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ROSEMONT, Ill. —&nbsp;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. &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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&nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; 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 &nbsp; OREGON Home: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Away: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers Home/Away: UCLA, USC, WashingtonPENN STATE Home: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin Away: Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Washington Home/Away: Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers&nbsp; 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 &nbsp; RUTGERS Home: Indiana, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, Washington Away: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin Home/Away: Maryland, Michigan State, Penn StateUCLA Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Home/Away: Oregon, USC, WashingtonUSC Home: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers Away: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Home/Away: Oregon, UCLA, WashingtonWASHINGTON 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

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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.&nbsp; He is the 11th honoree in program history.&nbsp;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 <a href="https://academicallamerica.com/news/2025/4/14/2024-25-academic-all-america-mens-basketball-teams-announced-for-all-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspx" target="_self">2024-25 Men's Basketball Academic All-America honors</a>.

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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 <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2024-25-cbs-sports-all-america-teams-college-basketballs-best-and-most-talented-players/" target="_self">CBS Sports All-America</a> honors.Click here to view the complete list of <a href="https://www.woodenaward.com/news/2024-25-mens-all-america-team-top-5/" target="_self">John R. Wooden Award All-America</a> honors.

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<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/">BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/stats/">BIG TEN STATISTICS</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MBB&division=1">NCAA STATISTICS</a><a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/schedule/"> BIG TEN SCHEDULE &amp; RESULTS</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/standings/">BIG TEN STANDINGS</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll">NCAA AP TOP 25 POLL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/ncaab/coaches-poll#gnt-rf">NCAA USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/40950">NCAA NET RANKINGS</a><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt45c0b71b26fdc8a0/Big Ten MBB Weekly Release 032725 Final.pdf" target="_self">WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH&nbsp;27</a><a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/article/bltd0ad688a757a5c54/">2025 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON CENTRAL</a>Big Ten. Big News.<ul><li>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.</li><li>More than 10.1 million fans watched Michigan’s victory over Texas A&amp;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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>Michigan overcame a 10-point second half deficit in its 91-79 win over No. 4 seed Texas A&amp;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.&nbsp;</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>

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Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 28-April 1 (032725)

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. &nbsp;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 <a href="https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2025/3/25//Acad_MBB_2024_25.pdf?id=5564" target="_self">2024-25 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams</a>.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*

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Niko Medved Named Head Men's Basketball Coach (032425)

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Ben McCollum Named Iowa Head Men’s Basketball Coach (032525)

<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/">BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/stats/">BIG TEN STATISTICS</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MBB&division=1">NCAA STATISTICS</a><a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/schedule/"> BIG TEN SCHEDULE &amp; RESULTS</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/standings/">BIG TEN STANDINGS</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll">NCAA AP TOP 25 POLL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/ncaab/coaches-poll#gnt-rf">NCAA USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/40950">NCAA NET RANKINGS</a><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt55c94e2e7a1eccab/Big Ten MBB Weekly Release 031925 Final.pdf" target="_self">WEEKLY RELEASE - MARCH&nbsp;20</a><a href="https://bigten.org/mbb/article/bltd0ad688a757a5c54/" target="_self">2025 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON CENTRAL</a>Big Ten. Big News.<ul><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>

Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Central - March 20-23 (031923)

