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2020–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1 CBS
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2020–21 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Michigan 14 – 3   .824 23 – 5   .821
No. 2 Illinois † 16 – 4   .800 24 – 7   .774
No. 8 Iowa 14 – 6   .700 22 – 9   .710
No. 20 Purdue 13 – 6   .684 18 – 10   .643
No. 7 Ohio State 12 – 8   .600 21 – 10   .677
Wisconsin 10 – 10   .500 18 – 13   .581
Rutgers 10 – 10   .500 16 – 12   .571
Maryland 9 – 11   .450 17 – 14   .548
Michigan State 9 – 11   .450 15 – 13   .536
Indiana 7 – 12   .368 12 – 15   .444
Penn State 7 – 12   .368 11 – 14   .440
Northwestern 6 – 13   .316 9 – 15   .375
Minnesota 6 – 14   .300 14 – 15   .483
Nebraska 3 – 16   .158 7 – 20   .259
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2020. The regular season will end in March 2021.

Head coaches

Coaching changes prior to the season

Penn State

On October 21, 2020, Pat Chambers resigned after an internal investigation by the school into inappropriate conduct by Chambers.[1] It had been reported in July that former player Rasir Bolton had left the program due to comments to him by Chambers.[2] New allegations surfaced after the school's investigation.[1] Assistant coach Jim Ferry will serve as interim coach for the 2020–21 season.[3]

Coaches

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 4 47–49 24–34 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana Archie Miller Dayton 4 55–43 28–32 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa Fran McCaffery Siena 11 196–143 89–95 0 0 4 0 0
Maryland Mark Turgeon Texas A&M 10 204–99 76–43* 1 0 4 0 0
Michigan Juwan Howard Miami Heat (Asst.) 2 19–12 10–10 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan State Tom Izzo Michigan State (Asst.) 26 628–241 299–132 10 6 22 8 1
Minnesota Richard Pitino FIU 8 127–108 48–82 0 0 2 0 0
Nebraska Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls 2 7–25 2–18 0 0 0 0 0
Northwestern Chris Collins Duke (Asst.) 8 109–119 43–85 0 0 1 0 0
Ohio State Chris Holtmann Butler 4 66–29 34–24 0 0 2 0 0
Penn State Jim Ferry Penn State (Asst.) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Matt Painter Purdue (Assoc.) 16 337–174 167–103 3 1 11 0 0
Rutgers Steve Pikiell Stony Brook 5 64–65 24–32 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Greg Gard Wisconsin (Assoc.) 6 101–57 56–35 1 0 3 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
  • Turgeon's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.

Preseason

Preseason All-Big Ten

On November 8, 2020, 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 Luka Garza*, Iowa
Preseason All-Big Ten Team Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
Ayo Dosunmu*, Illinois
Luka Garza*, Iowa
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
Aaron Henry, Michigan State
Marcus Carr, Minnnesota
Trevion Williams, Purdue
Geo Baker, Rutgers
Nate Reuvers, Wisconsin
*Unanimous selections

Preseason national polls

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
AP[5] Athlon
Sports[6] 		Bleacher
Report 		Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[7] 		CBS Sports[8] Coaches ESPN[9] Lindy's
Sports[10] 		NBC Sports SBNation Sports
Illustrated 		Street
and Smith 		USBWA
Illinois 8 9 11 4 10 8 12
Indiana 25
Iowa 4 7 8 9 6 6 10
Maryland
Michigan 25 17
Michigan State 13 13 19 13 12 13 20
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State 23 21 23 24 24 22
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers 24 19 24 23
Wisconsin 7 6 7 8 7 7 6

Regular season

Rankings

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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/
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2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
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10		 Wk
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15		 Wk
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19		 Wk
20		 Final
Illinois AP 8 5 6 13 18 15 12 14 22 19 12
C 10 10 9 13 18 16 12 13 24 22 13
Indiana AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
Iowa AP 4 3 3 3 (1) 4 10 5 5 4 7 8
C 6 6 3 (1) 3 (2) 5 11 7 8 4 7 8
Maryland AP RV RV
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Michigan AP 25 RV RV 25 19 16 10 7 7 4 4
C RV RV RV 24 19 15 9 5 7 4 4
Michigan State AP 13 8 4 4 12 17 23 RV RV
C 12 12 4 4 11 18 RV RV RV RV
Minnesota AP RV RV 21 16 23 17 21 RV
C RV 24 17 19 17 20 RV
Nebraska AP
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Northwestern AP 19 RV RV
C 22 RV
Ohio State AP 23 23 22 20 23 25 RV 21 15 13 7
C 24 24 20 19 20 21 RV RV 18 15 9
Penn State AP
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Purdue AP RV RV RV 24
C RV RV RV RV RV RV
Rutgers AP 24 24 21 19 11 14 15 RV RV
C 23 23 22 17 12 13 14 RV RV RV
Wisconsin AP 7 4 13 12 9 6 8 9 10 14 19
C 7 7 13 12 9 7 10 9 10 13 20

