2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference's postseason championship event, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and notable for Michigan's title run under coach John Beilein.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season | 1 |
| 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11298388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Context triple: [John Beilein, wonTournament, 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament]
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Big Ten Tournament championship
The Big Ten Tournament championship is the postseason title awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball tournament, which determines the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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B.
2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four
The 2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four was the concluding championship weekend of the 2017–18 Division I men’s college basketball season, held in San Antonio and featuring the semifinal and title games of the NCAA tournament.
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2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball's top division, featuring 68 teams competing for the national title each March.
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2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four
The 2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four was the concluding championship weekend of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, featuring the last four teams competing for the national title.
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E.
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Target entity description: The 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference's postseason championship event, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and notable for Michigan's title run under coach John Beilein.
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Big Ten Tournament championship
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The Big Ten Tournament championship is the postseason title awarded to the winner of the Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball tournament, which determines the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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B.
2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four
The 2018 NCAA Men’s Final Four was the concluding championship weekend of the 2017–18 Division I men’s college basketball season, held in San Antonio and featuring the semifinal and title games of the NCAA tournament.
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C.
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship tournament of U.S. college basketball's top division, featuring 68 teams competing for the national title each March.
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D.
2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four
The 2019 NCAA Men’s Final Four was the concluding championship weekend of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, featuring the last four teams competing for the national title.
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E.
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
- F. None of above.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Big Ten men's basketball tournament
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college basketball conference tournament ⓘ |
| automaticBidTo | 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ |
| category |
2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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linked to:
2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Basketball competitions in New York City ⓘ College sports tournaments in New York City ⓘ |
| champion |
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
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linked to:
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
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| championCoach | John Beilein ⓘ |
| championSeed | 5 ⓘ |
| championTitleCountForMichigan | 2 ⓘ |
| championTitleStreakForMichigan | second consecutive Big Ten tournament title ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| compressedScheduleReason | Madison Square Garden availability before Big East tournament ⓘ |
| conference | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| conferenceMembership | 14 Big Ten schools participated ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| editionNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2018-03-04 ⓘ |
| finalScore | Michigan 75–66 Purdue ⓘ |
| format | single-elimination tournament ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| hostCityFirstTime | true ⓘ |
| hostCityNote | first Big Ten men's basketball tournament held in New York City ⓘ |
| location | Madison Square Garden ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Moritz Wagner ⓘ |
| MVPTeam |
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
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linked to:
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
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| nextEdition | 2019 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| notableFor | Michigan's title run under coach John Beilein ⓘ |
| numberOfRounds | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 14 ⓘ |
| organizer | Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| runnerUp |
Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
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linked to:
Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
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| runnerUpSeed | 3 ⓘ |
| season | 2017–18 Big Ten men's basketball season ⓘ |
| seedingBasis | 2017–18 Big Ten regular-season conference record ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| startDate | 2018-02-28 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| televisionBroadcaster |
Big Ten Network
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CBS ⓘ ESPN ⓘ |
| tiebreakerCriteria | head-to-head results and other conference tiebreakers ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time ⓘ |
| topSeedsBye | top 4 seeds received double-byes ⓘ |
| venue | Madison Square Garden ⓘ |
| venueNote | first Big Ten men's basketball tournament held at Madison Square Garden ⓘ |
| year | 2018 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Description of subject: The 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference's postseason championship event, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and notable for Michigan's title run under coach John Beilein.
Referenced by (2)
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2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
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category
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2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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linked to: 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament