Seeds
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.
| Seed | School | Conference (Overall) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 15–1 (29–1) |
| 2 | Michigan State | 13–3 (22–5) |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 11–5 (20–7) |
| 4 | Indiana | 10–6 (15–12) |
| 5 | Minnesota | 10–6 (20–9) |
| 6 | Ohio State | 8–8 (19–11) |
| 7 | Iowa | 7–9 (19–10) |
| 8 | Northwestern | 6–10 (14–15) |
| 9 | Michigan | 4–12 (13–17) |
| 10 | Purdue | 3–13 (7–20) |
| 11 | Penn State | 1–15 (7–22) |
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