Big Ten tournament title doesn't always yield NCAA tournament success

Mar. 13—Only one Big Ten tournament champion has gone on to win an NCAA title. Here's how they've all fared in the Big Dance in the past 25 years:

1998 — Michigan State

The Spartans eased their way past Eastern Michigan and Princeton to the Sweet 16 before nearly getting run off the court by North Carolina's Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison.

Consider this a sign of good things to come. The Spartans made it to the Final Four before Elton Brand's double-double pushed Duke to the title game.

2000 — Michigan State

One-legged Mateen Cleaves, A.J. Granger and Morris Peterson got the Spartans to 2 of 2 in national title-game appearances with 58 points combined in the 89-76 win against Florida.

2001 — Iowa

Giving up 31 points, seven assists and four rebounds to Tayshaun Prince secured the seventh-seeded Hawkeyes' second-round exit to Kentucky.

2002 — Ohio State

The Buckeyes barely eked out a five-point win against 13th-seeded Davidson in the first round and got crushed by Missouri in the second round.

2003 — Illinois

The young Illini (three freshmen starters and a fourth off the bench) fell behind by 13 in the first half to Notre Dame and couldn't mount enough of a comeback in the second-round loss.

2004 — Wisconsin

The Badgers' second-round exit was the full Bo Ryan experience, with Devin Harris scoring nearly 40 percent of Wisconsin's points in a 59-55 loss to Pittsburgh.

2005 — Illinois

The Illini were this close to giving the Big Ten a second national champ in less than a decade. James Augustine's foul trouble and Sean May's 26 points intervened in a 75-70 North Carolina victory.

2006 — Iowa

The Hawkeyes earned a No. 3 seed as Big Ten tournament champs and then promptly lost in the first round to No. 14 seed Northwestern State on a last-second three from Jermaine Wallace.

2007 — Ohio State

Greg Oden's 25 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks and a 20-point effort from Mike Conley Jr. wasn't enough for the Buckeyes in an 84-75 title game loss to Florida.

2008 — Wisconsin

The Badgers had the misfortune of running into Davidson in the Sweet 16 where Steph Curry made six three-pointers and dropped 33 points in the Wildcats' 73-56 win.

2009 — Purdue

Two close wins got the Boilermakers to the Sweet 16, where they lost by 12 to Hasheem Thabeet-led Connecticut during the Huskies' run to the Final Four.

2010 — Ohio State

A 31-point game from Evan Turner wasn't enough in the Buckeyes' 76-73 loss to Tennessee in the Sweet 16, with the Vols' J.P. Prince blocking Turner's desperation three at the buzzer.

2011 — Ohio State

The No. 1-seeded Buckeyes cruised through the first two rounds — average margin of victory: 30 — before losing a 62-60 slog to Kentucky in the Sweet 16.

2012 — Michigan State

The Spartans took a No. 1 seed into the NCAA tournament and scored progressively fewer points each round before losing 57-44 to Louisville in the Sweet 16.

2013 — Ohio State

A balanced Wichita State (six players with at least eight points) notched its third upset in four games to beat Ohio State 70-66 in the Elite Eight.

2014 — Michigan State

Wisconsin lost to the Spartans in the Big Ten tournament semifinals then reached the Final Four. Michigan State, meanwhile, bowed out in the Elite Eight to Connecticut.

2015 — Wisconsin

Back-to-back Final Fours for the Badgers included a title-game appearance, but Frank Kaminsky's 21 and 12 double-double wasn't enough in a 68-63 loss to Duke.

2016 — Michigan State

Reggie Upshaw and Giddy Potts became household names in East Lansing, Mich., for all the wrong reasons. Those two led five Middle Tennessee starters in double figures in a 15-over-2 upset against the Spartans in the first round.

2017 — Michigan

The Wolverines went from lowest seed to win the Big Ten tournament — a No. 8 seed — to the Sweet 16 where their surprise run ended in a 69-68 loss to Oregon.

2018 — Michigan

The Big Ten's growing "always-the-bridesmaid, never-the-bride" situation continued with the Wolverines' 79-62 thrashing at the hands of Donte DiVincenzo and Villanova in the title game.

2019 — Michigan State

Cassius Winston carried the Spartans to the Final Four, averaging 18.4 points and 6.6 assists. He had 16 in the national semifinal, but Texas Tech bottled up Michigan State 61-51.

2021 — Illinois

Kofi Cockburn went toe-to-toe with Loyola Chicago's Cameron Krutwig, but the Ramblers limited Ayo Dosunmu and handed the No. 1-seeded Illini a 71-58 loss in the second round.

2022 — Iowa

The Hawkeyes might reconsider winning the Big Ten tournament given they added another first-round loss in the NCAA tournament to 12th-seeded Richmond.

2023 — Purdue

Zach Edey and Co. rolled through the Big Ten, winning both the regular season and tournament titles. Then undersized (to the extreme) Fairleigh Dickinson delivered the second ever 16-over-1 upset.