2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 2022–23 Big Ten men's basketball season was the season for Big Ten Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2022. The regular season ended in March 2023.

2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1, CBS
2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions	Purdue
Season MVP	Zach Edey, Purdue
Top scorer	Zach Edey, Purdue
Tournament
Champions	Purdue
Runners-up	Penn State
Finals MVP	Zach Edey

2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Purdue †	15	–	5		.750			29	–	6		.829
No. 21 Indiana	12	–	8		.600			23	–	12		.657
Northwestern	12	–	8		.600			22	–	12		.647
Michigan State	11	–	8		.579			21	–	13		.618
Maryland	11	–	9		.550			22	–	13		.629
Illinois	11	–	9		.550			20	–	13		.606
Iowa	11	–	9		.550			19	–	14		.576
Michigan	11	–	9		.550			18	–	16		.529
Penn State	10	–	10		.500			23	–	14		.622
Rutgers	10	–	10		.500			19	–	15		.559
Wisconsin	9	–	11		.450			20	–	15		.571
Nebraska	9	–	11		.450			16	–	16		.500
Ohio State	5	–	15		.250			16	–	19		.457
Minnesota	2	–	17		.105			9	–	22		.290
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

With Northwestern's loss to Maryland on February 26, 2023, Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.^[1] With Michigan's loss to Illinois on March 2, Purdue clinched the outright regular season championship, its first outright championship since 2017.^[2] The championship marked the school's 25th, the most in Big Ten history.^[3]

Purdue center Zach Edey was named Big Ten Player of the Year.^[4] Northwestern coach Chris Collins was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.^[5]

The Big Ten tournament was held March 8 through March 12 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Purdue defeated Penn State in the championship game.

In addition to Purdue, who received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the conference had eight teams received bids to the tournament: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Penn State.

Three schools also received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament: Michigan, Rutgers, and Wisconsin.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Maryland

On December 3, 2021, Maryland and Mark Turgeon agreed to part ways effective immediately.^[6] Assistant coach Danny Manning was named interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[7] Following the season, the school named Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard the team's new head coach.^[8]

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	6	93–66 (.585)	55–43 (.561)	1	1	2	0	0
Indiana	Mike Woodson	New York Knicks (Asst.)	2	21–14 (.600)	9–11 (.450)	0	0	1	0	0
Iowa	Fran McCaffery	Siena	13	244–162 (.601)	115–109 (.513)	0	1	6	0	0
Maryland	Kevin Willard	Seton Hall	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	Juwan Howard	Miami Heat (Asst.)	4	61–31 (.663)	35–22 (.614)	1	0	2	0	0
Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (Asst.)	28	666–257 (.722)	322–152 (.679)	10	6	24	8	1
Minnesota	Ben Johnson	Xavier (Asst.)	2	13–17 (.433)	4–16 (.200)	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Fred Hoiberg	Chicago Bulls	4	24–67 (.264)	9–50 (.153)	0	0	0	0	0
Northwestern	Chris Collins	Duke (Asst.)	10	133–150 (.470)	56–111 (.335)	0	0	1	0	0
Ohio State	Chris Holtmann	Butler	6	107–51 (.677)	46–32 (.590)	0	0	4	0	0
Penn State	Micah Shrewsberry	Purdue (Asst.)	2	14–17 (.452)	7–13 (.350)	0	0	0	0	0
Purdue	Matt Painter	Purdue (Assoc.)	18	384–192 (.667)	194–115 (.628)	3	1	13	0	0
Rutgers	Steve Pikiell	Stony Brook	7	88–92 (.489)	46–50 (.479)	0	0	2	0	0
Wisconsin	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (Assoc.)	8	144–78 (.649)	81–50 (.618)	2	0	5	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
• Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.
• Source:^[9]

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Prior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of writers.

