2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 2025–26 Big Ten men's basketball season is for the Big Ten Conference in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The teams began practicing in October 2025, and started the season in November 2025. The regular season concluded on March 8, 2026.

LeagueNCAA Division I

SportBasketball

Teams18

TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock, NBC, NBCSN

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2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Teams	18
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock, NBC, NBCSN
2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions	Michigan
Season MVP	Yaxel Lendeborg
Top scorer	Nick Martinelli
Tournament
Venue	United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Purdue
Runners-up	Michigan
Basketball seasons
2024–25 2026–27

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2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Michigan	19	–	1	.950	37	–	3	.925
No. 14 Nebraska	15	–	5	.750	28	–	7	.800
No. 5 Illinois	15	–	5	.750	28	–	9	.757
No. 11 Michigan State	15	–	5	.750	27	–	8	.771
No. 25 Wisconsin	14	–	6	.700	24	–	11	.686
No. 6 Purdue †	13	–	7	.650	30	–	9	.769
UCLA	13	–	7	.650	24	–	12	.667
Ohio State	12	–	8	.600	21	–	13	.618
No. 15 Iowa	10	–	10	.500	24	–	13	.649
Indiana	9	–	11	.450	18	–	14	.563
Minnesota	8	–	12	.400	15	–	18	.455
USC	7	–	13	.350	18	–	14	.563
Washington	7	–	13	.350	16	–	17	.485
Rutgers	6	–	14	.300	14	–	20	.412
Northwestern	5	–	15	.250	15	–	19	.441
Oregon	5	–	15	.250	12	–	20	.375
Maryland	4	–	16	.200	12	–	21	.364
Penn State	3	–	17	.150	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Purdue was the preseason AP and Coaches Poll No. 1 ranked team for the first time in school history.

On February 24, 2026, Michigan clinched at least a share of the regular season championship with a win against Minnesota.^[1] On February 27, Michigan secured the outright Big Ten title against Illinois on the road. It was the Wolverines first regular season championship since 2021.^[2] Michigan finished the regular season with a 19–1 record in the conference, setting a Big Ten record for the most wins while surpassing the 1974–75 and 1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers (18–0).^[3]

Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg was named Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Michigan's head coach Dusty May (media) and Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg (coaches) were named the co-Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.^[4]

The Big Ten tournament was held from March 10 through March 15 at United Center in Chicago. Purdue defeated the defending champions, Michigan, to win the tournament.^[5]

Purdue received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In addition, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, UCLA, and Wisconsin received at-large bids to the tournament. Through the Sweet Sixteen, the Big Ten had a combined 17–5 record and advanced four teams to the Elite Eight; Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Purdue. The SEC in 2025 is the only other conference in NCAA tournament history to do so.^[6] Illinois won the South Region, and Michigan won the Midwest Region, as the Big Ten advanced two teams to the Final Four for the fourth time since 2000.^[7] Michigan advanced to the national championship game, defeating UConn to win the Big Ten's first national title since Michigan State in 2000.^[8]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Indiana

On February 8, 2025, the school announced that head coach Mike Woodson would not return as head coach.^[9] On March 18, the school named West Virginia head coach Darian DeVries the team's new head coach.^[10]

Iowa

On March 14, 2025, the school fired head coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons. He finished with a 297–207 overall record with Iowa.^[11]^[12] On March 24, the school named Drake head coach Ben McCollum the team's new coach.^[13]

Maryland

Following the season, head coach Kevin Willard left the team to take the head coaching position at Villanova.^[14] On April 1, the school named Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams the team's new head coach.^[15]

Minnesota

On March 13, 2025, the school fired head coach Ben Johnson.^[16] On March 24, the school named Colorado State head coach Niko Medved the team's new coach.^[17]

Coaches

More information Team, Head coach ...

