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2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

May 05, 2024

The 2015–16 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in March, 2016.

2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season championsIndiana
  Runners-upMichigan State
Season MVPDenzel Valentine
Top scorerDenzel Valentine
Tournament
ChampionsMichigan State
  Runners-upPurdue
Finals MVPDenzel Valentine
Basketball seasons
2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Indiana 15 – 3   .833 27 – 8   .771
No. 2 Michigan State † 13 – 5   .722 29 – 6   .829
No. 18 Maryland 12 – 6   .667 27 – 9   .750
No. 12 Purdue 12 – 6   .667 26 – 9   .743
No. 25 Iowa 12 – 6   .667 22 – 11   .667
Wisconsin 12 – 6   .667 22 – 13   .629
Ohio State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 14   .600
Michigan 10 – 8   .556 23 – 13   .639
Northwestern 8 – 10   .444 20 – 12   .625
Penn State 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Nebraska 6 – 12   .333 16 – 18   .471
Illinois 5 – 13   .278 15 – 19   .441
Minnesota 2 – 16   .111 11 – 20   .355
Rutgers 1 – 17   .056 7 – 25   .219
† 2016 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Indiana won the Big Ten regular season by two games over second place Michigan State. Four teams tied for third place.

Denzel Valentine was the Conference Player of the Year and won many national player of the year awards (splitting them with Buddy Hield).[1] Valentine and Jarrod Uthoff were consensus All-Americans, while Yogi Ferrell also received some All-American recognition. Uthoff was named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, while Shavon Shields and Mike Gessell were also named Academic All-America. Tom Crean was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.

Following the season, Tom Izzo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. After taking over for Bo Ryan midseason, Greg Gard was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award winner.

The Big Ten tournament was held from March 9–13, 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Michigan State won the tournament championship by defeating Purdue in the championship game. As a result, the Spartans received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seven Big Ten schools (Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland, Purdue, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan) were invited to the NCAA Tournament marking the sixth consecutive year the Big ten had at least six teams in the Tournament. The conference sent three teams to the Sweet Sixteen (Indiana, Maryland, and Wisconsin), marking the ninth consecutive season multiple Big Ten teams advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.[2] In the previous four seasons, at least one Big Ten team reached the Final Four, however no Big Ten team made it past the Sweet Sixteen.[2] The conference achieved an 8–7 record in the Tournament. Ohio State also received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, losing in the first round.

Nine Big Ten teams won 20 games on the season marking the first time in history this occurred.[2]

Head coaches edit

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois John Groce Ohio 4th 62–42 24–30 0 1 0 0
Indiana Tom Crean Marquette 8th 121–109 49–77 1 3 1 0
Iowa Fran McCaffery Siena 6th 96–75 42–48 0 2 0 0
Maryland Mark Turgeon Texas A&M 5th 87–50 14–4* 0 1 0 0
Michigan John Beilein West Virginia 9th 166–110 78–66 2 5 1 0
Michigan State Tom Izzo Michigan State (Asst.) 21st 495–199 233–107 7 19 7 1
Minnesota Richard Pitino Florida International 3rd 43–28 14–22 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Tim Miles Colorado State 4th 47–49 21–33 0 1 0 0
Northwestern Chris Collins Duke (Asst.) 3rd 29–36 12–24 0 0 0 0
Ohio State Thad Matta Xavier 12th 299–94 132–60 5 9 2 0
Penn State Pat Chambers Boston University 5th 56–75 16–56 0 0 0 0
Purdue Matt Painter Purdue (Assoc.) 11th 212–124 101–75 1 7 0 0
Rutgers Eddie Jordan Los Angeles Lakers (Asst.) 2nd 10–22 2–16 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin Bo Ryan* UW–Milwaukee 15th 357–125 172–68 4 14 2 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2015–16 season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.
  • Turgeon's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15
  • On December 16, 2015, following a win versus Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Bo Ryan officially retired as head coach of Wisconsin.[3] Greg Gard took over on interim basis.
  • Media guide source for content.[4]

Preseason edit

Big Ten recruits at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
 
Thomas Bryant, Indiana
 
Deyonta Davis, Michigan State
 
Diamond Stone, Maryland
 
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

In late October some schools celebrated Midnight Madness.[5] The Big Ten teams would begin their seasons between November 13 and 15.[6]

According to the Big Ten media, Melo Trimble was the preseason conference player of the year and he was joined on the All-Big Ten preseason team by James Blackmon, Jr., Yogi Ferrell, Jarrod Uthoff, Jake Layman, Caris LeVert, Denzel Valentine, A. J. Hammons, Nigel Hayes, and Bronson Koenig. Valentine, Hammons, Hayes and Trimble were all unanimous selections.[7] According to the Big Ten Network, the preseason All-Big Ten team was composed of Trimble, Ferrell, Hayes, LeVert, and Valentine. Trimble, Ferrell, and Hayes were unanimous.[8]

Preseason watchlists edit

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul-Jabbar Olson Tisdale
James Blackmon, Jr. IND
 Y
 Y
Thomas Bryant IND
 Y
Yogi Ferrell IND
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
A. J. Hammons PUR
 Y
 Y
 Y
Nigel Hayes WIS
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Bronson Koenig WIS
 Y
 Y
Jake Layman MD
 Y
 Y
Caris LeVert MICH
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Diamond Stone MD
 Y
Rasheed Sulaimon MD
 Y
Caleb Swanigan PUR
 Y
 Y
 Y
Melo Trimble MD
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Denzel Valentine MSU
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Troy Williams IND
 Y
 Y

The following players were selected to the 5 major positional preseason 20-man watch lists announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame:[9][10]

Ferrell, Hayes, Valentine and Trimble were selected to the 30-man Lute Olson Award preseason watchlist.[11]

Blackmon, Ferrel, Hammons, Hayes, Koenig, Layman, LeVert, Trimble, Valentine and Williams all made the initial 50-man John R. Wooden Award watch list on November 17.[12] On December 2, the 50-man Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist, 33-man Robertson Trophy watchlist and 18-man Wayman Tisdale Award watchlist were announced. Naismith honorees were Ferrel, Hammons, Hayes, LeVert, Swanigan, Trimble, and Valentine.[13][14] Robertson honorees were Ferrel, Hayes, LeVert, Trimble, and Valentine.[15][16] Swanigan was the lone Tisdale honoree from the Big Ten.[15][16] Iowa's Mike Gesell, Maryland's Varun Ram, Michigan's Spike Albrecht, Nebraska's Shavon Shields, Purdue's Rapheal Davis, Rutgers' Greg Lewis and Wisconsin's Hayes were named Allstate Good Works Team nominees.[17][18]

Preseason All-American teams edit

CBS AP TSN USA
Today 		SB
Nation 		Blue
Ribbon 		Athlon
Sports 		Bleacher
Report 		NBC BigTen.org BTN Sports
Illustrated 		Lindy's
Sports
James Blackmon, Jr.  Y
Yogi Ferrell 2nd 2nd 3rd  Y  Y
A. J. Hammons  Y
Nigel Hayes 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd  Y  Y 2nd 1st
Bronson Koenig  Y
Jake Layman  Y
Caris LeVert 3rd  Y  Y
Melo Trimble 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd  Y  Y 2nd 3rd
Jarrod Uthoff  Y
Denzel Valentine 3rd 3rd 2nd  Y  Y 2nd

On October 6, CBS Sports announced its preseason All-American team, which included Trimble and Hayes on its 2nd team and Valentine on its 3rd team.[19] Sporting News selected Hayes to its preseason All-American first team, Ferrell to its second team, and Trimble to its third team.[20] Trimble was an Athlon Sports Preseason All-American 1st team selection, while Hayes, Ferrell and LeVert were 3rd team selections.[21] Lindy's Sports did not name an All-America team, but did rank all college basketball players by position and presented a top 25 list at each position. It included Hayes as the top power forward and Trimble as the third best point guard.[22] Hayes, Valentine and Trimble were second team selections by Sports Illustrated.[23] On November 3, NBC Sports included Valentine and Trimble on its preseason All-American 2nd team.[24] Trimble, Ferrell and Hayes were 1st, 2nd and 3rd team selections respectively by USA Today.[25] Trimble, Valentine and Hayes were all third team selections by Bleacher Report.[26] Trimble was one vote shy of tying Ben Simmons for the fifth and final spot on the Associated Press pre-season All-American team.[27] No Big Ten player made the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook preseason All-America first team.[28]

Preseason polls edit

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

Maryland was the unanimous selection by the Big Ten Network to top the preseason conference rankings.[8]

