Big Ten, Big East, N.I.T. all at Madison Square Garden

As cited here, the Big Ten Basketball Tournament will begin this Wednesday February 28th at Madison Square Garden.

Michigan State won the regular season title and will be in the NCAA Tournament. Other bids will be at stake as the tournament will be played over 5 days, concluding on Sunday March 4th.

This is an earlier start time for one of the major conference’s post-season tournaments.

In its usual “week before the NCAA Tournament,” time the Big East will have its tournament at Madison Square Garden for the 40th consecutive season.

That tournament begins on Wednesday March 7th and concludes on Saturday March 10th. The next day all the tournament bids, including the N.I.T. which also concludes at Madison Square Garden will be announced.

Michigan State, the top seed, will play at noon on Friday.