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2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

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2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock, NBC
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season championsMichigan State
Tournament
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2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Michigan State 17 3   .850 26 5   .839
No. 11 Maryland 14 6   .700 24 7   .774
No. 22 Michigan 14 6   .700 22 9   .710
UCLA 13 7   .650 22 9   .710
No. 18 Wisconsin 13 7   .650 23 8   .742
No. 20 Purdue 13 7   .650 21 10   .677
No. 24 Illinois 12 8   .600 20 11   .645
No. 23 Oregon 12 8   .600 23 8   .742
Indiana 10 10   .500 19 12   .613
Ohio State 9 11   .450 17 15   .531
Rutgers 8 12   .400 15 17   .469
Minnesota 7 13   .350 15 17   .469
Northwestern 7 13   .350 17 15   .531
USC 7 13   .350 16 16   .500
Iowa 7 13   .350 17 15   .531
Nebraska 7 13   .350 17 14   .548
Penn State 6 14   .300 16 15   .516
Washington 4 16   .200 13 18   .419
2025 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 12, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Big Ten men's basketball season is the current season for the Big Ten Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2024. The regular season will end on March 9, 2025.

The season is the conference's first with 18 teams as four schools, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington, joined the conference in 2024.[1] The conference announced that all teams will play 20 regular season conference games with each school playing seven opponents only at home and seven others only on the road.[2] Each team will play a home-and-home with three opposing schools.[3]

With a loss by Michigan on March 5, 2025, Michigan State secured at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, their first since 2020.[4] On March 6, the Spartans secured the outright regular season championship with a win over Iowa, their first outright championship since 2018.[5]

Purdue point guard Braden Smith was named the Big Ten player of the year. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was named conference's coach of the year.

The Big Ten tournament will be held from March 12 through March 16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Nebraska, Penn State, and Washington failed to qualify for the 15-team field.[6]

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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Michigan

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On March 15, 2024, Michigan fired head coach Juwan Howard after finishing the 2023–24 season with an 8–24 record.[7] On March 24, the school named Florida Atlantic head coach Dusty May the team's new head coach.[8]

Ohio State

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On February 15, Ohio State fired Chris Holtmann.[9] The school named associate head coach Jake Diebler the team's interim head coach.[10] Following the completion of the Big Ten Tournament, the school named Diebler the team's new head coach after finishing the season with a 6–2 record as interim coach.[11]

USC

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On April 1, USC head coach Andy Enfield left the school to take the head coaching position at SMU.[12] On April 4, the school named Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman the team's new head coach.[13]

Washington

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On March 8, Washington fired head coach Mike Hopkins after seven seasons.[14] On March 25, the school named Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle the team's new head coach.[15]

Coaches

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Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois Brad Underwood Oklahoma State 8 132–88 (.600) 80–58 (.580) 1 2 4 0 0
Indiana Mike Woodson New York Knicks (Asst.) 4 63–40 (.612) 31–29 (.517) 0 0 2 0 0
Iowa Fran McCaffery Siena 15 282–191 (.596) 136–128 (.515) 0 1 7 0 0
Maryland Kevin Willard Seton Hall 2 38–30 (.559) 18–22 (.450) 0 0 1 0 0
Michigan Dusty May Florida Atlantic 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan State Tom Izzo Michigan State (Asst.) 30 707–295 (.706) 342–170 (.668) 10 6 26 8 1
Minnesota Ben Johnson Xavier (Asst.) 4 41–57 (.418) 15–44 (.254) 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls 6 40–83 (.325) 18–61 (.228) 0 0 1 0 0
Northwestern Chris Collins Duke (Asst.) 12 177–174 (.504) 80–127 (.386) 0 0 3 0 0
Ohio State Jake Diebler Ohio State (Assoc.) 2 8–3 (.727) 5–1 (.833) 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 15 345–152 (.694) 0–0 (–) 0 0 8 1 0
Penn State Mike Rhoades VCU 2 16–17 (.485) 9–11 (.450) 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Matt Painter Purdue (Assoc.) 20 403–201 (.667) 209–120 (.635) 5 2 14 1 0
Rutgers Steve Pikiell Stony Brook 9 122–124 (.496) 63–73 (.463) 0 0 2 0 0
UCLA Mick Cronin Cincinnati 6 115–53 (.685) 0–0 (–) 0 0 3 1 0
USC Eric Musselman Arkansas 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Washington Danny Sprinkle Utah State 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Greg Gard Wisconsin (Assoc.) 10 186–107 (.635) 101–70 (.591) 2 0 6 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Preseason

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Preseason Big Ten poll

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The Big Ten Media poll was released on October 2, 2024.[16]

Rank Team
1 Purdue
2 Indiana
3 UCLA
4 Illinois
5 Michigan State
6 Oregon
7 Rutgers
8 Ohio State
9 Michigan
10 Maryland
11 Iowa
12 Nebraska
Wisconsin
14 USC
15 Washington
16 Northwestern
17 Penn State
18 Minnesota

