| Year: | 2001 |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | United Center |
| City: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Champions: | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Steve Alford |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Reggie Evans |
| Mvpteam: | Iowa |
The 2001 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result, Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.[1]
All Big Ten schools participated 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 | 3rd Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 13–3 | 1–0 vs MSU | |||
| 2 | Michigan State | 13–3 | 0–1 vs Ill | |||
| 3 | Ohio State | 11–5 | ||||
| 4 | Indiana | 10–6 | ||||
| 5 | Wisconsin | 9–7 | ||||
| 6 | Iowa | 7–9 | 1–1 vs PSU | 1–1 vs Ill | 0–1 vs MSU | |
| 7 | Penn State | 7–9 | 1–1 vs Iowa | 1–1 vs Ill | 0–2 vs MSU | |
| 8 | Purdue | 6–10 | ||||
| 9 | Minnesota | 5–11 | ||||
| 10 | Michigan | 4–12 | ||||
| 11 | Northwestern | 3–13 |
Source[2]