Rank	Team
1	Indiana (19)
2	Illinois (6)
3	Michigan (1)
4	Michigan State
5	Purdue
6	Ohio State
7	Iowa
8	Rutgers
9	Wisconsin
10	Maryland
11	Penn State
12	Minnesota
13	Northwestern
14	Nebraska
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Big Ten

Prior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of writers.^[10]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Preseason All-Big Ten Team	Jamison Battle, Minnesota
	Zach Edey, Purdue
	Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
	Malik Hall, Michigan State
	Chuck Hepburn, Wisconsin
	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
	Kris Murray, Iowa
	Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers
	Jalen Pickett, Penn State
	Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois
	Tyler Wahl, Wisconsin

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[11]	West[12]	Erving[13]	Malone[14]	Abdul-Jabbar[15]
Jamison Battle, Minnesota			Y
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan	Y				Y
Zach Edey, Purdue	Y				Y
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana	Y			Y
Kris Murray, Iowa	Y			Y
Cliff Omoruyi, Rutgers					Y
Terrance Shannon Jr., Illinois	Y	Y
Tyler Wahl, Wisconsin			Y

Preseason national polls

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

	AP[16]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook[17]	CBS Sports[18]	Coaches	ESPN	Lindy's Sports[19]	Sporting News[20]
Illinois	23	22	9	23	24		20
Indiana	13	12	22	14	14	6	7
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan	22	18		22		7	21
Michigan State		24					25
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State	23
Penn State
Purdue			20				16
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Regular season

2022 ACC–Big Ten Challenge ACC 8–6

Date	Time	ACC team	B1G team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Challenge leader
Nov 28	7:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Minnesota	67–57	Cassell Coliseum • Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN2	7,870	ACC 1–0
	9:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Northwestern	87–58	Welsh–Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois		2,606	ACC 2–0
Nov 29	7:00 p.m.	Louisville	No. 22 Maryland	54–79	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	12,211	ACC 2–1
		Clemson	Penn State	101–942OT	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	5,861	ACC 3–1
	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 16 Illinois	44–73	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	15,544	ACC 3–2
	9:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wisconsin	78–75	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	14,435	ACC 4–2
		Georgia Tech	Iowa	65–81	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa	ESPNU	10,450	ACC 4–3
	9:30 p.m.	No. 3 Virginia	Michigan	70–68	Crisler Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	12,200	ACC 5–3
Nov 30	7:15 p.m.	No. 17 Duke	No. 25 Ohio State	81–72	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	ACC 6–3
		Florida State	No. 5 Purdue	69–79	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN2	5,282	ACC 6–4
		Miami (FL)	Rutgers	68–61	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	5,668	ACC 7–4
	9:15 p.m.	No. 18 North Carolina	No. 10 Indiana	65–77	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,222	ACC 7–5
		Notre Dame	No. 20 Michigan State	70–52	Joyce Center • South Bend, Indiana	ESPN2	7,854	ACC 8–5
		Boston College	Nebraska	67–88	Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPNU	13,080	ACC 8–6
Winners are in bold Game times in EST NC State did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source:^[21][22][23]

2022 Gavitt Tipoff Games (Big Ten 6–2)

Date	Time	Big East team	Big Ten team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Mon., Nov. 14	7:00 PM	DePaul	Minnesota	69–53	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	8,426	Big East (1–0)
	8:30 PM	Butler	Penn State	68–62	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, PA	FS1	6,762	Tied (1–1)
Tue., Nov. 15	6:30 PM	Georgetown	Northwestern	75–63	Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C.	FS1	5,518	Big Ten (2–1)
	8:30 PM	Marquette	Purdue	75–70	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN	FS1	14,876	Big Ten (3–1)
Wed., Nov. 16	7:30 PM	Seton Hall	Iowa	83–67	Prudential Center • Newark, NJ	FS1	8,933	Big Ten (4–1)
Thu., Nov. 17	6:30 PM	St. John's	Nebraska	70–50	Carnesecca Arena • Queens, NY	FS1	3,933	Big Ten (4–2)
Fri., Nov. 18	6:00 PM	Xavier	No. 12 Indiana	81–79	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH	FS1	10,586	Big Ten (5-2)
	8:00 PM	Villanova	Michigan State	73–71	Breslin Center • East Lansing, MI	FS1	14,797	Big Ten (6–2)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll. Did not participate: Connecticut, Creighton, Providence (Big East); Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin (Big Ten)

