Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball News

2024-25 Regional & National Awards List

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Consensus All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Second Team

Sporting News All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Second Team

USBWA All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Third Team

AP All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Second Team
Derik Queen, Maryland – Honorable Mention
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue – Honorable Mention
Dylan Harper, Rutgers – Honorable Mention

NABC All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Second Team

John R. Wooden Award Top 5
Braden Smith, Purdue

John R. Wooden Award Men’s All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue
John Tonje, Wisconsin

CBS Sports All-America
Braden Smith, Purdue – First Team
John Tonje, Wisconsin – Second Team
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue – Third Team

Naismith Hall of Fame Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard of the Year)
Braden Smith, Purdue

NABC All-District Honors

Central Region
First Team
Brice Williams, Nebraska

East Region
First Team
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Derik Queen, Maryland
Julian Reese, Maryland
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

Second Team
Devin Royal, Ohio State

Co-Coach of the Year: Kevin Willard, Maryland

Great Lakes District
First Team
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Jaden Akins, Michigan State
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
Braden Smith, Purdue
John Tonje, Wisconsin

Second Team
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
John Blackwell, Wisconsin

Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State

Mid Atlantic District
First Team
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Second Team
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State

Pacific District
First Team
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
Great Osobor, Washington

Second Team
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Desmond Claude, USC

College Sports Communicators Academic All-America
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern – First Team
Jaden Akins, Michigan State – Second Team
Payton Sandfort, Iowa – Third Team

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Iowa: Payton Sandfort, Pryce Sandfort
Michigan State: Jaden Akins, Xavier Booker, Carson Cooper, Szymon Zapala
Minnesota: Parker Fox
Nebraska: Sam Hoiberg
Northwestern: Nick Martinelli, Justin Mullins
UCLA: Tyler Bilodeau, Lazar Stefanovic
Washington: Wilhelm Breidenbach, Tyler Harris, Mehki Mason

10 from Big Ten Selected in 2025 NBA Draft

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – A total of 10 Big Ten players were selected in the 2025 NBA Draft, held on Wednesday and Thursday nights in Brooklyn, N.Y. At least 10 Big Ten players have been taken in three of the last four NBA Drafts.

Among the 10 draftees, eight were chosen in Wednesay’s first round, marking just the fourth time since 1947 that eight Big Ten players have been chosen in the first round and the most since 2014, when nine players were chosen in the first round.

Rutgers teammates Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey were selected second and fifth overall by San Antonio and Utah, respectively. The pair became the first Rutgers men's basketball first-round draft picks in 19 years. With both players going in the top five in the draft, they become the two highest picks in school history.

The Atlanta Hawks drafted Maryland’s Derik Queen with the 13^th overall pick. The 2025 Big Ten Freshman of the Year becomes the 21st first round pick for the Terps and is the highest draft selection since Jalen Smith was chosen at No. 10 by Phoenix in the 2020 draft.

Another pair of teammates went a few picks later, as Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley came off the board at Numbers 20 and 21, respectively, marking the first time since 2005 a pair of Illini have been taken in the first round. With Miami selecting Jakucionis and Riley going to Utah, the former Illini players have been selected in the first round of the last three drafts.

Fellow rookie Jase Richardson from Michigan State was chosen 25^th overall by Orlando. Richardson becomes the 12^th first round pick under head coach Tom Izzo, including Jase’s father Jason, who was the number five overall selection in the 2001 NBA Draft.

Brooklyn selected Michigan’s Danny Wolf with the 27^th pick. Wolf becomes the Wolverines’ 12^th first round pick since 2013 and the fifth since 2019.

Penn State’s Yanic Konan Niederhauser was the final pick of the first round, going to the Los Angeles Clippers with the 30^th pick. Konan Niederhauser becomes Penn State’s first opening round draft pick and the program’s highest selection since Bob Weiss was chosen 22^nd overall in the 1965 draft.

Northwestern’s Brooks Barnhizer was selected by Oklahoma City 44^th overall, becoming the first Wildcat drafted since 1999 when Evan Eschmeyer was selected with the 34th pick by the New Jersey Nets.

John Tonje will join Bailey in Utah, as the Jazz selected the Wisconsin sharpshooter 53^rd overall. Tonje is Wisconsin’s first player drafted since Johnny Davis in 2022 and the first Badger ever selected by the Jazz.

For a complete list of 2025 NBA Draft picks, please click here.

2025 NBA Draft Big Ten Selections

2. Dylan Harper (Rutgers) - San Antonio Spurs
5. Ace Bailey (Rutgers) - Utah Jazz
13. Derik Queen (Maryland) - Atlanta Hawks
20. Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois) - Miami Heat
21. Will Riley (Illinois) - Utah Jazz
25. Jase Richardson (Michigan State) - Orlando Magic
27. Danny Wolf (Michigan) - Brooklyn Nets
30. Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State) - Los Angeles Clippers
44. Brooks Barnhizer (Northwestern) - Oklahoma City Thunder
53. John Tonje (Wisconsin) - Utah Jazz

Big Ten Conference Recognizes 111th Medal of Honor Class

Big Ten Conference — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference is celebrating its 111th class of recipients who earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor from their respective institutions during the 2024-25 academic year. Established in 1915, the Big Ten Medal of Honor is the conference’s most prestigious award. It was the first award in intercollegiate athletics to demonstrate support for the educational emphasis placed on athletics.

The Big Ten Medal of Honor is awarded to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each member institution who has demonstrated excellence on and off the field throughout their collegiate career. This year’s class comprised student-athletes from 15 sports.

Big Ten schools currently feature more than 11,000 student-athletes, but only 36 earn the award on an annual basis. Since the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first presented more than a century ago, just over 1,680 student-athletes have earned this unique distinction. Those names are on permanent display at the Big Ten Office in Rosemont.

Below is a listing of this year’s recipients:

2025 Big Ten Medal of Honor Class

Illinois
Jackson Buchanan, Golf
Raina Terry, Volleyball

Indiana
Jassen Yep, Swimming
Brianna Copeland, Softball

Iowa
Payton Sandfort, Basketball
Maggie Johnston, Soccer

Maryland
Jaxon Smith, Wrestling
Emma DeBerdine, Field Hockey

Michigan
Paul Juda, Gymnastics
Julia Fliegner, Tennis

Michigan State
Jaden Akins, Basketball
Gabrielle Stephen, Gymnastics

Minnesota
Dawson Garcia, Basketball
Mya Hooten, Gymnastics

Nebraska
Micaylon Moore, Track & Field
Lexi Rodriguez, Volleyball

Northwestern
Brooks Barnhizer, Basketball
Maddie Zimmer, Field Hockey

Ohio State
Cody Simon, Football
Makenna Webster, Field Hockey/Ice Hockey

Oregon
Bryce Boettcher, Football
Paige Sinicki, Softball

Penn State
Tyler Warren, Football
Maddie Gordon, Softball

Purdue
Cameron Miller, Track & Field
Sophie McAfee, Diving

Rutgers
Kyle Monangai, Football
Chloe Timberg, Track & Field

UCLA
Pablo Ereño, Golf
Lilly Reale, Soccer

USC
Caden Aoki, Baseball
Gala Trubint, Volleyball

Washington
Carson Bruener, Football
Dalayah Daniels, Basketball

Wisconsin
Bob Liking, Cross Country/Track & Field
Phoebe Bacon, Swimming

New Era Begins As House Settlement Approved

Big Ten Conference — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 6, 2025 – Today marks a historic milestone for college athletics in the United States. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted final approval to a settlement in the House v. NCAA (“House”) litigation. This landmark settlement – agreed to by plaintiffs representing nearly 400,000 current and former student-athletes and the NCAA, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference and Southeastern Conference (SEC) – will reshape the landscape of college sports, paving the way for a model that prioritizes fairness, stability, integrity and opportunity for student-athletes and institutions.

Overseeing this model will be the newly established College Sports Commission – an independent body that will be responsible for implementing the settlement terms governing revenue sharing, student-athlete Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals and roster limits. The Commission will investigate any potential violations of these rules, make determinations regarding potential rules violations and penalties, provide notice and opportunity to be heard, participate in the arbitration process and ultimately administer penalties for violations of these rules. The Commission’s leadership team will be announced in the near future.

Under the new system, student-athletes will have more opportunities to financially benefit during their participation in intercollegiate athletics than ever before. Institutions are now able to share revenue directly with student-athletes, in addition to providing existing benefits such as athletic scholarships, access to world-class training facilities, academic counseling, medical care, post-eligibility medical coverage, mental health resources, nutritional guidance and life skills development.

Beginning July 1, 2025, each year, participating schools can distribute up to 22% of the average revenue among schools in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC from media rights, ticket sales, and sponsorships – known as the revenue sharing cap. The cap is estimated at $20.5 million per school for the 2025-26 academic year, pending final confirmation. To ensure revenue sharing with student-athletes is appropriately managed and reported to the Court for compliance, athletics departments will use the new College Athlete Payment System (CAPS) platform developed by LBi Software.

Student-athletes will also be able to continue receiving compensation from third-parties other than their institutions for the use of their NIL, so long as their NIL deals are made with the purpose of using their NIL for a valid business purpose and do not exceed a reasonable range of compensation. On behalf of the College Sports Commission, Deloitte* has built and will maintain a new technology platform called NIL Go in which student-athletes will be required to report their NIL deals to confirm they are in compliance with the rules. Deals will be evaluated based on:

Payor association – The relationship between the payor and the student-athlete’s school.
Valid business purpose – Whether the payor is seeking the use of the student-athlete’s NIL for a valid business purpose, meaning to sell a good or service to the public for profit.
Range of compensation – Whether the compensation paid to the student-athlete is commensurate with compensation paid to similarly situated individuals.

Finally, for participating schools, NCAA scholarship limits have been removed and roster limits have been established for each sport, allowing for a significant increase in scholarship opportunities for student-athletes. Under this new model, schools will have the option to offer partial or full scholarships to every student-athlete on a team’s roster, as long as the total number of student-athletes stays within the sport’s specific roster limit. Efforts have also been made to ensure current and immediately incoming student-athletes are not adversely impacted by the establishing of roster limits. Removing scholarship limits allows schools to better support their student-athletes through new scholarships, particularly in non-revenue-generating sports.

“We look forward to implementing this historic settlement designed to bring stability, integrity and competitive balance to college athletics while increasing both scholarship and revenue opportunities for student-athletes in all sports,” said Tony Petitti, Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.

“This is a significant moment for college athletics that will provide unparalleled opportunities for student-athletes. We look forward to implementing this new system which offers much-needed transparency and structure to create a more sustainable model for the long-term future of college athletics,” said Jim Phillips, Ph.D., Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“As we enter this new era of college athletics, it is crucial we do so with structure, transparency, and the success of student-athletes in mind — this settlement and new model will ensure that happens. I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to implement this new system that prioritizes fairness and opportunity for all student-athletes and institutions," said Brett Yormark, Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference.

"It's a new day in collegiate athletics. This historic moment allows us to maintain what makes college sports special, the development of young individuals through sport, while also evolving to meet today's student-athletes where they are with new opportunities in a manner that provides long-term stability for collegiate athletics. I am proud to work alongside my colleagues as we implement and introduce the future of college sports,” said Teresa Gould, Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference.

“The approval of the House settlement agreement represents a significant milestone for the meaningful support of our student-athletes and a pivotal step toward establishing long-term sustainability for college sports, two of the Southeastern Conference’s top priorities. As the journey to modernize collegiate sports continues, we remain focused on identifying and implementing innovative opportunities for our student-athletes across all sports while maintaining the core values that make collegiate athletics uniquely meaningful,” said Greg Sankey, Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference.

Following are significant dates related to the implementation of the settlement:

June 6, 2025: Settlement approved; settlement-related NCAA rules are effective, as adopted by the NCAA Division 1 Board on April 21, 2025.
June 11 2025: NIL Go portal launches.
June 15, 2025: Opt-in deadline for non-defendant schools to fully commit to revenue sharing.
July 6, 2025: Opt-in schools must “designate” student-athletes permitted by the settlement to remain above roster limits.
July 1, 2025: First date for direct institutional revenue sharing payments to student-athletes.
Start of 2025-26 academic year: With the exception of the “designated” student-athletes, Fall sports must be at or below roster limits by their first day of competition.
December 1, 2025: With the exception of “designated” student-athletes, Winter and Spring sports must be at or below roster limits by their first day of competition or Dec. 1, whichever is earlier.

More information about the College Sports Commission and the implementation of these new policies can be found at CollegeSportsCommission.org.

* As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of its legal structure. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.

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2025-26 Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Opponents Announced

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference has announced the breakdown of conference opponents for all 18 schools for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season. Each member institution will play a 20-game conference schedule, playing three schools both home and away, while facing 14 teams once. Of the single-play opponents, member institutions will play seven at home and seven on the road.

The complete list of Big Ten Conference single-play and repeat opponents is below. Game dates, times, and television information will be announced at a later time.

ILLINOIS
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington, Wisconsin
Away: Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern

INDIANA
Home: Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Maryland Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue

IOWA
Home: Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Purdue

MARYLAND
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Away: Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Rutgers

MICHIGAN
Home: Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State

MICHIGAN STATE
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio State, UCLA, USC
Away: Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers

MINNESOTA
Home: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Indiana, Northwestern, Wisconsin

NEBRASKA
Home: Maryland, Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, Wisconsin
Away: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Illinois, Iowa, Northwestern

NORTHWESTERN
Home: Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
Away: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska

OHIO STATE
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue, UCLA, USC
Away: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin

OREGON
Home: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Home/Away: UCLA, USC, Washington

PENN STATE
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Away: Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Home/Away: Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers

PURDUE
Home: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Away: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Home/Away: Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin

RUTGERS
Home: Indiana, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, Washington
Away: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State

UCLA
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Oregon, USC, Washington

USC
Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, Washington

WASHINGTON
Home: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers
Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, USC

WISCONSIN
Home: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Rutgers, UCLA, USC
Away: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Home/Away: Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue

Big Ten Trio Named Men's Basketball Academic All-Americans

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – A trio of Big Ten men’s basketball student-athlete were honored today for their performances in the classroom, as the College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced its 2024-25 Academic All-America® men’s basketball teams.

Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli was named to the First Team, while Michigan State’s Jaden Akins claimed a Second Team honor, with Iowa’s Payton Sandfort collecting Third Team accolades.

Martinelli is a junior communications studies major, while Akins completed his bachelor’s degree in communications and is pursuing a master’s degree in strategic communication. Sandfort will graduate in May with a degree in finance.

Martinelli becomes just the fifth Wildcat to earn Academic All-America First team honors, joining Drew Crawford (2014), Shon Morris (1987, 1988), Mike Campbell (1980) and Jim Burns (1967).

Martinelli, an All-Big Ten Second Team honoree, completed the season as the Big Ten's leading scorer averaging 20.5 points per game, the most in a year by a Wildcat since Evan Eschmeyer posted 21.7 points per game in 1997-98. He broke the school's single-season scoring record, which was previously held by John Shurna (661, 2011-12), by logging 676 points. In addition, the junior averaged 6.2 rebounds per game, becoming the first Northwestern player to register at least 20 points and 5 rebounds per game since Shurna in 2011-12.

Akins is the first Michigan State men's basketball player to earn Academic All-America honors since Xavier Tillman Sr. was a second-team selection in 2020. He is the seventh Spartan to be named an Academic All-American and earns MSU's ninth honor.

Akins led the Spartans with 12.8 points per game, 58 three-point field goals, and 27.2 minutes per game, while ranking fourth on the team with 3.5 rebounds. Akins was an All-Big Ten Third Team selection by the league's coaches and was selected to the All-Big Ten Defensive Team.

This marks the second straight season Sandfort has earned Academic All-America honors as he was a second-team selection as a junior. He is the 11th honoree in program history.

Sandfort averaged 16.7 points and six rebounds en route to being named an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection. He scored in double figures in 27 games, which included a team-high 14 20-point contests. Sandfort made a team-high 84 3-point field goals, including a career-high eight in his final collegiate game against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, tying a tournament record.

Click here to view a complete list of 2024-25 Men's Basketball Academic All-America honors.

Huskers Take College Basketball Crown with 77-66 Win

Nebraska Athletics — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball Postseason Central

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

MARCH 20 - APRIL 7, 2025

BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL | BIG TEN STATS | BIG TEN STANDINGS | BIG TEN RECORD BOOK

NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET | CROWN BRACKET

Ten Big Ten teams will continue their seasons, as the NCAA Tournament and College Basketball Crown will get underway. The Big Ten will send eight teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin. Nebraska and USC will compete in the inaugural College Basketball Crown, a single-elimination 16-team contest, which takes place Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6 in Las Vegas.

All NCAA Tournament games will be televised on CBS Sports, TBS, TNT or truTV and watch on-line at https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/watch and the NCAA March Madness Live app. The Crown's first and second round contests will be broadcast on FS1, with the semifinals and championship slated for FOX. All of the games will also be available on the Fox Sports app.

Michigan, the No. 3 seed in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, claimed its third Big Ten Tournament championship with a thrilling 59-53 win over No. 5 seed Wisconsin on Sunday to earn the league’s automatic bid.

Five teams are included in both major polls entering the tournaments. The AP poll includes Michigan State at No. 8, followed by No. 11 Maryland, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan, No. 22 Purdue, and No. 25 Oregon. The USA Today Coaches Poll lists the Sparts at No. 7, the Badgers at 10, the Terps at 12, the Wolverines at 15, and the Boilermakers at 22. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received vote in both polls.

(NOTES: Regional seeds listed with school names for NCAA Tournament only… all times listed below are Eastern… dates, times and TV coverage subject to change).

