Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2017 Tournament. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. KU defeated TCU, 64-59, in the 2015 Big 12 quarterfinals. Kansas leads the overall series with TCU, 23-3, and the teams are tied in the Big 12 Championship meetings, 1-1. The Jayhawks are 14-6 in Big 12 semifinals and 22-16 all-time. Seeds Īll 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. This is Kansas’ 21 st Big 12 and 39 th all-time conference tournament semifinal game. The tournament was the second Big Ten Conference tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest following the 2017 tournament held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Michigan defeated Purdue in the championship game to win their second consecutive tournament championship. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for their conference tournament, the Big Ten tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. It was held from February 28 through Maat Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 2018 Big Ten men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
