The 2006 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 2006 at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the ninth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The champion of the tournament were the Iowa Hawkeyes, which received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Jeff Horner of Iowa was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.
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