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

The Big Ten Basketball Tournament is approaching quickly. This year's event is being held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. from March 13-17. We're keeping track of the bracket throughout the final month of the regular season.

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 Sunday, March 10):

Seeding (Big Ten record)

1. Purdue Boilermakers (17-3)
2. Illinois Fighting Illini (14-6)
3. Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-8)
4. Northwestern Wildcats (12-8)
5. Wisconsin Badgers (11-9)
6. Indiana Hoosiers (10-10)
7. Iowa Hawkeyes (10-10)
8. Michigan State Spartans (10-10)
9. Minnesota Golden Gophers (9-11)
10. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-11)
11. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-11)
12. Maryland Terrapins (7-13)
13. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-13)
14. Michigan Wolverines (3-17)

Day 1 games (Wednesday, March 13)

No. 13 Rutgers vs. No. 12 Maryland

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

No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 11 Penn State

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

Day 2 games (Thursday, March 14)

No. 9 Minnesota vs. No. 8 Michigan State

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

Game 1 Winner vs. No. 5 Wisconsin

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

No. 10 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Iowa

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

Game 2 Winner vs. No. 6 Indiana

• 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 Nebraska

• 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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