The Big Ten had 5 teams ranked in the preseason Coaches' Poll (Maryland at No. 3, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 15 Indiana, No. 17 Wisconsin and Purdue, which was tied for No. 24) and six in the preseason AP Poll (Maryland at No. 3, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 15 Indiana, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 23 Purdue and No. 25 Michigan).[29][30]

According to Athlon Sports, the preseason top 25 included Maryland (No. 4), Michigan State (No. 12), Purdue (No. 16), Indiana (No. 17), Wisconsin (No. 19), and Michigan (No. 22).[31] CBS Sports listed Maryland (No. 4), Michigan State (No. 11), Indiana (No. 13), Wisconsin (No. 17), and Purdue (No. 26) in its preseason rankings.[32] Sporting News ranked five Big Ten Teams among its Top 25: Indiana (No. 3), Indiana (No. 15), Michigan (No. 18), Wisconsin (No. 20) and Michigan State (No. 23).[33] Lindy's Sports ranked Maryland number 1, Indiana number 4, Purdue number 21 and Michigan State number 23 in its top 25. Michigan was among the other 15 teams mentioned (at number 33).[34] NBC Sports ranked Maryland 2, Michigan State 9, Indiana 14, Michigan 17, Purdue 21 and Wisconsin 25.[35] ESPN's 10-person panel selected Maryland number 1, Indiana 14, Michigan State 15, Wisconsin 17, Michigan 22, and Purdue 24.[36] Sports Illustrated ranked all 351 teams. The following teams were in its top 25: Maryland 5, Indiana 14, and Michigan State 15 (but also listed 3 Big Ten teams in positions 26–28).[37] Bleacher Report ranked Maryland 4, Indiana 12, Michigan State 13 and Purdue 18.[38] Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook selected Maryland 2, Indiana 13, Michigan State 15, Michigan 17 and Purdue 19.[39] The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) ranked 1. Maryland (8); 13. Indiana; 15. Michigan State; 18. Purdue; 23. Michigan; and 25. Wisconsin.[40]

AP Coaches CBS[32] NBC[35] Sporting
News[33] 		Sports
Illustrated[37] 		Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[39] 		Bleacher
Report[38] 		Athlon
Sports[31] 		Lindy's
Sports 		ESPN[36] USBWA[40]
Illinois
Indiana 15 15 13 14 15 14 13 12 17 4 14 13
Iowa
Maryland 3 3 4 2 3 5 2 4 4 1 1 1
Michigan 25 17 18 17 22 22 23
Michigan State 13 13 11 9 23 15 15 13 12 23 15 15
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue 23 24T 26 21 19 16 21 24 18
Rutgers
Wisconsin 17 17 17 25 20 18 19 17 25

Regular season edit

Conference schedules edit

Before the season, it was announced that the Big Ten Network would televise 75 games including 9 straight Wednesday doubleheaders and regular Saturday and Sunday doubleheaders.[41] The schedule also included an extensive slate of ESPN Inc. family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU) Tuesday and Thursday night of the conference season coverage and CBS Sports scheduled games for Saturday or Sunday afternoons starting January 10, 2016. CBS will carry the semifinals and finals of the 2016 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, marking the 19th consecutive year that they have covered the Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.[42] All teams begin a balanced 18-game conference game schedule during the week of December 28 – January 3 in which teams play home and away against 5 teams, home against 4 teams and away against the remaining 4 opponents.[43] On January 30, the conference scheduled its inaugural annual "Super Saturday – College Hoops & Hockey" doubleheader featuring a basketball game between Michigan and Penn State followed by a hockey game between the teams from the same schools at Madison Square Garden.[44]

2015 ACC–Big Ten Challenge (Big Ten 8–6) edit

Date Time ACC team B1G team Score Location Television Attendance Challenge
leader
Nov 30 7:00 pm Wake Forest Rutgers 69–68 Louis Brown Athletic Center • Piscataway, New Jersey ESPNU 3,817 ACC (1–0)
9:00 pm Clemson Minnesota 89–83 Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota ESPN2 10,229 Tied (1–1)
Dec 1 7:00 pm NC State Michigan 66–59 PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina ESPN2 17,645 B1G (2–1)
7:00 pm Virginia Tech Northwestern 81–79OT Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 4,879 B1G (3–1)
7:30 pm No. 10 Virginia Ohio State 64–58 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio ESPN 12,445 B1G (3–2)
9:00 pm No. 21 Miami Nebraska 77–72OT Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska ESPNU 15,646 Tied (3–3)
9:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 11 Purdue 72–59 Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ESPN2 9,439 B1G (4–3)
9:30 pm No. 9 North Carolina No. 2 Maryland 89–81 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN 21,163 Tied (4–4)
Dec 2 7:15 pm No. 24 Louisville No. 3 Michigan State 71–67 Breslin Center • East Lansing, Michigan ESPN 14,797 B1G (5–4)
7:15 pm No. 14 Syracuse Wisconsin 66–58OT Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York ESPN2 22,360 B1G (6–4)
7:15 pm Boston College Penn State 67–58 Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPNU 2,165 B1G (7–4)
9:15 pm No. 7 Duke Indiana 94–74 Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina ESPN 9,314 B1G (7–5)
9:15 pm Notre Dame Illinois 84–79 State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois ESPN2 14,953 B1G (7–6)
9:15 pm Florida State Iowa 78–75OT Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa ESPNU 11,247 B1G (8–6)
Winners are in bold
Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 30).[45]
Georgia Tech did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

2015 Gavitt Tipoff Games (Tied 4–4) edit

Date Time Big East team Big Ten team Score Location Television Attendance Leader
Tue., Nov. 17 5:00 PM DePaul Penn State 68–62 Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA ESPNU 5,023 Big Ten (1–0)
8:30 PM No. 11 Villanova Nebraska 87–63 The Pavilion • Villanova, PA FS1 6,500 Tied (1–1)
9:00 PM Georgetown No. 3 Maryland 75–71 XFINITY Center • College Park, MD ESPN2 17,950 Big Ten (2–1)
Wed., Nov. 18 7:00 PM Providence Illinois 60–59 Dunkin' Donuts Center • Providence, RI FS1 8,069 Tied (2–2)
Thu., Nov. 19 7:00 PM St. John's Rutgers 61–59 Carnesecca Arena • Queens, NY FS1 4,540 Big East (3–2)
7:00 PM Creighton Indiana 86–65 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, IN BTN 17,472 Tied (3–3)
9:00 PM Marquette Iowa 89–61 BMO Harris Bradley Center • Milwaukee, WI FS1 13,297 Big Ten (4–3)
Fri., Nov. 20 9:00 PM Xavier No. 24 Michigan 86–70 Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, MI BTN 11,967 Tied (4–4)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.
Game Times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 16).
Did not participate: Butler, Seton Hall (Big East); Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin (Big Ten)


Rankings edit

The Big Ten had 5 teams ranked (Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Purdue, and Wisconsin) and 3 others (Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio State) receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll.[29] It had 6 teams ranked (Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Wisconsin)in the preseason AP Poll and 1 other (Iowa) receiving votes.[30] Wisconsin dropped from the ranking by Week 2, while Michigan dropped in Week 3, and Indiana went unranked in Week 4. Michigan State ascended to the number 1 ranking in the fifth week of the season and has retained the number 1 ranking for three consecutive weeks.[46]

See also: 2015–16 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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19		 Final
Illinois AP N/A*
C
Indiana AP 15 14 13 RV RV RV RV 25 19 22 RV 22 18 12 10 14 N/A
C 15 15 14 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 17 21 22 21 15 11 10 12 9
Iowa AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 16 9 3 5 4 (11) 4 8 16 20 25 N/A
C RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 19 9 4 7 5 (3) 6 8 15 18 24 25
Maryland AP 3 (14) 3 (14) 2 (6) 2 (4) 6 6 4 4 3 3 7 8 4 2 (13) 6 10 14 18 18 N/A
C 3 (5) 3 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 9 (1) 7 4 4 3 3 5 7 3 2 (11) 5 9 12 15 17 12
Michigan AP 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
C RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Michigan State AP 13 13 3 3 (2) 1 (62) 1 (64) 1 (64) 1 (64) 5 4 (1) 11 12 10 8 8 6 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) N/A
C 13 13 4 3 1 (26) 1 (28) 1 (29) 1 (27) 5 (1) 4 10 11 10 9 (1) 9 7 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (1) 7
Minnesota AP N/A
C
Nebraska AP N/A
C
Northwestern AP RV RV RV RV N/A
C RV
Ohio State AP N/A
C RV
Penn State AP N/A
C
Purdue AP 23 21 16 11 11 9 14 14 20 24 22 21 18 18 17 20 15 13 12 N/A
C 24T 23 15 11 11 8 13 14 18 24 22 21 16 16 16 19 13 13 10 19
Rutgers AP N/A
C
Wisconsin AP 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
C 17 RV RV RV RV 25 RV 23