2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Schedule

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - First Round
Midwest Region - Providence, R.I. #4 Purdue def. #13 High Point, 75-63	12:40 p.m.	truTV	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
East Region - Denver, Colo. #3 Wisconsin def. #14 Montana, 85-66	1:30 p.m.	TNT	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Midwest Region - Lexington, Ky. #7 UCLA def. #10 Utah State, 72-47	9:25 p.m.	TNT	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
South Region - Denver, Colo. #5 Michigan def. #12 UC San Diego, 68-65	10 p.m.	TNT	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Friday, March 21, 2025 - First Round
West Region - Seattle, Wash. #4 Maryland def. #13 Grand Canyon, 81-49	4:35 p.m.	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Midwest Region - Milwaukee, Wis. #6 Illinois def. #11 Xavier, 86-73	9:45 p.m.	TNT	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
South Region - Cleveland, Ohio #2 Michigan State def. #15 Bryant, 87-62	10 p.m.	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
East Region - Seattle, Wash. #5 Oregon def. #12 Liberty, 81-52	10:10 p.m.	truTV	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Second Round
Midwest Region - Providence, R.I. #4 Purdue def. #12 McNeese State, 76-62	12:10 p.m.	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
South Region - Denver, Colo. #5 Michigan def. #4 Texas A&M, 91-79	5:15 p.m.	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
East Region - Denver, Colo. #6 BYU def. #3 Wisconsin, 91-89	7:45 p.m.	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Midwest Region - Lexington, Ky. #2 Tennessee def. #7 UCLA, 67-58	9:40 p.m.	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Sunday, March 23, 2025 - Second Round
Midwest Region - Milwaukee, Wis. #3 Kentucky def. #6 Illinois, 84-75	5:15 p.m.	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
West Region - Seattle, Wash. #4 Maryland def. #12 Colorado State, 72-71	7:10 p.m.	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
South Region - Cleveland, Ohio #2 Michigan State def. #10 New Mexico, 71-63	8:40 p.m.	TNT	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
East Region - Seattle, Wash. #4 Arizona def. #5 Oregon, 87-83	9:40 p.m.	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - Sweet 16
West Region - San Francisco, Calif. #1 Florida def. #4 Maryland, 87-71	7:39 p.m. ET	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Friday, March 28, 2025 - Sweet 16
South Region - Atlanta, Ga. #2 Michigan State def. #6 Ole Miss, 73-70	7:09 p.m. ET	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
South Region - Atlanta, Ga. #1 Auburn def. #5 Michigan, 78-65	9:39 p.m. ET	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Midwest Region - Indianapolis, Ind. #1 Houston def. #4 Purdue, 62-60	10:09 p.m. ET	TBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Sunday, March 30, 2025 - Elite 8
South Region - Atlanta, Ga. #1 Auburn def. #2 Michigan State, 70-64	5:05 p.m. ET	CBS	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score

2025 College Basketball Crown Schedule

First Round
Monday, March 31, 8:30 p.m.	Nebraska def. Arizona State, 86-78	FS1	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Tuesday, April 1, 11 p.m.	USC def. Tulane, 89-60	FS1	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Second Round
Wednesday, April 2, 9:30 p.m.	Nebraska def. Georgetown, 81-69	FS1	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Thursday, April 3, 9:30 p.m.	Villanova def. USC, 60-59	FS1	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Semifinals
Saturday, April 5, 1:30 p.m.	Nebraska def. Boise State, 79-69	FOX	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score
Championship
Sunday, April 6, 5:30 p.m.	Nebraska def. UCF, 77-66	FOX	Watch \| Live Stats \| Recap \| Box Score

The Best Point Guard in the Country: Smith Wins Cousy Award

Purdue Athletics — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

CBS Sports, Wooden Award Recognize Big Ten Trio

Big Ten Conference — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Big Ten men’s basketball student-athletes continue to be recognized for their performances this season, as Purdue’s Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn joined Wisconsin’s John Tonje with All-American accolades this week.

All three were named to the CBS Sports All-America Team on Wednesday, while Smith and Tonje were named to the John R. Wooden Award Men’s All-America Team on Tuesday night.

CBS Sports included Smith on its First Team, while Tonje and Kaufman-Renn earned Second and Third Team honors, respectively.

Additionally, Smith was named to the John R. Wooden Award Top 5 finalist for the Wooden Award® for the Most Outstanding Player in the United States. It marks the third straight season that a Boilermaker has been a Wooden Award All-American and award finalist after Zach Edey won the award following both the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

A consensus First Team All-American, Smith averaged 15.8 points per game and ranked second in the country with 8.7 assists. This season, the junior guard Set the Big Ten record for assists in conference play only with 175, smashing the previous record set by Michigan State's Cassius Winston (157) by 18 assists – almost a full assist per game.

Smith has 13 games of 10 or more assists this season, and 22 games of 10 or more assists for his career. His 22 career games of 10 or more assists are the most in Big Ten history. The 22, 10-assist games are the fourth most by a player in his junior season or younger in the last 20 years, behind only Oakland’s Kay Felder (32), North Carolina’s Kendall Marshall (23), and Murray State’s Ja Morant (23).

Tonje led the Badgers and ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 19.6 points per game, while securing 5.3 rebounds per contest, good for second on the team. Tonje finished his season with 724 points, the second-most points in a single-season by a Badger, surpassing Alando Tucker's 716 points in the 2006-07 season.

Tonje is one of just five major conference players over the last 30 years to accumulate at least 600 points, 150 rebounds, 200 FTs and 80 3FGs, joining Texas' Kevin Durant (2007), Missouri's Jabari Brown (2014), UConn's Shabazz Napier (2014), Duke's Grayson Allen (2015).

Kaufman-Renn was named a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten honoree after averaging 20.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 59.5 percent from the field. The junior forward scored in double-figures in 35 of 36 games and surpassed 20 points 19 times, including a pair of 30-point games.

Kaufman-Renn became the 29th player in NCAA history to average at least 20 points, six rebounds, two assists, and shoot 59 percent from the field. He was just the third Big Ten player in league history to reach those marks, joining Northwestern’s Evan Eschmeyer (1998) and Purdue’s Zach Edey (2024).

The Wooden Award winner and top five All America Team members will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club “John R. Wooden Awards Show presented by Principal” streaming on ESPN+ on Friday, April 11th at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT.

Click here to view the complete list of CBS Sports All-America honors.

Click here to view the complete list of John R. Wooden Award All-America honors.

Buzz Williams Named Maryland Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Maryland Athletics — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 28-April 1

Big Ten Conference — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH 27

2025 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON CENTRAL

Big Ten. Big News.

The Big Ten went a perfect 8-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the best record for any conference in the history of the first round. The conference improved to 12-4 after the second round with four Big Ten teams securing spots in this week’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue. This marks the first time since 2013 that four Big Ten Teams have advanced to the Sweet 16, when Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State competed in the regional semifinal round. That season, Michigan faced Louisville in the National Championship game.
More than 10.1 million fans watched Michigan’s victory over Texas A&M on Saturday, while just shy of 10 million watched Illinois square off against Kentucky on Sunday. The games were the two most viewed contests in the second round.
Purdue’s Braden Smith has been named one of the four finalists for the 2025 Naismith Trophy, given to the nation’s top college basketball player. Smith, a consensus First Team All-American and the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year, averages 16.0 points, 8.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game, but saw his averages increase to 17.4 points, 8.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds during Big Ten play. This marks the third consecutive year a Boilermaker has been named a finalist for the award Zach Edey won the award following both the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Maryland freshman Derik Queen’s buzzer-beating jumper gave the Terps a 72-71 win over 12th-seeded Colorado State on Sunday night and sent Maryland to the Sweet 16 for the 15th time in program history and first time since 2016. Maryland will play No. 1 seed Florida in the Sweet 16 on March 27 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. The game will tip at 7:39 PM ET from Chase Center in San Francisco.
Michigan overcame a 10-point second half deficit in its 91-79 win over No. 4 seed Texas A&M on Saturday, sending the Wolverines to their 19th Sweet 16 appearance. After failing to advance to the regional semifinal round from 1995-2012, Michigan will make its eighth appearance since 2013, including in each of its last six NCAA Tournaments. The Wolverines will face the South Region’s No. 1 seed Auburn on Saturday at 9:39 p.m. in Atlanta.
Michigan State will make its 16th Sweet 16 appearance under head coach Tom Izzo and 18th since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 when the Spartans take the court against No. 6 seed Ole Miss on Friday at 7:09 p.m. ET in Atlanta. Senior Jaden Akins led the Spartans with 16 points in their 71-63 win over New Mexico in Sunday’s second round match-up.
Purdue will make its 13th Sweet 16 appearance, including six in its last eight tournaments, when the Boilermakers take on Houston on Saturday night at 10:09 p.m. in Indianapolis. Purdue moved into the Sweet 16 after Saturday’s 76-62 second round in over McNeese, a game that saw Trey Kaufman-Renn paired 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead four players in double-figure scoring.
Two Big Ten teams, Nebraska and USC, have been selected to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. Nebraska and USC will compete in the single-elimination 16-team contest, which takes place Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6.
Nebraska, who will compete in the postseason in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, will open tournament play on Monday, March 31, when the Huskers take on Arizona State in the third of four first-round games that day. Tipoff from the MGM Grand Garden Arena is set for 8:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on FS1. Nebraska is averaging 75.4 points per game entering the postseason. It is on pace to be NU’s second-highest scoring average since joining the Big Ten in 2011-12.
USC will make its 27th postseason appearance on Tuesday night, when it faces Tulane in the first round of the College Basketball Crown. Tip is slated for 11 p.m. ET at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and will be broadcast on FS1. All-Big Ten honorable mention recipient and NABC All-Pacific District performer Desmond Claude leads the Trojans with 16.3 points per game, 11th in the league, and 4.3 assists, good for ninth in the Big Ten, as USC looks to earn its first postseason win since 2021.
Darian DeVries has been tabbed as the 31st head coach of the Indiana men’s basketball team. DeVries moves to Bloomington with 24 years of Division I coaching experience, including the last seven as a highly-successful head coach at Drake (2019-24) and West Virginia (2025). His Drake and West Virginia teams went a combined 169-68 (71.3%) overall and 89-43 (67.4%) in conference play, and won three conference championships (one regular season, two postseason) along the way.
Iowa has named Ben McCollum as its new head basketball coach. McCollum, an Iowa native, heads to Iowa City with a sterling resume that includes four NCAA Division II national championships (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) at Northwest Missouri State University. In his first season in NCAA Division I, McCollum guided Drake to a school-record 31 wins, the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles, and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Minnesota alum Niko Medved has been selected as the 19th head men’s basketball coach at Minnesota. Medved, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Minnesota, returns to his alma mater after a seven-year head coaching stint at Colorado State. It marks the second time Medved has been a coach at Minnesota, as he was an assistant coach during the 2006-07 season. Medved started his collegiate basketball career at Williams Arena when he served as a student manager under former Gopher coach Clem Haskins. Medev owns a 222-172 career record, including 143-85 at Colorado State. The Roseville, Minn., native completed a historic run at Colorado State, as the Rams competed in the NCAA Tournament three of the last four years. Earlier this month, Medved led Colorado State to a Mountain West tournament championship and automatic NCAA Tournament berth, where they advanced to the Round of 32 with a first round win over Memphis.
Purdue’s Braden Smith and Wisconsin’s John Tonje have been named consensus First and Second Team All-Americans, respectively, after collecting honors from the Associated Press (AP), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), Sporting News, and US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Smith, who ranks second on the Boilermakers with 16.0 points, while his 8.5 assists per game are good for second in the country, was named to the First Team by all four entities, while Tonje was named to the AP, NABC, and Sporting News Second Teams after leading the Badgers with 19.6 points per contest. Maryland’s Derik Queen, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper also received Honorable Mention from the AP. This marks the 16th consecutive season the Big Ten has boasted at least one consensus All-America honoree.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Maryland’s Julian Reese, who grabbed his 1,000th career rebound in Sunday’s win over Colorado State. Reese becomes just the second player in Maryland history and the 16th active player in Division I to reach the plateau.
The Michigan Wolverines claimed the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament title with a 59-53 win over Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The win marked the third tournament championship for the Wolverines, joining crowns in 2017 and 2018. Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin led Michigan with 11 points each, while a trio of Wolverines added eight points, including Danny Wolf, who grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Goldin was named the Jim and Kitty Delaney Most Outstanding Player and was joined by Wolf, Wisconsin’s John Blackwell and John Tonje, and Maryland’s Derik Queen on the All-Tournament Team.
The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament championship game between Michigan and Wisconsin delivered CBS Sports its largest audience for the Big Ten championship since 2014, averaging 4.53 million viewers, with a peak audience of 5.82 million viewers. The Big Ten was incorporated in CBS Sports’ two most-watched regular season games this season on any network, Illinois-Arkansas drew 5.174 million viewers on Thanksgiving and the Big Ten Championship.
Michigan State claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball championship, closing the regular season with a 17-3 record in Big Ten play. This marks Michigan State’s 17th Big Ten championship and its first since claiming a share of the 2020 title. This is also the 11th Big Ten crown for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most in conference history.
On March 11, the Big Ten announced its 2025 All-Big Ten Teams and Awards. Purdue’s Braden Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year by both the coaches and media panel, marking the third consecutive year a Boiler maker has been named Player of the Year. Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. claimed his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year honor, while Maryland’s Derik Queen was named Freshman of the Year. Illinois’ Will Riley claimed Sixth Man of the Year accolades. Michigan State’s head coach Tom Izzo and associate head coach Doug Wojcik collected the league’s coaching awards, as Izzo was named Coach of the Year for the fourth time, with Wojcik earning the Howard Moore Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on March 17. Michigan State leads the way at No. 8 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Maryland, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan, No. 22 Purdue, and No. 25 Oregon. The coaches listed Michigan State at No. 7, followed by the Badgers at No. 10, the Terps at No. 12, the Wolverines at 15, and the Boilermakers at 22. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received votes in one or both polls.
The Big Ten collected 112 wins against Quad 1 opponents, second most of any conference, and 204 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Michigan State leads the league with 13 Quad 1 wins, tied for second most in the country, one more than Michigan and three more UCLA. The Spartans’ and Wisconsin have combined 18 Quad 1 and 2 wins, good for fifth in the nation. Michigan, Oregon, and Purdue own 16 such victories, one more than Illinois.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 45 and 15 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on March 16. Maryland leads the way at No. 10, followed by No. 11 Michigan State, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 17 Illinois, No. 19 Pudue, No. 23 Michigan, No. 27 UCLA, No. 29 Oregon, and No. 41 Ohio State. Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Penn State, and USC also hold spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 12.
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 159-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the Big Ten was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
More than 6.2 million fans watched Big Ten basketball games during the 2024-25 season, including 3.3 million in our 18 home venues. Seven teams rank among the top 20 programs in total attendance. Indiana leads the league with 296,046 fans, sixth nationally. Illinois (256,543 fans), Wisconsin (255,109), and Maryland (253,972) list 11th, 12th, and 13th in the country. Nebraska (239,426), Purdue (238,016), and Michigan State (236,752) also earned spots in the top 20.
The Big Ten boasts some of the nation’s highest octane offenses. The conference leads the nation with 46,429 points scored this season, as its 77.12 points per game rank fourth. The Big Ten’s 18 teams shoot 46.22 percent from the field, second nationally, and 73.81 percent from the free throw line, fourth among all conferences. The league also gets significant contributions from its reserves, as the 18 bench units have combined for 12,420 points, second in the country. The Big Ten also leads the nation in total rebounds (21,238) and ranks second in blocked shots (2,165), while its 3,883 steals are good for third.

15 from Big Ten Named to CSC Academic All-District Team

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. - College Sports Communicators (CSC) recognized 15 Big Ten student-athletes, as the organization announced its 2024-25 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team on Tuesday. The honor recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced April 15.

Click here to view the complete list of 2024-25 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams.

Big Ten Members of the 2024-25 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team
Iowa: Payton Sandfort*, Pryce Sandfort
Michigan State: Jaden Akins*, Xavier Booker, Carson Cooper, Szymon Zapala
Minnesota: Parker Fox
Nebraska: Sam Hoiberg
Northwestern: Nick Martinelli*, Justin Mullins
UCLA: Tyler Bilodeau*, Lazar Stefanovic
Washington: Wilhelm Breidenbach, Tyler Harris, Mehki Mason*

Purdue's Braden Smith Named Naismith Player of the Year Finalist

Big Ten Communications — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Niko Medved Named Head Men's Basketball Coach

Big Ten Communications — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Ben McCollum Named Iowa Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Big Ten Communications — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 20-23

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH 20

2025 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON CENTRAL

Big Ten. Big News.

