The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year is a basketball award given to the
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 ...
's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season.
Indiana
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has the record for the most winners with twelve.
Key
Winners
Winners by school
Footnotes
*During the 1986-1987 season Garrett was not a freshman but was a junior college transfer.
*
Webber's selection was later vacated as a result of sanctions due to NCAA violations.
References
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Freshman of the Year
NCAA Division I men's basketball conference rookies of the year
Awards established in 1985
1985 establishments in the United States