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Players of the week edit

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 16, 2015[47] Joey King, MINN Caleb Swanigan, PUR
Alex Olah, NU
November 23, 2015[48] Denzel Valentine, MSU Thomas Bryant, IND
November 30, 2015[49] Denzel Valentine (2), MSU Deyonta Davis, MSU
December 7, 2015[50] A. J. Hammons, PUR Jordan Murphy, MINN
December 14, 2015[51] Jarrod Uthoff, IOWA Caleb Swanigan (2), PUR
Melo Trimble, MD
December 21, 2015[52] Malcolm Hill, ILL Nicholas Baer, IOWA
Caris LeVert, MICH
December 28, 2015[53] Bryn Forbes, MSU Corey Sanders, RUT
A. J. Hammons (2), PUR
January 4, 2016[54] Diamond Stone, MD Diamond Stone, MD
January 11, 2016[55] Mike Gesell, IOWA Thomas Bryant (2), IND
January 18, 2016[56] Peter Jok, IOWA JaQuan Lyle, OSU
Ethan Happ, WIS
January 25, 2016[57] Yogi Ferrell, IND Ethan Happ (2), WIS
February 1, 2016[58] A. J. Hammons (3), PUR Deyonta Davis (2), MSU
Ethan Happ (3), WIS
February 8, 2016[59] Denzel Valentine (3), MSU Corey Sanders (2), RUT
February 15, 2016[60] Denzel Valentine (4), MSU Glynn Watson, Jr., NEB
February 22, 2016[61] Troy Williams, IND Jordan Murphy (2), MINN
Brandon Taylor, PSU
February 29, 2016[62] Yogi Ferrell (2), IND Jalen Coleman-Lands, ILL
March 7, 2016 Bryn Forbes[63] (2), MSU Caleb Swanigan[64] (3), PUR

On November 17 in the Champions Classic, Denzel Valentine led Michigan State over Kansas by posting the first triple-double of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.[65][66] On January 5, Diamond Stone was named national freshman of the week by the United States Basketball Writers Association.[67]

Conference matrix edit

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan St Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio St Penn St Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin
vs. Illinois – 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0
vs. Indiana 0–2 – 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1
vs. Iowa 0–1 2–0 – 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0
vs. Maryland 0–1 1–0 0–1 – 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
vs. Michigan 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 – 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
vs. Michigan St 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 – 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1
vs. Minnesota 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 – 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
vs. Nebraska 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 – 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
vs. Northwestern 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 – 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
vs. Ohio State 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 – 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0
vs. Penn State 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 – 1–0 0–1 1–0
vs. Purdue 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 – 0–1 0–2
vs. Rutgers 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 – 1–0
vs. Wisconsin 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 –
Total 5–13 15–3 12–6 12–6 10–8 13–5 2–16 6–12 8–10 11–7 7–11 12–6 1–17 12–6

Midseason watchlists edit

LeVert, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were among the 25 players included in the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on January 13.[68] On January 19, 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates were named including Rapheal Davis, Mike Gesell, Shavon Shields, and Valentine.[69] The January 25, 20-man Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list included Ferrell, Trimble, Uthoff, and Valentine, while the 10-man Integris Wayman Tisdale Award midseason watch lists named Stone and Swanigan.[70][71] On February 1, Ferrell and Trimble were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Cousy Award.[72][73] On February 2, Malcolm Hill and Levert were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the West Award.[74][75] On February 3, Valentine and Hayes were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Erving Award.[76] On February 5, Hammons was among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Jabbar Award.[77] Shavon Shields was named an Allstate NABC Good Works Team selections on February 9.[78] Mike Gesell, Jarrod Uthoff, Colby Wollenman and Shavon Shields were named 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic-All District selections on February 11, making it two straight seasons that each was among the 40 finalists for the 15-man Academic All-America team.[79] On that same day Ferrell, Hammons, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Naismith Award Late season Top 35 Watch List.[80] Ferrell, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Wooden Award Late season Top 20 Watch List on February 12.[81] On the same day, Tom Izzo, Bo Ryan and Lefty Driesell were named finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[82] On February 18, Valentine was named one of 10 senior finalists for the 2015-16 Senior CLASS Award.[83] On February 29, Valentine and Uthoff were among the 11 finalists for the Robertson Trophy.[84] Valentine was named one of four finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year Trophy on March 20,[85] while Crean was named one of four finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year.[2][86] Valentine and Ferrell were among the 10 finalist for the Wooden Award on March 29.[87]

Honors and awards edit

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball's Tom Izzo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[88] After taking over for Bo Ryan midseason, Greg Gard was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award winner.[89]

Valentine earned numerous National Player of the Year awards: NABC Player of the Year,[90] Basketball Times,[91] Sports Illustrated,[92] USA Today,[93] and NBC Sports.[94] He earned the Senior CLASS Award as the outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men's basketball.[95] Valentine was recognized as the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award winner.[96] He also earned the Lute Olson Award as the most outstanding non-freshman men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition.[97]

Uthoff was named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year and was joined on the Academic All-America first team by Shields. Gessell was named to the second team.[98]

Valentine, Uthoff and Ferrell received broad support as 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans. USA Today and ESPN named Valentine (1st team), Ferrell (2nd team) and Uthoff (3rd team) All-Americans.[99][100] NBC Sports and Sporting News selected Valentine (1st team), Ferrell (2nd team) and Uthoff (2nd team).[101][102] USBWA named Valentine a first team selection and Uthoff a second team selection.[103] Sports Illustrated named Valentine a first team selection and Ferrell, Uthoff and Trimble as honorable mentions.[104] NABC and Associated Press named Valentine to their first teams and Ferrell and Uthoff to their third teams.[90][105] CBS Sports selected Valentine to its first team and Ferrell to its third team.[106]

With an average attendance of 12,555 fans per game, including home games and the 2016 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, the Big Ten Conference led the nation in men's basketball attendance for the 40th consecutive season according to the NCAA. Maryland enjoyed the largest season-over-season increase with a 5,169 fan jump. This put Maryland on top attendance rankings of the 11 top-40 Big Ten conference members: Maryland (5th, 17,863), Wisconsin (6th, 17,287), Indiana (7th, 17,106), Nebraska (11th, 15,429), Michigan State (13th, 14,797), Iowa (19th, 13,835), Purdue (20th, 13,662), Illinois (27th, 12,723), Ohio State (28th, 12,283), Michigan (33th, 11,611) and Minnesota (38th, 10,706).[107] The Big Ten outpaced other top conferences by over 1000 fans again: SEC (11,144), ACC (11,131), Big 12 (10, 124) and Big East (9,595).[108]

All-Big Ten Awards and Teams edit

On March 7, The Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.[109][110] Valentine was also named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year on June 22.[111]

Honor- Coaches Media
Player of the Year Denzel Valentine, Michigan State Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Coach of the Year Tom Crean, Indiana Tom Crean, Indiana
Freshman of the Year Ethan Happ, Wisconsin Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Defensive Player of the Year A. J. Hammons, Purdue Not Selected
Sixth Man of the Year Max Bielfeldt, Indiana Not Selected
All Big Ten First Team Yogi Ferrell, Indiana Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
A. J. Hammons, Purdue A. J. Hammons, Purdue
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
All Big Ten Second Team Malcolm Hill, Illinois Malcolm Hill, Illinois
Peter Jok, Iowa Peter Jok, Iowa
Melo Trimble, Maryland Melo Trimble, Maryland
Bryn Forbes, Michigan State Bryn Forbes, Michigan State
Shavon Shields, Nebraska Matt Costello, Michigan State
All Big Ten Third Team Matt Costello, Michigan State Shavon Shields, Nebraska
Diamond Stone, Maryland Diamond Stone, Maryland
Troy Williams, Indiana Troy Williams, Indiana
Thomas Bryant, Indiana Brandon Taylor, Penn State
Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Derrick Walton, Michigan
All Big Ten Honorable Mention Derrick Walton, Michigan
Brandon Taylor, Penn State Thomas Bryant, Indiana
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin
Robert Carter Jr., Maryland Robert Carter Jr., Maryland
Jake Layman, Maryland Jake Layman, Maryland
Rasheed Sulaimon, Maryland Rasheed Sulaimon, Maryland
Zak Irvin, Michigan Zak Irvin, Michigan
Andrew White III, Nebraska Andrew White III, Nebraska
Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern
Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State
Marc Loving, Ohio State Marc Loving, Ohio State
Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State
Vincent Edwards, Purdue Vincent Edwards, Purdue
Not Selected Mike Gesell, Iowa
Adam Woodbury, Iowa
Tre Demps, Northwestern
Rapheal Davis, Purdue
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Corey Sanders, Rutgers
All-Freshman Team Thomas Bryant, Indiana Not Selected
Diamond Stone, Maryland
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Jordan Murphy, Minnesota
All Defensive Team Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa Not Selected
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Rapheal Davis, Purdue
A. J. Hammons, Purdue
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