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 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	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	Final
Illinois	AP	23	19	16	16	17	18	16	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV				*
	C	23	20	14	17	17	19	16	22	24	RV	23	RV	25	RV	RV
Indiana	AP	13	12	11	10	14	14	18	16	15	RV	RV	RV	21	18	14	17	15	19	21	*
	C	14	13	11	8	11	16	21	18	19	RV	RV	RV	22	18	15	17	13	17	19	24
Iowa	AP	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV			RV	RV			RV	RV	*
	C	RV	RV	24	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV			RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
Maryland	AP			23	22	13	20	RV	RV						RV	RV	RV	21	RV		*
	C			25	22	13	17	23	21	RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
Michigan	AP	22	20	RV	RV																*
	C	22	21	RV	RV
Michigan State	AP	RV	RV	12	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV						RV		*
	C	RV	25	15	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV	20
Minnesota	AP																				*
	C
Nebraska	AP																				*
	C
Northwestern	AP										RV				RV	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	*
	C										RV				RV	RV	22	RV	25	RV	RV
Ohio State	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	25	23	RV	RV	24	RV	RV									*
	C	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	RV	RV	23	RV	RV
Penn State	AP		RV	RV																	*
	C									RV											RV
Purdue	AP	RV	RV	24	5 (8)	4 (8)	1 (27)	1 (40)	1 (40)	1 (60)	3 (4)	3 (3)	1 (39)	1 (62)	1 (38)	3 (2)	5	5	5	3 (3))	*
	C	RV	24	23	5 (3)	4 (6)	1 (9)	1 (24)	1 (25)	1 (30)	3 (6)	3 (5)	1 (24)	1 (32)	1 (15)	3 (1)	5	5	3	3 (2)	13
Rutgers	AP	RV	RV			RV					RV	23	RV	RV	24	RV					*
	C	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Wisconsin	AP				RV	RV7	22	17	15	13	18	RV	RV								*
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	18	15	15	18	RV	RV

* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, 12 participated in early season tournaments.^[24] All Big Ten teams participated in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, the 22nd and final year for the event.^[25] Eight teams participated in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.^[26]

Team	Tournament	Finish
Illinois	Continental Tire Main Event	2nd
Iowa	Emerald Coast Classic	2nd
Maryland	Hall of Fame Tip-Off	1st
Michigan	Legends Classic	2nd
Michigan State	Phil Knight Invitational	5th
Minnesota	SoCal Challenge	2nd
Nebraska	ESPN Events Invitational	7th
Northwestern	Cancun Challenge	2nd
Ohio State	Maui Invitational	5th
Penn State	Charleston Classic	3rd
Purdue	Phil Knight Legacy	1st
Wisconsin	Battle 4 Atlantis	3rd

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
November 14, 2022[27]	Hunter Dickinson, Michigan	Jett Howard, Michigan
November 21, 2022[28]	Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois	Braden Smith, Purdue
November 28, 2022[29]	Zach Edey, Purdue	Fletcher Loyer, Purdue
December 5, 2022[30]	Zach Edey (2), Purdue	Fletcher Loyer (2), Purdue
	Kris Murray, Iowa
December 12, 2022[31]	Zach Edey (3), Purdue	Dug McDaniel, Michigan
December 19, 2022[32]	Filip Rebraca, Iowa	Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State
December 27, 2022[33]	Jalen Pickett, Penn State	Brice Sensabaugh (2), Ohio State
January 3, 2023[34]	Hunter Dickinson (2), Michigan	Brice Sensabaugh (3), Ohio State
January 9, 2023[35]	Zach Edey (4), Purdue	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana
January 17, 2023[36]	Fletcher Loyer, Purdue	Fletcher Loyer (3), Purdue
	Cam Spencer, Rutgers
January 23, 2023[37]	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana	Brice Sensabaugh (4), Ohio State
January 30, 2023[38]	Zach Edey (5), Purdue	Jalen Hood-Schifino (2), Indiana
	Trayce Jackson-Davis (2), Indiana
February 6, 2023[39]	Zach Edey (6), Purdue	Jayden Epps, Illinois
	Trayce Jackson-Davis (3), Indiana
February 13, 2023[40]	Boo Buie, Northwestern	Jalen Hood-Schifino (3), Indiana
	Trayce Jackson-Davis (4), Indiana
February 20, 2023[41]	Jalen Pickett (2), Penn State	No nominees
February 27, 2023[42]	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana	Jalen Hood-Schifino (4), Indiana
March 6, 2023[43]	Trayce Jackson-Davis (5), Indiana	Jamarques Lawrence, Nebraska
	Camren Wynter, Penn State