Eight Big Ten schools have been selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, it was announced Sunday on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Show on CBS. Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin will be taking part in this year’s tournament. All games will be televised on CBS Sports, TBS, TNT or truTV beginning on Tuesday night.
Two Big Ten teams, Nebraska and USC, have been selected to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. Nebraska and USC will compete in the single-elimination 16-team contest, which takes place Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6.
The Michigan Wolverines claimed the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament title with a 59-53 win over Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The win marked the third tournament championship for the Wolverines, joining crowns in 2017 and 2018. Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin led Michigan with 11 points each, while a trio of Wolverines added eight points, including Danny Wolf, who grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Goldin was named the Jim and Kitty Delaney Most Outstanding Player and was joined by Wolf, Wisconsin’s John Blackwell and John Tonje, and Maryland’s Derik Queen on the All-Tournament Team.
The Michigan-Wisconsin championship game delivered CBS Sports its largest audience for the Big Ten championship since 2014, averaging 4.53 million viewers, with a peak audience of 5.82 million viewers. The Big Ten was incorporated in CBS Sports’ two most-watched regular season games this season on any network, Illinois-Arkansas drew 5.174 million viewers on Thanksgiving and the Big Ten Championship.
Michigan State claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball championship, closing the regular season with a 17-3 record in Big Ten play. This marks Michigan State’s 17th Big Ten championship and its first since claiming a share of the 2020 title. This is also the 11th Big Ten crown for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most in conference history.
Purdue’s Braden Smith and Wisconsin’s John Tonje have collected a trio of All-America honors, Smith, who ranks second on the Boilermakers with 16.1 points, while his 8.7 assists per game are good for second in the country, was named to the First Team by the Associated Press (AP), Sporting News, and US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), while Tonje collected Second Team honors from the AP and Sporting News and Third Team accolades from the USBWA, after leading the Badgers with 19.2 points per contest. Maryland’s Derik Queen, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper also received Honorable Mention from the AP.
Last week, the Big Ten announced its 2025 All-Big Ten Teams and Awards. Purdue’s Braden Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year by both the coaches and media panel, marking the third consecutive year a Boiler maker has been named Player of the Year. Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. claimed his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year honor, while Maryland’s Derik Queen was named Freshman of the Year. Illinois’ Will Riley claimed Sixth Man of the Year accolades. Michigan State’s head coach Tom Izzo and associate head coach Doug Wojcik collected the league’s coaching awards, as Izzo was named Coach of the Year for the fourth time, with Wojcik earning the Howard Moore Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Michigan’s Rubin Jones, who recorded his 1,000th career point in Sunday’s Big Ten Tournament championship game... Congratulations to USC’s Rashaun Agee who reached the 1,000 career point plateau in the Trojan’s second round Big Ten tournament match-up against Purdue.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on March 17. Michigan State leads the way at No. 8 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Maryland, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan, No. 22 Purdue, and No. 25 Oregon. The coaches listed Michigan State at No. 7, followed by the Badgers at No. 10, the Terps at No. 12, the Wolverines at 15, and the Boilermakers at 22. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received votes in one or both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 112 wins against Quad 1 opponents, second most of any conference, and 204 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Michigan State leads the league with 13 Quad 1 wins, tied for second most in the country, one more than Michigan and three more UCLA. The Spartans’ and Wisconsin have combined 18 Quad 1 and 2 wins, good for fifth in the nation. Michigan, Oregon, and Purdue own 16 such victories, one more than Illinois.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 45 and 15 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on March 10. Maryland leads the way at No. 10, followed by No. 11 Michigan State, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 17 Illinois, No. 19 Purdue, No. 23 Michigan, No. 27 UCLA, No. 29 Oregon, and No. 41 Ohio State. Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Penn State, and USC also hold spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 12.
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 159-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the Big Ten was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
More than 6.2 million fans have watched Big Ten basketball games during the 2024-25 season, including 3.3 million in our 18 home venues. Seven teams rank among the top-20 programs in total attendance. Indiana leads the league with 296,046 fans, sixth nationally. Illinois (256,543 fans), Wisconsin (255,109), and Maryland (253,972) list 11th, 12th, and 13th in the country. Nebraska (239,426), Purdue (238,016), and Michigan State (236,752) also earned spots in the top 20.
The Big Ten boasts some of the nation’s highest octane offenses. The conference leads the nation with 45,179 points scored this season, as its 77.10 points per game rank fourth. The Big Ten’s 18 teams shoot 46.24 percent from the field, second nationally, and 73.84 percent from the free throw line, fourth among all conferences. The league also gets significant contributions from its reserves, as the 18 bench units have combined for 12,104 points, second in the country. The Big Ten also ranks second nationally in total rebounds (20,595) and blocked shots (2,103), while its 3,803 steals are good for third.

Big Ten Men's Basketball Players Score All-America Honors

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Five Big Ten student-athletes recently collected All-America accolades.

Purdue’s Braden Smith and Wisconsin’s John Tonje have been named consensus First and Second Team All-Americans, respectively, after collecting honors from the Associated Press (AP), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), Sporting News, and US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Smith was named to the First Team by all four entities, while Tonje was named to the AP, NABC, and Sporting News Second Teams and earned a Third Team honor from the USBWA.

This marks the 16th consecutive season the Big Ten has boasted at least one consensus All-American.

Maryland’s Derik Queen, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper also received AP Honorable Mention.

Smith, the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year, ranks second on the Boilermakers with 16.1 points, while his 8.7 assists per game are good for second in the country. The junior guard set the Big Ten record for assists in conference play only with 175, breaking the previous record set by Michigan State's Cassius Winston (157) by 18 assists, almost a full assist per game.

Smith’s nine point-assist double-doubles are the third most for a high-major player in the last 20 seasons, joining Oklahoma's Trae Young (14) in 2018 and Kansas State's Markquis Nowell (10) in 2023.

In his first season with Wisconsin, Tonje leads the team in scoring at 19.2 points per game, fifth in the Big Ten. The Omaha, Nebraska-native has produced four 30-point performances on the season. He poured in 41, the fourth-highest point total in program history, in a 103-88 win over No. 9 Arizona, setting a school record by going 21-for-22 at the free throw line.

He is on the verge of becoming just the fifth Badger since 1990 to average at least 19.0 ppg in a season, joining Michael Finley (1993-95), Devin Harris (2004), Alando Tucker (2006-07), and Johnny Davis (2022).

Click here to view the complete list of 2024-25 AP All-America Teams.

Click here to view the complete list of 2024-25 NABC All-America honors.

Click here to view the complete list of 2024-25 Sporting News All-America honors.

Click here to view the complete list of 2024-25 USBWA All-America honors.

Big Ten Collects 29 NABC All-District Honors

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – On Tuesday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its 2024-25 NABC Division I All-District Teams and District Coaches of the Year. The All-District honors are voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.

Among the honorees were 29 from Big Ten schools, including Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo and Maryland head coach Kevin Willard, who were named Great Lakes and East Region Coaches of the Year, respectively.

The NABC introduced a new model for its Division I district alignment this season, with schools arranged by state rather than by conference. The modernized NABC Division I district alignment features 10 geographic regions that each encompass multiple states. Every Division I school in each given state belongs to that state’s corresponding district.

Click here to view the complete list of NABC All-District honors.

Central Region
First Team
Brice Williams, Nebraska

East Region
First Team
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Derik Queen, Maryland
Julian Reese, Maryland
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

Second Team
Devin Royal, Ohio State

Co-Coach of the Year: Kevin Willard, Maryland

Second Team
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
John Blackwell, Wisconsin

Coach of the Year: Tom Izzo, Michigan State

Mid Atlantic District
First Team
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers

Second Team
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State

Pacific District
First Team
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
Great Osobor, Washington

Second Team
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Desmond Claude, USC

Darian DeVries Named 31st Head Coach of Indiana Men’s Basketball Program

Big Ten Communications — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two Big Ten Teams to Compete in the College Basketball Crown

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Two Big Ten teams have been selected to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. Nebraska and USC will compete in the single-elimination 16-team contest, which takes place Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6.

The Huskers will meet Arizona State on Monday, March 31 at 8:30 p.m. ET, while the Trojans and will face Tulane at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 1. Both games will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Tickets for the Crown are available now at VividSeats.com.

The event’s first and second round contests will be broadcast on FS1, with the semifinals and championship slated for FOX. All of the games will also be available on the Fox Sports app.

8 Big Ten Teams Selected for NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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ROSEMONT, Ill. - Eight Big Ten schools have been selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, it was announced Sunday on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Show on CBS.

Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin will all be taking part in this year’s tournament. All games will be televised on CBS Sports, TBS, TNT or truTV beginning on Tuesday night.

Fresh off winning the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, Michigan claimed the Big Ten’s automatic qualifier into the tournament and earned a No. 5 seed in the South region and will face UC-San Diego in Thursday’s first round in Denver. Wisconsin, the No. 3 seed in the East will also head to Denver to play Montana.

Also on Thursday, Purdue, the No. 4 seed in the Midwest, will face High Point in Providence, R.I., while the Midwest Region’s No. 7 seed UCLA will open tournament play in Lexington on Thursday against Utah State.

Big Ten regular season champion Michigan State earned the No. 2 seed in the South and will make its 27th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday, when the Spartans meet Bryant in Cleveland. No. 6 seed in the Midwest, Illinois, will face either Texas or Xavier in Milwaukee.

Seattle will play host to a pair of Big Ten teams on Friday, as the West’s No. 4 seed Maryland will play Grand Canyon and No. 5 seed in the East, Oregon will face Liberty.

First round winners will advance to play on Saturday and Sunday.

The 2025 Final Four is scheduled for April 5 on San Antonio, Texas, with the national championship game slated for Monday, April 7.

2025 NCAA Tournament First Round Games
Thursday, March 20
#4 Purdue vs. #13 High Point, 12:40 p.m. on truTV
#3 Wisconsin vs. #14 Montana, 1:30 on TNT
#7 UCLA vs. #10 Utah State, 9:25 p.m. on TNT
#5 Michigan vs. #12 UC San Diego, 10 p.m. on TBS

Friday, March 21
#4 Maryland vs. #13 Grand Canyon, 4:35 p.m. on TBS
#6 Illinois vs. #11 Texas/Xavier, 9:45 p.m. on TNT
#2 Michigan State vs. #15 Bryant, 10 p.m. on TBS
#5 Oregon vs. #12 Liberty, 10:10 p.m. on truTV

Michigan Claims 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Title

Big Ten Conference — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The number three seeded Michigan Wolverines claimed the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament title with a 59-53 win over No. 5 seed Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The win marked the third tournament championship for the Wolverines, joining crowns in 2017 and 2018.

With Sunday’s victory, Michigan clinched the Big Ten’s automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin led Michigan with 11 points each, while a trio of Wolverines added eight points, including Danny Wolf, who grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.

Michigan trailed by as many as 11 points with 13:11 to play but closed the game on an 11-2 run over the final 3:55. The Wolverines sealed the win by hitting all six of their free throw attempts in the final 46 seconds.

John Blackwell led the Badgers with 18 points and finished the tournament with 94 points, third most for a player in tournament history.

Wisconsin was appearing in its second-consecutive championship game and in the final for the ninth time, which matches Ohio State for most of any school.

Goldin was named the Jim and Kitty Delany Most Outstanding Player and was joined by Wolf, Blackwell, Wisconsin’s John Tonje, and Maryland’s Derik Queen on the All-Tournament Team.

2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Central

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Schedule (all times EASTERN)

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - First Round
3:30 p.m. (Peacock)	Game 1: #13 Northwestern def. #12 Minnesota, 72-64	Northwestern Pre-Game Notes \| Minnesota Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 minutes after Game 1 (Peacock)	Game 2: #15 Iowa def. #10 Ohio State, 77-70	Iowa Pre-Game Notes \| Ohio State Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 minutes after Game 2 (Peacock)	Game 3: #14 USC def. #11 Rutgers, 97-89 (2OT)	USC Pre-Game Notes \| Rutgers Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
Thursday, March 13, 2025 - Second Round
12 p.m. (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 4: #8 Oregon def. #9 Indiana, 72-59	Indiana Pre-Game Notes \| Oregon Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 min. after Game 4 (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 5: #5 Wisconsin def. #13 Northwestern, 70-63	Wisconsin Pre-Game Notes \| Northwestern Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
6:30 p.m. (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 6: #7 Illinois def. #15 Iowa, 106-94	Illinois Pre-Game Notes \| Iowa Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 min. after Game 6 (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 7: #6 Purdue def. #14 USC, 76-71	Purdue Pre-Game Notes \| USC Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
Friday, March 14, 2025 - Quarterfinals
12 p.m. (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 8: #1 Michigan State def. #8 Oregon, 74-64	Michigan State Pre-Game Notes \| Oregon Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 min. after Game 8 (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 9: #5 Wisconsin def. #4 UCLA, 86-70	UCLA Pre-Game Notes \| Wisconsin Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
6:30 p.m. (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 10: #2 Maryland def. #7 Illinois, 88-65	Maryland Pre-Game Notes \| Illinois Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
25 min. after Game 10 (BTN/FOX Sports App)	Game 11: #3 Michigan def. #6 Purdue, 86-68	Michigan Pre-Game Notes \| Purdue Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes
Saturday, March 15, 2025 - Semifinals
1 p.m. (CBS/Paramount+)	Game 12: #5 Wisconsin def. #1 Michigan State, 77-74	Wisconsin Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes (MSU \| WIS) \| Post-Game Notes
25 min. after Game 12 (CBS/Paramount+)	Game 13: #3 Michigan def. #2 Maryland, 81-80	Maryland Pre-Game Notes \| Michigan Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes (MD \| MICH) \| Post-Game Notes
Sunday, March 16, 2025 - Championship Game
3:30 p.m. (CBS/Paramount+)	Game 14: #3 Michigan def. #5 Wisconsin, 59-53	Wisconsin Pre-Game Notes \| Michigan Pre-Game Notes \| Live Stats \| Box Score \| Recap \| Post-Game Quotes \| Post-Game Notes \| All-Tournament Team

TIAA Men's Basketball Tournament Set to Tip Today in Indianapolis

Big Ten Conference — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH 12

Big Ten. Big News.

The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will kick off on Wednesday, the first of five days of basketball action at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. Wednesday’s three opening round games will be broadcast live on Peacock, with games on Thursday and Friday scheduled for BTN. For the 28th consecutive, Saturday’s semifinals and Sunday’s championship game will air on CBS. For more information on the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, please visit bigten.org/MBBT.
Tickets for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament are now on sale at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Ticketmaster.com. Fans can purchase all-session seating in the 200-levels, ranging from $400-$460 or single-session tickets ranging from $40-$175 based on location. All ticket packages are subject to Ticketmaster and facility fees.
Michigan State claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball championship with its 91-84 win at Iowa on Thursday night. The win improved the Spartans to 16-3 in the Big Ten and established a two-game lead with one game to play. This marks Michigan State’s 17th Big Ten championship and its first since claiming a share of the 2020 title. This is also the 11th Big Ten crown for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most in conference history.
On Tuesday, the Big Ten announced its 2025 All-Big Ten Teams and Awards. Purdue’s Braden Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year by both the coaches and media panel, marking the third consecutive year a Boilermaker has been named Player of the Year. Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. claimed his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year honor, while Maryland’s Derik Queen was named Freshman of the Year. Illinois’ Will Riley claimed Sixth Man of the Year accolades. Michigan State’s head coach Tom Izzo and associate head coach Doug Wojcik collected the league’s coaching awards, as Izzo was named Coach of the Year for the fourth time, with Wojcik earning the Howard Moore Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Indiana’s Trey Galloway and Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, who recorded their 1,000th career points over the weekend... Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia recorded 14 points against Wisconsin to become the 20th active player in Division I to surpass 2,000 career points... Iowa’s Fran McCaffery and Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg are approaching coaching milestones, as McCaffery has 296 wins at Iowa, while Hoiberg owns 195 career wins.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Penn State’s D’Marco Dunn was named Player of the Week, while Michigan State’s Jase Richardson was named Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week. Dunn scored a career-best and game-high 25 points in Penn State’s 86-75 win at No. 12 Wisconsin, the Nittany Lions’ first win at Wisconsin in over 30 years. The senior shot 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the field and 4-for-5 (80%) from three-point range. Dunn recorded 15 of his 25 points in the second half as Penn State erased an early double-digit deficit.
Richardson averaged 20 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and one steal per game, as the No 7-ranked Spartans scored a pair of wins. The freshman scored a game-high 22 points in a 91-84 win at Iowa the tallied 18 points in Michigan State’s 79-62 win over No. 17 Michigan
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on March 10. Michigan State leads the way at No. 7 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Maryland, No. 18 Wisconsin, No. 20 Purdue, No. 22 Michigan, No. 23 Oregon, and No. 24 Illinois. The coaches listed Michigan State at No. 6, followed by the Terps at No. 11, the Badgers at No. 14, the Boilermakers at 20, Wolverines at 21, and Illini at 25. UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected103 wins against Quad 1 opponents, second most of any conference, and 190 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Michigan State leads the league with 12 Quad 1 wins, tied for second most in the country, three more than Michigan and UCLA. The Spartans’ combined 17 Quad 1 and 2 wins rank fourth in the nation. Oregon, Purdue and Wisconsin own 15 such victories, one more than Illinois and UCLA.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 14 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on March 10. Michigan State leads the way at No. 10, followed by No. 11 Maryland, No. 14 Purdue, No. 15 Illinois, No. 19 Wisconsin, No. 24 UCLA, No. 28 Michigan, No. 29 Oregon, and No. 36 Ohio State. Indiana, Northwestern, Nebraska, Penn State, and Iowa also hold spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 12.
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 160-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the Big Ten was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The Big Ten claimed 52 wins over ranked teams. Sixteen of the Big Ten’s 18 teams had at least one win over a ranked team, while 14 teams had multiple such wins.
Of the 180 conference games played, 76 of them were decided by 6 points or fewer or in overtime (42.2%). That win percentage was the 3rd-highest in any Big Ten season in the last 20 seasons.
Fourteen of the 18 schools in the conference have averaged at least 75 points per game, compared to just seven teams last season.

Big Ten Announces 2025 Men’s Basketball Postseason Honors

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Teams and individual award winners for the 2024-25 season. Due to ties, a total of 20 student-athletes were selected to the All-Big Ten teams by the coaches and the media. Additionally, 14 student-athletes were awarded honorable mention status.

Purdue’s Braden Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year by both the league’s coaches and the media. Smith joins Zach Edey as the Boilermakers third consecutive Big Ten Player of the Year and earns Purdue’s seventh Player of the Year award.

Smith enters the postseason ranked second on the team with 16.3 points and 4.7 rebounds, while his 8.8 assists lead the conference and rank second in the country. With 506 points, 272 assists, 145 rebounds and 70 steals on the season, Smith becomes the fourth player in NCAA history to have at least 500 points, 270 assists, 140 rebounds and 70 steals in a season joining BYU's Kyle Collinsworth, California's Jason Kidd, and Georgia Tech's Kenny Anderson.

Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, becoming the first repeat winner since Purdue’s Kenneth Lowe in 2003 and 2004. One of 15 players named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watchlist in February, Baldwin ranks 10^th in the country with 2.37 steals per game, while his 71 total steals are good for 15^th.

Maryland’s Derik Queen was selected as Freshman of the Year honors by both the coaches and the media. Queen becomes the third Terps’ freshman named the league’s top rookie and the first since Joe Smith was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 1994. Queen leads Maryland with 15.7 points and 1.0 blocked shots, while his 9.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.1 steals rank second. Queen is also second in the Big Ten and 18^th in Division I with 13 double-doubles on the season.

Illinois freshman Will Riley earned Sixth Man of the Year accolades, joining Andre Curbelo (2021) as Illini Sixth Men of the Year. Riley paired 12.2 points and 3.9 rebounds in 31 contests. Riley exploded on the scene with 31 points on 10-for-13 shooting in his collegiate debut, a win over Eastern Illinois. Since then, Riley has scored in double figures 18 times, including 10 of Illinois’ final 11 regular season games.

Both the coaches and media selected Michigan State’s Tom Izzo as Coach of the Year. This is the third Big Ten Coach of the Yeah honor for Izzo, who led the Spartans to a 26-5 record, including 17-3 in the Big Ten. Izzo led Michigan State to its 17^th Big Ten championship, including 11 under Izzo, while extending his conference wins record to 360.

Michigan State Associate Head Coach Doug Wojcik is this year’s recipient of the Howard Moore Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Now in his seventh season on the Spartans’ bench, Wojcik has helped Michigan State to three Big Ten championships, one Big Ten Tournament title and the 2019 Final Four.

The Howard Moore Award, which honors former Wisconsin student-athlete and assistant coach Howard Moore, is presented to a men’s basketball assistant coach who demonstrates commitment to the development of student-athletes on and off the court; who has made a measurable contribution to the betterment of their community; and who has shown a commitment to diversity and inclusion. The recipient shall have made a demonstrable positive impact on the lives of those with whom they interact.

Moore has had an impact on the Big Ten Conference at all levels, playing on the Wisconsin basketball team from 1992-95, holding an assistant coaching role for the Badgers from 2006-10 and 2016-19 and serving as an analyst on the Big Ten Network. His impact extends far beyond basketball where his Moore Foundation was an extension of the way he lives his life: being selfless and putting others first. His career was tragically cut short in May of 2019 when an accident with a drunk driver claimed the lives of his wife and daughter and left him with life-altering disabilities.

The Big Ten also recognized 18 Sportsmanship Award honorees. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These student-athletes must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.

The awards are voted on by conference coaches and a select media panel. The complete list of All-Conference honorees and individual award winners is below.

2024-25 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Honors
As selected by Big Ten Coaches

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Braden Smith, Purdue

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Derik Queen, Maryland

SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Will Riley, Illinois

COACH OF THE YEAR
Tom Izzo, Michigan State

HOWARD MOORE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD
Doug Wojcik, Michigan State

FIRST TEAM
Derik Queen, Maryland
Brice Williams, Nebraska
TREY KAUFMAN-RENN, Purdue
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue
JOHN TONJE, Wisconsin

SECOND TEAM
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

THIRD TEAM*
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jaden Akins, Michigan State
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA

HONORABLE MENTION
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Payton Sandfort, Iowa
Julian Reese, Maryland
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dyler Harper, Rutgers
John Blackwell, Wisconsin

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
DERIK QUEEN, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Jadin Akins, Michigan State
TJ Bamba, Oregon
NateBittle, Oregon
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Kobe Johnson, UCLA

2024-25 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Ben Humrichous, ILL; Anthony Leal, IND, Ladji Dembele, IOWA; Selton Miguel, MD; Nimari Burnett, MICH; Nick Sanders, MSU; Kadyn Betts, MINN; Rollie Worster, NEB; Brooks Barnhizer, NU; James Cooper, ORE; Kalen Etzler, OSU; Puff Johnson, PSU; Caleb Furst, PUR; Zach Martini, RU; Lazar Stefanovic, UCLA; Harrison Hornery, USC; Wilhelm Breidenbach, WASH; Markus Ilver, WIS.

2024-25 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Honors
As selected by Media Voting Panel

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Braden Smith, Purdue

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Derik Queen, Maryland

COACH OF THE YEAR
Tom Izzo, Michigan State

FIRST TEAM
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
Brice Williams, Nebraska
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue
JOHN TONJE, Wisconsin

SECOND TEAM
Derik Queen, Maryland
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

THIRD TEAM
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers

HONORABLE MENTION
Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois
Malik Reneau, Indiana
Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Payton Sandfort, Iowa
Julian Reese, Maryland
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
Desmond Claude, USC
Great Osobor, Washington
John Blackwell, Wisconsin

Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
*Additional honorees due to ties

Penn State and Michigan State Garner Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
D’Marco Dunn, Penn State
G – Sr. – 6-5 – Tucson, Ariz. – Westover (N.C.)

Scored a career-best and game-high 25 points in Penn State’s 86-75 win at No. 12 Wisconsin, the Nittany Lions’ first win at Wisconsin in over 30 years
Shot 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the field and 4-for-5 (80%) from three-point range
Recorded 15 of his 25 points in the second half as Penn State erased an early double-digit deficit
Earns first Player of the Week honor
Last Penn State Player of the Week: Camren Wynter (March 6, 2023)

Freshman of the Week
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
G – 6-3 – Denver, Colo. – Columbus (Fla.)

Averaged 20 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and one steal per game, as the No 7-ranked Spartans scored a pair of wins
Scored a game-high 22 points in a 91-84 win at Iowa
Tallied 18 points in Michigan State’s 79-62 win over No. 17 Michigan
Claims third consecutive Freshman of the Week award
Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Jase Richardson (March 3, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

March 10, 2025
P: D’Marco Dunn, PSU
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

March 3
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

Feb. 24
P: Nate Bittle, ORE
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith, PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Single Session Tickets for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Go on Sale March 10

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Single-session tickets for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament will go on sale to the general public at 1 p.m. (ET)/12 noon (CT) on Monday, March 10. Gainbridge Fieldhouse will play host to the tournament March 12-16, marking the 14th time in the tournament’s 28-year history that it will be played in Indianapolis. Gainbridge Fieldhouse is home to the NBA’s Indiana Pacers.

Tickets will be available online at Ticketmaster.com.

All seating is reserved for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Fans can purchase single-session tickets ranging from $40-$175 based on location. All ticket purchases are subject to Ticketmaster and facility fees.

In addition, courtside, suites, and premium seating are available for purchase at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. For suite availability and premium offerings, please contact Pacers Premium Seating at (317) 917-2827. Fans looking to elevate their experience with VIP Ticket Packages should contact Indiana Sports Corp by emailing selmore@IndianaSportsCorp.cog.

Fans are also encouraged to visit the official Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament web site (bigten.org/MBBT) and follow Big Ten Men’s Basketball on X (formerly Twitter) (@B1GMBBall).

Big Ten Announces 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket

Big Ten Conference — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the full bracket for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, set to take place March 12-16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

All-session tickets for the 28th edition of the tournament are available for purchase at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse box office or online at Ticketmaster.com. Fans can purchase all-session seating in the 200-levels, ranging from $400-$460 based on location. All ticket packages are subject to Ticketmaster and facility fees. For more information on this year’s tournament, visit the Big Ten Tournament Central page at bigten.org/MBBT.

All 14 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast live, with the first-round broadcast on Peacock. Second and quarterfinal round games on Thursday and Friday will air on the Big Ten Network, as well as on the FOX Sports app. The Big Ten Tournament semifinal and championship games will be televised live on CBS and the Paramount+ app.

Michigan State (26-5, 17-3 Big Ten) earns the No. 1 seed for the first time since 2019. The Spartans claimed their 17^th Big Ten title, including 11 under head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most under any coach in Big Ten history. Michigan State's 17 Big Ten wins are the most in program history.

Maryland (24-7, 14-6 Big Ten) scored the No. 2 seed for the second time since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15 – the last time the Terps were the No. 2 seed and the highest seed as league members. Maryland's five starters — the team's five leading scorers — have a combined scoring average of 69.5, the highest among all major conference programs.

Michigan (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) garnered the No. 3 seed in the tournament and the accompanying double-bye for the third time. After winning just three Big Ten games last season, head coach Dusty May led the Wolverines to 14 this year, the most in program history for a first-year head coach.

UCLA (22-9, 13-7 Big Ten) claimed the No. 4 seed in its inaugural Big Ten campaign. The Bruins capped their regular season with a 90-63 win over crosstown rival USC, marking the first time UCLA has swept the city series since 2018. The Bruins boast the Big Ten’s top scoring defense, surrendering just 65.1 points per game.

Each of the tournament’s top four seeds have earned double-byes and will open tournament play in Friday’s quarterfinal round.

The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, March 12 (First Round)
Game 1 (#13 Northwestern vs. #12 Minnesota) – 3:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Game 2 (#15 Iowa vs. #10 Ohio State) – 25 minutes following Game 1 (Peacock)
Game 3 (#14 USC vs. #11 Rutgers) – 25 minutes following Game 2 (Peacock)

Thursday, March 13 (Second Round)
Game 4 (#8 Oregon vs. #9 Indiana) – 12 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 5 (#5 Wisconsin vs. Game 1 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 4 (BTN)
Game 6 (#7 Illinois vs. Game 2 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 7 (#6 Purdue vs. Game 3 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 5 (BTN)

Friday, March 14 (Quarterfinals)
Game 8 (#1 Michigan State vs. Game 4 winner) – 12 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 9 (#4 UCLA vs. Game 5 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 7 (BTN)
Game 10 (#2 Maryland vs. Game 6 winner) – 6:30 p.m. ET (BTN)
Game 11 (#3 Michigan vs. Game 7 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 9 (BTN)

Saturday, March 15 (Semifinals)
Game 12 (Game 8 vs. Game 9 winner) – 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
Game 13 (Game 10 vs. Game 11 winner) – 25 minutes following Game 11 (CBS)

Sunday, March 16 (Championship)
Game 14 (Game 12 vs. Game 13 winner) – 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

NOTES: All times are approximate and subject to change … BTN games are also available on the FOX Sports app … CBS games is also available on the Paramount+ app … for more information, please visit the tournament web site at (bigten.org/MBBT).

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 7-9

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH 7

Big Ten. Big News.

Michigan State claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball championship with its 91-84 win at Iowa on Thursday night. The win improved the Spartans to 16-3 in the Big Ten and established a two-game lead with one game to play. This marks Michigan State’s 17th Big Ten championship and its first since claiming a share of the 2020 title. This is also the 11th Big Ten crown for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most in conference history.
Entering the final weekend of the regular season, Michigan sits in second place at 14-5, one game north of Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin. At 12-7, UCLA is sixth, followed by Illinois and Oregon at 11-8 and Indiana and Ohio State at 9-10. With one game to play, five teams, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, and USC are tied for 10th at 7-12 in conference play.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia, who recorded 14 point against Wisconsin to become the 20th active player in Division I to surpass 2,000 career points... Iowa’s Fran McCaffery and Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg are approaching coaching milestones, as McCaffery has 295 wins at Iowa, while Hoiberg owns 195 career wins.
Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin have clinched their spots in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. The final five spots in the tournament will be secured this weekend, as the tournament returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three first round games on Wednesday.
This week, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is announcing the finalists for its Basketball Hall of Fame Naismith Starting Five, honoring the top five players at each position. Six Big Ten players have been listed among the award finalists. Purdue’s Braden Smith was named one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year award, while Rutgers’ Ace Bailey was named as a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year. The Hall included Michigan’s Danny Wolf as a finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, while Maryland’s Derik Queen, Michigan’s Vladislav Goldin, and Oregon’s Nate Bittle were named finalist for the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year honor.
Both of last Sunday’s games on CBS scored more than two million viewers. The Illinois-Michigan game led the way with 2.1 million viewers, up 61 percent against last year’s comparable window. The second game of the doubleheader, Wisconsin-Michigan State averaged 2.031 million views, up 92 percent from the comparable window last year.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli collected his second Player of the week honor of the season, while Michigan State’s Jase Richardson was named Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week.
Nebraska’s Brice Williams set a program record with 43 points in the Huskers’ double-overtime loss at Ohio State. Williams hit a career-best five three-pointers on his way to breaking the mark previously set by Eric Piatkowski in 1994. The 116-114 loss also tied the school record for combined points in a game. On the other side of the floor, Ohio State’s 116 points were also tied for the second-most the Buckeyes has ever scored in a game and mark the most points scored inside Value City Arena.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 17. Michigan State leads the way at No. 8 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Maryland, and No. 20 Purdue. The coaches also listed Michigan State at No. 8, followed by the Badgers at No. 12, the Wolverines at 13, the Terps at 15, and the Boilermakers at 19. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 99 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 183 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Michigan State leads the league with nine Quad 1 wins, tied for second most in the country. Michigan State’s 11 Quad 1 wins are second most in the country, two more than Michigan and UCLA. The Spartans’ combined 16 Quad 1 and 2 wins rank fourth in the nation. Purdue and Wisconsin own 15 such victories, one more than Michigan and Oregon.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 15 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on March 6. Michigan State leads the way at No. 11, followed by No. 12 Maryland, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 15 Purdue, No. 17 Illinois, No. 26 UCLA, No. 28 Michigan, No. 30 Oregon, and No. 35 Ohio State. Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, USC, Penn State, and Iowa also hold spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 12.
Nine of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 35 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on March 6, including five in the top 20. Michigan State leads the way at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 12 Purdue, No. 13 Maryland, No. 19 Illinois, No. 27 UCLA, No. 29 Michigan, No. 31 Oregon, and No. 34 Ohio State. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 160-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Michigan State Clinches 2025 Big Ten Men's Basketball Championship

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Michigan State Spartans claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten Conference championship with Thursday’s 91-84 win at Iowa. The win improved the Spartans to 16-3 in the Big Ten and built a two-game cushion with one game remaining.

With the win, Michigan State also secures the No. 1 seed in the upcoming TIAA Men’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Spartans are one of four teams who will earn a double-bye in the tournament and open postseason play on Friday.

This marks Michigan State’s 17^th Big Ten championship and its first since claiming a share of the 2020 title. This is also the 11^th Big Ten crown for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, tied for the most in conference history.

Trailing 58-48 with 12:13 to play, the Spartans used a 18-2 run over the next 4:33 to build a 66-60 advantage. The Michigan State lead swelled to 17 points with just under four minutes to play.

Michigan State shot 61.3 percent from the floor in the second half, including 5-for-11 from three-point range. Jase Richardson led the Spartans with 22 points, while Jaxon Kohler and Jaden Akins added 15 points, one more than Jeremy Fears Jr.

Michigan State will close the regular season on Sunday, when it welcomes in-state rival Michigan to the Breslin Center. The game will tip at 12 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on CBS.

The 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be held March 12-16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field, with the winner receiving the Big Ten's automatic qualification to the NCAA Tournament.

Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. CBS will broadcast Saturday’s semifinal games and Sunday’s championship tilt.

Tickets for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament are available online at Ticketmaster.com. All seating is reserved for the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Fans can visit the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Ticket Information page for more details.

Fans are also encouraged to visit the official Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament web site (bigten.org/MBBT) and follow Big Ten Men’s Basketball on X (formerly Twitter) (@B1GMBBall).

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 4-6

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH 4

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this final week of the regular season, Michigan State was at the top of the B1G standings with a 15-3 mark in conference play. They were followed closely by Michigan in 2nd at 14-4, then Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin in a tie for 3rd at 12-6, then UCLA in 6th at 11-7, Illinois in 7th at 11-8, Oregon in 8th at 10-8, and Indiana in 9th at 9-9.
Milestone Watch... Iowa's Fran McCaffery and Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg are approaching coaching milestones, as McCaffery has 295 wins at Iowa, while Hoiberg owns 195 career wins.
Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin have clinched their spots in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. With just under a week left in the regular season, six more spots in the tournament will be secured, as the tournament returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli collected his second Player of the week honor of the season, while Michigan State’s Jase Richardson was named Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 17. Michigan State leads the way at No. 8 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Maryland, and No. 20 Purdue. The coaches also listed Michigan State at No. 8, followed by the Badgers at No. 12, the Wolverines at 13, the Terps at 15, and the Boilermakers at 19. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 93 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 178 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Michigan State leads the league with nine Quad 1 wins, tied for second most in the country. Michigan, Oregon, and Purdue are among a group of nine teams nationally with at least eight Quad 1 wins. Michigan and Michigan State have 15 combined Quad 1 and 2 wins and join Purdue and Wisconsin in a group of 11 teams across the country with at least 14 Quad 1 and 2 victories.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 14 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on March 4. Michigan State leads the way at No. 11, followed by No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Maryland, no. 16 Illinois, No. 17 Purdue, No. 25 Michigan, No. 26 UCLA, No. 31 Oregon, and No. 36 Ohio State. Indiana, Northwestern, Nebraska, Penn State, and Iowa also hold spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 11.
Nine of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 35 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on March 4, including five in the top 20. Michigan State leads the way at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 14 Maryland, No. 16 Purdue, No. 19 Illinois, No. 27 UCLA, No. 29 Michigan, No. 32 Ohio State, and No. 33 Oregon. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 160-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Northwestern and Michigan State Claim Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
F – Jr. – 6-7 – Glenview, Ill. – Glenbrook South

Tallied of 22.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 47.1% from the field, while leading the Wildcats to a pair of wins
Logged 29 points on 11-of-20 shooting and 3-of-5 from three, posting the most points by a Northwestern forward in a league game since 2012 in Northwestern’s 75-63 win at Minnesota
Fell just shy of a double-double with 16 points and a game-high nine boards in a 68-57 win over Iowa
Earns second Player of the Week honor
Last Northwestern Player of the Week: Nick Martinelli (November 11, 2024)

Freshman of the Week
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
G – 6-3 – Denver, Colo. – Columbus (Fla.)

