Big Ten basketball tournament bracket, projected seeds live updates

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Most Big Ten men's college basketball teams have two games remaining in the regular season before next week's Big Ten tournament begins in Chicago (March 10-15).

Michigan has wrapped up the top seed, winning the regular-season title with a few games to spare. Teams are still jockeying for positions 2 through 4 to earn the all-important double-bye to the quarterfinals.

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This year, the Big Ten tournament expanded to all 18 teams. So Penn State, Oregon and Maryland, who would have been in line to miss the tournament, get a chance to play in Chicago.

UCLA's win over Nebraska was the big headline coming out of Tuesday night's games.

Here's how the bracket looks as of March 4.

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Big Ten tournament bracket live projection (March 4)​

All times EST.

First round

Tuesday, March 10

• G1: No. 16 Maryland vs. No. 17 Oregon, 5 p.m. (Peacock)
• G2: No. 15 Northwestern vs. No. 18 Penn State, 7:30 p.m. (Peacock)

Second round

Wednesday, March 11

• G3: No. 9 Ohio State vs. Game 1 winner, noon (Peacock)
• G4: No. 12 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Washington , 2:30 p.m. (Peacock)
• G5: No. 10 Indiana vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
• G6: No. 11 USC vs. No. 14 seed, 9 p.m. (BTN)

Third round

Thursday, March 12

• G7: No. 8 Iowa vs. Game 3 winner, noon (BTN)
• G8: No. 5 Purdue vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)
• G9: No. 7 UCLA vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
• G10: No. 6 Wisconsin vs. Game 6 winner, 9 p.m. (BTN)

Quarterfinals

Friday, March 13

• G11: No. 1 Michigan vs. Game 7 winner, noon (BTN)
• G12: No. 4 Illinois vs. Game 8 winner, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)
• G13: No. 2 Michigan State vs. Game 9 winner, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
• G14: No. 3 Nebraska vs. Game 10 winner, 9 p.m. (BTN)

Semifinals

Saturday, March 14

• G15: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 1 p.m. (CBS)
• G16: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

Final

Sunday, March 15

• Championship game, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

Big Ten basketball remaining schedule​

All times EST.

Wednesday, March 4

• Minnesota at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
• Ohio State at Penn State, 7:30 p.m. (Peacock)
• Maryland at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (FS1)
• Purdue at Northwestern, 8:30 p.m. (BTN)
• USC at Washington, 10:30 p.m. (BTN)

Thursday, March 5

• Michigan at Iowa, 8 p.m. (Peacock)
• Rutgers at Michigan State, 8 p.m. (FS1)

Saturday, March 7

• Wisconsin at Purdue, 4 p.m. (CBS)
• Indiana at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)
• UCLA at USC, 9 p.m. (FS1)
• Northwestern at Minnesota, 9 p.m. (BTN)
• Washington at Oregon, 11 p.m. (FS1)

Sunday, March 8

• Penn State at Rutgers, noon (BTN)
• Illinois at Maryland, 3 p.m. (FOX)
• Michigan State at Michigan, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
• Iowa at Nebraska, 5 p.m. (FOX)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Big 10 men's basketball tournament bracket, seed predictions updates

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