead of Washington. Though they did finish only one game behind Nebraska, Iowa, USC, Northwestern and Minnesota with four of those teams making it to the Big Ten tournament. So, while disappointing they missed out it was a fairly competitive section of the standings.

The championship game takes place on Sunday March 16th, 2025, at 3:30 PM. Which team will win the Big Ten title and an automatic spot at the NCAA tournament?