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Big Ten Basketball Tournament 2012: Times, Bracket, Schedule And More

The 2012 Big Ten Tournament schedule and bracket was released following Sunday's regular season finales. The Michigan State Spartans earned the No. 1 seed despite a 3-way tie atop the conference standing with Ohio State and Michigan.

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The 2012 Big Ten Tournament schedule and bracket has been released following Sunday's regular season finales. Ohio State's win over Michigan State forced a three-way tie atop the conference standings along with Michigan. The Spartans earned the tournament's top seed on tiebreakers.

Indiana beat Purdue to earn the No. 5 seed over the Boilermakers, while Penn State's loss to the Wolverines gave the Nittany Lions the No. 12 seed.

Here's a full bracket and schedule for the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. All times Eastern.

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Game 1: No. 8 Iowa Hawkeyes vs. No. 9 Illinois Fighting Illini -- 11:30 a.m., Big Ten Network
Game 2: No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers vs. No. 12 Penn State Nittany Lions -- 2:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
Game 3: No. 7 Northwestern Wildcats vs. No. 10 Minnesota Golden Gophers -- 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
Game 4: No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers vs. No. 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers -- 8:00 p.m., ESPN2

Friday, March 9, 2012
Game 5: No. 1 Michigan State Spartans vs. 8/9 winner -- Noon, ESPN
Game 6: No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers vs. 5/12 winner -- 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 7: No. 2 Michigan Wolverines vs. 7/10 -- 6:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
Game 8: No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. 6/11 winner -- 9:00 p.m., Big Ten Network

Saturday, March 10, 2012
Game 9: Winners of Friday's early games -- 1:40 p.m., CBS Sports
Game 10: Winners of Friday's late games -- 4:10 p.m., CBS Sports

Sunday, March 11, 2012
Game 11: Tournament Championship -- 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports

For more on the 2012 Big Ten Tournament, head over to the SB Nation blog BT Powerhouse.