Updating 2021 Big Ten Tournament Bracket, Odds, Schedule: Illinois, Ohio State Will Meet in Final

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The 2021 Big Ten Tournament final is set — Illinois will take on Ohio State in Sunday's championship game at 3:30 p.m. ET.

We make the Illini about a 4-point favorite.

We'll be updating the bracket and probabilities to win the tournament as games happen throughout the weekend.

2021 Big Ten Tournament Bracket

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Big Ten Tournament Odds

Using our PRO Projections, which can create a point spread for every game, we can forecast the probability of each team winning the Big Ten Tournament. Original odds via DraftKings.

TeamOddsProbability
IllinoisOFF52.5%
Ohio StateOFF47.5%

Big Ten Tournament Schedule

The Big Ten gives us four games each over the next two days, starting at 11:30 a.m. ET and going until after 11 p.m. ET.

Wednesday, March 10

GameTime
Minnesota 51, Northwestern 466:30 p.m. ET
Penn State 72, Nebraska 669 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 11

GameTime
Maryland 68, Michigan State 5711:30 a.m. ET
Ohio State 79, Minnesota 752 p.m. ET
Rutgers 61, Indiana 506:30 p.m. ET
Wisconsin 75, Penn State 749 p.m. ET

Friday, March 12

GameTime
Michigan 79, Maryland 6611:30 a.m. ET
Ohio State 87, Purdue 78 (OT)2 p.m. ET
Illinois 90, Rutgers 686:30 p.m. ET
Iowa 62, Wisconsin 579 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 13

GameTime
Ohio State 68, Michigan 671 p.m. ET
Illinois 82, Iowa 713:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 14

GameTime
Ohio State vs. Illinois3:30 p.m. ET

Big Ten Tournament Seeds

As we mentioned above and the odds indicate, the Big Ten Tournament favors the top seeds, with 17 of 20 titles going to the 1-3 seeds. Nine of those have gone to the top seed.

TeamSeed
1Michigan
2Illinois
3Iowa
4Purdue
5Ohio State
6Wisconsin
7Rutgers
8Maryland
9Michigan State
10Indiana
11Penn State
12Northwestern
13Minnesota
14Nebraska

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