NABC edit

The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 25, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, the selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches' All-America Honors. The following list represented the District 7 players chosen to the list.[112]

USBWA edit

On March 8, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2015–16 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.[113]

Postseason edit

Big Ten tournament edit

Main article: 2016 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 1 4:30 pm #13 Minnesota vs. # 12 Illinois 52–85 ESPN2 16,528
2 7:00 pm #14 Rutgers vs. #11 Nebraska 72–89 BTN
Second round – Thursday, March 10
2 3 12:00 pm #8 Michigan vs. #9 Northwestern 72–70OT BTN 15,707
4 2:30 pm #5 Iowa vs. #12 Illinois 66–68
3 5 6:30 pm #7 Ohio State vs. #10 Penn State 79–75 ESPN2 15,751
6 9:00 pm #6 Wisconsin vs. #11 Nebraska 58–70
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
4 7 12:00 pm #1 Indiana vs. #8 Michigan 69–72 ESPN 18,355
8 2:30 pm #4 Purdue vs. #12 Illinois 89–58
5 9 6:30 pm #2 Michigan State vs. #7 Ohio State 81–54 BTN 15,942
10 9:00 pm #3 Maryland vs. #11 Nebraska 97–86
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
6 11 1:00 pm #4 Purdue vs. #8 Michigan 76–59 CBS 18,339
12 3:30 pm #2 Michigan State vs. #3 Maryland 64–61
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7 13 3:00 pm #2 Michigan State vs. #4 Purdue 66–62 CBS 16,429
*Game times in Eastern Time. The United States began Daylight saving time at 2:00 am on Sunday, March 13.
Thus, times were in Eastern Standard Time except the Championship game which was in Eastern Daylight Time.
#-Rankings denote tournament seed

NCAA tournament edit

Main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The Big Ten Conference had seven bids to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[114]

Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
2 Midwest Michigan State n/a eliminated by (15) Middle Tennessee 81–90
5 East Indiana n/a defeated (12) Chattanooga 99–74 defeated (4) Kentucky 73–67 eliminated by (1) North Carolina 86–101
5 South Maryland n/a defeated (12) South Dakota State 79–74 defeated (13) Hawaii 73–60 eliminated by (1) Kansas 63–79
5 Midwest Purdue n/a eliminated by (12) Arkansas–Little Rock 83–85 (2OT)
7 South Iowa n/a defeated (10) Temple 72–70 eliminated by (2) Villanova 87–68
7 East Wisconsin n/a defeated (10) Pittsburgh 47–43 defeated (2) Xavier 66–63 eliminated by (6) Notre Dame 56–61
11 East Michigan defeated (11) Tulsa 67–62 eliminated by (6) Notre Dame 63–70
W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 4–3 (.571) 3–1 (.750) 0–3 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 8–7 (.533)

National Invitation tournament edit

Main article: 2016 National Invitation Tournament

Ohio State earned the lone NIT bid for the conference.[115]

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
3 Monmouth Ohio State defeated (6) Akron 72–63 OT eliminated by (2) Florida 66–74
W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500)

2016 NBA draft edit

Main article: 2016 NBA draft

The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors or graduate students: Yogi Ferrell, Denzel Valentine, Jarrod Uthoff, A. J. Hammons, Bryn Forbes, Shavon Shields, Matt Costello and Brandon Taylor. The following players were invited to the NBA Draft Combine: Robert Carter, Deyonta Davis, Hammons, Jake Layman, Caris LeVert, Diamond Stone, Caleb Swanigan, Melo Trimble, Valentine, Nigel Hayes, and Troy Williams.[116][117]

With 6 draftees, the Big Ten tied for second along with the Big 12 and SEC, behind the ACC with 9.[118] The following six players were drafted from the Big Ten.[119]

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 14 Denzel Valentine G Chicago Bulls Michigan State (Sr.)
1 20 Caris LeVert SG Brooklyn Nets (traded to Brooklyn Nets)[a] Michigan (Sr.)
2 31 Deyonta Davis PF/C Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia via Miami[A] traded to Memphis Grizzlies[b]) Michigan State (Fr.)
2 40 Diamond Stone PF/C New Orleans Pelicans (from Sacramento,[B][C] traded to Los Angeles Clippers[c]) Maryland (Fr.)
2 46 A. J. Hammons C Dallas Mavericks Purdue (Sr.)
2 47 Jake Layman SF Orlando Magic (from Chicago,[D] traded to Portland Trail Blazers[d]) Maryland (Sr.)

Pre-draft trades edit

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

  1. ^ June 28, 2012: Philadelphia 76ers to Miami Heat,[120][121]
    • Miami acquired draft rights to Justin Hamilton and a conditional future first round pick (protected top 14 in 2013–2015, else 2015 and 2016 second round picks)
    • Philadelphia acquired draft rights to Arnett Moultrie
    January 15, 2014: Miami Heat to Boston Celtics (three-team trade with Golden State Warriors)[122][123]
  2. ^ July 10, 2013: Sacramento Kings to New Orleans Pelicans (three-team trade with Portland Trail Blazers)
    • Sacramento acquired a 2016 second round pick (with an option to swap with New Orleans' pick) and a 2018 second round pick from Portland
    • Sacramento acquired Greivis Vásquez from New Orleans
    • New Orleans acquired Tyreke Evans from Sacramento
    • New Orleans acquired the draft rights to Jeff Withey from Portland
    • Portland acquired Robin Lopez and Terrel Harris from New Orleans
  3. ^ July 10, 2013: New Orleans Pelicans to Sacramento Kings (three-team trade with Portland Trail Blazers)
    • Sacramento acquired a 2016 second round pick (with an option to swap with New Orleans) and a 2018 second round pick from Portland
    • Sacramento acquired Greivis Vásquez from New Orleans
    • New Orleans acquired Tyreke Evans from Sacramento
    • New Orleans acquired the draft rights to Jeff Withey from Portland
    • Portland acquired Robin Lopez and Terrel Harris from New Orleans
    July 13, 2013: Sacramento Kings to Milwaukee Bucks
    • Sacramento acquired Luc Mbah a Moute
    • Milwaukee acquired the more favorable 2016 second round pick between Sacramento and New Orleans, the rights to swap 2019 second round picks, and future considerations
  4. ^ July 14, 2014: Chicago Bulls to Orlando Magic

Draft-day trades edit

Draft-day trades occurred on June 23, 2016, the day of the draft.

  1. ^ June 23, 2016: Indiana Pacers to Brooklyn Nets
    • Brooklyn acquired Indiana's first round pick and a future second round pick
    • Indiana acquired Thaddeus Young
  2. ^ June 23, 2016: Boston Celtics to Memphis Grizzlies
    • Memphis acquired draft rights to the No. 31st pick (Davis) and the No. 35th pick (Zagorac)
    • Boston acquired a 2019 first round pick
  3. ^ June 23, 2016: Los Angeles Clippers to New Orleans Pelicans
    • New Orleans acquired Los Angeles' 2016 second round pick (Diallo)
    • L.A. Clippers acquired the draft rights of New Orleans' 39th (Michineau) and 40th (Stone) picks
  4. ^ June 23, 2016: Orlando Magic to Portland Trail Blazers
    • Portland acquired Orlando's 2016 second round pick (Layman)
    • Orlando acquired a 2019 second round pick and cash considerations

