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2026 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

2026 Big Ten men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams18
SiteUnited Center
Chicago, Illinois
TelevisionPeacock/NBCSN, BTN, CBS/Paramount+
2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Michigan 14 – 1   .933 24 – 1   .960
No. 8 Illinois 12 – 3   .800 21 – 5   .808
No. 7 Nebraska 11 – 3   .786 22 – 3   .880
No. 13 Purdue 11 – 3   .786 21 – 4   .840
No. 10 Michigan State 10 – 4   .714 20 – 5   .800
Wisconsin 10 – 4   .714 18 – 7   .720
UCLA 9 – 5   .643 17 – 8   .680
Iowa 8 – 6   .571 18 – 7   .720
Ohio State 8 – 6   .571 16 – 9   .640
Indiana 8 – 7   .533 17 – 9   .654
USC 7 – 7   .500 18 – 7   .720
Washington 5 – 10   .333 13 – 13   .500
Minnesota 4 – 10   .286 11 – 14   .440
Rutgers 3 – 11   .214 10 – 15   .400
Maryland 3 – 11   .214 10 – 15   .400
Oregon 2 – 12   .143 9 – 16   .360
Penn State 2 – 13   .133 11 – 15   .423
Northwestern 2 – 13   .133 10 – 16   .385
† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of February 15, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2026 Big Ten men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2026 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will take place from March 10–15, 2026 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The winning team will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.[1]

On September 18, 2025, the Big Ten announced that the tournament would expand to include all 18 teams.[2] In the previous edition, the first since the conference expanded to 18 teams, only the top 15 teams qualified for the tournament.[3]

Michigan is the defending tournament champion, having won the 2025 tournament.[4]

Seeds

Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference

Record

Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3
1 0–0
2 0–0
3 0–0
4 0–0
5 0–0
6 0–0
7 0–0
8 0–0
9 0–0
10 0–0
11 0–0
12 0–0
13 0–0
14 0–0
15 0–0
16 0–0
17 0–0
18 0–0

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1 1 4:00 p.m. No. 17 vs. No. 16 Peacock/NBCSN
2 6:30 p.m. No. 18 vs. No. 15
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
2 3 11:00 a.m. Winner of game 1 vs. No. 9 Peacock/NBCSN
4 1:30 p.m. No. 13 vs. No. 12
3 5 5:30 p.m. Winner of game 2 vs. No. 10 BTN
6 8:00 p.m. No. 14 vs. No. 11
Third round – Thursday, March 12
4 7 11:00 a.m. Winner of game 3 vs. No. 8 BTN
8 1:30 p.m. Winner of game 4 vs. No. 5
5 9 5:30 p.m. Winner of game 5 vs. No. 7
10 8:00 p.m. Winner of game 6 vs. No. 6
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
6 11 11:00 a.m. Winner of game 7 vs No. 1 BTN
12 1:30 p.m. Winner of game 8 vs. No. 4
7 13 5:30 p.m. Winner of game 9 vs. No. 2
14 8:00 p.m. Winner of game 10 vs. No. 3
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
8 15 1:00 p.m. Winner of game 11 vs. Winner of game 12 CBS
16 3:30 p.m. Winner of game 13 vs. Winner of game 14
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9 17 2:30 p.m. Winner of game 15 vs. Winner of game 16 CBS

*Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the championship. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. [5]

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 10
Peacock/NBCSN		Second round
Wednesday, March 11
Peacock/NBCSN/BTN		Third Round
Thursday, March 12
BTN		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13
BTN		Semifinals
Saturday, March 14
CBS		Championship
Sunday, March 15
CBS
1  
8    
9      
16      
17  4  
5    
12      
13    
2  
7    
10      
15      
18  3  
6    
11    
14  

Game summaries

First round

Peacock/NBCSN
March 10
4:00 p.m.
No. 17 vs. No. 16
United Center
Chicago, IL
Peacock/NBCSN
March 10
6:30 p.m.
No. 15 vs. No. 18
United Center
Chicago, IL

Second round

Peacock/NBCSN
March 11
11:00 a.m.
vs. No. 9
United Center
Chicago, IL
Peacock/NBCSN
March 11
1:30 p.m.
No. 13 vs. No. 12
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 11
5:30 p.m.
vs. No. 10
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 11
8:00 p.m.
No. 14 vs. No. 11
United Center
Chicago, IL

Third round

BTN
March 12
11:00 a.m.
vs. No. 8
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 12
1:30 p.m.
vs. No. 5
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 12
5:30 p.m.
vs. No. 7
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 12
8:00 p.m.
vs. No. 6
United Center
Chicago, IL

Quarterfinals

BTN
March 13
11:00 a.m.
vs. No. 1
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 13
1:30 p.m.
vs. No. 4
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 13
5:30 p.m.
vs. No. 2
United Center
Chicago, IL
BTN
March 13
8:00 p.m.
vs. No. 3
United Center
Chicago, IL

Semifinals

CBS
March 14
12:00 p.m.
United Center
Chicago, IL
CBS
March 14
2:30 p.m.
United Center
Chicago, IL

Championship

CBS
March 15
2:30 p.m.
United Center
Chicago, IL

References

  1. ^ "2026 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Central". bigten.org.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Announces 2025-26 Men's Basketball Conference Schedule". Big Ten Conference. September 18, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "Big Ten tournament to feature all 18 teams this season after only having 15 teams qualify in 2025". CBS Sports. September 18, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  4. ^ "Donaldson stars again, leads U-M to Big Ten title". ESPN.com. March 16, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "2026 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
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