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team was scheduled to play 20 conference games, and at least one game against each opponent. However, the February 15 game between Michigan State and Minnesota was canceled due to the Michigan State shooting, meaning those teams would only play 19 conference games.^[44]

	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	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2
vs. Indiana	0–2	–	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
vs. Iowa	0–1	0–2	–	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0
vs. Maryland	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Michigan	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1
vs. Michigan St	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	–	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
vs. Minnesota	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Nebraska	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	–	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Northwestern	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Ohio State	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
vs. Penn State	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Purdue	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	–	1–0	0–1
vs. Rutgers	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	–	0–1
vs. Wisconsin	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	–
Total	11–9	12–8	11–9	11–9	11–9	11–8	2–17	9–11	12–8	5–15	10–10	15–5	10–10	9–11

The Big Ten Conference led the nation in average attendance with 12,063 fans per game, which outpaced the SEC (11,344), Big 12 (10,703), ACC (9,949) and Big East (9,907). Indiana (6th), Illinois (9th), Wisconsin (11th), Maryland (13th), Purdue (14th), Iowa (24th), Michigan (27th), Nebraska (28th) and Ohio State (30th) were among the top schools in terms of total attendance.^[45]

Honors and awards

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 7, 2023, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.^[46]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Zach Edey, Purdue	Zach Edey, Purdue
Coach of the Year	Chris Collins, Northwestern	Chris Collins, Northwestern
Freshman of the Year	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana
Co-Defensive Players of the Year	Chase Audige, Northwestern	Not selected
	Caleb McConnell, Rutgers	Not selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Payton Sandfort, Iowa	Not selected
All-Big Ten First Team	Zach Edey, Purdue	Zach Edey, Purdue
	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
	Kris Murray, Iowa	Kris Murray, Iowa
	Jalen Pickett, Penn State	Jalen Pickett, Penn State
	Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois	Boo Buie, Northwestern
	Not selected	Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
All-Big Ten Second Team	Chase Audige, Northwestern	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana
	Boo Buie, Northwestern	Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers
	Hunter Dickinson, Michigan	Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois
	Derrick Walker, Nebraska	Tyson Walker, Michigan State
	Tyson Walker, Michigan State	Jahmir Young, Maryland
	Jahmir Young, Maryland	Not selected
All-Big Ten Third Team	Kobe Bufkin, Michigan	Chase Audige, Northwestern
	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana	A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State
	Jett Howard, Michigan	Matthew Mayer, Illinois
	Matthew Mayer, Illinois	Filip Rebraca, Iowa
	Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers	Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	Andrew Funk, Penn State	Connor McCaffery, Iowa
	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota	Tony Perkins, Iowa
	Hakim Hart, Maryland	Julian Reese, Maryland
	Joey Hauser, Michigan State	Hakim Hart, Maryland
	Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin	Kobe Bufkin, Michigan
	A.J. Hoggard, Michigan State	Jett Howard, Michigan
	Zed Key, Ohio State	Joey Hauser, Michigan State
	Fletcher Loyer, Purdue	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
	Seth Lundy, Penn State	Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska
	Connor McCaffery, Iowa	Derrick Walker, Nebraska
	Caleb McConnell, Rutgers	Andrew Funk, Penn State
	Paul Mulcahy, Rutgers	Seth Lundy, Penn State
	Tony Perkins, Iowa	Braden Smith, Purdue
	Filip Rebraca, Iowa	Fletcher Loyer, Purdue
	Julian Reese, Maryland	Caleb McConnell, Rutgers
	Donta Scott, Maryland	Paul Mulcahy, Rutgers
	Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State	Cam Spencer, Rutgers
	Braden Smith, Purdue	Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin
	Cam Spencer, Rutgers	Not selected
	Justice Sueing, Ohio State	Not selected
	Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska	Not selected
All-Freshman Team	Connor Essegian, Wisconsin	Not selected
	Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana
	Jett Howard, Michigan
	Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State
	Braden Smith, Purdue
All-Defensive Team	Chase Audige, Northwestern	Not selected
	Zach Edey, Purdue
	Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
	Caleb McConnell, Rutgers
	Clifford Omoruyi, Rutgers

