IU basketball’s seed is set for the 2026 Big Ten Tournament – The Daily Hoosier
Indiana’s last common season recreation may affect whether or not the Hoosiers make the NCAA Tournament, however it’s going to haven’t any affect on their seed in subsequent week’s convention event.
IU can be the No. 10 seed in head coach Darian DeVries’ first Big Ten Tournament regardless of the consequence of Saturday’s recreation at Ohio State, or another convention recreation nonetheless to be performed.
The Hoosiers (18-12, 9-10) are presently in tenth place, and there is just one staff presently above or beneath them that may tie them in the league standings. And that is a 10-8 Iowa staff that holds a head-to-head tiebreaker over Indiana.
The 2026 Big Ten Tournament is at the United Center in Chicago. As the No. 10 seed, IU will play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm ET.
As the No. 10 seed, IU will play the winner of a Tuesday recreation between the No. 18 and 15 seeds. Penn State seems to be locked into the No. 18 seed. There are nonetheless some totally different situations for which staff will find yourself No. 15. The contenders seem like Northwestern and Rutgers.
If IU have been to win their first recreation they’d face the No. 7 seed, which is presently UCLA however may additionally find yourself being Purdue, Iowa and Ohio State.
Indiana has by no means received the Big Ten Tournament.
The twenty ninth Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament can be performed March 10-15, marking the first Big Ten Tournament to function an 18-team subject.
The No. 15-18 seeds play on March 10 in the first spherical. The No. 9-14 seeds all get a bye and can play on March 11, whereas the No. 5-8 seeds get a double-bye and can play on March 12. The winner of these video games advances to the fourth spherical on March 13, the place the No. 1-4 seeds, await.
In case of a tie in the regular-season standings, the Big Ten makes use of the following 4 tiebreakers in conditions with two or greater than two tied groups.
- Head-to-head document, utilizing successful share for ties of greater than two groups.
- Record towards groups with highest positioning in the convention (finest win).
- Won-loss share of all Division 1 opponents (D1 power of schedule).
- Previous week’s NET score.
Here is the bracket for the 18-team subject:
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