Big Ten men’s basketball tournament is set. Here’s the full bracket

Illinois takes the No. 1 seed and Penn State opens with Minnesota in first round. Full Big Ten men’s basketball tournament bracket…

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The Big Ten men’s basketball season came down to the wire as seeds were being determined, and Illinois managed to secure the conference’s top seed in the Big Ten tournament, which is set to get underway on Wednesday.

Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Rutgers each earned a double-bye and won’t have to play a game in the conference tournament until Friday. Meanwhile, Nebraska and Northwestern will officially kick off the Big Ten tournament on Wednesday, with Penn State facing Minnesota in the second game of the first-round action on Wednesday evening.

Here is the full men’s tournament bracket, as provided by the Big Ten on Sunday evening.

The winner of the Penn State-Minnesota game will face Ohio State on Thursday, while the winner of the Nebraska-Northwestern matchup will advance to face Iowa in the second round. Other second-round matchups include Michigan vs. Indiana and Michigan State facing Maryland.

The entire Big Ten tournament will air on Big Ten Network for the first three rounds. The conference semifinals will air on CBS on Saturday and the championship game will be played in its traditional Sunday afternoon slot, leading right into Selection Sunday for the NCAA tournament.

Penn State’s only shot at making the tournament is to go on the most shocking of runs to take the Big Ten tournament championship. But Penn State’s record away from home is alarming with just one win away from Happy Valley against Big Ten competition this season.

Penn State split the regular-season series with Minnesota, with the home team winning each game.

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