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

Main article: 2023 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

This section is transcluded from 2023 Big Ten men's basketball tournament. (edit | history)

	First round Wednesday, March 8 BTN/Fox Sports App					Second round Thursday, March 9 BTN/Fox Sports App					Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 BTN/Fox Sports App					Semifinals Saturday, March 11 CBS/Paramount+					Championship Sunday, March 12 CBS/Paramount+
											1	Purdue	70
						8	Michigan	50			9	Rutgers	65
						9	Rutgers	62								1	Purdue	80
																13	Ohio State	66
											4	Michigan State	58
						5	Iowa	69			13	Ohio State	68
	12	Wisconsin	57			13	Ohio State	73													1	Purdue	67
	13	Ohio State	65																		10	Penn State	65
											2	Northwestern	65
						7	Illinois	76			10	Penn State	67*
						10	Penn State	79								10	Penn State	77
																3	Indiana	73
											3	Indiana	70
						6	Maryland	70			6	Maryland	60
	11	Nebraska	75			14	Minnesota	54
	14	Minnesota	78

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The winner of the Big Ten Tournament, Purdue, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Eight Big Ten teams received bids to the NCAA tournament, tied with the SEC for the most of any conference in the tournament.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First round	Second round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	East	Purdue	N/A	lost to (16) Fairleigh Dickinson 58–63
4	Midwest	Indiana	N/A	defeated (13) Kent State 71–60	lost to (5) Miami (FL) 69–85
7	East	Michigan State	N/A	defeated (10) USC 72–62	defeated (2) Marquette 69–60	lost to (3) Kansas State 93–98
7	West	Northwestern	N/A	defeated (10) Boise State 75–67	lost to (2) UCLA 63–68
8	Midwest	Iowa	N/A	lost to (9) Auburn 75–83
8	South	Maryland	N/A	defeated (9) West Virginia 67–65	lost to (1) Alabama 51–73
9	West	Illinois	N/A	lost to (8) Arkansas 63–73
10	Midwest	Penn State	N/A	defeated (7) Texas A&M 76–59	lost to (2) Texas 66–71
		W–L (%):	0–0 (–)	5–3 (.625)	1–4 (.200)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–) Total: 6–8 (.429)

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2023 National Invitation Tournament

Three Big Ten teams received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament.

Seed	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
1	Rutgers	lost to Hofstra 86–88
2	Wisconsin	defeated Bradley 81–62	defeated (3) Liberty 75–71	defeated (1) Oregon 61–58	lost to (2) North Texas 54–56
3	Michigan	defeated Toledo 90–80	lost to (2) Vanderbilt 65–66
	W–L (%):	2–1 (.667)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–) Total: 4–3 (.571)

2023 NBA draft

Main article: 2023 NBA draft

Eight Big Ten athletes were selected in the 2023 NBA draft..^[47][48]

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality[n 1]	Team	School / club team
1	11	Jett Howard	SF	United States	Orlando Magic (from Chicago)[A]	Michigan (Fr.)
1	15	Kobe Bufkin	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Michigan (So.)
1	17	Jalen Hood-Schifino	PG/SG	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana (Fr.)
1	23	Kris Murray	PF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from New York)[B]	Iowa (Jr.)
1	28	Brice Sensabaugh	SF	United States	Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia via Brooklyn)[C]	Ohio State (Fr.)
2	32	Jalen Pickett	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers (from Houston,[D] traded to Denver)[a]	Penn State (Sr.)
2	46	Seth Lundy	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from New Orleans)[E]	Penn State (Sr.)
2	57	Trayce Jackson-Davis	PF	United States	Washington Wizards (from Boston via Charlotte,[F] traded to Golden State)[b]	Indiana (Sr.)