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	9	165–101 (.620)	92–66 (.582)	1	2	5	0	0
Indiana	Darian DeVries	West Virginia	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa	Ben McCollum	Drake	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Maryland	Buzz Williams	Texas A&M	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	Dusty May	Florida Atlantic	2	27–10 (.730)	14–6 (.700)	0	1	1	0	0
Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (Asst.)	31	737–302 (.709)	361–173 (.676)	11	6	27	8	1
Minnesota	Niko Medved	Colorado State	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Fred Hoiberg	Chicago Bulls	7	84–108 (.438)	37–82 (.311)	0	0	1	0	0
Northwestern	Chris Collins	Duke (Asst.)	13	194–190 (.505)	87–142 (.380)	0	0	3	0	0
Ohio State	Jake Diebler	Ohio State (Assoc.)	3	25–18 (.581)	9–11 (.450)	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon	Dana Altman	Creighton	16	370–162 (.695)	12–8 (.600)	0	0	9	1	0
Penn State	Mike Rhoades	VCU	3	32–32 (.500)	15–25 (.375)	0	0	0	0	0
Purdue	Matt Painter	Purdue (Assoc.)	21	471–215 (.687)	238–129 (.649)	5	2	15	1	0
Rutgers	Steve Pikiell	Stony Brook	10	147–140 (.512)	71–105 (.403)	0	0	2	0	0
UCLA	Mick Cronin	Cincinnati	7	138–64 (.683)	13–7 (.650)	0	0	4	1	0
USC	Eric Musselman	Arkansas	2	17–18 (.486)	7–13 (.350)	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	Danny Sprinkle	Utah State	2	13–18 (.419)	4–16 (.200)	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (Assoc.)	11	212–117 (.644)	117–77 (.603)	2	0	7	0	0

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Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time as head coach with current school only.
Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
Overall and Big Ten records are from time as head coach at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

The Big Ten Media poll was released on October 7, 2025.^[18]

More information Rank, Team ...

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

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Preseason All-Big Ten

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.^[19]

More information Honor, Recipient ...

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Braden Smith, Purdue
Preseason All-Big Ten Team	Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
	Nate Bittle, Oregon
	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
	Braden Smith, Purdue
	Donovan Dent, UCLA
	John Blackwell, Wisconsin

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Preseason national polls

More information AP, Blue RibbonYearbook ...

	AP^[20]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[21]	CBS Sports^[22]	Coaches^[23]	ESPN^[24]	FOX Sports^[25]	Lindy's Sports^[26]	Sporting News^[27]	Sports Illustrated^[28]
Illinois	17	20	24	14	16	20	23	13	15
Indiana
Iowa							31		25
Maryland
Michigan	7	9	8	7	8	6	4	11	11
Michigan State	22		16	21	27	18	25		22
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State							38
Oregon						25	17		30
Penn State
Purdue	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	2	5
Rutgers
UCLA	12	12	10	12	15	12	16	10	19
USC					30
Washington
Wisconsin	24	21	26	24	20	21	33	18	23

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Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[29]	Naismith^[30]	Naismith DPOY	Robertson^[31]	Cousy^[32]	West^[33]	Erving^[34]	Malone^[35]	Abdul-Jabbar^[36]
Chad Baker-Mazara, USC							Y
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA								Y
Nate Bittle, Oregon	Y	Y		Y					Y
John Blackwell, Wisconsin	Y	Y		Y		Y
Kylan Boswell, Illinois						Y
Elliot Cadeau, Michigan					Y
Coen Carr, Michigan State							Y
Oscar Cluff, Purdue									Y
Eric Dailey Jr., UCLA							Y
Donovan Dent, UCLA	Y	Y		Y	Y
Tucker DeVries, Indiana	Y	Y		Y			Y
Alvaro Folgueiras, Iowa								Y
Tomislav Ivišić, Illinois		Y		Y					Y
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Y	Y		Y				Y
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan	Y	Y		Y				Y
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue							Y
Aday Mara, Michigan									Y
Rienk Mast, Nebraska									Y
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Y	Y		Y				Y
Rodney Rice, USC						Y
Devin Royal, Ohio State							Y
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon	Y	Y		Y
Braden Smith, Purdue	Y	Y		Y	Y
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa	Y	Y		Y	Y
Andrej Stojaković, Illinois	Y	Y					Y
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Y	Y		Y	Y
Wesley Yates III, Washington						Y