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 30, 2020[11] Luka Garza, Iowa Zach Edey, Purdue
Adam Miller, Illinois
December 7, 2020[12] Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
December 14, 2020[13] Ayo Dosunmu, Ilinois Hunter Dickinson (2), Michigan
Luka Garza (2), Iowa
December 21, 2020[14] Boo Buie, Northwestern Mason Gillis, Purdue
December 28, 2020[15] Marcus Carr, Minnesota Hunter Dickinson (3), Michigan
Ayo Dosunmu (2), Illinois
January 3, 2021[16] Liam Robbins, Minnesota Hunter Dickinson (4), Michigan
January 11, 2021[17] Trayce Jackson-Davis (2), Indiana Hunter Dickinson (5), Michigan
Jordan Bohannon, Iowa
January 18, 2021[18] Liam Robbins (2), Minnesota Brandon Newman, Purdue
Trevion Williams, Purdue
January 25, 2021[19] Isaiah Livers, Michigan Jaden Ivey, Purdue
February 1, 2021[20] Ayo Dosunmu (3), Michigan Brandon Newman (2), Purdue

Conference matrix

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

  Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin
vs. Illinois – 0−2 0–2 1−0 0−0 0−0 0−1 0−0 0−1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
vs. Indiana 2–0 – 0−1 0−1 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−1 1−0 0–0 0−1 1–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Iowa 2–0 1−0 – 0−1 0−0 0−1 1–1 0−0 0−2 1–0 0−0 0–1 0–1 0–0
vs. Maryland 0–1 1−0 1−0 – 2−0 0−0 0−1 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 1–1 1–0 1–1
vs. Michigan 0–0 0−0 0−0 0−2 – 0−0 1−1 0−1 0−1 0–0 0−1 0–1 0–0 0–1
vs. Michigan State 0–0 0−0 1−0 0−0 0−0 – 1−0 0−1 1−0 1–0 0−0 1–0 1–1 1–0
vs. Minnesota 1–0 0−0 1−1 1−0 1−1 0−1 – 0−0 0−0 0–1 0−0 1–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Nebraska 0–0 1−0 0−0 0−0 1−0 1−0 0−0 – 0−0 1–0 0−0 0–0 0–0 1–0
vs. Northwestern 1–0 0−1 2−0 0−0 1−0 0−1 0−0 0−0 – 1–1 1−0 0–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Ohio State 0–1 0−0 0−1 0−0 0−0 0−1 1−0 0−0 1−1 – 0−1 2–0 0–2 0–1
vs. Penn State 2–0 1−0 0−0 0−0 1−0 0−0 0−0 0−1 0−1 1–0 – 1–0 0–1 1–1
vs. Purdue 1–0 0−1 1−0 1−1 1−0 0−1 0−1 0−0 0−0 0–2 0−1 – 1–0 0–0
vs. Rutgers 0–1 0−1 1−0 0−1 0−0 1−1 0−1 0−0 0−1 2–0 1−0 0–1 – 1–0
vs. Wisconsin 0–0 0−1 0−0 1−1 1−0 0−1 0−1 0−1 0−1 1–0 1−1 0–0 0–1 –
Total 8–3 4–6 7–4 4–7 8–1 2–7 4–7 0–5 3–8 9–4 3–7 7–5 7–6 8–4

References

  1. ^ a b "PSU's Chambers resigns after probe into conduct". ESPN.com. October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Washington, Jesse (July 6, 2020). "Noose comment by Penn State basketball coach points to larger NCAA problem". The Undefeated. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Leah Asmelash. "A remark about a noose around a player's neck led to Penn State basketball coach's resignation". CNN. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Big Ten Men's Basketball 2020-21 Preseason Honors Announced". bigten.org. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "AP Top 25 Poll". collegebasketball.ap.org. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  6. ^ https://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-top-25-2020-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Dortch, Chris. "Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook Preseason Top 25 for 2020-21". blueribbon.substack.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "College basketball 1-357 rankings: Here are the projected best 68 teams for the 2020-21 season". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Kentucky climbs to No. 5, Baylor still No. 1 in Way-Too-Early Top 25 update for 2020-21". ESPN.com. October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Indiana Predicted 7th in Big Ten in Lindy's Sports 2020-2021 Preview Magazine". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  11. ^ "Illinois, Iowa and Purdue Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  12. ^ "Indiana and Michigan Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Illinois, Iowa and Michigan Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "Northwestern and Purdue Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  15. ^ "Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "Michigan and Minnesota Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  17. ^ "Indiana, Iowa and Michigan Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  18. ^ "Minnesota and Purdue Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  19. ^ "Michigan and Purdue Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  20. ^ "Illinois and Purdue Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". bigten.org. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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