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A look at Iowa's Big Ten men's basketball tournament history
Iowa has reached three championship games and won two titles in the 21-year history of the Big Ten men's basketball tournament, but its recent showings haven't been pretty.
Since winning the title in 2006, Iowa is 3-12 in Big Ten tournaments. The Hawkeyes, who also won the championship in 2001 and reached the 2002 final, are 16-19 overall. That 2006 title run was the last time they won more than one conference tourney game.
Iowa hasn't won a Thursday game at the Big Ten tournament since it beat Northwestern 73-59 in 2013 before falling to Michigan State in the quarterfinals.
The Hawkeyes will try to snap that skid Thursday night against Illinois (Time, TV, full preview).
Here's a complete look at Iowa's Big Ten men's basketball tournament history.
1998
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 5
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 4 Michigan 77-66
1999
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 5
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 4 Wisconsin 74-60
2000
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 7
First round: Beat No. 10 Minnesota 81-78
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 2 Michigan State 75-65
2001
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 6
First round: Beat No. 11 Northwestern 72-55
Quarterfinals: Beat No. 3 Ohio State 75-66
Semifinals: Beat No. 7 Penn State 94-74
Championship: Beat No. 4 Indiana 63-61
2002
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 9
First round: Beat No. 8 Purdue 87-72
Quarterfinals: Beat No. 1 Wisconsin 58-56
Semifinals: Beat No. 4 Indiana 62-60
Championship: Lost to No. 2 Ohio State 81-64
2003
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 9
First round: Lost to No. 8 Ohio State 66-64
2004
Location: Inidanapolis
Seed: No. 4
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 5 Michigan 79-70
2005
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 7
First round: Beat No. 10 Purdue 71-52
Quarterfinals: Beat No. 2 Michigan State 71-59
Semifinals: Lost to No. 3 Wisconsin 59-56
2006
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 2
Quarterfinals: Beat No. 10 Minnesota 67-57
Semifinals: Beat No. 6 Michigan State 53-48
Championship: Beat No. 1 Ohio State 67-60
2007
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 4
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 5 Purdue 74-55
2008
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 8
First round: Lost to No. 9 Michigan 55-47
2009
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 10
First round: Lost to No. 7 Michigan 73-45
2010
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 9
First round: Lost to No. 8 Michigan 59-52
2011
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 10
First round: Lost to No. 7 Michigan State 66-61
2012
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 8
First round: Beat No. 9 Illinois 64-61
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 1 Michigan State 92-75
2013
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 6
First round: Beat No. 11 Northwestern 73-59
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 3 Michigan State 59-56
2014
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 6
First round: Lost to No. 11 Northwestern 67-62
2015
Location: Chicago
Seed: No. 5
Second round: Lost to No. 13 Penn State 67-58
2016
Location: Indianapolis
Seed: No. 5
Second round: Lost to No. 12 Illinois 68-66
2017
Location: Washington, D.C.
Seed: No. 7
Second round: Lost to No. 10 Indiana 95-73
2018
Location: New York City
Seed: No. 12
First round: Beat No. 13 Illinois 96-87
Second round: Lost to No. 5 Michigan 77-71 (OT)
Iowa's Greg Brunner (44) celebrates with teammates Jeff Horner (2) Doug Thomas (23) and Mike Henderson (35) after drawing a charging foul during a semifinal game against Michigan State in the 2006 Big Ten tournament at what was then Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. That was Iowa's last semifinal game in the Big Ten tournament. The Hawkeyes went on to win the title that year. (The Gazette)
Iowa's Tyler Smith (34) pulls down a rebound over Purdue's Carl Landry (14) and Marcus Green (20) during a Big Ten Tournament game Friday, March 9, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago. (The Gazette)
Michigan's Deshawn Sims rebounds against Eric May and Andrew Brommer of Iowa during first-half action in the Big Ten Men's basketball tournament at Conseco Field House in Indianapolis, Ind., Thursday, March 11, 2010. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press/MCT)
Michigan State's Draymond Green drives by Iowa's Matt Gatens (5) during second-half action of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Thursday, March 10, 2011. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press/MCT)
Iowa's Devyn Marble (4) tries to dribble around Michigan State's Brandan Kearney (3) during the second half of a second round game in the 2012 Big Ten men's basketball tournament Friday, March 9, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. (The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery reacts to a call by officials during the second half of a first round Big Ten men's basketball tournament game at Bankers Life Field in Indianapolis on Thursday , March 13, 2014. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
(from left) Iowa's Adam Woodbury (34), Josh Oglesby (2), Mike Gesell (10), Gabriel Olaseni (0) and Anthony Clemmons (5) walk off the court after the Hawkeyes lost to Penn State in the Big Ten men's basketball tournament at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, March 12, 2015. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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