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The 2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Is Set

Originally posted on The Spun | By Matt Hladik | Last updated Mar 9, 2025 3:42 PM ET

The 2024-25 Big Ten men's basketball regular season will be over in a couple of hours. It's tournament time.

After Rutgers' 75-67 overtime win over Minnesota on Sunday, the bracket for the 2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament is officially set. Iowa secured the 15th and final spot in the field with their 83-68 win over Nebraska earlier this afternoon, which eliminated the Huskers from conference tournament consideration.

This year's men's Big Ten Tournament will get underway at 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with 12th-seeded Minnesota facing No. 13 seed Northwestern. Tenth-seeded Ohio State will face No. 15 Iowa at 6 p.m. ET, with Rutgers, the No. 11 seed, taking on No. 14 seed USC in the nightcap at approximately 9 p.m. ET.

The winners of those games will move on to Thursday, which kicks off with a bubble battle between Indiana and Oregon in the 8-9 matchup. Wisconsin gets the Minnesota-Northwestern winner, while Illinois awaits either Ohio State or Iowa and Purdue will face the winner of Rutgers-USC.

The top four seeds in the tournament--regular season champion Michigan State, Maryland, Michigan and UCLA--have double-byes to Friday's quarterfinals.

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After Saturday's semifinals, the whole event culminates with the Big Ten title game on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

As always, that matchup will lead into the NCAA Tournament Selection Show.

Illinois arrives in Indianapolis at the defending champions, having won the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed in 2024.

The Illini beat No. 10 Ohio State, No. 3 Nebraska and No. 5 Wisconsin to win their fourth Big Ten tourney title all-time and second under Brad Underwood.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MARCH 17: A general view of Target Center prior to the start of the Championship game of the Big Ten Tournament between the Wisconsin Badgers and Illinois Fighting Illini on March 17, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)David Berding/Getty Images

In year's past, we've seen several lower seeds make big runs. Iowa, the fifth-seed in 2022, won the Big Ten Tournament, while Wisconsin made the title game as the No. 5 seed last year.

Michigan also won the event as the 5-seed in 2018, and 10th-seeded Penn State reached the championship game in 2023.

It should be a fun week ahead at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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