2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
TV partner(s) Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2017 NBA draft
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament
2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Maryland 0 0       8 1   .889
No. 9 Indiana 0 0       7 1   .875
Minnesota 0 0       7 1   .875
Ohio State 0 0       7 1   .875
Rutgers 0 0       7 1   .875
No. 17 Wisconsin 0 0       7 2   .778
Michigan 0 0       6 2   .750
Northwestern 0 0       6 2   .750
No. 18 Purdue 0 0       6 2   .750
Illinois 0 0       6 3   .667
Penn State 0 0       6 3   .667
Nebraska 0 0       5 3   .625
Michigan State 0 0       5 4   .556
Iowa 0 0       3 5   .375
2017 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

The Conference held its preseason media day on October 13 in Washington, D.C.[1] The season will begin on November 11 and conference play is slated to start on December 27.[2] The Big Ten Tournament will be held from March 8 through March 12 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.[3] It will be the first Big Ten Conference Tournament in Washington, D.C. The winner of the tournament will receive the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Indiana is the defending regular season conference champion. Michigan State is the defending Big Ten Tournament champion.

Preseason

Big Ten recruits at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Joshua Langford, Michigan State
Miles Bridges, Michigan State

Preseason All-Big Ten

On October 11, 2016, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.[4]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
Preseason All-Big Ten Team Malcolm Hill, Illinois
James Blackmon Jr., Indiana
Thomas Bryant, Indiana
Peter Jok, Iowa
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul-Jabbar Olson Tisdale Notes
O. G. Anunoby Green tick [5]
James Blackmon Jr. Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [6][7][8][9]
Miles Bridges Green tick Green tick Green tick [10][8][9]
Thomas Bryant Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [11][7][8][9]
Vincent Edwards Green tick [5]
Isaac Haas Green tick [11]
Ethan Happ Green tick Green tick Green tick [11][8][9]
Eron Harris Green tick [6]
Nigel Hayes Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [10][7][8][9]
Malcolm Hill Green tick Green tick [6][9]
Peter Jok Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [6][7][8][9]
Bronson Koenig Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [12][7][8][9]
Caleb Swanigan Green tick Green tick Green tick [10][8][9]
Jae'Sean Tate Green tick [5]
Melo Trimble Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick [12][7][8][9]

Preseason All-American teams

CBS[13] AP TSN USA
Today
SB
Nation
Blue
Ribbon
[14]
Athlon
Sports
[15]
Bleacher
Report
NBC
Sports
[16]
Sporting
News
[17]
BigTen.org BTN Sports
Illustrated
[18]
Lindy's
Sports
O. G. Anunoby 3rd 2nd 3rd
Miles Bridges 2nd
Thomas Bryant 3rd 1st3rd 2nd
Nigel Hayes 3rd 1st 2nd
Melo Trimble 2nd 1st 2nd 1st

Preseason polls

AP[19] Coaches[20] CBS[21] NBC[22] Sporting
News
[17]
Sports
Illustrated
[23]
Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[24]
Bleacher
Report
[25]
Athlon
Sports
[26]
Lindy's
Sports
[27]
ESPN[28] USBWA[29]
Illinois
Indiana1112 914131518912 1413
Iowa
Maryland2521 25 24
Michigan
Michigan State129 151011 111411111311
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue1515 2015101191414122114
Rutgers
Wisconsin910 11118867106128

Rankings

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
  Pre/
Wk 1
Wk
2
Wk
3
Wk
4
Wk
5
Wk
6
Wk
7
Wk
8
Wk
9
Wk
10
Wk
11
Wk
12
Wk
13
Wk
14
Wk
15
Wk
16
Wk
17
Wk
18
Wk
19
Final
Illinois AP
C
Indiana AP 11 6 (1) 3 (2) 13
C 12 5 5 (2) 10
Iowa AP
C
Maryland AP 25 RV RV RV
C 21 24 23 22
Michigan AP RV 25T RV
C RV RV 24 RV
Michigan State AP 12 13 24 RV
C 9 13 20 RV
Minnesota AP RV
C
Nebraska AP
C
Northwestern AP
C
Ohio State AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV
Penn State AP
C
Purdue AP 15 15 17 15
C 15 15 19 16
Rutgers AP RV RV
C
Wisconsin AP 9 9 16 17
C 10 11 14 17

Player of the week

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

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 14, 2016[30] Malcolm Hill, ILL Curtis Jones Jr., IND
James Blackmon Jr., IND Miles Bridges, MSU
November 21, 2016[31] Peter Jok, IOWA Amir Coffey, MINN
November 28, 2016[32] Melo Trimble, MD Miles Bridges (2), MSU
Caleb Swanigan, PUR

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan St Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio St Penn St Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin
vs. Illinois 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Indiana 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Iowa 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Maryland 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Michigan 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Michigan St 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Minnesota 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Nebraska 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Northwestern 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Ohio State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Penn State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Purdue 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Rutgers 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Wisconsin 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Head coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois John Groce Ohio 5th 77–61 29–43 0 1 0 0
Indiana Tom Crean Marquette 9th 148–119 64–80 2 4 0 0
Iowa Fran McCaffery Siena 7th 118–86 54–54 0 3 0 0
Maryland Mark Turgeon Texas A&M 6th 114–59 26–10* 0 1 0 0
Michigan John Beilein West Virginia 10th 189–123 88–74 2 6 1 0
Michigan State Tom Izzo Michigan State (Asst.) 22nd 524–205 246–111 7 19 7 1
Minnesota Richard Pitino Florida International 4th 51–51 16–38 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Tim Miles Colorado State 5th 63–67 27–45 0 1 0 0
Northwestern Chris Collins Duke (Asst.) 4th 49–48 20–34 0 0 0 0
Ohio State Thad Matta Xavier 13th 320–108 143–67 5 9 2 0
Penn State Pat Chambers Boston University 6th 72–91 23–67 0 0 0 0
Purdue Matt Painter Purdue (Assoc.) 12th 238–134 113–84 1 8 0 0
Rutgers Steve Pikiell Stony Brook 1st 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Greg Gard Wisconsin (Assoc.) 2nd 15–8 12–6 0 1 0 0

Notes:

Honors and Awards

All-Big Ten Awards and Teams

Honor- Coaches Media
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year Not Selected
Sixth Man of the Year Not Selected
All Big Ten First Team
All Big Ten Second Team
All Big Ten Third Team
All Big Ten Honorable Mention
No selected
All-Freshman Team Not Selected
All Defensive Team Not Selected

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 1
2
Second round – Thursday, March 9
2 3
4
3 5
6
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
4 7
8
5 9
10
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
6 11 CBS
12
Championship – Sunday, March 12
7 13 CBS
*Game times in Eastern Time. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

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