March Madness begins with the college basketball conference tournaments. This year the Big Ten tournament will be bigger than ever with the top 15 teams getting together to determine who gets the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

With its most recent loss to Maryland on Saturday, Penn State was officially eliminated from the Big Ten men's basketball tournament. There is no path to the postseason for the Nittany Lions, who sit one win behind Iowa and USC, who are each battling for the final seed going into the final week of the Big Ten's regular season.

Ohio State men’s basketball is hoping to avoid missing out on March Madness for a third straight season and earning a higher seed for the Big Ten tournament is a step in the right direction. The Buckeyes (16-13,

Indianapolis is the traditional home of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, hosting the event 25 times between Hinkle Fieldhouse, the RCA Dome and Gainbridge Fieldhouse since the tournament launched in 1995. The tournament has been held in the Chicago area twice, in Grand Rapids once, and in Minneapolis twice, each of the last two years.