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The 2015 16 Big Ten men s basketball season began with practices in October 2015 followed by the start of the 2015 16 NCAA Division I men s basketball season in November Conference play began in late December and concluded in March 2016 2015 16 Big Ten Conference men s basketball seasonLeagueNCAA Division ISportBasketballNumber of teams14TV partner s Big Ten Network ESPN CBS2015 16 NCAA Division I men s basketball seasonRegular season championsIndiana Runners upMichigan StateSeason MVPDenzel ValentineTop scorerDenzel ValentineTournamentChampionsMichigan State Runners upPurdueFinals MVPDenzel ValentineBasketball seasons 2014 152016 17 2015 16 Big Ten Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No 14 Indiana 15 3 833 27 8 771 No 2 Michigan State 13 5 722 29 6 829 No 18 Maryland 12 6 667 27 9 750 No 12 Purdue 12 6 667 26 9 743 No 25 Iowa 12 6 667 22 11 667 Wisconsin 12 6 667 22 13 629 Ohio State 11 7 611 21 14 600 Michigan 10 8 556 23 13 639 Northwestern 8 10 444 20 12 625 Penn State 7 11 389 16 16 500 Nebraska 6 12 333 16 18 471 Illinois 5 13 278 15 19 441 Minnesota 2 16 111 11 20 355 Rutgers 1 17 056 7 25 219 2016 Big Ten tournament winnerRankings from AP poll Indiana won the Big Ten regular season by two games over second place Michigan State Four teams tied for third place Denzel Valentine was the Conference Player of the Year and won many national player of the year awards splitting them with Buddy Hield 1 Valentine and Jarrod Uthoff were consensus All Americans while Yogi Ferrell also received some All American recognition Uthoff was named Academic All America Team Member of the Year while Shavon Shields and Mike Gessell were also named Academic All America Tom Crean was named Big Ten Coach of the Year Following the season Tom Izzo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame After taking over for Bo Ryan midseason Greg Gard was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award winner The Big Ten tournament was held from March 9 13 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Indiana Michigan State won the tournament championship by defeating Purdue in the championship game As a result the Spartans received the conference s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Seven Big Ten schools Michigan State Indiana Maryland Purdue Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan were invited to the NCAA Tournament marking the sixth consecutive year the Big ten had at least six teams in the Tournament The conference sent three teams to the Sweet Sixteen Indiana Maryland and Wisconsin marking the ninth consecutive season multiple Big Ten teams advanced to the Sweet Sixteen 2 In the previous four seasons at least one Big Ten team reached the Final Four however no Big Ten team made it past the Sweet Sixteen 2 The conference achieved an 8 7 record in the Tournament Ohio State also received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament losing in the first round Nine Big Ten teams won 20 games on the season marking the first time in history this occurred 2 Contents 1 Head coaches 2 Preseason 2 1 Preseason watchlists 2 2 Preseason All American teams 2 3 Preseason polls 3 Regular season 3 1 Conference schedules 3 2 2015 ACC Big Ten Challenge Big Ten 8 6 3 3 2015 Gavitt Tipoff Games Tied 4 4 3 4 Rankings 3 5 Players of the week 3 6 Conference matrix 4 Midseason watchlists 5 Honors and awards 5 1 All Big Ten Awards and Teams 5 2 NABC 5 3 USBWA 6 Postseason 6 1 Big Ten tournament 6 2 NCAA tournament 6 3 National Invitation tournament 6 4 2016 NBA draft 6 4 1 Pre draft trades 6 4 2 Draft day trades 7 Notes 8 ReferencesHead coaches editTeam Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships Illinois John Groce Ohio 4th 62 42 24 30 0 1 0 0 Indiana Tom Crean Marquette 8th 121 109 49 77 1 3 1 0 Iowa Fran McCaffery Siena 6th 96 75 42 48 0 2 0 0 Maryland Mark Turgeon Texas A amp M 5th 87 50 14 4 0 1 0 0 Michigan John Beilein West Virginia 9th 166 110 78 66 2 5 1 0 Michigan State Tom Izzo Michigan State Asst 21st 495 199 233 107 7 19 7 1 Minnesota Richard Pitino Florida International 3rd 43 28 14 22 0 0 0 0 Nebraska Tim Miles Colorado State 4th 47 49 21 33 0 1 0 0 Northwestern Chris Collins Duke Asst 3rd 29 36 12 24 0 0 0 0 Ohio State Thad Matta Xavier 12th 299 94 132 60 5 9 2 0 Penn State Pat Chambers Boston University 5th 56 75 16 56 0 0 0 0 Purdue Matt Painter Purdue Assoc 11th 212 124 101 75 1 7 0 0 Rutgers Eddie Jordan Los Angeles Lakers Asst 2nd 10 22 2 16 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin Bo Ryan UW Milwaukee 15th 357 125 172 68 4 14 2 0 Notes Year at school includes 2015 16 season Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season Turgeon s ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014 15 On December 16 2015 following a win versus Texas A amp M Corpus Christi Bo Ryan officially retired as head coach of Wisconsin 3 Greg Gard took over on interim basis Media guide source for content 4 Preseason editBig Ten recruits at the 2015 McDonald s All American Boys Game nbsp Thomas Bryant Indiana nbsp Deyonta Davis Michigan State nbsp Diamond Stone Maryland nbsp Caleb Swanigan Purdue In late October some schools celebrated Midnight Madness 5 The Big Ten teams would begin their seasons between November 13 and 15 6 According to the Big Ten media Melo Trimble was the preseason conference player of the year and he was joined on the All Big Ten preseason team by James Blackmon Jr Yogi Ferrell Jarrod Uthoff Jake Layman Caris LeVert Denzel Valentine A J Hammons Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig Valentine Hammons Hayes and Trimble were all unanimous selections 7 According to the Big Ten Network the preseason All Big Ten team was composed of Trimble Ferrell Hayes LeVert and Valentine Trimble Ferrell and Hayes were unanimous 8 Preseason watchlists edit Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists Wooden Naismith Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul Jabbar Olson Tisdale James Blackmon Jr IND nbsp Y nbsp Y Thomas Bryant IND nbsp Y Yogi Ferrell IND nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y A J Hammons PUR nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Nigel Hayes WIS nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Bronson Koenig WIS nbsp Y nbsp Y Jake Layman MD nbsp Y nbsp Y Caris LeVert MICH nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Diamond Stone MD nbsp Y Rasheed Sulaimon MD nbsp Y Caleb Swanigan PUR nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Melo Trimble MD nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Denzel Valentine MSU nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Troy Williams IND nbsp Y nbsp Y The following players were selected to the 5 major positional preseason 20 man watch lists announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 9 10 Bob Cousy Award point guard Yogi Ferrell Melo Trimble and Bronson Koenig Jerry West Award shooting guard James Blackmon Jr Rasheed Sulaimon and Caris LeVert Julius Erving Award small forward Troy Williams Jake Layman Denzel Valentine and Nigel Hayes Karl Malone Award power forward Caleb Swanigan Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award center Thomas Bryant Diamond Stone and A J Hammons Ferrell Hayes Valentine and Trimble were selected to the 30 man Lute Olson Award preseason watchlist 11 Blackmon Ferrel Hammons Hayes Koenig Layman LeVert Trimble Valentine and Williams all made the initial 50 man John R Wooden Award watch list on November 17 12 On December 2 the 50 man Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist 33 man Robertson Trophy watchlist and 18 man Wayman Tisdale Award watchlist were announced Naismith honorees were Ferrel Hammons Hayes LeVert Swanigan Trimble and Valentine 13 14 Robertson honorees were Ferrel Hayes LeVert Trimble and Valentine 15 16 Swanigan was the lone Tisdale honoree from the Big Ten 15 16 Iowa s Mike Gesell Maryland s Varun Ram Michigan s Spike Albrecht Nebraska s Shavon Shields Purdue s Rapheal Davis Rutgers Greg Lewis and Wisconsin s Hayes were named Allstate Good Works Team nominees 17 18 Preseason All American teams edit CBS AP TSN USAToday SBNation BlueRibbon AthlonSports BleacherReport NBC BigTen org BTN SportsIllustrated Lindy sSports James Blackmon Jr nbsp Y Yogi Ferrell 2nd 2nd 3rd nbsp Y nbsp Y A J Hammons nbsp Y Nigel Hayes 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd nbsp Y nbsp Y 2nd 1st Bronson Koenig nbsp Y Jake Layman nbsp Y Caris LeVert 3rd nbsp Y nbsp Y Melo Trimble 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd nbsp Y nbsp Y 2nd 3rd Jarrod Uthoff nbsp Y Denzel Valentine 3rd 3rd 2nd nbsp Y nbsp Y 2nd On October 6 CBS Sports announced its preseason All American team which included Trimble and Hayes on its 2nd team and Valentine on its 3rd team 19 Sporting News selected Hayes to its preseason All American