2024 Big Ten Basketball Tournament: 'If the Season Ended Today' Bracket Tracker

The 2024 Big Ten Basketball Tournament is rapidly approaching. Teams across the conference are scratching and clawing to get the best possible seed for this year's event, scheduled to take place in Minneapolis, Minn.

A handful of teams are fighting for a top-four seed, trying to earn that all-important double-bye come tournament time. Others, though, are just trying to fight out of the bottom four spots and avoid beginning play on Wednesday — the opening day of the tournament.

This year's Big Ten Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13 through Sunday, March 17 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Games will air on three networks: Peacock, Big Ten Network and CBS. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Here's a look at how things currently stand in the Big Ten Tournament (updated Tuesday, Feb. 13):

Seeding (Big Ten record)

1. Purdue Boilermakers (11-2)
2. Illinois Fighting Illini (8-4)
3. Wisconsin Badgers (8-5)
4. Northwestern Wildcats (8-5)
5. Michigan State Spartans (7-6)
6. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-6)
7. Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-7)
8. Penn State Nittany Lions (6-7)
9. Indiana Hoosiers (6-7)
10. Iowa Hawkeyes (6-7)
11. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-7)
12. Maryland Terrapins (5-8)
13. Ohio State Buckeyes (4-9)
14. Michigan Wolverines (3-10)

Day 1 games (Wednesday, March 13)

No. 13 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Maryland

• Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
• TV: Peacock
• Game: No. 1

No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 11 Rutgers

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 1
• TV: Peacock
• Game: No. 2

Day 2 games (Thursday, March 14)

No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 8 Penn State

• Time: 12 p.m. ET
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 3

Game 1 Winner vs. No. 5 Michigan State

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 3
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 4

No. 10 Iowa vs. No. 7 Nebraska

• Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 5

Game 2 Winner vs. No. 6 Minnesota

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 5
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 6

Day 3 Games (Friday, March 15) - quarterfinals

Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 Purdue

• Time: 12 p.m. ET
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 7

Game 4 winner vs. No. 4 Northwestern

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 7
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 8

Game 5 winner vs. No. 2 Illinois

• Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 9

Game 6 winner vs. No. 3 Wisconsin

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 9
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Game: No. 10

Day 4 Games (Saturday, March 16) - semifinals

Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner

• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• TV: CBS
• Game: No. 11

Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner

• Time: 25 minutes after Game 11
• TV: CBS
• Game: No. 12

Day 5 Game (Sunday, March 17) - championship

Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner

• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV: CBS
• Game: No. 13

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