2020–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
The 2020–21 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2020. The regular season will end in March 2021.
| 2020–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| TV partner(s) | Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1, CBS |
| 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
| Tournament | |
| 2020–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | .889 | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Illinois | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Ohio State | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | 15 | – | 4 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Purdue | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Wisconsin | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Iowa | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 13 | – | 6 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Rutgers | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 4 | – | 7 | .364 | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 9 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 Big Ten Tournament winner As of February 8, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaches
Penn State
On October 21, 2020, Pat Chambers resigned after an internal investigation by the school into inappropriate conduct by Chambers.[1] It had been reported in July that former player Rasir Bolton had left the program due to comments to him by Chambers.[2] New allegations surfaced after the school's investigation.[1] Assistant coach Jim Ferry will serve as interim coach for the 2020–21 season.[3]
Coaches
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Big Ten record | Big Ten titles | Big Ten Tournament titles | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Brad Underwood | Oklahoma State | 4 | 47–49 | 24–34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | Archie Miller | Dayton | 4 | 55–43 | 28–32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | Fran McCaffery | Siena | 11 | 196–143 | 89–95 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | Mark Turgeon | Texas A&M | 10 | 204–99 | 76–43* | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | Juwan Howard | Miami Heat (Asst.) | 2 | 19–12 | 10–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan State | Tom Izzo | Michigan State (Asst.) | 26 | 628–241 | 299–132 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 1 |
| Minnesota | Richard Pitino | FIU | 8 | 127–108 | 48–82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | Fred Hoiberg | Chicago Bulls | 2 | 7–25 | 2–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwestern | Chris Collins | Duke (Asst.) | 8 | 109–119 | 43–85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio State | Chris Holtmann | Butler | 4 | 66–29 | 34–24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn State | Jim Ferry (interim) | Penn State (Asst.) | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purdue | Matt Painter | Purdue (Assoc.) | 16 | 337–174 | 167–103 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | Steve Pikiell | Stony Brook | 5 | 64–65 | 24–32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | Greg Gard | Wisconsin (Assoc.) | 6 | 101–57 | 56–35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
- Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
- Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
- Turgeon's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
Preseason
Preseason All-Big Ten
On November 8, 2020, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.[4]
| Honor | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Preseason Player of the Year | Luka Garza*, Iowa | |
| Preseason All-Big Ten Team | Kofi Cockburn, Illinois | |
| Ayo Dosunmu*, Illinois | ||
| Luka Garza*, Iowa | ||
| Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana | ||
| Joe Wieskamp, Iowa | ||
| Aaron Henry, Michigan State | ||
| Marcus Carr, Minnnesota | ||
| Trevion Williams, Purdue | ||
| Geo Baker, Rutgers | ||
| Nate Reuvers, Wisconsin | ||
| *Unanimous selections | ||
Preseason national polls
| AP[5] | Athlon Sports[6] |
Bleacher Report |
Blue Ribbon Yearbook[7] |
CBS Sports[8] | Coaches | ESPN[9] | Lindy's Sports[10] |
NBC Sports | SBNation | Sports Illustrated |
Street and Smith |
USBWA | |
| Illinois | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| Maryland | |||||||||||||
| Michigan | 25 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Michigan State | 13 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 20 | ||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska | |||||||||||||
| Northwestern | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 23 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | |||||||
| Penn State | |||||||||||||
| Purdue | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 24 | 19 | 24 | 23 | |||||||||
| Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Regular season
Rankings
| 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 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | AP | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 12 | ||||||||||
| C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Indiana | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | AP | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 (1) | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| C | 6 | 6 | 3 (1) | 3 (2) | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Maryland | AP | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | AP | 25 | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Michigan State | AP | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 23 | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | AP | RV | RV | 21 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 21 | RV | |||||||||||||
| C | RV | 24 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 20 | RV | |||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | AP | 19 | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
| C | 22 | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | AP | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 25 | RV | 21 | 15 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| C | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | RV | RV | 18 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Penn State | AP | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | AP | RV | RV | RV | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | AP | 24 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 15 | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | AP | 7 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 19 | ||||||||||
| C | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
Player 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.
| Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week |
|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2020[11] | Luka Garza, Iowa | Zach Edey, Purdue |
| Adam Miller, Illinois | ||
| December 7, 2020[12] | Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana | Hunter Dickinson, Michigan |
| December 14, 2020[13] | Ayo Dosunmu, Ilinois | Hunter Dickinson (2), Michigan |
| Luka Garza (2), Iowa | ||
| December 21, 2020[14] | Boo Buie, Northwestern | Mason Gillis, Purdue |
| December 28, 2020[15] | Marcus Carr, Minnesota | Hunter Dickinson (3), Michigan |
| Ayo Dosunmu (2), Illinois | ||
| January 3, 2021[16] | Liam Robbins, Minnesota | Hunter Dickinson (4), Michigan |
| January 11, 2021[17] | Trayce Jackson-Davis (2), Indiana | Hunter Dickinson (5), Michigan |
| Jordan Bohannon, Iowa | ||
| January 18, 2021[18] | Liam Robbins (2), Minnesota | Brandon Newman, Purdue |
| Trevion Williams, Purdue | ||
| January 25, 2021[19] | Isaiah Livers, Michigan | Jaden Ivey, Purdue |
| February 1, 2021[20] | Ayo Dosunmu (3), Illinois | Brandon Newman (2), Purdue |
| February 8, 2021[21] | Ayo Dosunmu (4), Illinois | Jaden Ivey (2), Purdue |
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 20 conference games, and at least one game against each opponent.
| Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Maryland | Michigan | Michigan State | Minnesota | Nebraska | Northwestern | Ohio State | Penn State | Purdue | Rutgers | Wisconsin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Illinois | – | 0−2 | 0–2 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Indiana | 2–0 | – | 0−2 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0–0 | 0−1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Iowa | 2–0 | 2−0 | – | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1–1 | 0−0 | 0−2 | 1–0 | 0−0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| vs. Maryland | 0–1 | 1−0 | 1−0 | – | 2−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0–0 | 1−0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Michigan | 0–0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−2 | – | 0−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0–0 | 0−1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Michigan State | 0–0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | – | 1−0 | 0−2 | 1−0 | 1–0 | 0−0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. Minnesota | 1–0 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | – | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0–1 | 0−0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Nebraska | 0–0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 0−0 | – | 0−0 | 1–0 | 0−0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Northwestern | 1–0 | 0−1 | 2−0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | – | 1–1 | 1−0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Ohio State | 0–1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 1−1 | – | 0−1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| vs. Penn State | 2–0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. Purdue | 1–0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0–2 | 0−1 | – | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Rutgers | 0–1 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 2–0 | 1−0 | 0–1 | – | 1–0 |
| vs. Wisconsin | 1–0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 1−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1–0 | 1−1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | – |
| Total | 9–3 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–1 | 3–7 | 4–7 | 0–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 4–7 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 |
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