<Tr> <Td> Rutgers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>. 167 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>. 455 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="99"> † 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 8 through March 12, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first Big Ten Conference Tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest . The championship was won by Michigan, which defeated Wisconsin in the championship game . As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . The championship was Michigan's first (after having their win of the inaugural tournament vacated) and they became the lowest - seeded team ever to win the Big Ten Tournament . </P> <P> 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 . The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye . Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament . </P>

Who won the big ten basketball championship in 2017