Averaged 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists, as the No. 8 Spartans scored a pair of top 20 wins
Paired 15 points and a career-best eight rebounds in a 58-55 win at No. 16 Maryland
Added 11 points, five rebounds, and five assists in Michigan State’s 71-62 win over No. 11 Wisconsin
Claims second consecutive Freshman of the Week award
Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Jase Richardson (February 24, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

March 3
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

Feb. 24
P: Nate Bittle, ORE
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 28-March 3

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 28

Big Ten. Big News.

With just over a week left in the regular season, Michigan and Michigan State remain tied atop the Big Ten standings at 14-3, followed by Wisconsin at 12-5. Three teams, Maryland, Purdue, and UCLA, sit in a tie for fourth at 11-6. Seventh place Illinois (10-8) is followed by Oregon (9-8), Indiana (8-9). The top four seed in the final Big Ten standings will earn double-bye into Friday’s quarterfinal round, while seeds 5-9 will open play on Thursday.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to UCLA’s Mick Cronin, who recently joined the 500-career win club. Cronin joins Dana Altman (775), Tom Izzo (730), and Fran McCaffery (546) among the 24 active Division I head coaches with 500 career victories. McCaffery and Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg are also approaching milestones, as McCaffery has 295 wins at Iowa, while Hoiberg owns 195 career wins.
Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin have clinched their spots in the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Over the next week, eight more teams will secure their spots in the tournament, set to return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin.
Illinois committed just five turnovers in its win over Iowa, the team’s fewest in a conference game since registering four turnovers against Minnesota on Feb. 28, 2024. The Illini also forced 16 Iowa turnovers, the team’s second most in a game this season and the team’s most in a Big Ten game since Jan. 31, 2023.
Indiana’s Trey Galloway has dished out more than 100 assists in each of the last two seasons. He is the first Hoosier to achieve the feat since Kevin “Yogi’ Ferrell handed out 100-plus assists in four-straight seasons (2012-16). For his career, Galloway has handed out at least five helpers in 37 career games and at least eight dimes in eight contests. The Hoosiers hold a record of 7-1 in those games.
Iowa is third in the Big Ten and is 17th nationally, averaging 83.1 points per game. The Hawkeyes have the top effective field goal percentage (.568) and second-best field goal (.490) in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes have made at least eight 3-point field goals in 22 games, including at least 1+ in 13 contests -- the most in a season since 2022-23 and rank second in the Big Ten with 9.8 makes per game.
Maryland is averaging 82.6 points, third in the Big Ten, and leads the league and ranks eighth nationally with a 15.7 points per game scoring margin. The bulk of Maryland’s offense has been bolstered by fast starts as the Terps average 40.9 points in the first half of games. That ranks fourth nationally and is the best average for a Big Ten team over the last 15 seasons.
Michigan’s Danny Wolf averages a near double-double (12.6 ppg and 9.8 rpg) and is second in the Big Ten with 12 double-doubles (Maryland’s Julian Reese, 13). Wolf has grabbed 10-plus rebounds in 15 of his 20 games as a Wolverine. Wolf has a chance to become the first Wolverine to average a double-double since Robert Traylor (1997-98; 16.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg) and Chris Webber -- 1992-93 (24.3 ppg, 12.7 rpg) and 1991-92 (19.4 ppg, 12.5 rpg).
Jase Richardson was the only Spartan to score in double figures in Michigan State’s win at Maryland but was one of 10 players to mark the scoring column. The win marked the 17th time this season the Spartans have had at least 10 players score points.
Minnesota‘s Lu’cye Patterson is one of just two Golder Gophers to start every game this season. In addition to scoring 11.5 points per game, second on the team, the senior ranks third in the Big Ten and 24th in the country with a 2.76 assist-turnover ratio (94 assists, 34 turnovers).
Nebraska’s Brice Williams has played in 62 games at Nebraska, and he is averaging 19.7 ppg over his last 32 games dating back to the 2024 Big Ten Tournament. He has been in double figures in 30 of the last 32 contests, including 18 20-point games. Williams averaged just 12.5 ppg over his first 30 games at Nebraska in 2023-24.
Northwestern is scoring an average of 73.5 points per game this season, its highest scoring season since the 1993-94 team averaged 75.0 points per game. The Wildcats have scored 70+ points in 13 conference games this season, their most since 1989-90 (13).
Ohio State’s Micah Parrish is the only active player with more than 1,500 career points, 200 three-pointers, 200 steals and 750 rebounds. He is also tied for fourth among active players with 163 games played.
Oregon trailed by 17 points late in the first half of its overtime win at Wisconsin. It was the first time the Ducks have erased such a large deficit in a victory since a home win over Cal last January and the first time doing it on the road since Nov. 27, 2019, against Seton Hall.
Five different Penn State players average double-digit points: Ace Baldwin Jr. (14.0 ppg), Yanic Konan Niederhauser (13.0 ppg), Nick Kern Jr. (11.8 ppg), Zach Hicks (11.7 ppg) and Puff Johnson (10.2 ppg). On the season, seven different players have led the team in scoring in a game, while six players have recorded a game of at least 20 points.
Purdue’s Braden Smith needs 12 assists to become the 12th player in NCAA history with 700 assists by the end of his junior year and seven assists to become the first player in Big Ten history with two seasons of at least 250 assists. He is one of eight players in NCAA history to have played at least 75 games and average 12.0 PPG, 6.5 APG and 4.5 RPG. He is the first player since Marist’s Jared Jordan (2004-07) to reach those marks.
Thursday’s game against Michigan marked the third consecutive game that Rutgers has scored 80 points. This is the first time the Scarlet Knights have scored 80 in three straight games since December 2022 and the first time it has happened in three conference games since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15. The last time Rutgers scored hit the 80-point plateau in three straight conference games was in February 1991 as a member of the Atlantic 10.
With just three regular-season games left (through 28 total games), no player on UCLA’s roster has averaged more than 29 minutes per game. Senior Kobe Johnson leads the team in minutes (averaging 28.9 mpg). Since UCLA began recording minutes in 1978-79, the Bruins have always had at least one player average 30.0 or more minutes per game (by the end of the year). In 2019-20, then-freshman guard Tyger Campbell finished the year as the Bruins’ leader in minutes per game, at exactly 30.0 mpg. This year’s team has 10 players who have averaged at least 10.0 minutes per contest.
Saint Thomas is only player to start every game for USC. He currently averages 34:06 minutes per game, the fifth-most in the Big Ten. The senior leads the Trojans with 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, while his 9.6 points list fifth on the team. His 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks are also good for second on the team.
A career 37.6 percent three-point shooter, Washington’s Mekhi Mason has found his deep stroke of late. The junior is shooting nearly 42 percent from three-point range this season and has shot 16-for-30 over his last four games and is averaging 17.0 points during the stretch.
With the 26-point win, over Washington, Wisconsin has now tallied five conference wins this season by at least 20 points, matching the most in program history. The only other season UW posted five 20-point Big Ten wins was 2003-04. The Badgers became the first Big Ten team this season to record five wins of 20 points in conference action.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 25-27

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 25

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering Tuesday’s games, Michigan and Michigan State are tied atop the Big Ten standings at 13-3, holding a two-game cushion over Maryland and Wisconsin at 11-5, while Purdue and UCLA sit at 11-6. Illinois and Oregon are tied for seventh at 9-8, with Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio State and Rutgers claiming seven wins each.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Indiana’s Malik Reneau, who scored his 1,000th career point in Saturday’s win over Purdue... Congratulations to UCLA’s Mick Cronin, who joined the 500-career win club with the Bruins’ win over Ohio State on Sunday. Cronin joins Dana Altman (775), Tom Izzo (729), and Fran McCaffery (546) among the 24 active Division I head coaches with 500 career victories. McCaffery and Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg are also approaching milestones, as McCaffery has 295 wins at Iowa, while Hoiberg owns 195 career wins.
Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin have clinched their spots in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. With just under two weeks left in the regular season, nine more spots in the tournament will be secured, as the tournament returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Oregon’s Nate Bittle was named Big Ten Players of the Week, while Michigan State’s Jase Richardson collected Freshman of the Week honors. Bittle paired 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.7 blocked shots in Oregon’s 3-0 week. The senior center recorded double-doubles in wins over Rutgers and at Iowa, then scored a game-high 23 points, including six in the extra period, as the Ducks claimed a 77-73 overtime win at No. 11 Wisconsin. Bittle was also named one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Richardson averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 assists while shooting 55.6 percent from the floor (10-of-18), 57.1 percent from three-point land (4-of-7) and 90.0 percent from the free throw line (9-of-10). as the Spartans scored a pair of top 20 wins. The rookie recorded a team-high 21 points in the Spartans’ 75-62 victory at No. 12 Michigan and tallied 12 points, three assists, and two steals in a victory over No. 13 Purdue.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 17. Michigan State leads the way at No. 8 in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Maryland, and No. 20 Purdue. The coaches also listed Michigan State at No. 8, followed by the Badgers at No. 12, the Wolverines at 13, the Terps at 15, and the Boilermakers at 19. Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 91 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 169 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Oregon leads the league with nine Quad 1 wins, one more than Michigan and Michigan State. The trio is among a group of only nine teams with at least eight Quad 1 wins. Michigan, Purdue and Wisconsin have collected 14 Quad 1 and 2 wins each, one more than Michigan State and Oregon. Only 11 teams nationally have earned 13 Quad 1 and 2 wins.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 16 in the top 75 in the NET Rankings through games on February 24. Maryland leads the group at no. 11, followed by No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan State, No. 19 Purdue, No. 21 Michigan, No. 23 Illinois, No. 25 UCLA, No. 32 Oregon, and No. 34 Ohio State. Nebraska, Indiana, Northwestern, Iowa, Penn State, USC, and Rutgers are also listed in the top 75. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40, with 12.
Nine of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 40 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on Feb. 25, including four in the top 20. Wisconsin leads the group at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Michigan State, No. 15 Maryland, No. 17 Purdue, No. 22 Michigan, No. 25 Illinois, No. 26 UCLA, No. 33 Ohio State, and No. 34 Oregon. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
For the fourth straight contest, Indiana committed less than 10 turnovers. The stretch is the longest by a Hoosier team in the play-by-play database (dating back to the 1997-98 season). The Hoosiers have averaged 7.8 turnovers per game over the last four games.
Iowa’s Payton Sandfort led the Hawkeyes with 27 points and nine rebounds in their win over Washington. The senior’s 12th 20-point game of the season pushed him past 1,500 career points to become the second Hawkeye all-time with at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, and 250 three-pointers, joining Jeff Horner.
Michigan scored a season-low 49 points and shot 29.5 percent from the field in Monday’s win over Nebraska. The last time the Wolverines won a game scoring fewer than 50 points was a 49-43 victory over Illinois on Feb. 23, 2008.
In its win over Michigan, Michigan State had a 34-25 advantage in rebounding, collected 14 offensive rebounds and scored 15 second-chance points. The Spartans outrebounded their opponent for the 24th time this season and has a 20-4 record in those situations.
Oregon’s Nate Bittle is one of four players nationwide to total at least 370 points, 195 rebounds and 55 blocks, and joins Chris Boucher and Jordan Bell as the only Ducks to surpass those totals in a single season since 1996-97.
Penn State exploded for 89 points in its win over Nebraska as the Nittany Lions shot 60.7% from the field, their highest field goal percentage against a Big Ten team since 2007. For the season, Penn State is averaging 79.4 points per game, which currently tracks to best the program record for single season scoring average of 78.7 ppg that was set by the 1954-55 team.
Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper recorded 25 points, nine assists, and a career high six steals in the Scarlet Knights’ win over USC. Harper is the first player this season to have at least 25 points, nine assists, and six steals in a game this season and just the third freshman to do so since 2005, joining West Virginia’s Jordan McCabe in 2019 and Cincinnati’s Deonta Vaugh in 2006.
Since its loss at Rutgers on January 13, UCLA has shot 48.6 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from three-point range, going 9-2 over that stretch. During the 11-game run, junior forward Tyler Bilodeau has shot 52.3 percent from the floor, including 53.6 percent from three-point distance (15-for-28).
The Big Ten finished its nonconference schedule with a 160-38 record, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Oregon and Michigan State Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
Nate Bittle, Oregon
G – Sr. – 7-0 – Central Pointe, Ore. – Prolific Prep

Paired 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.7 blocked shots in Oregon’s 3-0 week
Recorded double-doubles in wins over Rutgers and at Iowa
Scored a game-high 23 points, including six in the extra period, as the Ducks claimed a 77-73 overtime win at No. 11 Wisconsin
Earns first Player of the Week honor

Freshman of the Week
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
G – 6-3 – Denver, Colo. – Columbus (Fla.)

Averaged 16.5 points per game as the Spartans scored a pair of top 20 wins
Recorded a team-high 21 points in the Spartans’ 75-62 victory at No. 12 Michigan
Claims first Freshman of the Week award
Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Max Christie (January 17, 2022)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Feb. 24
P: Nate Bittle, ORE
F: Jase Richardson, MSU

Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR

F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 21-24

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 21

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this weekend’s action, Michigan was at the top of the B1G standings with a 12-2 mark in conference play. They were followed closely by Michigan State in second at 11-3, then Wisconsin in third at 11-4, Purdue and Maryland were tied for fifth at 11-5, UCLA was sixth at 10-6, Illinois was seventh at 9-8, Oregon was eighth at 8-8, and Nebraska and Ohio State were tied for ninth at 7-9. All 18 teams in the league have registered at least 4 league wins this season.
The Division I Men’s Basketball Committee unveiled its top 16 teams on the Bracket Preview Show on CBS on Saturday and included three Big Ten teams. Purdue led the trio at No. 7, followed by No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 14 Michigan. The Boilermakers were listed as a potential two seed, while the Badgers and Wolverines fell on the three and four lines, respectively. The official NCAA Tournament bracket will be unveiled on Sunday, March 16 at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.
The Atlanta Tipoff Club recognized four Big Ten coaches on Friday, as the organization announced its 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Watch List presented by AXIA Time. Michigan’s Dusty May, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Purdue’s Matt Painter, and Wisconsin’s Greg Gard were listed among the 15 coaches for the award, which is presented to an outstanding coach who has achieved great on-court success.
Congratulations to Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, who won his 354th Big Ten game on Saturday. The Spartans’ 79-65 win at Illinois broke the mark previously held by Indiana’s Bobby Knight.
Milestone Watch... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just one victory from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins. Cronin could join the exclusive club on Sunday, as the Bruins host Ohio State (3:45 p.m. ET, CBS)... Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg collected his 195th career victory on Sunday.
Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA, and Wisconsin have clinched their spots in the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Over the next two weeks, 15 teams will secure their spots in the tournament, set to return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin.
Saturday’s matchup vs. Duke is the Illini’s latest regular-season non-conference game since recording a 59-57 road win at #4 Georgia Tech on March 1, 1986. Illinois’ last February non-conference game came on Feb. 16, 2002, a 75-65 road win at Seton Hall.
Indiana’s Oumar Ballo is one of five active players to score 1,600 career points and grab 1,100 career rebounds. He joins Johni Broome (Auburn), Norchad Omier (Baylor), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), and Nelly Junior Joseph (New Mexico) on the exclusive list. Ballo, who recently claimed his 42nd career double-double, has posted seven double-doubles across his last 13 contests. During that stretch, he has averaged 14.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.
In the five games without the team’s leading scorer and rebounder Owen Freeman, junior Josh Dix is averaging 18 points, 2.8 rebounds and two assists, while senior Payton Sandfort is averaging 17.8 points and a team-best seven rebounds and 3.4 assists. The duo has six combined 20-point games during the stretch.
Maryland’s Julian Reese (19 points, 10 rebounds) and Derik Queen (13 points, 17 rebounds) posted double-doubles in the Terps’ win over USC. This marks the fourth consecutive game the duo has recorded double-doubles. Their five double-doubles this season are the most of any duo in college basketball.
Michigan heads into Saturday’s battle at Michigan State on a six-game winning streak. During the streak, all six victories have been decided for four or fewer points. U-M has 13 games (9-4) decided by four or fewer points, including 10 (9-1) in B1G play.
Michigan State boasts six players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game and 10 players at least 10.0 minutes. The Spartans are the only team in the country with 10 players averaging at least 15.0 minutes per game.
Minnesota was just the second Big Ten team this year to travel to Los Angeles and sweep USC and UCLA. Between the USC win on Saturday and the UCLA win on Tuesday, Minnesota led for 3 minutes and 12 seconds and returned to win both games. In Saturday’s win at USC, the Gophers led at the end of the game for 2 minutes and 46 seconds. The Gophers trailed UCLA until the final 26 seconds and came back to win.
Nebraska’s Connor Essegian a team-high 20 points in the Huskers’ loss at Penn State, his fourth 20-point game of the season and sixth of his career. It marked the 25th double-figure effort by a Husker reserve this season.
Northwestern junior Nick Martinelli leads the Big Ten Conference in scoring and ranks 17th nationally averaging 19.8 points per game this season. He is the first Wildcat to average at least 19.8 points per game, while shooting at least 46% from the field since Evan Eschmeyer in 1997-98 (21.7 ppg, 61.0%). Martinelli is currently on a career-best streak of scoring 15+ points in 11 straight contests and is the first Wildcat to do so since Shurna from Jan. 11 - Feb. 18, 2012.
Ohio State guard Bruce Thornton has dished out 31 assists with just six turnovers in the last six games. That’s a 5.17 to-1 assist to turnover ratio. His career ratio of 2.95-to-1 would be second among active players once he qualifies with his 400th assist (just 17 away).
Oregon’s Supreme Cook secured his 1,000th career rebound against Rutgers. The senior is one of just 11 players in Division I to amass 1,000 career boards, accomplishing the feat in 147 games.
Penn State shot 60.7 percent from the field in its win over Nebraska. The Nittany Lions hadn’t converted better than 60 percent of their field goals in a game since Nov. 11, 2019 against Bucknell and it had not done so in a Big Ten game since shooting 64 percent against Michigan State on Jan. 3, 2007.
Purdue enters this weekend’s action ranked fifth in the Big Ten, surrendering 70.0 points per game. The Boilermakers are 11-0 when holding opponents to 69 or fewer points, but 8-8 when allowing 70 or more points.
Rutgers’ Dylan Harper scored 34 points in the Scarlet Knights’ overtime win over Washington. It was the fifth time this season that a Rutgers player had at least 34 points (Harper - 2, Ace Bailey - 3). There have only been three other 34 point performances by Big Ten players this year (Wisconsin’s John Tonje - 41, Michigan’s Vladislav Goldin - 36, Purdue’s Braden Smith - 34)
UCLA has three guards who have each tallied at least 70 assists. Dylan Andrews leads the trio with 79 dimes, while Kobe Johnson has 78 and Skyy Clark 71. UCLA’s 2016-17 squad was the last Bruins’ team to have at least three players with 70 or more assists. That team’s five leading scorers each finished with 70 or more assists. Lonzo Ball set a school single season record in assists (274), while Aaron Holiday totaled 158. Rounding out the list of assist leaders were Isaac Hamilton (99), Bryce Alford (92) and TJ Leaf (85)
USC freshman Wesley Yates III has built on his success as the season continues as his numbers have increased every single month. In November, Yates averaged 7.9 points per game while shooting at 43.9 percent from the field and 27.3 percent from three. In February, he is averaging 18.7 points per game while shooting at 48.1 percent from the field and an impressive 60.9 percent from three.
With its 94-75 win over Illinois, Wisconsin reached 90 points in back-to-back games for the first time since doing so in three straight from Dec. 14-28, 1995. The last time the Badgers scored at least 90 points in back-to-back Big Ten games was Feb. 20 and 26, 1992 in a 92-78 win over Illinois and a 96-78 win over Michigan.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 18-20