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP^[37]	CBS^[38]	USA Today^[39]	Sports Illustrated^[40]	SB Nation^[41]	Sporting News^[42]
Braden Smith, Purdue	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team
Yaxel Lendeborg , Michigan	1st team	2nd team	2nd team	2nd team	1st team	2nd team
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue		1st team		2nd team	2nd team	3rd team
Donovan Dent, UCLA		1st team		2nd team	1st team	2nd team
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa		2nd team		2nd team	3rd team

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

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		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	Wk 20	Final
Illinois	AP	17	14	8	13	14	13	18	20	20*	16	13	11	9	5	8	10	10	11	9	13	5
Illinois	C	14	14	8	14	15	13	18	19	19	16	13	11	10	6	7	10	11	11	9	12	5
Indiana	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	22	RV	RV	RV	RV*	RV
Indiana	C		RV	25	24	19T			RV	RV	RV	RV
Iowa	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25*	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV				15
Iowa	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	25	23	23	19	23	RV	25	RV	25	RV	RV				19
Maryland	AP									*
Maryland	C
Michigan	AP	7	6	7	7	3 (15)	2 (19)	2 (15)	2 (19)	2 (19)*	2 (29)	4	3	3	2	2	1 (60)	3	3	3 (1)	3	1 (57)
Michigan	C	7	5	6	6	2 (6)	1 (17)	1 (16)	1 (20)	1 (20)	1 (24)	3 (1)	2	2	2	2 (1)	1 (31)	3	3	3	3	1 (31)
Michigan State	AP	22	17	17	11	7	9	9	9	9*	12	12	10	7	10	10	15	13	8	8	11	11
Michigan State	C	21	17	18	12	8	9	9	9	9	13	12	10	8	10	10	15	13	8	8	11	11
Minnesota	AP									*
Minnesota	C
Nebraska	AP				RV	RV	23	15	13	13*	10	8	7	5	9	7	9	12	9	11	15	14
Nebraska	C				RV	RV	22	15	13	13	11	10	7	5	9	8	9	10	9	10	14	14
Northwestern	AP									*
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					*									RV	RV	RV	RV
Ohio State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV				RV								RV	RV
Oregon	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					*
Oregon	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Penn State	AP									*
Penn State	C
Purdue	AP	1 (35)	2 (36)	1 (44)	1 (46)	1 (40)	6	6	5	5*	5	5	4	12	12	13	7	8	15	18	8	6
Purdue	C	1 (18)	1 (21)	1 (20)	1 (23)	1 (21)	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	12	12	12	7	8	14	18	13	7
Rutgers	AP									*
Rutgers	C
UCLA	AP	12	15	19	18	RV	25	RV	RV	RV*	RV									RV	RV	RV
UCLA	C	12	15	20	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV										RV	RV	RV
USC	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	24			24	24*	RV	RV
USC	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV
Washington	AP	RV								*
Washington	C	RV
Wisconsin	AP	24	24	23	RV	RV	RV	RV		*		RV	RV	RV	RV		24	RV	RV	23	19	25
Wisconsin	C	24	22	21	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV				25	RV	RV	23	20	25

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*AP did not release a week 9 poll.

Players of the week

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.