Pre-draft trades

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

1. March 25, 2021: Chicago Bulls to Orlando Magic^[49]

   • Orlando acquired Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter Jr., 2021 and 2023 first-round picks
   • Chicago acquired Nikola Vučević and Al-Farouq Aminu
2. February 8, 2023: New York Knicks to Portland Trail Blazers (four-team trade with Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Hornets)^[50]

   • Portland acquired Cam Reddish, Ryan Arcidiacono, Matisse Thybulle, and New York's lottery-protected 2023 first-round pick
   • New York acquired Josh Hart
   • Philadelphia acquired Jalen McDaniels, New York's 2024 second-round pick, and Portland's 2029 second-round pick
   • Charlotte acquired Svi Mykhailiuk, the most favorable of Atlanta's, Charlotte's, and Brooklyn's 2023 second-round picks, and Portland's 2027 second-round pick
3. February 10, 2022: Philadelphia 76ers to Brooklyn Nets^[51]

   • Brooklyn acquired Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, a 2022 first-round pick with the right to defer to 2023 (which was exercised), and a protected 2027 first-round pick
   • Philadelphia acquired James Harden and Paul Millsap

   June 30, 2022: Brooklyn Nets to Utah Jazz^[52]

   • Utah acquired a 2023 first-round draft pick (the least favorable of Brooklyn, Houston, and Philadelphia)
   • Brooklyn acquired Royce O'Neale
4. January 13, 2021: Houston Rockets to Indiana Pacers (four-team trade with Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers)^[53]

   • Indiana acquired Caris LeVert and Houston's 2023 second-round pick
   • Houston acquired Milwaukee's 2022 first-round pick, Brooklyn's first-found picks in 2022, 2024, and 2026, and the rights to swap first-round picks with Brooklyn in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027
   • Brooklyn acquired James Harden and Cleveland's 2024 second-round pick
   • Cleveland acquired Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince
5. July 6, 2019: Atlanta Hawks to New Orleans Pelicans^[57]

   • New Orleans Pelicans acquired the draft rights to Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Marcos Louzada Silva, 2021 and 2022 second-round picks
   • Atlanta acquired Solomon Hill, the draft rights to De'Andre Hunter and Jordan Bone, and a 2023 second-round pick
6. November 29, 2020: Boston Celtics to Charlotte Hornets^[58]

   • Charlotte acquired Gordon Hayward and 2023 and 2024 second-round picks
   • Boston acquired a protected 2022 second-round pick

   February 10, 2022: Charlotte Hornets to Washington Wizards^[59]

   • Washington acquired Ish Smith, Vernon Carey Jr., and a conditional second-round draft pick in 2023 or 2024 originally from Boston
   • Charlotte acquired Montrezl Harrell

Post-draft trades

Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day or after free agency officially begins.

1. June 23, 2023: Indiana Pacers to Denver Nuggets (four-team trade with LA Lakers and Oklahoma City)^[54][55][56]

   • LA Lakers acquired the draft rights to Maxwell Lewis
   • Denver acquired the draft rights to Julian Strawther, the draft rights to Jalen Pickett, the draft rights to Hunter Tyson, and a 2024 second round pick
   • Indiana acquired the draft rights to Mojave King, a 2024 first round pick (from Oklahoma City via Denver), and cash consideration
   • Oklahoma City acquired a 2029 first round pick
2. June 22, 2023: Washington Wizards to Golden State Warriors^[60]

   • Golden State acquired the draft rights to Trayce Jackson-Davis
   • Washington acquired cash considerations

Notes

1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.