MILESTONE WATCH… Michigan State head mentor Tom Izzo will enter Friday’s down at Wisconsin with 699 career wins. A Straightforward triumph would make him the 10th dynamic mentor in Div. I with 700 career wins… Congratulations to Mentor Izzo, who as of late coached his 500th career Huge Ten contest, turning into the second mentor to arrive at the plateau. Izzo is scheduled to tie Bobby Knight’s conference record 504 games when Michigan State has Maryland next Saturday… Congratulations to Wisconsin head mentor Greg Gard, who procured his 100th career Large Ten triumph on Tuesday, as the Badgers beat Minnesota.

Purdue, Illinois, and Wisconsin remain firmly entrenched in the current week’s AP and USA Today Coaches Surveys. The Boilermakers remain consistent in the No. 2 spot on the two surveys. Illinois climbed four spots to No. 10 in the AP and three spots to No. 11 in the Coaches list. The Badgers dropped down two spots to No. 13 in the AP and to No. 10 in the Coaches Survey.

Purdue large man Zach Edey was named Enormous Ten Player of the Week, introduced via Air National Watchman, for the seven day stretch of Jan. 15-21. The senior guaranteed his third honor of the season and ninth of his career, one short of tying the conference record, at present held by Evan Turner (2008-10). Edey found the middle value of 31.5 focuses on 55.3 percent shooting, 16.0 bounce back, and 2.5 impeded shots, as No. 2 Purdue scored a couple of wins. In a 87-66 triumph at Indiana, the middle tallied 33 focuses and 14 bounce back, then added 30 focuses and 18 sheets, as Purdue beat Iowa 84-70.

Wisconsin rookie John Blackwell guaranteed his third Enormous Ten First year recruit of the Week honor subsequent to averaging 13.0 focuses and 3.0 bounce back, as No. 13/10 Wisconsin split a couple of games. Blackwell scored 14 focuses, including 7-8 from the free toss line, in a 87-83 misfortune at Penn State, prior to indenting 12 focuses and four bounce back as the Badgers scored a 91-79 win over Indiana.
For the second time this season, Edey has also been one of five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Journalists Association (USBWA). This is the fifth time this season a Major Ten player has procured the honor and the second of the year for Edey. The current week’s other honorees incorporate High Point’s Kezza Giffa (Enormous South), Dayton’s DaRon Holmes II (Atlantic 10), Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht (SEC), and Houston’s Jamal Shead (Huge 12).

Six Major Ten groups rank in the best 60 in Friday’s NET rankings, remembering four for the main 25. Purdue’s No. 2 positioning is tops in the league, while Wisconsin and Illinois sit at Nos. 12 and 13, separately, trailed by No. 23 Michigan State, No.47 Nebraska, and negative. 57 Ohio State. The Large 12 leads the nation with 11 top-60 contestants, three a greater number of than the Enormous East and SEC, while the Huge Ten and ACC have six each.
The Large Ten has confronted 89 Quad 1 opponents, the vast majority of any power conference in the country, while its 138 Quad 1 and 2 opposition, re great for third. The Huge Ten ‘s 29 Quad 1 successes are attached with the Enormous 12 and Large East for most in the country, six clear of the ACC and SEC, while its 56 consolidated Quad 1 and 2 successes are third in the country behind the SEC (60) and ACC (59).

Eight Major Ten groups as of now rank in the best 60 in the present Kenpom rankings, remembering four for the main 16. Purdue drives the way at No. 2, trailed by Illinois (#10), Wisconsin (#11), Michigan State (#16), Nebraska (#45), Iowa (#49), Ohio State (#50), and Northwestern (#56). The Large 12 leads the nation with 11 groups in the main 60, three more than the Enormous Ten, Major East, and SEC while the ACC and Pac 12 have five each.
Nine Eight Major Ten groups at present position in the main 60 of the ESPN Basketball Power Record (BPI) posting. Purdue drives the way at No. 2, trailed by No. 11 Illinois, No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 49 Iowa, No. 50 Ohio State, No. 54 Northwestern, and negative. 57 Nebraska. All 14 Major Ten groups also rank in the power source’s main 65 Leftover Strength of Schedule posting.

The Large Ten positions among the nation’s best conferences on the two sides of the hardwood. Upsettingly, 10 groups normal north of 75.0 focuses per game, drove by Purdue’s Large Ten-best 85.8 focuses, which positions 10th in the country, three spots north of Iowa (85.1 focuses). Seven groups also rank in the main 60 in the nation in field goal rate, drove by Purdue at 49.1 percent. Indiana (47.9 percent), Iowa (47.8) Wisconsin (47.5), Minnesota (47.5), and Michigan State (47.4) also rank in the nation’s best 60. Quite a bit of that hostile proficiency originates from dealing with the ball, as six group list in the main 40 in helps/turnover ratio. Iowa drives the nation with a 1.90 ratio, while Northwestern (1.81), Michigan State (1.74), and Purdue (1.64) rank in the best 15.

