Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Heads East
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 -- 11:22 AM
The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will make its first appearance on the East Coast when the 2017 event is held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.The 2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will mark the conference's 20th annual event and will feature all 14 conference institutions in action from Wednesday, March 8, through Sunday, March 12, with the winner earning the Big Ten's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament has been held in either Chicago or Indianapolis through the first 17 years of its existence, and returns to Chicago's United Center for the ninth time in 2015. Indianapolis' Bankers Life Fieldhouse will host the tournament for the 10th time in 2016. Each of the last two tournaments have been sold out, including a conference record of more than 124,000 fans at the United Center in 2013 and over 111,000 fans at Bankers Life Fieldhouse earlier this year, the largest attendance in Indianapolis. More than 1.6 million fans have enjoyed the tournament since the inaugural event in 1998.
Six different programs have won the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament - Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin - while 10 different schools have advanced to the championship game.
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