<a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blte871cd6bb95187d8/67ddb96ac5b83ea147924f5e/Winter_25_All-Big_Ten_Academic..pdf" target="_self">Full Winter 2025 Academic All-Big Ten List</a>ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of 1,154 students on winter sports rosters who have been named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team Wednesday.&nbsp;The list of honorees includes 81 men’s and 102 women’s basketball students, 107 men’s ice hockey students, 65 men’s and 158 women’s gymnastics students, 163 men’s and 282 women’s swim and dive students, and 196 wrestling students.&nbsp;To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team (as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for fall sports), have been enrolled full time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.&nbsp;Among the winter Academic All-Big Ten honorees, 34 had unblemished GPAs:&nbsp;Men’s Basketball&nbsp;Steve Crowl, Wisconsin, Grad Student, Sports Leadership, Eagan, Minn.&nbsp;Women’s Basketball&nbsp;Kendall Bostic, Illinois, Grad Student, EDM: Special Education Kokomo, Ind.&nbsp;Sofia Bell, Oregon, Senior, Business Administration, Portland, Ore.&nbsp;Natalie Leuzinger, Wisconsin, Grad Student, Kinesiology – Applied Exercise Science, Monroe, Wis.&nbsp;Men’s Ice Hockey&nbsp;Dolan Gilbert, Michigan State, Junior, Psychology, South Bend, Ind.&nbsp;Owen Lindmark, Wisconsin, Grad Student, Sports Leadership, Naperville, Ill.&nbsp;Simon Tassy, Wisconsin, Junior, Personal Finance, Montreal, Quebec&nbsp;Men’s Gymnastics&nbsp;Amari Sewell, Illinois, Grad Student, Community Health, Bowie, Md.&nbsp;Michael Artlip, Penn State, Grad Student, Electrical Engineering, Bellaire, Texas&nbsp;William Fleck, Penn State, Junior, Electrical Engineering, Fairfax, Va.&nbsp;Women’s Gymnastics&nbsp;Kaia Vanney, Iowa, Junior, Interdepartmental Studies (Health Sciences), Redondo Beach, Calif.&nbsp;Carly Bauman, Michigan, Grad Student, Masters of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, West Des Moines, Iowa&nbsp;Lily Clapper, Michigan, Junior, Business Administration, Ann Arbor, Mich.&nbsp;Reyna Guggino, Michigan, Grad Student, Masters of Movement Science, Tampa, Fla.&nbsp;Stephanie Lebster, Michigan State, Junior, Kinesiology, Holland, Mich.&nbsp;Sarah Moraw, Minnesota, Senior, Human Resource Development, Holland, Mich.&nbsp;Men’s Swim and Dive&nbsp;Jassen Yep, Indiana, Grad Student, Sociology Mass., Saratoga, Calif.&nbsp;Aaron Baltaytis, Northwestern, Sophomore, Data Science, Tanfly, N.J.&nbsp;Women’s Swim and Dive&nbsp;Martina Cibulkova, Illinois, Sophomore, Kinesiology, Bratislava, Slovakia&nbsp;Abigail Ninan, Illinois, Sophomore, Accountancy, Campbell, Calif.&nbsp;Alexis Wendel, Illinois, Junior, Finance; Management, Winnetka, Ill.&nbsp;Lily Witte, Indiana, Sophomore, Computer Science, Dexter, Mich.&nbsp;Anna Freed, Indiana, Grad Student, Business Management, Bradenton, Fla.&nbsp;Ching Hwee Gan, Indiana, Senior, Nutrition Science, Singapore, Singapore&nbsp;Jade Roghair, Minnesota, Senior, Neuroscience, Iowa City, Iowa&nbsp;JoJo Randby, Nebraska, Senior, Biological Sciences/Management, Omaha, Neb.&nbsp;Amelia Riggott, Nebraska, Sophomore, Psychology/Sports Media &amp; Communication, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK&nbsp;Beatrix Tanko, Nebraska, Sophomore, Computer Science/Finance, Budapest, Hungary&nbsp;Elena Dry, UCLA, Sophomore, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Raleigh, N.C.&nbsp;Angela Quan, UCLA, Sophomore, Computer Science, Fremont, Calif.&nbsp;Callahan Dunn, Wisconsin, Grad Student, Sports Leadership, Lagrange, Ill.&nbsp;Wrestling&nbsp;Jacob Moran, Indiana, Grad Student, Public Health Grad Certificate Online, Portage, Ind.&nbsp;Cullan Schriever, Iowa, Finance, Mason City, Iowa&nbsp;Zack Mattin, Michigan, Biology, Health &amp; Sciences, Delta, Ohio&nbsp;Ethan DeLeon, Nebraska, Sophomore, Nutrition &amp; Health Sciences, North Sioux City, Iowa&nbsp;

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Big Ten Recognizes Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honorees (2025)

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 <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-allamerica-mens-basketball-teams-3c18f2c7fe8e56ff1c912df512b70836" target="_self">2024-25 AP All-America Teams</a>.Click here to view the complete list of <a href="https://nabc.com/nabc_releases/2025/nabc-division-i-all-america-teams-announced-2/" target="_self">2024-25 NABC All-America honors</a>.Click here to view the complete list of <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/sporting-news-2024-25-college-basketball-all-america-team/bd32682b993fdb8a1014ba54" target="_self">2024-25 Sporting News All-America honors</a>.Click here to view the complete list of <a href="https://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2025/03/19/usbwa-unveils-2024-25-mens-all-america-team" target="_self">2024-25 USBWA All-America honors</a>.

Big Ten Men's Basketball Players Score All-America Honors (031925)

ROSEMONT, Ill. – On Tuesday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its &nbsp;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 &nbsp;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&nbsp;NABC Division I district alignment&nbsp;features 10 geographic regions that each encompass multiple states. Every Division I school in each given state belongs to that state’s corresponding district.<a href="https://nabc.com/nabc_releases/2025/nabc-announces-division-i-all-district-teams-coaches-of-the-year/" target="_self">Click here to view the complete list of NABC All-District honors</a>.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 StateCo-Coach of the Year: Kevin Willard, MarylandGreat 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 StateMid Atlantic District First Team Ace Bailey, Rutgers Dylan Harper, RutgersSecond Team Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn StatePacific District First Team Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA Great Osobor, Washington Second Team Nate Bittle, Oregon Jackson Shelstad, Oregon Desmond Claude, USC

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Big Ten Collects 29 NABC All-District Honors (031825)

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Darian DeVries Named 31st Head Coach of Indiana Men’s Basketball Program (031825)

<a href="https://collegebasketballcrown.com/#bracket" target="_self">View 2025 College Basketball Crown Bracket</a>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.

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Two Big Ten Teams to Compete in the College Basketball Crown (031825)

<a href="https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/mml-official-bracket/2025-03-16/2025-ncaa-printable-bracket-schedule-march-madness" target="_self">View 2025 NCAA Tournament Bracket</a>ROSEMONT, Ill. -&nbsp;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 TBSFriday, 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

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8 Big Ten Teams Selected for NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (031625)

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.

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