Protectively, the Large Ten flaunts 10 groups that hold their opponents at or under 70 focuses per game, drove by Maryland, who gives up 64.0 focuses per outing, great for 20th nationally, trailed by Michigan State, allowing simply 65.2 focuses, and Rutgers at 66.5 places. Six Major Ten groups also rank in the nation’s main 50 in field goal rate safeguard. Michigan State drives the way, holding its opponents to 39.4 percent shooting, a tick above Rutgers at 39.8 and Illinois and Maryland at 40.2. The Red Knights also rank 12th in the country with 5.6 obstructed shots per contest, just a little ways off of Maryland’s 5.4 blocks per game, 16th in the country, while Penn State powers a league-best 15.84 turnovers per game, 16th in tDiv. I.

Huge Ten players also rank in the main 10 of every several individual statistical categories. Purdue’s Zach Edey positions third in the country with 22.9 focuses per game, fourth in bounce back per game (11.4), and third in twofold duplicates (13), while his 201 free toss attempts and 154 field goals rank first and fourth in the NCAA. Minnesota’s Elijah Hawkins drives the nation with 7.8 helps per contest, while Purdue’s Braden Smith’s 146 total helps are tops in Division I. Hawkins’ 141 helps rank second and Smith’s 7.3 helps per contest are fourth. Two Major Ten players, Michigan State’s Tre Holloman and Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton sit first and second in the nation with 5.45 and 4.72 help/turnover ratios. Protectively, Rutgers’ Clifford Omoruyi’s 3.38 impeded shots per game position second in the country, straight ahead of Ohio State’s Felix Okpara whose 2.61 hindered shots are really great for eighth, while Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr’s. 2.84 steals per game position 6th.

Almost 3.0 million fans have watched Large Ten basketball this season, remembering more than 1.86 million fans for our 14 home settings. Seven Major Ten groups rank in the main 20 in total attendance. Nebraska drives the Enormous Ten and positions third in the country with 198,667 fans through 14 games, only north of Indiana, whose 194,013 positions second in the country. Michigan State (177,564 fans) and Illinois (176,563) list eighth and 10th, separately. Altogether, 10 Major Ten schools rank in the best 41 in total home attendance.

On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Los Angeles Athletic Club declared the John R. Wooden Award® introduced by Principal® Midseason Top 25 Watch Rundown. Purdue’s Zach Edey and Michigan State’s Tyson Walker were recorded among those considered strong candidates for the honor which will be reported following the NCAA Competition in April.

The Large Ten shut its nonconference slate with a consolidated 117-37 record. The Large 12 (144-34), SEC (132-47), Atlantic 10 (131-60), and ACC (119-46) collected more wins, yet at the same the Enormous Ten’s .760-win rate falls behind only the Huge 12 (.809). Among the B1G’s 117 triumphs are 9 successes over AP Top 25 opponents.

For the 6th consecutive year, each Large Ten Conference part institution will contend in a 20-game conference schedule. The Huge Ten Conference season starts Friday, Dec. 1, when Maryland visits Indiana and Northwestern hosts Purdue, the first of 12 conference games played between Dec. 1-10. Following a break in conference play, Enormous Ten action will continue on Jan. 2. During the conference season, schools will play seven groups two times – – once at home and once out and about and six groups once, with three of those games being at home and the other three away.

The 27th annual Huge Ten Competition will be played at Target Center in Minneapolis between Walk 13-17, 2024, denoting whenever the competition first has been played in Minneapolis. All 14 groups will progress to the competition, with two 1st round games slated for Wednesday, Walk 13th. The main four groups will get 1st and 2nd round byes and advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, Walk 15th.

A Major Ten media board has picked 2023 Consensus National Player of the Year Zach Edey as 2023-24 Major Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. The league’s dominant Player of the Year, Edey turned into the principal Boilermaker since Glenn Robinson in 1994 to win National Player of the Year accolades and the fifth Enormous Ten Player over the most recent 14 years to be named National Player of the Year joining Evan Turner (2010), Three pointer Burke (2013), Blunt Kaminsky (2015) and Luka Garza (2021) as National Players of the Year.

The media board also chosen the 2023-24 Preseason All-Huge Ten Group. Edey joined Illinois’ Terrence Shannon Jr., Maryland’s Jahmir Youthful, and Northwestern’s Boo Buie as consistent selections. Also named to the group were Maryland’s Julian Reese, Minnesota’s Dawson Garcia, Michigan State’s A.J. Hoggard and Tyson Walker, Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga, and Rutgers’ Clifford Omoruyi. All ten individuals from the 2023-24 Preseason All-Large Ten Group got All-Enormous Ten honors following the 2022-23 mission. Buie and Shannon got Edey together with First Group accolades, while Omoruyi, Walker, and Youthful were named to the Second Group. Hoggard procured a spot on the Third Group, with Garcia, Reese, and Tominaga getting Honorable Mention.