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 18

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this week’s action, Michigan was at the top of the B1G standings with a 12-2 mark in conference play. They were followed closely by Michigan State in second at 11-3, then Purdue in third at 11-4, Wisconsin in fourth at 10-4, Maryland and UCLA in tie for fifth at 10-5, Illinois in seventh at 9-7, and Nebraska, Oregon, and Ohio State in tie for eighth at 7-8.
Congratulations to Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, who won his 354th Big Ten game on Saturday. The Spartans’ 79-65 win at Illinois broke the mark previously held by Indiana’s Bobby Knight.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Washington’s Mekhi Mason scored his 1,000th career point in Saturday’s win over Penn State... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just one victory from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins. Cronin could join the exclusive club tonight, as the Trojans host Minnesota (10:30 p.m. ET, FS1)... Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg collected his 195th career victory on Sunday.
Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue have clinched their spots in the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Over the next few weeks, 15 teams will secure their spots in the tournament, set to return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Wisconsin’s John Tonje was named Big Ten Players of the Week, while Maryland’s Derik Queen collected Freshman of the Week honors. Tonje claimed his third Player of the Week honors this season after pairing 32 points, six rebounds, and three assists in leading the Badgers to a 94-84 win at Purdue. Tonje shot 10-for-15 from the floor, including 4-for-9 from three-point range, and 8-for-9 from the free throw line. Including his 41 points vs. No. 9 Arizona, Tonje is the nation’s only player to post multiple 30-point games vs. top 10 opponents this season. Tonje was also named one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Queen averaged 21.0 points on 15-for-20 shooting from the floor and 12-for-13 at the free throw line and 12.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for Maryland en route to his fifth Freshman of the Week honor and second in a row. Queen shot 9-for-11 from the field in a 24-point, 11-rebound performance in the 83-75 win at Nebraska then paired 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 101-75 victory over Iowa.
Seven B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 17. Wisconsin leads the way at No. 11 in the AP lit, followed by No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Purdue, No. 14 Michigan State, and No. 20 Maryland. Wisconsin and Michigan also hold the No. 11 and 12 spots in the coaches poll, followed by No. 13 Michigan State, No. 14 Purdue, and No.20 Maryland. Illinois and UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 75 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 141 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Illinois and UCLA lead the Big Ten with seven Quad 1 victories and are two of only 10 teams in the country with seven such wins. Six Big Ten teams have at least 10 combined Quad 1 and 2 wins, led by Purdue’s 14, tied for third most in the country. Wisconsin has 13, while Michigan has 11, one more than Illinois, Oregon, and UCLA.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 14 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on February 17. Wisconsin leads the group at No. 12, followed by No. 13 Purdue, No. 14 Maryland, No. 18 Illinois, No. 19 Michigan. No. 21 Michigan State, No. 23 UCLA, No. 28 Ohio State, and No. 31 Oregon. Nebraska, Indiana, Northwestern, Iowa, and USC also claimed spots in the top 70. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 (11), while its 14 top 75 entrants are tied with the Big Ten.
Ten of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 40 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on Feb. 18, including six in the top 20. Wisconsin leads the group at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Purdue, No. 14 Maryland, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 20 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan, No. 26 UCLA, No. 28 Ohio State, No. 34 Oregon, and No. 37 Nebraska. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
Maryland’s starters combined to score 95 points in its 101-75 win over Iowa. The scoring amongst the starters was as follows: Ja’Kobi Gillespie (26 points), Derik Queen (18 points), Rodney Rice (18 points), Selton Miguel (17 points) and Julian Reese (16 points). It’s the second consecutive game and fifth time this season all five starters have surpassed 10 points. The five times is tied for the most in the country alongside Kentucky.
Michigan’s Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin have combined for 14 double-doubles on the season, but Saturday’s win at Ohio State marked just the third game in which each has recorded a double-double. Wolf, who leads the Big Ten with 11 double-dips, paired 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Goldin added 20 points and 10 boards.
Michigan State is 6-2 in true road games this season, including 5-2 in Big Ten games. Their five conference road wins are the most since the 2019-20 team earned six road victories. The Spartans have three road games left in the 2024-25 season.
Nebraska overcame a 20-point deficit to score a 68-64 win at Northwestern on Sunday, its largest comeback since joining the Big Ten. It matches the largest comeback by Nebraska since the 1996-97 season and marked the second consecutive game in which the Huskers have erased a double-digit deficit to earn a road victory.
Oregon connected on a season-high 13 three-pointers in Sunday’s win over Rutgers. Seven of the nine Ducks that saw action in the game hit at least one triple, with five draining at least two. Entering Sunday’s game, Oregon had only made 10 three-pointers three times this season, but the Ducks have now hit at least eight threes in their last four games.
UCLA is 8-1 over its last nine games. The Bruins have averaged 77.2 points and is shooting 48.9 percent from the floor, including 38.8 percent from three-point range, during the stretch. Eric Dailey Jr. has shot 54.2 percent and Tyler Bilodeau has shot 52.6 percent in those nine games.
Great Osobor posted six points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists in Saturday’s win at Penn State. It marked the first non-points double-double by a Big Ten players since Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes had 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Syracuse on Nov. 29, 2016.
Wisconsin shot 61.5% in Friday’s win at Purdue, its best mark in a road game since at least 1993-94. Wisconsin is the only Division I team to shoot 60% from the field and commit 3 or fewer turnovers in a road game since at least 2010-11. The Badgers also went 20-for-22 (90.9%) from 2-point range, the highest 2FG pct. by any Division I team in a road game since at least 2010-11.
With one nonconference game remaining, the Big Ten owns a 160-37 record in nonconference games, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Wisconsin and Maryland Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
John Tonje, Wisconsin
G – Grad. – 6-5 – North Omaha, Neb. – Omaha Central

• Paired 32 points, six rebounds, and three assists in leading the Badgers to a 94-84 win at Purdue

• Shot 10-for-15 from the floor, including 4-for-9 from three-point range, and 8-for-9 from the free throw line

• Including his 41 points vs. No. 9 Arizona, Tonje is the nation's only player to post multiple 30-point games vs. top 10 opponents this season

• Claims third Player of the Week honor

• Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: John Tonje (November 25, 2024)

Freshman of the Week
Derik Queen, Maryland
C – 6-10 – Baltimore, Md. – Montverde

• Averaged 21.0 points on 15-for-20 shooting from the floor and 12-for-13 at the free throw line and 12.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for Maryland

• Shot 9-for-11 from the field in a 24-point, 11-rebound performance in the 83-75 win at Nebraska

• Paired 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 101-75 victory over Iowa

• Earns his fifth Freshman of the Week award

• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Derik Queen (February 10, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 14-17

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 14

Big Ten. Big News.

By virtue of its win on Tuesday, Michigan climbed to the top of the Big Ten standing, claiming a slim lead over Purdue and Michigan State. Illinois, Maryland, UCLA, and Wisconsin have nine wins each, while Ohio State sits at 7-7.
Milestone Watch... Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo tied Bobby Knight’s record of 353 Big Ten victories on Saturday. Izzo’s next chance to break the record will come on Saturday, when the Spartans visit Illinois.... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just two victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
By virtue of this week’s results, Michigan and Purdue have clinched their spots in the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Over the next few weeks, 15 teams will secure their spots in the tournament, set to return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12-16. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field.
On Friday, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced that eight Big Ten players were named to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Men’s Player of the Year Midseason Team. Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis, Maryland’s Derik Queen, Michigan’s Danny Wolf, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith, Rutgers’ Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper, and Wisconsin’s John Tonje were among the 30 players being considered for the award that recognizes the best player in college basketball.
Illinois is the leading rebounding team in the nation, averaging 44.64 rebound per game, and owns a 11.4 rebound margin, best in the country. After outrebounding UCLA 36-23 in Tuesday’s win, the Illini have outrebounded their opponents 21 times in 25 games, including 10 games with a +10 margin.
Indiana sophomore guard Myles Rice is one of five B1G players (Kylan Boswell, Illinois; Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern; Braden Smith, Purdue; Great Osobor, Washington) to produce at least 275 points, 75 rebounds, 70 assists, and 25 steals this season.
Iowa overcame a 42-33 halftime deficit to score n 84-73 win at Rutgers on Tuesday, the Hawkeyes’ first road win of the season. The victory marked the fifth time this season Iowa has overcome a second half deficit to earn a win.
Maryland’s Derik Queen scored 24 points while grabbing 11 rebounds in Thursday’s win over Nebraska, earning his eighth career double-double. Since 1993-94, he’s one of just 13 Terps to post a double-double in their rookie seasons. He’s tied for the third most double-doubles in that span with Jordan Williams (2009-10).
Michigan’s 75-73 win over Purdue on Tuesday improved the Wolverines to 12-0 inside the Crisler Center this season, the program’s best home start since 2020-21. The win also marked the first time Michigan has beaten a top 10 team at home since defeating No. 3 Purdue 82-58 on Feb. 10, 2022.
Michigan State is averaging 23.3 FT attempts per game (No. 22 in the country) after going to the line 17.2 times per game in 2023-24 and the Spartans rank No. 3 in the country in free throw percentage (81.0%) and No. 7 in free throws made per game (18.9).
Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia currently leads the Big Ten and ranks 19th in the country with 19.8 points per game. Garcia also leads the league with 15 20-point games, including a string of seven straight earlier this season. The senior forward has scored in double figures in 20 of 25 games and surpassed 30 points twice.
Nebraska’s Brice Williams scored 20 points in Thursday’s loss to Maryland, marking his fifth consecutive 20-point game. His five consecutive 20-point game matches the most by a Husker in the Big Ten era (Keisei Tominaga, 2023). Overall, Williams scored at least 20 points for the 13th time this season, tying Terran Petteway (2014-15) for the most 20-point games in a season since Nebraska joined the Big Ten.
Despite its second half comeback falling short, Northwestern outscored Oregon 50-42 in the second half. The offensive output marked the third time this season Northwestern has scored 50 points in the second half. Prior to this season, Northwestern had not scored 50 points in a half of Big Ten play since Feb. 27, 2016 against Rutgers.
Ohio State is shooting a Big Ten-best 38.4 percent from beyond the arc this season, the second highest percentage for the team over the last 15 years. The Buckeyes’ three-point barrage is led by freshman John Mobley Jr., who is tied for the Big Ten with 63 made triples and is shooting 42.3 percent, best in the conference.
Recently named to the 2025 Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award Top 10 list, Oregon’s Nate Bittle is tied for the Big Ten lead with 47 total blocks and is averaging 2.1 per game in conference play, also tied for the top spot in the league. The senior has 101 career blocks, sixth in program history, with nearly half coming this season.
Penn State senior Nick Kern Jr. has scored in double figures in 18 of the last 21 games, including two 20-plus point efforts. He leads the Nittany Lions with 19 double-digit scoring efforts this season and is currently Penn State’s leading scorer in Big Ten play, averaging 12.7 points per conference game.
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and shoot at least 60 percent from the field. Only three other players in Big Ten history have done that (Zach Edey - 2024; Evan Eschmeyer - 1998; Chris Webber - 1993).
The 2024-25 Scarlet Knights have their best scoring offense by a large margin under head coach Steve Pikiell, averaging 76.3 points per game this season. This would be the highest scoring Scarlet Knights team since averaging 76.5 points in 1992-93. No Steve Pikiell team at Rutgers has averaged over 69 points per game. Rutgers has averaged over 70 points per game for a full season one time in 25 years since the start of the 1999-2000 season and averaged 76.5 points just 14 times in the school’s 111-year history.
UCLA leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth in Division I with a +5.6 turnover margin, while its 16.16 turnovers forced per game are good for 10th. The Bruins have forced at least 10 turnovers by the opposition in all 24 games this season, and forced more than 15 turnovers 13 times. Senior Kobe Johnson leads UCLA with 45 steals, fifth in the Big Ten.
USC’s Chibuzo Agbo drained seven of his nine three-point attempts, including 6-for-6 in the second half, in Tuesday’s win over Penn State. This performance is tied for fifth in the USC record book for the most three-pointers in a game. The last time a Trojan made at least seven three-pointers in a game was Feb. 28, 2019 when Bennie Boatright hit seven triples at UCLA.
Over Washington’s last four games, sophomore Tyler Harris is averaging 17.3 points, including a 23-point performance in a win over Minnesota, and 5.0 rebounds, while shooting 61.0 percent from the floor and 72.2 percent from three-point range.
Wisconsin’s John Tonje has been on a tear over the last six games, topping 20 points in five of six and averaging 23.0 ppg over that stretch. Since Jan. 21, Tonje is sixth in the nation in scoring (23.2 ppg) and ranks 3rd in the NCAA with 25 made three-point FGs over that span. He has also hit at least five three-point FGs in four of the last six games, shooting 25-for-51 (.490) from deep over that stretch.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

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Big Ten Conference — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 11-13

