2023–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock
2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament
2023–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Indiana1–0 1.0006–1  .857
Northwestern1–0 1.0006–1  .857
Nebraska0–0 –7–0  1.000
Ohio State0–0 –6–1  .857
No. 24 Illinois0–0 –5–1  .833
Rutgers0–0 –5–1  .833
Iowa0–0 –5–2  .714
Minnesota0–0 –5–2  .714
Wisconsin0–0 –5–2  .714
Michigan0–0 –4–3  .571
Michigan State0–0 –4–3  .571
Penn State0–0 –4–3  .571
Maryland0–1 .0004–4  .500
No. 1 Purdue0–1 .0007–1  .875
† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner
As of December 2, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Big Ten men's basketball season is the current 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]

Purdue is the defending regular season and tournament champions.

This is the last season played with 14 teams in the conference, with four schools (Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington) joining the conference in 2024.[2] This is the first season played under the Big Ten's new seven-year media rights deal.[3] As a result, no conference games are played on ESPN and some games are played on Peacock for the first time.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

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
1Purdue (24)
2Michigan State (4)
3Maryland
4Illinois
5Wisconsin
6Indiana
7Ohio State
8Northwestern
9Iowa
10Rutgers
11Michigan
12Nebraska
13Penn State
14Minnesota
(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 All-American teams

Player AP[8]
Zach Edey1st

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
Illinois251825
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland231925
Michigan
Michigan State45114444
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue3212333
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[16] Naismith[17] Naismith DPOY Robertson Cousy[18] West[19] Erving [20] Malone[21] Abdul-Jabbar [22]
Jamison Battle, Ohio State Green tick
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State Green tick
Boo Buie, Northwestern Green tick Green tick Green tick
Coen Carr, Michigan State Green tick
Zach Edey, Purdue Green tick Green tick Green tick
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota Green tick
Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Green tick
A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State Green tick
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue Green tick
Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers Green tick Green tick
Julian Reese, Maryland Green tick
Payton Sandfort, Iowa Green tick
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois Green tick Green tick Green tick
Tyler Wahl, Wisconsin Green tick
Tyson Walker, Michigan State Green tick Green tick Green tick
Kel'el Ware, Indiana Green tick
Jahmir Young, Maryland Green tick Green tick Green tick

Regular season

Rankings

Legend
    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 23 RV 24 *
C RV 23 22 24
Indiana AP RV *
C RV
Iowa AP RV *
C RV RV RV
Maryland AP RV *
C RV
Michigan AP RV RV *
C RV
Michigan State AP 4 18 21 RV *
C 4 (4) 19 19 25
Minnesota AP *
C
Nebraska AP RV *
C
Northwestern AP *
C
Ohio State AP RV *
C RV RV
Penn State AP *
C
Purdue AP 3 (3) 2 (7) 2 (5) 1 (60) *
C 2 (5) 2 (3) 2 (5) 1 (32)
Rutgers AP *
C
Wisconsin AP RV RV *
C RV RV

* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, nine participated in early season tournaments.[23] Eight teams participated in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.[24]

Team Tournament Finish
Indiana Empire Classic 3rd
Iowa Rady Children's Invitational 3rd
Maryland Asheville Championship 4th
Michigan Battle 4 Atlantis 6th
Northwestern Hall of Fame Tip-Off 2nd
Ohio State Emerald Coast Classic 1st
Penn State ESPN Events Invitational 8th
Purdue Maui Invitational 1st
Wisconsin Fort Myers Tip-Off 1st

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 13, 2023[25] Dawson Garcia, Minnesota Owen Freeman, Iowa
November 20, 2023[26] Ben Krikki, Iowa Owen Freeman (2), Iowa
November 27, 2023[27] Zach Edey, Purdue John Blackwell, Wisconsin



References

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  2. ↑ "Big Ten expanding to 18 teams with Oregon and Washington". NBC4 WCMH-TV. August 4, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Big Ten completes $7B deal with Fox, CBS, NBC". ESPN.com. August 18, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Notre Dame hires Micah Shrewsberry: Next Irish coach led Penn State to first NCAA Tournament win since 2001". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  5. ↑ "PSU hires Rhoades as coach; VCU lands Odom". ESPN.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  6. ↑ Quinn, Brendan. "Big Ten media poll: Purdue's the heavy preseason favorite, but postseason is real question". The Athletic. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Zach Edey named unanimous AP preseason All-American, joined by Kolek, Dickinson, Filipowski, Bacot".
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  16. ↑ "JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES 2023-24 PRESEASON TOP 50 WATCH LIST".
  17. ↑ "2023-24 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year Watch List".
  18. ↑ "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.
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  21. ↑ "The Karl Malone Award Watchlist".
  22. ↑ "The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watchlist".
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  25. ↑ "Minnesota and Iowa Score Men's Basketball Weekly Accolades". bigten.org. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
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