The tournament returned to its more traditional Midwest roots as it will be held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Michigan State defeated Michigan 65–60 in the championship game to win the tournament, marking the school's sixth tournament championship.
As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament.
Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.