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Week	Date	Player of the week	School	Freshman of the week	School
1^[43]	November 10, 2025	Tucker DeVries	Indiana	David Mirković	Illinois
1^[43]	November 10, 2025	Bruce Thornton	Ohio State	David Mirković
2^[44]	November 17, 2025	Braden Smith	Purdue	David Mirkovic (2)
3^[45]	November 24, 2025	Diggy Coit	Maryland	Braden Frager	Nebraska
4^[46]	December 1, 2025	Yaxel Lendeborg	Michigan	Kayden Mingo	Penn State
5^[47]	December 8, 2025	John Blackwell	Wisconsin	Hannes Steinbach	Washington
6^[48]	December 15, 2025	Pryce Sandfort	Nebraska	Keaton Wagler	Illinois
6^[48]	December 15, 2025	Lamar Wilkerson	Indiana	Keaton Wagler	Illinois
7^[49]	December 22, 2025	Skyy Clark	UCLA	Braden Frager (2)	Nebraska
7^[49]	December 22, 2025	Tariq Francis	Rutgers	Braden Frager (2)	Nebraska
8	December 29, 2025	Not Awarded
9^[50]	January 5, 2026	Morez Johnson Jr.	Michigan	Keaton Wagler (2)	Illinois
9^[50]	January 5, 2026	Braden Smith (2)	Purdue	Hannes Steinbach (2)	Washington
10^[51]	January 12, 2026	Nick Boyd	Wisconsin	Keaton Wagler (3)	Illinois
10^[51]	January 12, 2026	Braden Smith (3)	Purdue	Keaton Wagler (3)	Illinois
11^[52]	January 19, 2026	Diggy Coit (2)	Maryland	Braden Frager (3)	Nebraska
11^[52]	January 19, 2026	John Blackwell (2)	Wisconsin	Braden Frager (3)	Nebraska
12^[53]	January 26, 2026	Jeremy Fears Jr.	Michigan State	Keaton Wagler (4)	Illinois
12^[53]	January 26, 2026	Keaton Wagler	Illinois	Keaton Wagler (4)
13^[54]	February 2, 2026	Bennett Stirtz	Iowa	Keaton Wagler (5)
13^[54]	February 2, 2026	Jeremy Fears Jr. (2)	Michigan State	Keaton Wagler (5)
14^[55]	February 9, 2026	Lamar Wilkerson (2)	Indiana	Alijah Arenas	USC
14^[55]	February 9, 2026	Bennett Stirtz (2)	Iowa	Alijah Arenas	USC
15^[56]	February 16, 2026	Nick Boyd (2)	Wisconsin	Keaton Wagler (6)	Illinois
16^[57]	February 23, 2026	Bruce Thornton (2)	Ohio State	Andre Mills	Maryland
17^[58]	March 2, 2026	Pryce Sandfort (2)	Nebraska	Hannes Steinbach (3)	Washington
17^[58]	March 2, 2026	Nick Martinelli	Northwestern	Hannes Steinbach (3)	Washington
18^[59]	March 9, 2026	Bruce Thornton (3)	Ohio State	Hannes Steinbach (4)	Washington

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Early season tournaments

Of the 18 Big Ten teams, 11 participated in early season bracketed tournaments.^[60]

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Team	Tournament	Finish
Iowa	Acrisure Series (Classic)	1st
Maryland	Players Era Festival	Lost consolation game
Michigan	Players Era Festival	1st
Minnesota	Acrisure Series (Invitational)	4th
Nebraska	Hall of Fame Classic	1st
Oregon	Players Era Festival	Lost consolation game
Purdue	Bahamas Championship	1st
Rutgers	Players Era Festival	Won consolation game
USC	Maui Invitational	1st
Washington	Acrisure Series (Holiday Classic)	2nd
Wisconsin	Rady Children's Invitational	2nd

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Conference matrix

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

More information Illinois, Indiana ...

	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	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Indiana	1–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Iowa	1–0	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Maryland	2–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Michigan	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–	1–0
vs. Michigan St	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Minnesota	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
vs. Nebraska	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Northwestern	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Ohio State	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Oregon	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
vs. Penn State	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	–	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Purdue	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
vs. Rutgers	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. UCLA	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–2	1–0
vs. USC	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	2–0	0–1
vs. Washington	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	–	1–0
vs. Wisconsin	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	–
Total	15–5	9–11	10–10	4–16	19–1	15–5	8–12	15–5	5–15	12–8	5–15	3–17	13–7	6–14	13–7	7–13	7–13	14–6

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Through March 2, 2026

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 10, 2025, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.^[4]

More information Honor, Coaches ...

