The 2023–24 Big Ten men's basketball season was the season for

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basketball teams that began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the

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in November 2023. The regular season ended on March 10, 2024. With a win over

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

on March 2,

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With a win over

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on March 5, the Boilermakers secured the outright Big Ten regular season championship for the second consecutive season and 26th overall. Purdue center

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was named Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

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coach Fred Hoiberg and Purdue coach Matt Painter were named co-Big Ten Coaches of the Year. The Big Ten tournament was held from March 13 through March 17, 2024 at Target Center in

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. Illinois defeated

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in the championship game to win their fourth tournament title. In addition to Illinois, who received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin received bids to the tournament. Three schools also received invitations to the

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Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

, and

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. The season marked the last season played with 14 teams in the conference, with four schools (

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, and

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) joining the conference in 2024. This was the first season played under the Big Ten's new seven-year media rights deal. As a result, no conference games were played on

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and some games were played on

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for the first time.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Penn State

On March 22, 2023, Micah Shrewsberry left Penn State to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.

Ohio State

On February 14, 2024,

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was fired after 25 games, he finished his career at

with an overall record of 137–85. Ohio State promoted assistant coach

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as interim head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. * Year at school includes 2023–24 season. * Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season. * † Chris Holtmann was fired on February 14, 2024. He finished his career at Ohio State with an overall record of 137–84.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.

Preseason All-Big Ten

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

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason national polls

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Regular season

Rankings

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, nine participated in early season tournaments. Eight teams participated in the

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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 is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent. ''Final regular season records''

Honors and awards

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 12, 2024, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

NCAA Tournament

The winner of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Six Big Ten teams received bids to the NCAA tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

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

References

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