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 11

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this week’s action, Purdue was at the top of the B1G standings with an 11-2 mark in conference play. They were followed closely by Michigan State and Michigan in a tie for 2nd at 10-2, then UCLA and Wisconsin in a tie for 4th at 9-4, Maryland in 6th at 8-5, Illinois in 7th at 8-6, and Nebraska and Ohio State in tie for 8th at 6-7. All 18 teams in the league had registered at least 3 league wins this season.
Congratulations to Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, who tied Bobby Knight’s record of 353 Big Ten victories on Saturday. Izzo has two chances to break the record this week, as the Spartans host Indiana on Tuesday and visit Illinois on Saturday.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau scored his 1,000th career point in Saturday’s win over Penn State... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just two victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn claimed his third Player of the Week award, while Illinois’ Will Riley and Maryland’s Derik Queen were named Co-Freshmen of the Week. Kaufman-Renn posted 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, as Purdue went 2-0. The junior forward shot 18-of-30 (.600) from the field and 11-of-12 (.917) from the free throw line, while securing 11 offensive rebounds. Kaufman-Renn scored 25 points with seven rebounds and a steal in a 90-81 win at Iowa then paired 25 points, 10 boards, and a pair of blocked shots in a 90-72 victory over USC. Kaufman-Renn was also named one of five National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Riley claimed his second consecutive Freshman of the Week award and second in a row after averaging 22.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 6.5 assists, as the Illini split a pair of games. Riley posted 27 points, along with a career-high tying nine rebounds and a career best seven assists in a 95-74 win over Minnesota, becoming the first NCAA freshman with a game of at least 27 points, nine boards, and seven assists without a turnover since the 1996-97 season. Riley closed the week with a team-high 18 points, including 11 in the second half, to go with six assists in an 82-73 loss at Rutgers.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 3. Purdue remained at number seven in the AP poll, followed by No. 11 Michigan State, No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 20 Michigan and No. 25 Maryland. The coaches also listed the Boilermakers and Spartans at No. 7 and 11, respectively, with the Badgers at No. 15, the Wolverines at No. 17, and the Terps at No. 25. Illinois, Oregon and UCLA also received votes in one or both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 73 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 137 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Oregon, Purdue, and Wisconsin lead the Big Ten with seven Quad 1 victories and are three of only nine teams in the country with seven such wins. Five Big Ten teams have at least 10 combined Quad 1 and 2 wins, led by Purdue’s 14. Wisconsin has 12, while Illinois, Michigan, and UCLA have 10 each.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 15 in the top 75 in the NET Rankings through games on February 10. Purdue leads the way at No. 10, followed by No. 12 Illinois, No. 15 Maryland, No. 16 Michigan, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 20 Michigan State, No 27 Ohio State, No. 28 UCLA, and No. 36 Oregon. Nebraska, Penn State. Northwestern, Iowa, Indiana, USC, and Rutgers also claimed spots in the top 75. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 (12), while its 15 top 75 entrants are one more than the Big Ten.
Ten of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 40 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on Feb. 11, including six in the top 20. Purdue leads the group at No. 7, followed by No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 15 Illinois, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Maryland, No. 20 Michigan, No. 25 UCLA, No. 28 Ohio State, No. 39 Nebraska, and No. 40 Oregon. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
In Saturday’s win over Minnesota, Illinois’ Will Riley became the only freshman in the nation since at least 1996-97 to record at least 27 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists without a turnover in a game. He is one of nine NCAA DI players overall to reach those thresholds in the last 29 seasons and one of three in power conference game, joining Oregon senior Joe Young (29 p, 10 r, 8 a, 0 to) vs. Washington on Feb. 8, 2015, and Arizona senior Ivan Radenovic (37 p, 9 r, 7 a, 0 to) vs. Stanford on March 3, 2007.
Maryland’s Derik Queen scored a career-high 29 points while grabbing 15 rebounds in Sunday’s win over Rutgers, earning his seventh career double-double. Since 1993-94, he’s one of just 13 Terps to post a double-double in their rookie seasons. He has the third most double-doubles in that span behind Joe Smith (20 from 1993-94) and Jordan Williams (eight from 2009-10).
Michigan’s Danny Wolf -- the only Big Ten player to average a double-double (12.7 ppg, 10.0 rpg) -- has 35 rebounds over his last three games -- 14 at Rutgers, 12 against Oregon, and nine at Indiana. He has 13 games of 10-plus rebounds and leads the Big Ten with 10 double-doubles.
Michigan State is the only team in the country to have just two players averaging double-digit points (Jaden Akins and Jase Richardson) while playing under 26.5 minutes per game and joins Arizona as the only teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.8 ppg (Arizona).
Nebraska has shot over 50 percent from the field in each of the past three games, the first time that has happened since Nov. 19-23, 2021, and for the first time in Big Ten play since a four-game stretch during the 2015-16 season.
Purdue’s Braden Smith is on pace to become the first player since California’s Jason Kidd (1993-94) to average 16.0 points, 8.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. The only other players to do so in NCAA history are Kidd, Terrell Lowery (Loyola Marymount; 1990-91) and Gary Payton (Oregon State; 1989-90). Smith enters this week averaging 16.1 points, 8.8 assists. 4.6 rebounds, and 2.6 steals.
UCLA’s win over No. 9-ranked Michigan State on Tuesday marked the Bruins’ first win over an AP top 10-ranked team since March 4, 2023, when No. 4-ranked UCLA defeated No. 8-ranked Arizona, 82-73.
Washington has gotten 45 percent of its scoring inside the paint this season. The Huskies outscored Northwestern 34-26 in the lane in Saturday’s win, falling just shy of their sixth game this season with 40 paint points. Washington has now outscored its opponents in the paint in 10 of its 12 victories.
Wisconsin leads the NCAA shooting 84.1% (398-for-473) from the free throw line. At this rate, UW is on pace to shatter the NCAA record as well as the Big Ten record - which UW set at 81.8% in 2010-11. The NCAA mark is 83.0% set by Villanova in 2022.
With one nonconference game remaining, the Big Ten owns a 160-37 record in nonconference games, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Purdue, Illinois, Maryland Collect Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
F – Jr. – 6-9 – Sellersburg, Ind. – Silver Creek

• Posted 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, as Purdue went 2-0

• Shot 18-of-30 (.600) from the field and 11-of-12 (.917) from the free throw line, while securing 11 offensive rebounds

• Scored 25 points with seven rebounds and a steal in a 90-81 win at Iowa

• Paired 25 points, 10 boards, and a pair of blocked shots in a 90-72 victory over USC

• Claims third Player of the Week honor

• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Trey Kaufman-Renn (January 20, 2025)

Co-Freshmen of the Week
Will Riley, Illinois
F – 6-8 – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – The Phelps School (Pa.)

• Averaged 22.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 6.5 assists as the Illini split a pair of games

• Posted 27 points, along with a career-high tying nine rebounds and a career best seven assists in a 95-74 win over Minnesota

• Became the first NCAA freshman with a game of at least 27 points, nine boards, and seven assists without a turnover since the 1996-97 season

• Scored a team-high 18 points, including 11 on the second half, to go with six assists in an 82-73 loss at Rutgers

• Earns his third Freshman of the Week award

• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Will Riley (February 3, 2025)

Derik Queen, Maryland
C – 6-10 – Baltimore, Md. – Montverde

• Tallied 21.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in leading Maryland to a 1-1 week

• Paired a career-high 29 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists in a 90-81 win over Rutgers

• Became the first player this year in the Big Ten with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists in a game

• Added 13 points, eight rebounds tow assists, and two blocks in a 73-70 loss at Ohio State

• Earns his fourth Freshman of the Week award

• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Derik Queen (January 27, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 7-9

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 7

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this weekend’s action, Purdue sits atop the Big Ten standings at 10-2, owning a slim lead over both Michigan and Michigan State at 9-2. Wisconsin and UCLA enter the weekend at 8-4, while Maryland have won seven conference games. Nine teams can also claim between 4-6 wins in league play.
Milestone Watch... Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has collected 352 Big Ten wins, just one shy of tying Bob Knight’s all-time conference wins mark... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just three victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
The Naismith Hall of Fame continued to announce its top 10 lists for its Starting Five Awards. On Wednesday, Iowa’s Payton Sandfort and Rutgers’ Ace Bailey were two of 10 players among the top 10 candidates for the 2025 Julius Erving Award as the nation’s top small forward. Michigan’s Danny Wolf was named to the top 10 list for the 2025 Karl Malone Award, recognizing the country’s top power forward. On Friday, Maryland’s Derik Queen, Michigan’s Vladislav Goldin, and Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia were named to the top 10 list for the 2025 Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award for the nation’s top center.
Also on Wednesday, Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. was selected as one of 15 players to be named to the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year Watch List, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Baldwin was also a semifinalist for the award in 2024.
Illinois shot 41.5 percent from the field, while holding the Scarlet Knights to 40.7 percent in Wednesday’s loss at Rutgers. The 82-73 loss marked the first time this season the Illini have lost a game when outshooting their opponents (14-1).
Indiana’s Oumar Ballo is one of seven active players to score 1,500 career points and grab 1,000 career rebounds. He joins Johni Broome (Auburn), Norchad Omier (Baylor), Ryan Kalkbreener (Creighton), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Christian Shumate (McNeese) and Nelly Junior Joseph (New Mexico) on the exclusive list. He recorded his 41st career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) against Maryland (Jan. 26) and has posted seven double-doubles across his last 12 contests.
Iowa currently leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth in the nation, scoring 85.5 points per game. It would be the team’s highest scoring average since 1988-89 (89.6 points). The Hawkeyes scored at least 80 points in 11 consecutive games from Nov. 26-Jan. 17, the longest stretch of the McCaffery era and the longest for the program since the 1988-89 season (13 straight). This season, Iowa has scored at least 90 points six times this season and eclipsed the 100-point mark three times.
Maryland is one of four major conference programs with all five starters scoring double-figures while starting at least 50 percent of the team’s games, joining the Terps are Arizona State, Kentucky and Michigan. The quintet, who account for the team’s top five scorers, have a combined scoring average of 67.7, the highest among all major conference programs.
After pairing 15 points and 12 rebounds in Michigan’s win over Oregon on Wednesday, Danny Wolf recorded his Big Ten-leading 10th double-double. He is the only player in the league to average a double-double, entering this weekend’s action with 12.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.
After scoring just 61 points in a loss at UCLA, Michigan State has now scored below 70 points five times this season. The Spartans are just 1-4 in those games and 17-0 when they score at least 70.
After going 0-6 in his previous five games, Minnesota’s Brennan Rigsby was perfect in the Gophers win at Penn State. The senior guard went 5-5 from the field, including 2-2 from three-point range, and 2-2 from the free throw line, becoming the third Gopher since 2011-12 to post that shooting line.
Over the last three seasons, Nebraska has played some of its best basketball down the stretch. NU is 18-11 in Big Ten games after Feb. 1 over the last three-plus seasons, including 6-2 in 2022-23 and 7-3 last season.
Junior Nick Martinelli paired 27 points and 13 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive glass, in Tuesday’s win over USC. Martinelli joined Purdue’s Zach Edey and Iowa’s Luka Garza as the only Big Ten players since 2005-06 to record at least 25 points and 10 offensive rebounds in a game and the first Wildcat to pull down 10+ offensive rebounds in a game since Jan. 2, 2018.
In Thursday’s win over Maryland, Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton scored 21 of his 31 points in the second half, including the game-winning three pointer with 7.4 seconds to play. Over the game’s final seven minutes, Thornton outscored Maryland 17-9 to seal the come-from-behind victory. Thornton’s final stat line included six assists, five rebounds, a season-high three steals and a blocked shot, while playing all 40 minutes.
Oregon is 11-3 this season when recording five or more steals and 3-0 when posting double-digit steals in a game. Five Ducks have recorded north of 20 steals on the season, led by TJ Bamba’s 42 thefts, good for fourth in the Big Ten.
Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. is Division I’s active career leader in steals (314) and assists (787). He is the only active Division I player and one of just nine Division I players since the 1947-48 season (77 years) with more than 1,500 career points (1,593), 700 career assists (782), and 300 career steals (313).
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 60 percent from the field. This century, only three other players have done that (2023 - Drew Timme; 2004 - Adam Mark; 2001 - Michael Bradley).
Rutgers’ five true freshman Ace Bailey, Bryce Dortch, Dylan Grant, Dylan Harper, and Lathan Sommerville combined for 58 of the team’s 82 points (71%) and had 30 of the team’s 40 rebounds (75%) in Wednesday’s win over Illinois. On the season, Rutgers’ five freshmen average 44.82 points per team game, second most in the country.
UCLA sophomore Aday Mara, who stands at 7-foot-3, has averaged 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over the Bruins’ last five games (all wins). He has shot 58.5 percent from the field in those games, making 24 of 41 shots. He has totaled 17 blocks over the past five games, averaging 3.4 blocks per game (24.6 minutes per game).
USC enters tonight’s game at Purdue averaging 76.6 points per game. Throughout the season, the Trojans are 11-0 when they score at least 77 points, but just 2-9 when they net south of 76 points.
Over the last five games, Washington’s Great Osobor is averaging 21.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game » During the stretch, Osobor has posted three stat lines of at least 20 points, eight rebounds, and three assists, registering one such game in the first 16 games of the season.
Tuesday’s win over Indiana improved the Badgers to 12-1 in the Kohl Center this season. The win was also Wisconsin’s 21st consecutive home win over the Hoosiers, Wisconsin’s second-longest home win streak against a single opponent, trailing only their active 22-game home win streak against Penn State.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Feb. 4-6

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - FEB. 4

Big Ten. Big News.

Entering this week’s action, Michigan State was at the top of the B1G standings with a 9-1 mark in conference play. They were followed closely by Purdue in 2nd at 9-2, then Michigan in 3rd at 8-2, Maryland, Wisconsin, and UCLA in a tie for 4th at 7-4, Illinois in 7th at 7-5, USC in 8th at 5-5, and Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio State in a tie for 9th at 5-6. All 18 teams in the league had registered at least 2 league wins this season.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Nebraska’s Brice Williams was named Player of the Week for the second time this season, while Illinois’ Will Riley claimed his second Freshman of the Week honor. Williams averaged 27.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in leading the Huskers to a pair of wins over ranked teams last week. The senior scored 27 points, including eight straight in overtime, and added a season-high eight rebounds in an 80-74 overtime win against Illinois then paired 28 points, seven boards, and a season-high six assists in a 77-71 win at Oregon. In addition to being named Big Ten Player of the Week, Williams was also named one of three Oscar Robertson Award Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Riley led the Illini to a 1-1 week, averaging 20.0 points on 52% shooting from the field, including 45.5% from three-point range. The freshman scored a team-high 24 points, including 20 in the second half, off the bench in an 87-79 comeback win over Ohio State, the most points scored off the bench in a Big Ten game this season. Riley also added 16 points in an 80-74 overtime loss at Nebraska
Twelve Big Ten players were included among the 50 players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, the U.S. Basketball Writers announced on Monday. Kasparas Jakucionis (ILL), Ja’Kobi Gillespie (MD), Danny Wolf (MICH), Jaden Akins (MSU), Nick Martinelli (NU), Nate Bittle (ORE), Ace Baldwin Jr. (PSU), Trey Kaufman-Renn (PUR), Braden Smith (PUR), Ace Bailey (RU), Dylan Harper (RU), and John Tonje (WIS) were named to the list of players considered as contenders for the National Player of the Year.
Baldwin, Harper, and Smith were also recognized as top 10 candidates for the 2025 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Monday. Big Ten programs have produced five previous Bob Cousy Award winners in the 21-year history of the award.
On Tuesday, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Kasparas as one of the top 10 candidates for the 2025 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Purdue’s Carsen Edwards, Oregon’s Chris Duarte, and Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis have claimed the award in its 10-year history.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on February 3. Purdue moved up to number seven in the AP poll, followed by No. 9 Michigan State, No. 18 Maryland, No. 21 Maryland, No. 23 Illinois, and No. 24 Michigan. The coaches also listed the Boilermakers and Spartans at No. 7 and 9, respectively, with the Badgers at No. 19, the Wolverines at No. 22, the Terps at No. 24, and the Illini at No. 25. Oregon and UCLA also received votes in both polls.
The Big Ten has collected 67 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 119 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Oregon leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the country with eight Quad 1 victories, two more than Illinois, Purdue, and Wisconsin. The Boilermakers owns a league-high 12 wins over Quad 1 and 2 opponents combined, one of just four teams with at least 12 combined Quad 1 and 2 wins.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 40 and 15 in the top 75 in the NET Rankings through games on February 3. Purdue leads the way at No. 10, followed by No. 12 Illinois, No. 15 Maryland, No. 16 Michigan., No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 20 Michigan State, No 27 Ohio State, No. 28 UCLA, and No. 36 Oregon. Nebraska, Penn State. Northwestern, Iowa, Indiana, USC, and Rutgers also claimed spots in the top 75. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 (12), while its 15 top 75 entrants are one more than the Big Ten.
Nine of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 40 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on Feb. 4, including six in the top 20. Purdue leads the group at No. 8, followed by No. 13 Illinois, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Maryland, No. 20 Michigan, No. 26 Ohio State, No. 29 UCLA, and No. 37 Oregon. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 12.
Milestone Watch... Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has collected 352 Big Ten wins, just one shy of tying Bob Knight’s all-time conference wins mark... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just four victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
Illinois’ Morez Johnson Jr. paired 14 points and 15 rebounds in Sunday’s win over Ohio State, becoming the fourth freshman this season to record at least 14 points and 15 rebounds, joining Maryland’s Derik Queen, Rutgers’ Ace Bailey, and Georgetown’s Thomas Sorber.
Michigan surrendered just 25 points to Rutgers in the first half of Saturday’s contest. It was the fewest points the Wolverines have allowed in the first half of a game this season and the fewest in any half during Big Ten play.
Nebraska’s win at Oregon on Sunday marked the Huskers’ fourth win over a ranked team this season, tying a program record (1990-91, 1993-94, 1998-99).
Purdue forced 20 Indiana turnovers, the second straight game that Purdue has forced at least 20 turnovers (Michigan – 22). It’s the first time the Boilermakers have forced 20 or more turnovers in consecutive games since Nov. 16 and 20, 2014 vs. IUPUI and Grambling and the first time in Big Ten play since Feb. 19 and 27, 2008 against Indiana and Minnesota.
On Saturday, USC’s Desmond Claude scored 11 of his team-high 19 points in the game’s first seven-plus minutes, as the Trojans opened their win over Michigan State on a 22-7 run.
Washington’s win over Minnesota on Saturday snapped the Huskies’ six game losing streak, its longest run of defeats since 2020-21.
In Saturday’s win over Northwestern, Wisconsin matched the third most three-pointers in a game in program history, shooting 13-for-32 from 3-point range. It is the 12th time the Badgers have hit double-digit triples (8-3 in such games), matching the highest single season total in school history.
With one nonconference game remaining, the Big Ten owns a 160-37 record in nonconference games, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Nebraska, Illinois Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
Brice Williams, Nebraska
G – Sr. – 6-7 – Huntersville, N.C. – Hopewell

Averaged 27.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in leading the Huskers to a pair of wins over ranked teams last week
Scored 27 points, including eight straight in overtime, and added a season-high eight rebounds in an 80-74 overtime win against Illinois
Paired 28 points, seven boards, and a season-high six assists in a 77-71 win at Oregon
Claims second Player of the Week honor
Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Brice Williams (December 16, 2024)

Freshman of the Week
Will Riley, Illinois
F – 6-8 – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – The Phelps School (Pa.)

Led the Illini to a 1-1 week, averaging 20.0 points on 52% shooting from the field, including 45.5% from three-point range
Scored a team-high 24 points, including 20 in the second half, off the bench in an 87-79 comeback win over Ohio State
His 24 points off the bench are the most in a Big Ten game this season
Added 16 points in an 80-74 overtime loss at Nebraska
Earns his second Freshman of the Week award
Last Illinois Player of the Week: Kasparas Jakucionis (January 6, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RU

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RU

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RU

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RU

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RU

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Jan. 31-Feb. 3

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - JAN. 31

Big Ten. Big News.