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
Coach of the Year	Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska	Dusty May, Michigan
Freshman of the Year	Keaton Wagler, Illinois	Keaton Wagler, Illinois
Defensive Players of the Year	Aday Mara, Michigan	Not selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Breden Frager, Nebraska	Not selected
All-Big Ten First Team	Keaton Wagler, Illinois	Keaton Wagler, Illinois
	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
	Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State	Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State
	Braden Smith, Purdue	Braden Smith, Purdue
	Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska	Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
All-Big Ten Second Team	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
	Nick Boyd, Wisconsin	Nick Boyd, Wisconsin
	Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana	Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan
	Bennett Stirtz, Iowa	Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska
All-Big Ten Third Team	Aday Mara, Michigan	Aday Mara, Michigan
	Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA	Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
	Hannes Steinbach, Washington	Hannes Steinbach, Washington
	John Blackwell, Wisconsin	John Blackwell, Wisconsin
	Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan	Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	David Mirkovic, Illinois	David Mirkovic, Illinois
	Cade Tyson, Minnesota	Cade Tyson, Minnesota
	Sam Hoiberg, Nebraska	Sam Hoiberg, Nebraska
	Jaxon Kohler, Michigan State	Jaxon Kohler, Michigan State
	Donovan Dent, UCLA	Donovan Dent, UCLA
	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
	Rienk Mast, Nebraska	Rienk Mast, Nebraska
	Not selected	Kylan Boswell, Illinois
		Elliot Cadeau, Michigan
		John Mobley Jr., Ohio State
		Tariq Francis, Rutgers
All-Freshman Team	Keaton Wagler, Illinois	Not selected
	David Mirkovic, Illinois
	Trey McKenney, Michigan
	Braden Frager, Nebraska
	Hannes Steinbach, Washington
All-Defensive Team	Aday Mara, Michigan	Not selected
	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
	Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan
	Kylan Boswell, Illinois
	Sam Hoiberg, Nebraska

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Postseason

Big Ten tournament


First round Tuesday, March 10 Peacock/NBCSN			Second round Wednesday, March 11 Peacock/NBCSN/BTN			Third round Thursday, March 12 BTN			Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 BTN			Semifinals Saturday, March 14 CBS			Championship Sunday, March 15 CBS



									1	3 Michigan	71

						8	Ohio State	72	8	Ohio State	67

			9	Iowa	75	9	Iowa	69				1	3 Michigan	68

16	Oregon	60	17	Maryland	64							5	23 Wisconsin	65

17	Maryland	70							4	9 Illinois	88

						5	23 Wisconsin	85	5	23 Wisconsin	91*

			12	Washington	83*	12	Washington	82							1	3 Michigan	72

			13	USC	79										7	18 Purdue	80

									2	11 Nebraska	58

						7	18 Purdue	81	7	18 Purdue	74

			10	Indiana	61	15	Northwestern	68				7	18 Purdue	73

15	Northwestern	76	15	Northwestern	74							6	UCLA	66

18	Penn State	66							3	8 Michigan State	84

						6	UCLA	72	6	UCLA	88

			11	Minnesota	67	14	Rutgers	59

			14	Rutgers	72

* denotes overtime period

Unlike the previous edition, the tournament has been expanded to include all 18 teams, occurring over six days instead of five.^[61]^[62]

NCAA tournament

More information Seed, Region ...

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	Midwest	Michigan	W 101–80 vs. (16) Howard	W 95–72 vs. (9) Saint Louis	W 90–77 vs. (4) Alabama	W 95–62 vs. (6) Tennessee	W 91–73 vs. (W1) Arizona	W 69–63 vs. (E2) UConn
2	West	Purdue	W 104–71 vs. (15) Queens	W 79–69 vs. (7) Miami (FL)	W 79–77 vs. (11) Texas	L 64–79 vs. (1) Arizona	DNP
3	South	Illinois	W 105–70 vs. (14) Penn	W 76–55 vs. (11) VCU	W 65–55 vs. (2) Houston	W 71–59 vs. (9) Iowa	L 62–71 vs. (E2) UConn	DNP
3	East	Michigan State	W 92–67 vs. (14) North Dakota State	W 77–69 vs. (6) Louisville	L 63–67 vs. (2) UConn	DNP
4	South	Nebraska	W 76–47 vs. (13) Troy	W 74–72 vs. (5) Vanderbilt	L 71–77 vs. (9) Iowa	DNP
5	West	Wisconsin	L 82–83 vs. (12) High Point	DNP
7	East	UCLA	W 75–71 vs. (10) UCF	L 57–73 vs. (2) UConn	DNP
8	East	Ohio State	L 64–66 vs. (9) TCU	DNP
9	South	Iowa	W 67–61 vs. (8) Clemson	W 73–72 vs. (1) Florida	W 77–71 vs. (4) Nebraska	L 59–71 vs. (3) Illinois	DNP
		W–L (%):	7–2 (.778)	6–1 (.857)	4–2 (.667)	2–2 (.500)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)
Total: 21–8 (.724)