first team Ferrell to its second team and Trimble to its third team 20 Trimble was an Athlon Sports Preseason All American 1st team selection while Hayes Ferrell and LeVert were 3rd team selections 21 Lindy s Sports did not name an All America team but did rank all college basketball players by position and presented a top 25 list at each position It included Hayes as the top power forward and Trimble as the third best point guard 22 Hayes Valentine and Trimble were second team selections by Sports Illustrated 23 On November 3 NBC Sports included Valentine and Trimble on its preseason All American 2nd team 24 Trimble Ferrell and Hayes were 1st 2nd and 3rd team selections respectively by USA Today 25 Trimble Valentine and Hayes were all third team selections by Bleacher Report 26 Trimble was one vote shy of tying Ben Simmons for the fifth and final spot on the Associated Press pre season All American team 27 No Big Ten player made the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook preseason All America first team 28 Preseason polls edit Main article 2015 16 NCAA Division I men s basketball season Pre season polls Maryland was the unanimous selection by the Big Ten Network to top the preseason conference rankings 8 The Big Ten had 5 teams ranked in the preseason Coaches Poll Maryland at No 3 No 13 Michigan State No 15 Indiana No 17 Wisconsin and Purdue which was tied for No 24 and six in the preseason AP Poll Maryland at No 3 No 13 Michigan State No 15 Indiana No 17 Wisconsin No 23 Purdue and No 25 Michigan 29 30 According to Athlon Sports the preseason top 25 included Maryland No 4 Michigan State No 12 Purdue No 16 Indiana No 17 Wisconsin No 19 and Michigan No 22 31 CBS Sports listed Maryland No 4 Michigan State No 11 Indiana No 13 Wisconsin No 17 and Purdue No 26 in its preseason rankings 32 Sporting News ranked five Big Ten Teams among its Top 25 Indiana No 3 Indiana No 15 Michigan No 18 Wisconsin No 20 and Michigan State No 23 33 Lindy s Sports ranked Maryland number 1 Indiana number 4 Purdue number 21 and Michigan State number 23 in its top 25 Michigan was among the other 15 teams mentioned at number 33 34 NBC Sports ranked Maryland 2 Michigan State 9 Indiana 14 Michigan 17 Purdue 21 and Wisconsin 25 35 ESPN s 10 person panel selected Maryland number 1 Indiana 14 Michigan State 15 Wisconsin 17 Michigan 22 and Purdue 24 36 Sports Illustrated ranked all 351 teams The following teams were in its top 25 Maryland 5 Indiana 14 and Michigan State 15 but also listed 3 Big Ten teams in positions 26 28 37 Bleacher Report ranked Maryland 4 Indiana 12 Michigan State 13 and Purdue 18 38 Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook selected Maryland 2 Indiana 13 Michigan State 15 Michigan 17 and Purdue 19 39 The United States Basketball Writers Association USBWA ranked 1 Maryland 8 13 Indiana 15 Michigan State 18 Purdue 23 Michigan and 25 Wisconsin 40 AP Coaches CBS 32 NBC 35 SportingNews 33 SportsIllustrated 37 Blue RibbonYearbook 39 BleacherReport 38 AthlonSports 31 Lindy sSports ESPN 36 USBWA 40 Illinois Indiana 15 15 13 14 15 14 13 12 17 4 14 13 Iowa Maryland 3 3 4 2 3 5 2 4 4 1 1 1 Michigan 25 17 18 17 22 22 23 Michigan State 13 13 11 9 23 15 15 13 12 23 15 15 Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Purdue 23 24T 26 21 19 16 21 24 18 Rutgers Wisconsin 17 17 17 25 20 18 19 17 25Regular season editConference schedules edit Before the season it was announced that the Big Ten Network would televise 75 games including 9 straight Wednesday doubleheaders and regular Saturday and Sunday doubleheaders 41 The schedule also included an extensive slate of ESPN Inc family of networks ESPN ESPN2 and ESPNU Tuesday and Thursday night of the conference season coverage and CBS Sports scheduled games for Saturday or Sunday afternoons starting January 10 2016 CBS will carry the semifinals and finals of the 2016 Big Ten Conference men s basketball tournament marking the 19th consecutive year that they have covered the Big Ten Conference men s basketball tournament 42 All teams begin a balanced 18 game conference game schedule during the week of December 28 January 3 in which teams play home and away against 5 teams home against 4 teams and away against the remaining 4 opponents 43 On January 30 the conference scheduled its inaugural annual Super Saturday College Hoops amp Hockey doubleheader featuring a basketball game between Michigan and Penn State followed by a hockey game between the teams from the same schools at Madison Square Garden 44 2015 ACC Big Ten Challenge Big Ten 8 6 edit Date Time ACC team B1G team Score Location Television Attendance Challengeleader Nov 30 7 00 pm Wake Forest Rutgers 69 68 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway New Jersey ESPNU 3 817 ACC 1 0 9 00 pm Clemson Minnesota 89 83 Williams Arena Minneapolis Minnesota ESPN2 10 229 Tied 1 1 Dec 1 7 00 pm NC State Michigan 66 59 PNC Arena Raleigh North Carolina ESPN2 17 645 B1G 2 1 7 00 pm Virginia Tech Northwestern 81 79OT Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg Virginia ESPNU 4 879 B1G 3 1 7 30 pm No 10 Virginia Ohio State 64 58 Value City Arena Columbus Ohio ESPN 12 445 B1G 3 2 9 00 pm No 21 Miami Nebraska 77 72OT Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln Nebraska ESPNU 15 646 Tied 3 3 9 00 pm Pittsburgh No 11 Purdue 72 59 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania ESPN2 9 439 B1G 4 3 9 30 pm No 9 North Carolina No 2 Maryland 89 81 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill North Carolina ESPN 21 163 Tied 4 4 Dec 2 7 15 pm No 24 Louisville No 3 Michigan State 71 67 Breslin Center East Lansing Michigan ESPN 14 797 B1G 5 4 7 15 pm No 14 Syracuse Wisconsin 66 58OT Carrier Dome Syracuse New York ESPN2 22 360 B1G 6 4 7 15 pm Boston College Penn State 67 58 Conte Forum Chestnut Hill Massachusetts ESPNU 2 165 B1G 7 4 9 15 pm No 7 Duke Indiana 94 74 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham North Carolina ESPN 9 314 B1G 7 5 9 15 pm Notre Dame Illinois 84 79 State Farm Center Champaign Illinois ESPN2 14 953 B1G 7 6 9 15 pm Florida State Iowa 78 75OT Carver Hawkeye Arena Iowa City Iowa ESPNU 11 247 B1G 8 6 Winners are in boldGame times in EST Rankings from AP Poll Nov 30 45 Georgia Tech did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G 2015 Gavitt Tipoff Games Tied 4 4 edit Date Time Big East team Big Ten team Score Location Television Attendance Leader Tue Nov 17 5 00 PM DePaul Penn State 68 62 Bryce Jordan Center University Park PA ESPNU 5 023 Big Ten 1 0 8 30 PM No 11 Villanova Nebraska 87 63 The Pavilion Villanova PA FS1 6 500 Tied 1 1 9 00 PM Georgetown No 3 Maryland 75 71 XFINITY Center College Park MD ESPN2 17 950 Big Ten 2 1 Wed Nov 18 7 00 PM Providence Illinois 60 59 Dunkin Donuts Center Providence RI FS1 8 069 Tied 2 2 Thu Nov 19 7 00 PM St John s Rutgers 61 59 Carnesecca Arena Queens NY FS1 4 540 Big East 3 2 7 00 PM Creighton Indiana 86 65 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington IN BTN 17 472 Tied 3 3 9 00 PM Marquette Iowa 89 61 BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee WI FS1 13 297 Big Ten 4 3 Fri Nov 20 9 00 PM Xavier No 24 Michigan 86 70 Crisler Center Ann Arbor MI BTN 11 967 Tied 4 4 WINNERS ARE IN BOLD Game Times in EST Rankings from AP Poll Nov 16 Did not participate Butler Seton Hall Big East Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Purdue Wisconsin Big Ten Rankings edit The Big Ten had 5 teams ranked Indiana Maryland Michigan State Purdue and Wisconsin and 3 others Iowa Michigan and Ohio State receiving votes in the preseason Coaches Poll 29 It had 6 teams ranked Indiana Maryland Michigan Michigan State Purdue and Wisconsin in the preseason AP Poll and 1 other Iowa receiving votes 30 Wisconsin dropped from the ranking by Week 2 while Michigan dropped in Week 3 and Indiana went unranked in Week 4 Michigan State ascended to the number 1 ranking in the fifth week of the season and has retained the number 1 ranking for three consecutive weeks 46 See also 2015 16 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 Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Final Illinois AP N A C Indiana AP 15 14 13 RV RV RV RV 25 19 22 RV 22 18 12 10 14 N A C 15 15 14 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 17 21 22 21 15 11 10 12 9 Iowa AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 16 9 3 5 4 11 4 8 16 20 25 N A C RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 19 9 4 7 5 3 6 8 15 18 24 25 Maryland AP 3 14 3 14 2 6 2 4 6 6 4 4 3 3 7 8 4 2 13 6 10 14 18 18 N A C 3 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 9 1 7 4 4 3 3 5 7 3 2 11 5 9 12 15 17 12 Michigan AP 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N A C RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV Michigan State AP 13 13 3 3 2 1 62 1 64 1 64 1 64 5 4 1 11 12 10 8 8 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 N A C 13 13 4 3 1 26 1 