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By Matthew Couden
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The Big Ten Conference wrapped up its final regular-season games on Sunday, with several teams playing to determine seeding in the upcoming Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
Heading into those Sunday games, the Michigan Wolverines had locked up their No. 1 seed in the tournament. However, Tom Izzo and rival Michigan State were visiting them for a showdown, with the Spartans playing to secure the second seed, potentially.
Unfortunately for Izzo's squad, they fell to Michigan, 90-80. In a later game, the No. 9-ranked Nebraska defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes, 84-75, in overtime, officially giving the Cornhuskers the No. 2 seed in their upcoming tournament.
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Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Schedule 2026
This year's Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament is at the United Center in Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. Games officially begin on Tuesday, March 10, as many teams are competing in this tournament.
The first-round games start at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, as the No. 16-seed faces the No. 17-seed. After the first game ends, the No. 15 and No. 18 seed teams begin their games 25 minutes later. Both games will be available for fans to watch on the Peacock streaming platform.
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The action continues with four games on Wednesday, March 11, beginning at 11 a.m., with the two first-round winners playing teams in the second round. The first two of the second-round games are on Peacock, with coverage switching to the Big Ten Network (BTN) for the other two games on Wednesday.
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BTN will continue that coverage starting at 11 a.m. for the third round on Thursday, March 12, and at the same start time for the quarterfinals on Friday, March 13.
A full bracket below shows the first-round matchups and potential future matchups of this conference tournament, based on the final seeding.
The first semifinal game is on Saturday, March 14, starting at 12 p.m., and at least 25 minutes after that game ends, the second semifinal game begins.
The Big Ten final arrives on Sunday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m. and could have NCAA Tournament implications, depending on the matchup. CBS will televise the semifinals and finals for fans to enjoy.
Additional details about the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament are available through the conference's website.
Who Could Help Their NCAA Tournament Case?
As it stands, there are at least nine Big Ten teams projected to make it into the Big Dance. Ahead of the conference tournament games, ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Michigan as one of his No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament with Duke, Arizona, and Florida. That seems unlikely to change.
In addition, Lunardi's Bracketology shows conference teams, including Michigan State, Nebraska, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin, UCLA, and Iowa, as expected to be in the mix on Selection Sunday.
Lunardi currently has Indiana among his first four teams out of the NCAA Tournament. However, whichever team wins the Big Ten Tournament would receive an automatic berth in the Big Dance.
Could an unlikely team, such as Indiana, or another that isn't even in the discussion, reach the bigger tournament? Fans will find out this week as the conference tournament games arrive.
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