Michigan State and Purdue enter this weekend’s action perched atop the Big Ten standings at 9-0 and 8-2, respectively, while the trio of Michigan, Maryland and UCLA own seven conference wins each, one more than Illinois and Wisconsin. Behind them is a log jam of 10 teams with between three and five conference victories.
Milestone Watch... Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has collected 352 Big Ten wins, just one shy of tying Bob Knight’s all-time conference wins mark... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just four victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
Four of the Illinois’ top scorers and rebounders are all in their first year of collegiate basketball. Freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis ranks first in scoring (16.0 ppg) and third in rebounding (5.8 rpg). Sophomore center Tomislav Ivisic nearly averages a double-double at 13.0 points (second on team) and team-leading 8.5 rebounds. Freshman forward Will Riley is the Illini’s No. 4 scorer at 10.4 points per game. And Freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. ranks second on the team at 6.5 rebounds per game with a team-leading 52 offensive boards (2.5 per game).
Indiana’s Trey Galloway has averaged 4.8 assists in his nine appearances off the bench this season. He ranks second nationally (Rahmir Barno, Florida Gulf Coast) in assists per game in a reserve role. He is one of four B1G players (Brock Harding, Iowa; Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland; Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State) to average at least 4.0 assists while shooting 35.0 percent from the three-point line while playing under 30.0 minutes per game.
Iowa’s Brock Harding is tied for third in the Big Ten with 125 assists through 21 games, while his 6.0 assists per game also rank fourth in the conference. Nationally, the sophomore lists 21st in total assists and 22nd in assists per game. Harding has recorded at least 10 assists twice this season and owns three career points-assists double-doubles, tied for fourth most in program history.
After Maryland’s win over Wisconsin on Wednesday, the Terps improved to 13-1 at the XFINITY Center, tied for the second-most home wins among all teams in Division I. Only Missouri (15-0) has more home wins than the Terps.
All five Michigan starters average double figures in scoring -- Vladislav Goldin (15.7 points), Tre Donaldson (12.9), Danny Wolf (12.0), Roddy Gayle Jr. (11.6), and Nimari Burnett (10.7). The five have led the Wolverines in scoring in every game this season -- Goldin (nine times), Wolf (four), Burnett (three), Gayle Jr. (three) and Donaldson (two).
Michigan State’s win over Minnesota on Tuesday marked the Spartans’ 13th consecutive win and improved the team to 7-0 in January. This is the first time in the 30-year career of head coach Tom Izzo that the Spartans have gone unbeaten in both December (5-0) and January (7-0).
Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia holds a league-best 14 20-point game performances on the season. Garcia has had 18 double-digit point games and two 30-point games. He’s averaging 19.8 points this year, which ranks second in the Big Ten. His six-straight 20-point games beat out Amir Coffey’s five-game production between Feb. 28 and March 15, 2019. Of those 14 20-point games, eight have come against Big Ten opponents.
With Thursday’s win over Illinois, Nebraska improved to 3-2 against ranked opponents this season. Nebraska has three ranked wins in a season for the first time since 2013-14. The Huskers are tied for the second-most wins over ranked teams as an unranked team.
Northwestern has scored at least 70 points in five consecutive Big Ten games for the first time since Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 1990. Its 72 points in Wednesday’s loss to Rutgers were the most it has scored against the Scarlet Knights since March 9, 2017.
Ohio State’s Devin Royal has made a major jump from his freshman campaign. The sophomore is averaging 13.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. That is an increase of nearly 10 points and five rebounds per game from his rookie season. He’s led the team in scoring six times this season and is shooting over 54 percent from the floor.
Oregon’s Nate Bittle ranks second in the Big Ten with 41 total blocks and is averaging 2.5 per game in conference play, the best mark in the league. The senior currently sits sixth in Oregon program history with 96 career blocks, nearly half of which have come this season.
Penn State senior Nick Kern Jr. has scored double figures in 17 of the last 18 games, including two 20-plus point efforts. He leads the Nittany Lions with 18 double-digit scoring efforts this season and is currently Penn State’s leading scorer in Big Ten play, averaging 13.8 points per conference game.
Purdue’s win over Michigan improved the Boilermakers to 23-9 (.719) against ranked teams since the start of the 2021-22 season, the best record in such games in the country. Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Purdue now has seven wins of at least 25 points against top 25 teams. The next closest team is Connecticut with four.
In Wednesday’s win at Northwestern, freshman Ace Bailey posted 37 points on 13-for-20 shooting from the field, including a blistering 9-for-10 shooting in the first half, six rebounds and three blocked shots. This stat line has only been accomplished three times this season, twice by Bailey and both in January, and only nine times by a freshman since 2007.
UCLA’s win over Oregon on Thursday extended the Bruins’ current win streak to five games. During the run, UCLA has averaged 80.8 points per game and shot 52.9 percent from the field and 40.8 percent from three-point range. The Big Ten’s top-ranked scoring defense has also allowed just 68.2 points per game, while holding its opponents to 33.8 percent three-point shooting.
Desmond Claude and Wesley Yates III are one of the best duos on the court for USC. Entering last weekend’s game against UCLA, they had a plus-minus of 117 and an offensive rating of 118.8 in the 648 possessions during which both players were on the floor. They also have one of the highest field goal percentages of any duo on the team, making about 49.7 percent of their shots. When both players are not on the court, USC falls to the bottom five percent in the NCAA in offensive rating, effective field goal percentage and net rating.
Each of Washington’s seven opponents this calendar year are all ranked inside the top 35 of the NCAA Net Rankings, including five in the top 20. All seven opponents have had a winning percentage of .700 or higher and are in the top eight of the Big Ten standings. The Huskies have gone 1-6 during the stretch, including six consecutive losses.
The Badgers are on pace to shoot (27.5 3FGA) and make (10.0 3FG) more three-pointers than ever before since the inception of the three-point line in 1986-87. Wisconsin has made 10 or more three-pointers in 11 of 21 games this season after doing so in seven of 36 games all of last season.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Jan. 28-Jan. 30

Big Ten Conference — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - JAN. 28

Big Ten. Big News.

As we approach the midpoint of the conference schedule, Michigan State remains atop the league standings with an unblemished 8-0 record, followed closely by Purdue at 8-2 and Michigan at 7-2. Illinois, Maryland, UCLA, and Wisconsin stand with six wins, while Indiana and Oregon own five victories.
Michigan State enters this week’s action with just two losses. The Spartans are among a group of six teams in the country with two or fewer losses. Oregon and Wisconsin join a group of 31 teams nationally with four or fewer defeats.
The Big Ten has collected 52 wins against Quad 1 opponents and 102 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams combined. Oregon leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the country with eight Quad 1 victories, three more than Purdue and UCLA. The Boilermakers own 10 wins over Quad 1 and 2 opponents combined, one of just five teams with at least 10 combined Quad 1 and 2 wins.
Eight B1G teams were ranked or received votes in the Associated Press and/or USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls released on January 20. Michigan State climbed to number seven in the AP poll, followed by No. 10 Purdue, No. 16 Oregon, No. 17 Wisconsin, and No. 18 Illinois. The coaches also listed the Spartans and Boilermakers at No. 7 and 10, respectively, with the Badgers at No. 17, the Ducks at No. 18, and the Illini at No. 20. Michigan, Maryland, and UCLA also received votes in one or both polls.
Nine Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 35 and 14 in the top 70 in the NET Rankings through games on January 27. Purdue leads the way at No. 9, followed by No. 10 Illinois, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 18 Wisconsin, No. 19 Maryland, and No. 20 Michigan. Oregon, Ohio State, UCLA, and Northwestern also claimed spots in the top 50. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 (12), while its 15 top 70 entrants are one more than the Big Ten.
Nine of the Big Ten’s 18 teams rank in the top 40 of the Kenpom Ratings entering games on Jan. 28, including six in the top 20. Purdue leads the group at No. 8, followed by No. 10 Illinois, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 19 Michigan, No. 20 Maryland, No. 28 Ohio State, No. 29 Oregon, and No. 32 UCLA. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 10.
Milestone Watch... Congratulations to Iowa’s Drew Thelwell, who recorded his 1,000th career point in Friday’s win over Penn State... Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has collected 351 Big Ten wins, just two shy of tying Bob Knight’s all-time conference wins mark... UCLA’s Mick Cronin stands just five victories from becoming the fourth Big Ten head coach with 500 career wins.
On Monday, the Big Ten announced its weekly men’s basketball awards. Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia was named Player of the Week, while Maryland’s Derik Queen earned this third Freshman of the Week honor. Garcia led the Gophers to a pair of wins with 25.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The senior forward scored 31 points on 13-for-19 shooting from the field in leading Minnesota to a 77-69 win over Oregon, the program’s highest ranked win in four years. Garcia also posted 20 points in a 72-67 win at Iowa, Minnesota’s first win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2015. Garcia as also named one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Queen averaged 16.0 points on 13-for-21 shooting, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 steals, and a blocked shot as Maryland scored a pair of road wins. Queen tallied 25 points, six rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the Terps’ 91-70 win at Illinois then paired six points, 11 rebounds, three assists, and a pair of blocked shots in Maryland’s 79-78 win at Indiana.
Illinois grabbed 21 offensive rebounds in Sunday’s win over Northwestern, the most by an Illinois team in a conference game since Jan. 8, 2014, when the Illini registered 23 at Wisconsin. They were also the most by a Big Ten team in regulation in a conference game since Feb. 3, 2018, when Indiana also recorded 21 vs. Michigan State.
After pairing 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win at Indiana, Maryland’s Julian Reese has 31 career double-doubles, third most in Maryland history since 1996-97, behind only Lonny Baxter and Jordan Williams, who are tied with 33. Overall, he ranks eighth in program history.
In 2018-19, Michigan State opened its conference slate with nine consecutive wins and posted a 13-game win streak. With a win tonight against Minnesota, the Spartans would tie both of those marks.
Minnesota’s win over then-No. 15 Oregon marked a win over the program’s highest ranked opponent in four years. Over their last three games, the Gophers have topped then-No. 20 Michigan, Oregon and won at Iowa for the first time since 2015.
Nebraska’s Brice Williams finished with 11 points in a loss to Wisconsin. Brice and his father, Henry, became the seventh father-son combo to reach the 4,000-point mark at the Division I level. The pair now has 4,002 career points.
Purdue’s Braden Smith scored 24 points with 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals, while also only having one turnover in the Boilermakers’ win over Michigan. He is the first player this century (men or women) to have at least 20 points, 10 assists, five rebounds, four steals and one or fewer turnovers against a top 25 opponent.
In Sunday’s win over Nebraska, Wisconsin scored at least 80 points for the 13th time on the season, equaling the third highest such total and the most since surpassing 80 points 13 times in 1970-71.
With one nonconference game remaining, the Big Ten owns a 160-37 record in nonconference games, besting last season’ 144 nonconference victories. Among those wins, the B1G was 122-7 (.946) at home. The Big Ten’s 160 wins and .812 nonconference win percentage sit behind only the SEC’s 185 wins and .889 (185-23) win percentage.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

Minnesota, Maryland Net Men’s Basketball Weekly Accolades

Big Ten Conference — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Player of the Week
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
F – Sr. – 6-11 – Savage, Minn. – Prior Lake

Led the Gophers to a pair of wins with 25.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game
Scored 31 points on 13-for-19 shooting from the field in leading Minnesota to a 77-69 win over Oregon, the program’s highest ranked win in four years
Posted 20 points in a 72-67 win at Iowa, Minnesota’s first win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2015
Claims second Player of the Week honor
Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Dawson Garcia (November 13, 2023)

Freshman of the Week
Derik Queen, Maryland
C – 6-10 – Baltimore, Md. – Montverde

Averaged 16.0 points on 13-for-21 shooting, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 steals, and a blocked shot as Maryland scored a pair of road wins
Tallied 25 points, six rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the Terps’ 91-70 win at Illinois
Earns his third Freshman of the Week award
Last Maryland Player of the Week: Derik Queen (December 9, 2024)

2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD

Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC

Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT

Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU

Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD

Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD

Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT

Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - Jan. 24-27

Big Ten Conference — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEKLY RELEASE - JAN. 24

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Michigan State, Michigan, and Purdue enter this weekend’s action perched atop the Big Ten standings at 7-0, 6-1, and 7-2, respectively. Behind them is a log jam of 12 teams with between three and five conference victories. Among that group, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, and Wisconsin own five conference wins, while UCLA, and USC sit at 4-4.
Milestone Watch... Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has collected 350 Big Ten wins, just three shy of tying Bob Knight’s all-time conference wins mark.
The Fighting Illini dropped back-to-back games for the first time since the final two games of the 2022-23 season - vs. Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament followed by a loss to Arkansas in the team’s opening game of the NCAA Tournament. The Illini’s streak spanned 58 games without consecutive losses.
Indiana’s Luke Goode scored 14 points in the Hoosiers’ loss to Northwestern. The senior has scored in double figures for three consecutive games for the first time in his career. He has also connected on at least three three-pointers in six Big Ten games, including five of the last seven league games.
Iowa has the second-best field goal (.505) and effective field goal percentage (.586) in the Big Ten, ranking fifth nationally in both categories. The Hawkeyes have shot better than 50 percent from the floor nine times and are 8-1 in those games.
Maryland’s Julian Reese and Derik Queen combined for 52 points and 23 rebounds in Maryland’s win over Illinois, their highest point total of the season. It was the first time Maryland had two players score 25 or more points in a game since Feb. 20, 2011 when Jordan Williams (26) and Terrell Stoglin (25) did it against NC State. The duo also helped the Terps score 62 points in the paint, the most buy any Big Ten team this season.
Vladislav Goldin did not attempt a three-pointer in his 117 career games prior to transferring to Michigan. In his 18 appearances this season, the 7-1 center has made nine of his 16 three-point attempts (.563), including 3-of-6 in Sunday’s overtime win over Northwestern.
Michigan State is the only team in the AP Top 25 with just one player averaging double figure points. Jaden Akins leads the team with 13.9 points per game. The senior is one of seven Spartans that scores at least 7.9 points per game and one off 10 players to see at least 14 minutes of action per contest.
Minnesota’s 72-67 win at Iowa on Tuesday night marked the Gophers’ first win at Carver-Hawkeye arena since a 64-59 win over Iowa on Feb. 12, 2015. In the win, Minnesota held the Hawkeyes to their lowest offensive output of the season, more than 20 points below their season average.
Nebraska’s Connor Essegian finished Wednesday’s loss to USC with 15 points, his ninth double-figure game off the bench this year. The Huskers now have 20 double-figure efforts from their bench in 2024-25 and rank fifth in the Big Ten with 26.21 bench points per game.
Northwestern’s Ty Berry scored 23 points off the bench in the Wildcats’ 79-70 win over Indiana on Wednesday. His 23 points off the bench were the most by a Wildcat reserve since Boo Buie scored 26 points against Michigan State on Dec. 18, 2019. Berry is the first Northwestern player to make at least seven threes while shooting at least 70% from beyond the arc since Scottie Lindsey did so on Feb. 25, 2018 against Iowa.
Ohio State’s last five games have been one possession contests, including a pair of overtime games. This is the first time that Ohio State has ever played five consecutive one possession games. The Buckeyes own a 2-3 record in those five games, marking the first time the Buckeyes have lost three consecutive one possession game since 1931 when the team fell to Columbia 30-29, Chicago 26-25 and Minnesota 22-21.
Oregon’s bench has outscored their opponents in 15 of 20 games this season and 11 of the last 12. The Ducks’ bench is averaging 26.4 points per game, tied for the fourth-most in the Big Ten.
Penn State’s Ace Baldwin is the only active Division I player and one of just nine Division I players since the 1947-48 season (77 years) with 1,500+ career points (1,561), 700+ career assists (763) and 300+ career steals (308). He is Division I’s active career leader in steals (308) and his 763 career assists are second amongst active Division I players.
Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn is the only player nationally to average 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and shoot at least 58 percent from the field. In Big Ten history, only Chris Webber, Evan Eschmeyer, and Trayce Jackson-Davis have done that.
Rutgers will face Michigan State on Saturday at Madison Garden on CBS. This will be the Scarlet Knight’s first game televised by CBS in 12,369 days, with the last appearance on CBS coming in a First Round NCAA Tournament loss to Arizona State on March 16, 1991. The last regular season game for Rutgers televised on CBS came on Jan. 22, 1983 against West Virginia.
UCLA sophomore Aday Mara led the Bruins with 22 points, including 15 in the second half, as they scored an 85-83 win over Wisconsin. Marsa shot 7-for-7 from the field and 8-for-11 from the free throw line, becoming the first UCLA player to score at least 20 points with a perfect field goal percentage since Jrue Holiday in 2008.
Saint Thomas is the only USC player to start all 19 games so far this season. Thomas leads the Trojans with 33.5 minutes per game and appeared in nearly 84% of the team’s minutes on the season, fifth most in the Big Ten. The senior forward also leads the Trojans with 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals, while his 11.0 points are good for third.
Over the last three games, Washington’s Great Osobor is averaging 23.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. The stretch makes up three of four games this season in which Osobor has scored at least 20 points, collected at least eight rebounds, and dished out at least three assists. Osobor has made seven three-pointers (7-12) over the three games, after making just two over the first 16 games of the season
John Blackwell’s 28-point performance in a win at USC marked the third time this season the Wisconsin sophomore has gone for at least 25 points this season. In the Badgers’ six games in 2025, Blackwell is averaging 21.3 points per game. For the season, he is averaging 16.4 points per game, more than double last season’s offensive output and is only one of five Big Ten underclassmen averaging over 16.0 points per game.
The 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 12-16. This will mark the 14th time the tournament has been held in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to feature a 15-team field and begin with three games on Wednesday, March 12. Peacock will televise the opening three games of the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, with second-round and quarterfinal games on Thursday and Friday slated for Big Ten Network. For the 28th consecutive year, CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinals and championship game on CBS, with those games also streaming live on Paramount+.

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