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CBC

More information School, Quarterfinals ...

School	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Minnesota	L 48–67 vs. Baylor	DNP
Rutgers	L 69–82 vs. Creighton	DNP
W-L (%):	0–2 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Total: 0–2 (.000)

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NIT

No Big Ten teams participated in 2026.

NBA draft

PG	Point guard	SG	Shooting guard	SF	Small forward	PF	Power forward	C	Center

More information Rnd., Pick ...

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality^{[n 1]}	Team	School / club team
1	5	Keaton Wagler	SG/PG	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Indiana)^[A]	Illinois (Fr.)
1	9	Morez Johnson Jr.	PF/C	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Michigan (So.)
1	11	Yaxel Lendeborg	PF	Dominican Republic United States	Golden State Warriors	Michigan (Sr.)
1	12	Aday Mara	C	Spain	Oklahoma City Thunder (from L.A. Clippers)^[B]	Michigan (Jr.)
1	14	Hannes Steinbach	PF	Germany	Charlotte Hornets	Washington (Fr.)
1	16	Bennett Stirtz	PG	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Phoenix via Orlando,^[C] traded to Oklahoma City)^[a]	Iowa (Sr.)
2	31	Bruce Thornton	PG	United States	New York Knicks (from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston,^[D] traded to Houston)^[b]	Ohio State (Sr.)
2	38	Braden Smith	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland,^[E] traded to Indiana)^[c]	Purdue (Sr.)
2	43	Tyler Bilodeau	PF	United States	Brooklyn Nets (from LA Clippers via Houston)^[F]	UCLA (Sr.)
2	55	Nick Martinelli	SF	United States	New York Knicks (traded to L.A. Clippers)^[b]	Northwestern (Sr.)
2	59	Trey Kaufman-Renn	PF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (from San Antonio via Indiana)^[G]	Purdue (Sr.)

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Pre-draft trades

Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams.

[A]
February 5, 2026: Indiana Pacers to Los Angeles Clippers^[63]
L.A. Clippers acquired Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, 2026 and 2029 IND first-round picks, and 2028 DAL second-round pick

Indiana acquired Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown
[B]
July 10, 2019: Los Angeles Clippers to Oklahoma City Thunder^[64]
Oklahoma City acquired Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; Danilo Gallinari; 2022, 2024, and 2026 first-round picks; 2021 and 2023 MIA first-round picks; and right to swap 2023 and 2025 first-round picks

L.A. Clippers acquired Paul George
[C]
July 17, 2023: Phoenix Suns to Orlando Magic^[65]
Orlando acquired 2026 first-round pick swap

Phoenix acquired 2024 DEN second-round pick, 2026 second-round pick, and 2028 BOS protected second-round pick
June 27, 2025: Orlando Magic to Memphis Grizzlies^[66]
Memphis acquired Kentavious Caldwell-Pope; Cole Anthony; 2025, 2028, and 2030 ORL first-round picks; 2026 first-round pick; and 2029 ORL first-round pick swap

Orlando acquired Desmond Bane
[D]
December 2, 2020: Washington Wizards to Houston Rockets^[68]
Washington acquired Russell Westbrook

Houston acquired John Wall, 2026 and 2027 WAS second-round picks
July 30, 2021: Houston Rockets to Oklahoma City Thunder^[69]
Houston acquired draft rights to Alperen Şengün