28 1 29 1 27 5 1 4 10 11 10 9 1 9 7 3 1 3 1 2 1 7 Minnesota AP N A C Nebraska AP N A C Northwestern AP RV RV RV RV N A C RV Ohio State AP N A C RV Penn State AP N A C Purdue AP 23 21 16 11 11 9 14 14 20 24 22 21 18 18 17 20 15 13 12 N A C 24T 23 15 11 11 8 13 14 18 24 22 21 16 16 16 19 13 13 10 19 Rutgers AP N A C Wisconsin AP 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV N A C 17 RV RV RV RV 25 RV 23 AP does not release post NCAA tournament rankings Players of the week edit 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 16 2015 47 Joey King MINN Caleb Swanigan PUR Alex Olah NU November 23 2015 48 Denzel Valentine MSU Thomas Bryant IND November 30 2015 49 Denzel Valentine 2 MSU Deyonta Davis MSU December 7 2015 50 A J Hammons PUR Jordan Murphy MINN December 14 2015 51 Jarrod Uthoff IOWA Caleb Swanigan 2 PUR Melo Trimble MD December 21 2015 52 Malcolm Hill ILL Nicholas Baer IOWA Caris LeVert MICH December 28 2015 53 Bryn Forbes MSU Corey Sanders RUT A J Hammons 2 PUR January 4 2016 54 Diamond Stone MD Diamond Stone MD January 11 2016 55 Mike Gesell IOWA Thomas Bryant 2 IND January 18 2016 56 Peter Jok IOWA JaQuan Lyle OSU Ethan Happ WIS January 25 2016 57 Yogi Ferrell IND Ethan Happ 2 WIS February 1 2016 58 A J Hammons 3 PUR Deyonta Davis 2 MSU Ethan Happ 3 WIS February 8 2016 59 Denzel Valentine 3 MSU Corey Sanders 2 RUT February 15 2016 60 Denzel Valentine 4 MSU Glynn Watson Jr NEB February 22 2016 61 Troy Williams IND Jordan Murphy 2 MINN Brandon Taylor PSU February 29 2016 62 Yogi Ferrell 2 IND Jalen Coleman Lands ILL March 7 2016 Bryn Forbes 63 2 MSU Caleb Swanigan 64 3 PUR On November 17 in the Champions Classic Denzel Valentine led Michigan State over Kansas by posting the first triple double of the 2015 16 NCAA Division I men s basketball season with 29 points 12 rebounds and 12 assists 65 66 On January 5 Diamond Stone was named national freshman of the week by the United States Basketball Writers Association 67 Conference matrix edit This table summarizes the head to head results between teams in conference play Each team played 18 conference games and at least 1 against each opponent Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan St Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio St Penn St Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin vs Illinois 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 vs Indiana 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 vs Iowa 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 vs Maryland 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 vs Michigan 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 vs Michigan St 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 vs Minnesota 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 vs Nebraska 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 vs Northwestern 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 vs Ohio State 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 vs Penn State 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 vs Purdue 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 vs Rutgers 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 vs Wisconsin 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 Total 5 13 15 3 12 6 12 6 10 8 13 5 2 16 6 12 8 10 11 7 7 11 12 6 1 17 12 6Midseason watchlists editLeVert Trimble Uthoff and Valentine were among the 25 players included in the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on January 13 68 On January 19 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates were named including Rapheal Davis Mike Gesell Shavon Shields and Valentine 69 The January 25 20 man Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list included Ferrell Trimble Uthoff and Valentine while the 10 man Integris Wayman Tisdale Award midseason watch lists named Stone and Swanigan 70 71 On February 1 Ferrell and Trimble were among the 10 mid season finalists for the Cousy Award 72 73 On February 2 Malcolm Hill and Levert were among the 10 mid season finalists for the West Award 74 75 On February 3 Valentine and Hayes were among the 10 mid season finalists for the Erving Award 76 On February 5 Hammons was among the 10 mid season finalists for the Jabbar Award 77 Shavon Shields was named an Allstate NABC Good Works Team selections on February 9 78 Mike Gesell Jarrod Uthoff Colby Wollenman and Shavon Shields were named 2015 16 CoSIDA Academic All District selections on February 11 making it two straight seasons that each was among the 40 finalists for the 15 man Academic All America team 79 On that same day Ferrell Hammons Trimble Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Naismith Award Late season Top 35 Watch List 80 Ferrell Trimble Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Wooden Award Late season Top 20 Watch List on February 12 81 On the same day Tom Izzo Bo Ryan and Lefty Driesell were named finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 82 On February 18 Valentine was named one of 10 senior finalists for the 2015 16 Senior CLASS Award 83 On February 29 Valentine and Uthoff were among the 11 finalists for the Robertson Trophy 84 Valentine was named one of four finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year Trophy on March 20 85 while Crean was named one of four finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year 2 86 Valentine and Ferrell were among the 10 finalist for the Wooden Award on March 29 87 Honors and awards editMichigan State Spartans men s basketball s Tom Izzo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 88 After taking over for Bo Ryan midseason Greg Gard was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award winner 89 Valentine earned numerous National Player of the Year awards NABC Player of the Year 90 Basketball Times 91 Sports Illustrated 92 USA Today 93 and NBC Sports 94 He earned the Senior CLASS Award as the outstanding senior student athlete in Division I men s basketball 95 Valentine was recognized as the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award winner 96 He also earned the Lute Olson Award as the most outstanding non freshman men s college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition 97 Uthoff was named Academic All America Team Member of the Year and was joined on the Academic All America first team by Shields Gessell was named to the second team 98 Valentine Uthoff and Ferrell received broad support as 2016 NCAA Men s Basketball All Americans USA Today and ESPN named Valentine 1st team Ferrell 2nd team and Uthoff 3rd team All Americans 99 100 NBC Sports and Sporting News selected Valentine 1st team Ferrell 2nd team and Uthoff 2nd team 101 102 USBWA named Valentine a first team selection and Uthoff a second team selection 103 Sports Illustrated named Valentine a first team selection and Ferrell Uthoff and Trimble as honorable mentions 104 NABC and Associated Press named Valentine to their first teams and Ferrell and Uthoff to their third teams 90 105 CBS Sports selected Valentine to its first team and Ferrell to its third team 106 With an average attendance of 12 555 fans per game including home games and the 2016 Big Ten Men s Basketball Tournament the Big Ten Conference led the nation in men s basketball attendance for the 40th consecutive season according to the NCAA Maryland enjoyed the largest season over season increase with a 5 169 fan jump This put Maryland on top attendance rankings of the 11 top 40 Big Ten conference members Maryland 5th 17 863 Wisconsin 6th 17 287 Indiana 7th 17 106 Nebraska 11th 15 429 Michigan State 13th 14 797 Iowa 19th 13 835 Purdue 20th 13 662 Illinois 27th 12 723 Ohio State 28th 12 283 Michigan 33th 11 611 and Minnesota 38th 10 706 107 The Big Ten outpaced other top conferences by over 1000 fans again SEC 11 144 ACC 11 131 Big 12 10 124 and Big East 9 595 108 All Big Ten Awards and Teams edit On March 7 The Big Ten announced most of its conference awards 109 110 Valentine was also named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year on June 22 111 Honor Coaches Media Player of the Year Denzel Valentine Michigan State Denzel Valentine Michigan State Coach of the Year Tom Crean Indiana Tom Crean Indiana Freshman of the Year Ethan Happ Wisconsin Ethan Happ Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Year A J Hammons Purdue Not Selected Sixth Man of the Year Max Bielfeldt Indiana Not Selected All Big Ten First Team Yogi Ferrell Indiana Yogi Ferrell Indiana Denzel Valentine Michigan State Denzel Valentine Michigan State Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Jarrod Uthoff Iowa A J Hammons Purdue A J Hammons Purdue Nigel Hayes Wisconsin Nigel Hayes Wisconsin All Big Ten Second Team Malcolm Hill Illinois Malcolm Hill Illinois Peter Jok Iowa Peter Jok Iowa Melo Trimble Maryland Melo Trimble Maryland Bryn Forbes Michigan State Bryn Forbes Michigan State Shavon Shields Nebraska Matt