Preseason All-Big Ten

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A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.[17]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Braden Smith, Purdue
Preseason All-Big Ten Team Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Payton Sandfort, Iowa
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Braden Smith, Purdue
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Great Osobor, Washington


Preseason national polls

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AP[18] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[19]
CBS Sports[20] Coaches[21] ESPN[22] FOX Sports[23] Lindy's
Sports
[24]
Sporting News[25] Sports Illustrated[26]
Illinois 17 24 25 21 22 21
Indiana 17 14 18 18 18 16 15 18 26
Iowa 40
Maryland 43
Michigan 41
Michigan State 26 36
Minnesota 84
Nebraska 63
Northwestern 54
Ohio State 15 22 34
Oregon 30 29
Penn State 61
Purdue 14 22 12 13 16 14 17 6 14
Rutgers 25 23 25 35 25 32
UCLA 22 19 22 24 17 19 17 30
USC 37 48
Washington 33 65
Wisconsin 68

Preseason watchlists

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Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[27] Naismith[28] Naismith DPOY[29] Robertson[30] Cousy[31] West[32] Erving [33] Malone[34] Abdul-Jabbar [35]
Jaden Akins, Michigan State Green tickY
Ace Bailey, Rutgers Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Oumar Ballo, Indiana Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Nate Bittle, Oregon Green tickY
Frankie Fidler, Michigan State Green tickY
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland Green tickY
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan Green tickY
Dylan Harper, Rutgers Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Kasparas Jukcionis, Illinois Green tickY
Meechie Johnson Jr., Ohio State Green tickY
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue Green tickY
William Kyle III, UCLA Green tickY
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue Green tickY
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern Green tickY
Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana Green tickY
Great Osobor, Washington Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Derik Queen, Maryland Green tickY
Julian Reese, Maryland Green tickY
Malik Reneau, Indiana Green tickY
Myles Rice, Indiana Green tickY
Will Riley, Illinois Green tickY
Payton Sandfort, Iowa Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon Green tickY
Braden Smith, Purdue Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
John Tonje, Wisconsin Green tickY
Danny Wolf, Michigan Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

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Player AP[36] CBS[37] Fox Sports[38]
Braden Smith, Purdue RV 2nd team 2nd team
Ace Bailey, Rutgers RV
Oumar Ballo, Indiana 2nd team

Regular season

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Rankings

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Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
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Illinois AP RV RV 25 RV 19 RV RV 24 22 13 19 17 18 23 RV RV RV RV 24
C 24 20 20 RV 17 RV RV 22 20 15 20 17 20 25 RV RV RV 25
Indiana AP 17 16 16 14 RV RV RV RV RV RV
C 18 16 18 15 RV RV RV RV
Iowa AP
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Maryland AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 18 25 20 16 13 11
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV 24 25 20 15 14 11
Michigan AP RV RV RV RV 14 24 RV RV 24 20 21 RV 24 20 12 15 17 22
C 23 14 21 RV RV 24 19 20 RV 22 17 12 13 15 21
Michigan State AP RV RV RV RV RV 21 20 18 18 16 12 8 7 9 11 14 8 8 7
C RV RV RV RV 25 19 19 18 15 14 12 8 7 9 11 13 8 7 6
Minnesota AP
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Nebraska AP RV RV RV RV
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Northwestern AP
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Ohio State AP RV 21 RV RV RV RV RV
C RV 22 RV RV RV
Oregon AP RV RV RV RV 12 12 10 9 9 15 13 15 16 RV RV RV 23
C RV RV RV RV 10 12 10 9 9 17 13 15 18 RV RV RV RV RV
Penn State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV
Purdue AP 14 13 6 13 8 11 16 21 20 20 17 11 10 7 7 13 20 18 20
C 13 12 6 12 7 11 17 25 22 19 15 12 10 7 7 14 19 18 20
Rutgers AP 25 24 24
C RV 24 RV RV
UCLA AP 22 RV RV 24 18 22 15 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C 22 RV RV RV 21 18 21 18 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
USC AP
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Washington AP
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Wisconsin AP RV RV 19 15 11 20 RV RV RV RV 24 18 17 21 16 11 11 12 18
C RV 25 17 11 22 RV RV RV RV 19 17 19 15 11 12 12 14

Players of the week

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

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 11, 2024[39] Nick Martinelli, Northwestern Will Riley, Illinois
November 18, 2024[40] John Tonje, Wisconsin Dylan Harper, Rutgers
November 25, 2024[41] John Tonje (2), Wisconsin Derik Queen, Maryland
December 2, 2024[42] Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue Dylan Harper (2), Rutgers
December 9, 2024[43] Vladislav Goldin, Michigan Derik Queen (2), Maryland
December 16, 2024[44] Brice Williams, Nebraska Kasparas Jakučionis, Illinois
Dylan Harper (3), Rutgers
December 23, 2024[45] Bruce Thornton, Ohio State John Mobley Jr., Ohio State
January 6, 2025[46] Braden Smith, Purdue Kasparas Jakučionis (2), Illinois
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
January 13, 2025[47] Payton Sandfort, Iowa Wesley Yates III, USC
Vladislav Goldin (2), Michigan
January 20, 2025[48] Trey Kaufman-Renn (2), Purdue Ace Bailey (2), Rutgers
January 27, 2025[49] Dawson Garcia, Minnesota Derik Queen (3), Maryland
February 3, 2025[50] Brice Williams (2), Nebraska Will Riley (2), Illinois
February 10, 2025[51] Trey Kaufman-Renn (3), Purdue Will Riley (3), Illinois
Derik Queen (4), Maryland
February 17, 2025[52] John Tonje (3), Wisconsin Derik Queen (5), Maryland
February 24, 2025[53] Nate Bittle, Oregon Jase Richardson, Michigan State
March 3, 2025[54] Nick Martinelli (2), Northwestern Jase Richardson (2), Michigan State
March 10, 2025[55] D’Marco Dunn, Penn State Jase Richardson (3), Michigan State