Oklahoma City acquired 2026 and 2027 WAS second-round picks
June 24, 2022: Oklahoma City Thunder to New York Knicks^[70]
Oklahoma City acquired draft rights to Ousmane Dieng

New York acquired 2023 DEN and DET protected first-round picks, 2026 and 2027 WAS second-round picks
[E]
November 27, 2020: New Orleans Pelicans to Portland Trail Blazers^[73]
New Orleans acquired CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., and Tony Snell

Portland acquired Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Josh Hart, Didi Louzada, Tomáš Satoranský, 2022 protected first-round pick, 2026 and 2027 second-round picks
July 6, 2022: Portland Trail Blazers to Detroit Pistons^[74]
Portland acquired Jerami Grant and draft rights to Ismaël Kamagate

Detroit acquired draft rights to Gabriele Procida, 2025 MIL protected first-round pick, 2025 DET second-round pick, and 2026 second-round pick
June 28, 2023: Detroit Pistons to Boston Celtics^[75]
Detroit acquired draft rights to Marcus Sasser

Boston acquired draft rights to James Nnaji, 2025 and 2026 second-round picks
February 5, 2026: Boston Celtics to Chicago Bulls^[76]
Boston acquired Nikola Vučević and 2027 DEN second-round pick

Chicago acquired draft rights to Anfernee Simons and 2026 second-round pick
[F]
February 9, 2023: Los Angeles Clippers to Houston Rockets (three-team trade with Memphis)^[78]
Houston acquired John Wall, Danny Green, and LAC second-round pick swap

L.A. Clippers acquired Eric Gordon and three second-round picks

Memphis acquired Luke Kennard
July 6, 2025: Houston Rockets to Brooklyn Nets (seven-team trade with Phoenix, Atlanta, Golden State, Minnesota, L.A. Lakers)^[79]
Brooklyn acquired 2026 LAC second-round pick and 2030 BOS second-round pick

Houston acquired Kevin Durant and Clint Capela

Phoenix acquired Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Daeqwon Plowden, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, 2026 PHI second-round pick, and 2032 second-round pick

Atlanta acquired David Roddy and 2031 HOU second-round pick swap

Golden State acquired Alex Toohey and Jahmai Mashack

Minnesota acquired Rocco Zikarsky, 2026 and 2032 second-round picks

L.A. Lakers acquired Adou Thiero
[G]
July 6, 2019: Miami Heat to Indiana Pacers (three-team trade with Phoenix)^[80]^[81]^[82]
Indiana acquired TJ Warren, 2022, 2025, and 2026 MIA second-round picks

Miami acquired 2019 PHX second-round pick

Phoenix acquired cash considerations
August 8, 2021: Indiana Pacers to San Antonio Spurs^[83]
San Antonio acquired Doug McDermott, 2023 second-round pick, and 2026 second-round pick swap

Indiana acquired 2023 second-round pick
June 23, 2022: Indiana Pacers to Minnesota Timberwolves^[84]
Minnesota acquired 2026 SAS second-round pick

Indiana acquired Kendall Brown

Post-draft trades

Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day or after free agency officially begins.

[a]
June 23, 2026: Memphis Grizzlies to Oklahoma City Thunder^[67]
Memphis acquired draft rights to Ebuka Okorie (No. 17 pick) and two second-round picks

Oklahoma City acquired draft rights to Bennett Stirtz (No. 16 pick)
[b]
June 24, 2026: New York Knicks to Houston Rockets (four-team trade with Detroit and L.A. Clippers)^[71]^[72]
Houston acquired the draft rights to Bruce Thornton (No. 31 pick) and cash considerations

New York acquired the draft rights to Jack Kayil (No. 39 pick) and Mojave King, 2029 SAC second-round pick, and cash considerations

Detroit acquired the draft rights to Ugonna Onyenso (No. 53 pick)

L.A. Clippers acquired the draft rights to Nick Martinelli (No. 55 pick)
[c]
June 24, 2026: Chicago Bulls to Indiana Pacers^[77]
Indiana acquired draft rights to Braden Smith (No. 38 pick)

Chicago acquired Kam Jones, two future second-round pick swaps, and cash considerations

Notes

[1]
Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

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