| Year: | 2000 |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | United Center |
| City: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Champions: | Michigan State Spartans |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Tom Izzo |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Morris Peterson |
| Mvpteam: | Michigan State |
| Television: | ESPN Plus, ESPN2, CBS |
The 2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 9 to March 12, 2000, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Michigan State who defeated Illinois for the second consecutive year in the championship game. As a result, Michigan State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
All Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.
| Seed | School | Conference | 1st Tiebreaker | 2nd Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs MSU | 1–0 vs Pur | |
| 2 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 1–1 vs OSU | 0–1 vs Pur | |
| 3 | Purdue | 12–4 | |||
| 4 | Illinois | 11–5 | |||
| 5 | Indiana | 10–6 | |||
| 6 | Wisconsin | 8–8 | |||
| 7 | Iowa | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Mich | 1–0 vs OSU | |
| 8 | Michigan | 6–10 | 1–1 vs Iowa | 0–1 vs OSU | |
| 9 | Penn State | 5–11 | |||
| 10 | Minnesota | 4–12 | |||
| 11 | Northwestern | 0–16 |
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| Seed | Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play announcer | Color analyst(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Michigan State | WJIM - AM/WJIM-FM (Michigan State) | Mark Champion | Gus Ganakas | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | WIBA - AM/WOLX-FM (Wisconsin) | Matt Lepay | Mike Lucas |