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

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

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

on March 2,

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

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

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

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

Zach Edey Zachry Cheyne Edey ( ; born May 14, 2002) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Purdue Boil ...

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

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

coach

Fred Hoiberg Fredrick Kristian Hoiberg (born October 15, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He has served as the men's head basketball coach at the University of Nebraska since 2019. Hoiberg grew up in Ames, Iowa, and played coll ...

and Purdue coach

Matt Painter Matthew Curtis Painter (born August 27, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player, who is the current and 19th head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Purdue Boilermakers, serving in that role since 2005. He played ...

were named co-Big Ten Coaches of the Year. The

Big Ten tournament Big Ten Tournament can refer to any Big Ten Conference sport that has a tournament or championship game: * Big Ten Football Championship Game * Big Ten men's basketball tournament * Big Ten women's basketball tournament * Big Ten baseball tournamen ...

was held from March 13 through March 17, 2024 at

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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

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

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, and

Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...

. 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,

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left Penn State to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. On March 29, the school named VCU head coach

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the team's new head coach.

Ohio State

On February 14, 2024,

Chris Holtmann Christopher Adam Holtmann (born November 11, 1971) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at DePaul University. Holtmann grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and started his college playing career in-state at Br ...

was fired after 25 games, he finished his career at

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

Jake Diebler Jacob Michael Diebler (born October 28, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who currently serves as the head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team. Since 2019, he had served as an assistant coach at Ohio St ...

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. *Source:

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

2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games (Tied 44)

Rankings

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, nine participated in early season tournaments. 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 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. Three Big Ten athletes were named

Academic All-America The Academic All-America program is a student-athlete recognition program. The program selects an honorary sports team composed of the most outstanding student-athletes of a specific season for positions in various sports—who in turn are give ...

: Marcus Domask (Illinois, First Team), Payton Sandfort (Iowa, Second Team), Jamison Battle (Ohio State, Third Team).

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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