2023–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2023–24 Big Ten men's basketball season is the upcoming season for Big Ten Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2023. The regular season will end in March 2024. The Big Ten tournament will be held from March 13 through March 17, 2024 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
| 2023–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock |
| 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
| Tournament | |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Purdue | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner As of October 25, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue is the defending regular season and tournament champions.
This will be the last season played with 14 teams in the conference, with four schools (Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington) joining the in 2024.[2] This will be the first season played under the Big Ten's new seven-year media rights deal.[3] As a result, no conference games will be played on ESPN and some games will be played on Peacock for the first time.
Head coaches
Penn State
On March 22, 2023, Micah Shrewsberry left Penn State to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame.[4] On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.[5]
Coaches
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Big Ten record | Big Ten titles | Big Ten tournament titles | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Brad Underwood | Oklahoma State | 7 | 103–79 (.566) | 66–52 (.559) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | Mike Woodson | New York Knicks (Asst.) | 3 | 44–26 (.629) | 21–19 (.525) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | Fran McCaffery | Siena | 14 | 263–176 (.599) | 126–118 (.516) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | Kevin Willard | Seton Hall | 2 | 22–13 (.629) | 11–9 (.550) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | Juwan Howard | Miami Heat (Asst.) | 5 | 79–47 (.627) | 46–31 (.597) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan State | Tom Izzo | Michigan State (Asst.) | 29 | 687–280 (.710) | 332–160 (.675) | 10 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Minnesota | Ben Johnson | Xavier (Asst.) | 3 | 22–42 (.344) | 6–33 (.154) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | Fred Hoiberg | Chicago Bulls | 5 | 40–83 (.325) | 18–61 (.228) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwestern | Chris Collins | Duke (Asst.) | 11 | 155–162 (.489) | 68–119 (.364) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio State | Chris Holtmann | Butler | 7 | 133–70 (.655) | 51–47 (.520) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn State | Mike Rhoades | VCU | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purdue | Matt Painter | Purdue (Assoc.) | 19 | 403–201 (.667) | 209–120 (.635) | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | Steve Pikiell | Stony Brook | 8 | 107–107 (.500) | 56–60 (.483) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | Greg Gard | Wisconsin (Assoc.) | 9 | 164–93 (.638) | 90–61 (.596) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
- Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
- Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.
Preseason
Preseason Big Ten poll
Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.[6]
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue (24) | |
| 2 | Michigan State (4) | |
| 3 | Maryland | |
| 4 | Illinois | |
| 5 | Wisconsin | |
| 6 | Indiana | |
| 7 | Ohio State | |
| 8 | Northwestern | |
| 9 | Iowa | |
| 10 | Rutgers | |
| 11 | Michigan | |
| 12 | Nebraska | |
| 13 | Penn State | |
| 14 | Minnesota | |
| (first place votes) | ||
Preseason All-Big Ten
A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.[7]
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Preseason Player of the Year | Zach Edey, Purdue |
| Preseason All-Big Ten Team | Boo Buie, Northwestern |
| Zach Edey, Purdue | |
| Dawson Garcia, Minnesota | |
| A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State | |
| Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers | |
| Julian Reese, Maryland | |
| Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois | |
| Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska | |
| Tyson Walker, Michigan State | |
| Jahmir Young, Maryland |
Preseason national polls
| AP[9] | Blue Ribbon Yearbook[10] |
CBS Sports[11] | Coaches[12] | ESPN[13] | FOX Sports[14] | Lindy's Sports[15] |
Sporting News | Sports Illustrated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 25 | 18 | 25 | ||||||
| Indiana | |||||||||
| Iowa | |||||||||
| Maryland | 23 | 19 | 25 | ||||||
| Michigan | |||||||||
| Michigan State | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Minnesota | |||||||||
| Nebraska | |||||||||
| Northwestern | |||||||||
| Ohio State | |||||||||
| Penn State | |||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rutgers | |||||||||
| Wisconsin |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
| Player | Wooden | Naismith | Naismith DPOY | Robertson | Cousy[16] | West[17] | Erving | Malone | Abdul-Jabbar |
| Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State |  |
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| Boo Buie, Northwestern | |
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| Fletcher Loyer, Purdue | |
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| Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois | |
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| Tyson Walker, Michigan State | |
Regular season
Rankings
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | AP | 25 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | AP | RV | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | AP | RV | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | AP | 4 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | 4 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | AP | NR | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | AP | 3 (3) | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | AP | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | AP | RV | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV |
* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.
Early season tournaments
Of the 14 Big Ten teams, nine will participate in early season tournaments.[18] Eight teams will participate in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.[19]
| Team | Tournament | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | Empire Classic | |
| Iowa | Rady Children's Invitational | |
| Maryland | Asheville Championship | |
| Michigan | Battle 4 Atlantis | |
| Northwestern | Hall of Fame Tip-Off | |
| Ohio State | Emerald Coast Classic | |
| Penn State | ESPN Events Invitational | |
| Purdue | Maui Invitational | |
| Wisconsin | Fort Myers Tip-Off |
References
- "Minneapolis to host Big Ten Basketball Tournaments in 2023, 2024". kare11.com. April 20, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "Big Ten expanding to 18 teams with Oregon and Washington". NBC4 WCMH-TV. August 4, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "Big Ten completes $7B deal with Fox, CBS, NBC". ESPN.com. August 18, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "Notre Dame hires Micah Shrewsberry: Next Irish coach led Penn State to first NCAA Tournament win since 2001". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- "PSU hires Rhoades as coach; VCU lands Odom". ESPN.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- Quinn, Brendan. "Big Ten media poll: Purdue's the heavy preseason favorite, but postseason is real question". The Athletic. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- "Preseason All-Big Ten Team Announced; Zach Edey Named Player of the Year". Sports Illustrated Indiana Hoosiers News, Analysis and More. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "Zach Edey named unanimous AP preseason All-American, joined by Kolek, Dickinson, Filipowski, Bacot".
- "NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- Dortch, Chris (September 1, 2023). "Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook's Preseason Top 25". Blue Ribbon Report. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "College basketball rankings: CBS Sports' Top 100 And 1 best teams heading into the 2023-24 season". CBSSports.com. October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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- "WTE Top 25: Duke or Kansas at No. 1 for the final edition?". ESPN.com. October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- "Men's college basketball preseason top 25: Kansas, Duke lead 2023-24 rankings". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- Bozich, Alex (September 18, 2023). "Indiana picked to finish 6th in Big Ten by Lindy's Sports". Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NAMES 20 POINT GUARDS TO 2024 BOB COUSY AWARD WATCH LIST". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME NAMES 20 SHOOTING GUARDS TO 2024 JERRY WEST AWARD WATCH LIST". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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