The 2022–23 Big Ten men's basketball season was the season for

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basketball teams that began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the

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in November 2022. The regular season ended in March 2023. With Northwestern's loss to

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on February 26, 2023, Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With

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's loss to

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on March 2, Purdue clinched the outright regular season championship, its first outright championship since

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. The championship marked the school's 25th, the most in Big Ten history. Purdue center

Zach Edey Zach Edey (; born May 14, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. He is listed at , making him the tallest player in Big Ten history. At the close of the 2023 season, Edey was named the ...

was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Northwestern coach

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was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. The Big Ten tournament was held March 8 through March 12 at

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. Purdue defeated Penn State in the championship game. In addition to Purdue, who received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the conference had eight teams received bids to the tournament: Illinois,

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, Northwestern, and Penn State. Three schools also received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament: Michigan,

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, and

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Head coaches

Coaching changes

Maryland

On December 3, 2021,

and

Mark Turgeon Mark Leo Turgeon (born February 5, 1965) is an American college basketball coach. Turgeon served as the head men's basketball coach at Jacksonville State University from 1998 to 2000, Wichita State University from 2000 to 2007, Texas A&M Univ ...

agreed to part ways effective immediately. Assistant coach

Danny Manning Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the Associate Head Mens Basketball Coach at the University of Louisville. Manning played high school basketball at Walter Hin ...

was named interim coach for the remainder of the season. Following the season, the school named

Seton Hall Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesa ...

coach

Kevin Willard Kevin Schreiber Willard (born April 6, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Maryland. Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season (his freshm ...

the team's new head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. * Year at school includes 2022–23 season. * Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Prior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of writers.

Preseason All-Big Ten

Prior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of writers.

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Preseason national polls

Regular season

Rankings

* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, 12 participated in early season tournaments. All Big Ten teams participated in the

ACC–Big Ten Challenge The ACC–Big Ten Challenge (or Big Ten–ACC Challenge as it was called in alternating years) was an in-season NCAA Division I men's college basketball series that matched up teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big Ten Confer ...

against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, the 22nd and final year for the event. Eight teams participated in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

Players 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.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team was scheduled to play 20 conference games, and at least one game against each opponent. However, the February 15 game between Michigan State and Minnesota was canceled due to the Michigan State shooting, meaning those teams would only play 19 conference games.

Honors and awards

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 7, 2023, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

NCAA Tournament

The winner of the Big Ten Tournament, Purdue, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Eight Big Ten teams received bids to the NCAA tournament, tied with the SEC for the most of any conference in the tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

Three Big Ten teams received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament.

References

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