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. Each of the top 5 teams received a first round bye.
| Seed | School | Conference (Overall) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 16–2 (26–4) |
| 2 | Purdue | 15–3 (24–7) |
| 3 | Indiana | 14–4 (25–6) |
| 4 | Michigan State | 12–6 (24–7) |
| 5 | Ohio State | 10–8 (19–12) |
| 6 | Minnesota | 8–10 (18–12) |
| 7 | Penn State | 7–11 (15–15) |
| 8 | Iowa | 6–12 (13–18) |
| 9 | Michigan | 5–13 (9–21) |
| 10 | Illinois | 5–13 (13–18) |
| 11 | Northwestern | 1–17 (8–21) |
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