Early season tournaments

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Of the 18 Big Ten teams, 13 will participate in early season tournaments.[56]

Team Tournament Finish
Indiana Battle 4 Atlantis 7th
Michigan Fort Myers Tip-Off 1st
Michigan State Maui Invitational 3rd
Minnesota ESPN Events Invitational 4th
Nebraska Diamond Head Classic 1st
Northwestern Arizona Tip-Off 3rd
Oregon Players Era Festival 1st
Penn State Sunshine Slam 2nd
Purdue Rady Children's Invitational 1st
Rutgers Players Era Festival 6th
USC Acrisure Classic 4th
Washington Acrisure Invitational 1st
Wisconsin Greenbrier Tip-Off 1st

Conference matrix

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This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan St
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio St
Oregon
Penn St
Purdue
Rutgers
UCLA
USC
Washington
Wisconsin
vs. Illinois 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
vs. Indiana 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
vs. Iowa 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
vs. Maryland 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1
vs. Michigan 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
vs. Michigan St 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
vs. Minnesota 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0
vs. Nebraska 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
vs. Northwestern 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
vs. Ohio State 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
vs. Oregon 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1
vs. Penn State 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
vs. Purdue 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
vs. Rutgers 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
vs. UCLA 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1
vs. USC 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0
vs. Washington 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
vs. Wisconsin 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
Total 12–8 10–10 7–13 14–6 14–6 17–3 7–13 7–13 7–13 9–11 12–8 6–14 13–7 8–12 13–7 7–13 4–16 13–7

Final conference records

All-Big Ten awards and teams

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On March 11, 2025, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.[57]

Honor Coaches Media
Player of the Year Braden Smith, Purdue Braden Smith, Purdue
Coach of the Year Tom Izzo, Michigan State Tom Izzo, Michigan State
Freshman of the Year Derik Queen, Maryland Derik Queen, Maryland
Defensive Players of the Year Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State Not selected
Sixth Man of the Year Will Riley, Illinois Not selected
All-Big Ten First Team Derik Queen, Maryland Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
Brice Williams, Nebraska Brice Williams, Nebraska
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
Braden Smith, Purdue Braden Smith, Purdue
John Tonje, Wisconsin John Tonje, Wisconsin
All-Big Ten Second Team Vladislav Goldin, Michigan Derik Queen, Maryland
Danny Wolf, Michigan Danny Wolf, Michigan
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
All-Big Ten Third Team Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
Jaden Akins, Michigan State Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Jase Richardson, Michigan State Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Nate Bittle, Oregon Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon Not selected
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA Not selected
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Oumar Ballo, Indiana Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois
Payton Sandfort, Iowa Malik Reneau, Indiana
Julian Reese, Maryland Oumar Ballo, Indiana
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State Payton Sandfort, Iowa
Ace Bailey, Rutgers Julian Reese, Maryland
Dylan Harper, Rutgers Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
John Blackwell, Wisconsin Nate Bittle, Oregon
Not selected 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
All-Freshman Team Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois Not selected
Derik Queen, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
All-Defensive Team Jadin Akins, Michigan State Not selected
TJ Bamba, Oregon
Nate Bittle, Oregon
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
Kobe Johnson, UCLA

Postseason

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Big Ten tournament

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First round
Wednesday, March 12
Peacock
Second round
Thursday, March 13
BTN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14
BTN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
CBS
Championship
Sunday, March 16
CBS
1Michigan State
8Oregon
9Indiana
4UCLA
5Wisconsin
12Minnesota6413Northwestern
13Northwestern72
2Maryland
7Illinois
10Ohio State7015Iowa
15Iowa77
3Michigan
6Purdue
11Rutgers8914USC
14USC97**

* denotes overtime period

Although the conference grew by four teams, it has allotted only one additional spot for the conference tournament – meaning three teams will not qualify for the tournament. The tournament will still be over five days, with double byes for the top four seeds, and single byes for the next five seeds.[58]

NCAA Tournament

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Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
TBD
W–L (%): – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–)
Total: – (–)

NIT

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Seed School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
TBD
W–L (%): – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) Total: – (–)

CBC

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Seed School First round Second round Semifinals Finals
TBD
W–L (%): – (–) – (–) – (–) – (–) Total: – (–)

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