The NCAA Big Ten Basketball tournament has been around for a long time. This tournament is a college basketball tournament that host the top fourteen teams. This is a tournament in which teams compete against each other trying to move on to eventually win the whole thing. The winner of this tournament gets a huge trophy and gets a banner held up in their home stadium recognizing there win and the year that they won. There are other types of tournaments that go on within the U.S. and college basketball, but this tournament is within the Midwest. When this tournament happens, it is always during the college basketball season and goes on after the regular season starts. Usually in mid-March. To enter this tournament, you have to have a certain record to even be eligible to participate. If you’re record is not good enough you will not be able to participate, and you’ll have to try again next year. The Tournament itself is always held at a different stadium each year and is sometimes held at professional basketball stadiums, such as Bakers life field house, which is home of the Indiana Pacers. It is a huge accomplishment to win a tournament like this because millions of people around the world watch these games, especially the final game, and being able to win shows you’re the best team in college basketball and a lot of people bet on these games with rosters. The Tournament last year was won by the University of Virginia against Texas Tech and Virginia was able to pull of the win. This tournament is huge around the would and tons of people attend these games to see who can pull it off, so being able to see these games is a true and awesome experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament
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