Costello Michigan State All Big Ten Third Team Matt Costello Michigan State Shavon Shields Nebraska Diamond Stone Maryland Diamond Stone Maryland Troy Williams Indiana Troy Williams Indiana Thomas Bryant Indiana Brandon Taylor Penn State Bronson Koenig Wisconsin Ethan Happ Wisconsin Derrick Walton Michigan All Big Ten Honorable Mention Derrick Walton Michigan Brandon Taylor Penn State Thomas Bryant Indiana Ethan Happ Wisconsin Bronson Koenig Wisconsin Robert Carter Jr Maryland Robert Carter Jr Maryland Jake Layman Maryland Jake Layman Maryland Rasheed Sulaimon Maryland Rasheed Sulaimon Maryland Zak Irvin Michigan Zak Irvin Michigan Andrew White III Nebraska Andrew White III Nebraska Bryant McIntosh Northwestern Bryant McIntosh Northwestern Keita Bates Diop Ohio State Keita Bates Diop Ohio State Marc Loving Ohio State Marc Loving Ohio State Jae Sean Tate Ohio State Jae Sean Tate Ohio State Vincent Edwards Purdue Vincent Edwards Purdue Not Selected Mike Gesell Iowa Adam Woodbury Iowa Tre Demps Northwestern Rapheal Davis Purdue Caleb Swanigan Purdue Corey Sanders Rutgers All Freshman Team Thomas Bryant Indiana Not Selected Diamond Stone Maryland Ethan Happ Wisconsin Caleb Swanigan Purdue Jordan Murphy Minnesota All Defensive Team Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Not Selected Yogi Ferrell Indiana Rapheal Davis Purdue A J Hammons Purdue Ethan Happ Wisconsin NABC edit The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All District teams on March 25 recognizing the nation s best men s collegiate basketball student athletes Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC the selections on this list were then eligible for NABC Coaches All America Honors The following list represented the District 7 players chosen to the list 112 First Team Jarrod Uthoff Iowa Denzel Valentine Michigan State Yogi Ferrell Indiana A J Hammons Purdue Melo Trimble Maryland Second Team Nigel Hayes Wisconsin Peter Jok Iowa Malcolm Hill Illinois Matt Costello Michigan State Robert Carter Maryland USBWA edit On March 8 the U S Basketball Writers Association released its 2015 16 Men s All District Teams based upon voting from its national membership There were nine regions from coast to coast and a player and coach of the year were selected in each The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions 113 District II NY NJ DE DC PA WV none District III VA NC SC MD Melo Trimble Maryland District V OH IN IL MI MN WI Player of the Year Denzel Valentine Michigan State Coach of the Year Tom Crean Indiana All District Team Yogi Ferrell Indiana Bryn Forbes Michigan State A J Hammons Purdue Nigel Hayes Wisconsin Malcolm Hill Illinois Denzel Valentine Michigan State District VI IA MO KS OK NE ND SD Peter Jok Iowa Jarrod Uthoff IowaPostseason editBig Ten tournament edit Main article 2016 Big Ten Conference men s basketball tournament Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance First round Wednesday March 9 1 1 4 30 pm 13 Minnesota vs 12 Illinois 52 85 ESPN2 16 528 2 7 00 pm 14 Rutgers vs 11 Nebraska 72 89 BTN Second round Thursday March 10 2 3 12 00 pm 8 Michigan vs 9 Northwestern 72 70OT BTN 15 707 4 2 30 pm 5 Iowa vs 12 Illinois 66 68 3 5 6 30 pm 7 Ohio State vs 10 Penn State 79 75 ESPN2 15 751 6 9 00 pm 6 Wisconsin vs 11 Nebraska 58 70 Quarterfinals Friday March 11 4 7 12 00 pm 1 Indiana vs 8 Michigan 69 72 ESPN 18 355 8 2 30 pm 4 Purdue vs 12 Illinois 89 58 5 9 6 30 pm 2 Michigan State vs 7 Ohio State 81 54 BTN 15 942 10 9 00 pm 3 Maryland vs 11 Nebraska 97 86 Semifinals Saturday March 12 6 11 1 00 pm 4 Purdue vs 8 Michigan 76 59 CBS 18 339 12 3 30 pm 2 Michigan State vs 3 Maryland 64 61 Championship Sunday March 13 7 13 3 00 pm 2 Michigan State vs 4 Purdue 66 62 CBS 16 429 Game times in Eastern Time The United States began Daylight saving time at 2 00 am on Sunday March 13 Thus times were in Eastern Standard Time except the Championship game which was in Eastern Daylight Time Rankings denote tournament seed NCAA tournament edit Main article 2016 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament The Big Ten Conference had seven bids to the 2016 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament 114 Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship 2 Midwest Michigan State n a eliminated by 15 Middle Tennessee 81 90 5 East Indiana n a defeated 12 Chattanooga 99 74 defeated 4 Kentucky 73 67 eliminated by 1 North Carolina 86 101 5 South Maryland n a defeated 12 South Dakota State 79 74 defeated 13 Hawaii 73 60 eliminated by 1 Kansas 63 79 5 Midwest Purdue n a eliminated by 12 Arkansas Little Rock 83 85 2OT 7 South Iowa n a defeated 10 Temple 72 70 eliminated by 2 Villanova 87 68 7 East Wisconsin n a defeated 10 Pittsburgh 47 43 defeated 2 Xavier 66 63 eliminated by 6 Notre Dame 56 61 11 East Michigan defeated 11 Tulsa 67 62 eliminated by 6 Notre Dame 63 70 W L 1 0 1 000 4 3 571 3 1 750 0 3 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 8 7 533 National Invitation tournament edit Main article 2016 National Invitation Tournament Ohio State earned the lone NIT bid for the conference 115 Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 3 Monmouth Ohio State defeated 6 Akron 72 63 OT eliminated by 2 Florida 66 74 W L 1 0 1 000 0 1 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 500 2016 NBA draft edit Main article 2016 NBA draft The following all conference selections were listed as seniors or graduate students Yogi Ferrell Denzel Valentine Jarrod Uthoff A J Hammons Bryn Forbes Shavon Shields Matt Costello and Brandon Taylor The following players were invited to the NBA Draft Combine Robert Carter Deyonta Davis Hammons Jake Layman Caris LeVert Diamond Stone Caleb Swanigan Melo Trimble Valentine Nigel Hayes and Troy Williams 116 117 With 6 draftees the Big Ten tied for second along with the Big 12 and SEC behind the ACC with 9 118 The following six players were drafted from the Big Ten 119 Rnd Pick Player Pos Team School 1 14 Denzel Valentine G Chicago Bulls Michigan State Sr 1 20 Caris LeVert SG Brooklyn Nets traded to Brooklyn Nets a Michigan Sr 2 31 Deyonta Davis PF C Boston Celtics from Philadelphia via Miami A traded to Memphis Grizzlies b Michigan State Fr 2 40 Diamond Stone PF C New Orleans Pelicans from Sacramento B C traded to Los Angeles Clippers c Maryland Fr 2 46 A J Hammons C Dallas Mavericks Purdue Sr 2 47 Jake Layman SF Orlando Magic from Chicago D traded to Portland Trail Blazers d Maryland Sr Pre draft trades edit Prior to the day of the draft the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams June 28 2012 Philadelphia 76ers to Miami Heat 120 121 Miami acquired draft rights to Justin Hamilton and a conditional future first round pick protected top 14 in 2013 2015 else 2015 and 2016 second round picks Philadelphia acquired draft rights to Arnett Moultrie January 15 2014 Miami Heat to Boston Celtics three team trade with Golden State Warriors 122 123 Boston acquired Joel Anthony Philadelphia s conditional first round pick a 2016 second round pick from Miami and cash considerations Miami acquired Toney Douglas from Golden State Golden State acquired Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks from Boston July 10 2013 Sacramento Kings to New Orleans Pelicans three team trade with Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento acquired a 2016 second round pick with an option to swap with New Orleans pick and a 2018 second round pick from Portland Sacramento acquired Greivis Vasquez from New Orleans New Orleans acquired Tyreke Evans from Sacramento New Orleans acquired the draft rights to Jeff Withey from Portland Portland acquired Robin Lopez and Terrel Harris from New Orleans July 10 2013 New Orleans Pelicans to Sacramento Kings three team trade with Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento acquired a 2016 second round pick with an option to swap with New Orleans and a 2018 second round pick from Portland Sacramento acquired Greivis Vasquez from New Orleans New Orleans acquired Tyreke Evans from Sacramento New Orleans acquired the draft rights to Jeff Withey from Portland Portland acquired Robin Lopez and Terrel Harris from New Orleans July 13 2013 Sacramento Kings to Milwaukee Bucks Sacramento acquired Luc Mbah a Moute Milwaukee acquired the more favorable 2016 second round pick between Sacramento and New Orleans the rights to swap 2019 second round picks and future considerations July 14 2014 Chicago Bulls to Orlando Magic Orlando acquired Anthony Randolph the 2015 second round pick of either Chicago or Denver and the 2016 second round pick of either Chicago or Portland Chicago acquired the player rights of Milovan Rakovic Draft day trades edit Draft day trades occurred on June 23 2016 the day of the draft June 23 2016 Indiana Pacers to Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn acquired Indiana s first round pick and a 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