2023–24 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 2023–24 Big Ten men's basketball season was the season for Big Ten Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2023. The regular season ended on March 10, 2024.

With a win over Michigan State on March 2, Purdue clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With a win over Illinois on March 5, the Boilermakers secured the outright Big Ten regular season championship for the second consecutive season and 26th overall.

Purdue center Zach Edey was named Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg and Purdue coach Matt Painter were named co-Big Ten Coaches of the Year.

The Big Ten tournament was held from March 13 through March 17, 2024 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Illinois defeated Wisconsin in the championship game to win their fourth tournament title.

In addition to Illinois, who received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin received bids to the tournament.

Three schools also received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament: Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio State.

The season marked the last season played with 14 teams in the conference, with four schools (Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington) joining the conference in 2024. This was the first season played under the Big Ten's new seven-year media rights deal. As a result, no conference games were played on ESPN and some games were played on Peacock for the first time.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Penn State

On March 22, 2023, Micah Shrewsberry left Penn State to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.

Ohio State

On February 14, 2024, Chris Holtmann was fired after 25 games, he finished his career at Ohio State with an overall record of 137–85. Ohio State promoted assistant coach Jake Diebler as interim head coach.

Coaches

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
• Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.
• † Chris Holtmann was fired on February 14, 2024. He finished his career at Ohio State with an overall record of 137–84.
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Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.

Preseason All-Big Ten

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason national polls

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Regular season

2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games (Tied 4–4)

Rankings

Early season tournaments

Of the 14 Big Ten teams, nine participated in early season tournaments. Eight teams participated in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

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.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

Final regular season records

Honors and awards

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 12, 2024, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.

Three Big Ten athletes were named Academic All-America: Marcus Domask (Illinois, First Team), Payton Sandfort (Iowa, Second Team), Jamison Battle (Ohio State, Third Team).

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

The winner of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Six Big Ten teams received bids to the NCAA tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

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

References