Английская Википедия:2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

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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.

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). 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. 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. 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.

Head coaches

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

Preseason

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

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. 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.

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

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

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

• 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.

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. 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. Robertson honorees were Ferrel, Hayes, LeVert, Trimble, and Valentine. Swanigan was the lone Tisdale honoree from the Big Ten. 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.

Preseason All-American teams

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.

Шаблон:Y

Yogi Ferrell

2nd

2nd

3rd

Шаблон:Y

Шаблон:Y

A. J. Hammons

Шаблон:Y

Nigel Hayes

2nd

1st

3rd

3rd

3rd

Шаблон:Y

Шаблон:Y

2nd

1st

Bronson Koenig

Шаблон:Y

Jake Layman

Шаблон:Y

Caris LeVert

3rd

Шаблон:Y

Шаблон:Y

Melo Trimble

2nd

3rd

1st

1st

3rd

2nd

Шаблон:Y

Шаблон:Y

2nd

3rd

Jarrod Uthoff

Шаблон:Y

Denzel Valentine

3rd

3rd

2nd

Шаблон:Y

Шаблон: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. Sporting News selected Hayes to its preseason All-American first team, Ferrell to its second team, and Trimble to its third team. Trimble was an Athlon Sports Preseason All-American 1st team selection, while Hayes, Ferrell and LeVert were 3rd team selections. 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. Hayes, Valentine and Trimble were second team selections by Sports Illustrated. On November 3, NBC Sports included Valentine and Trimble on its preseason All-American 2nd team. Trimble, Ferrell and Hayes were 1st, 2nd and 3rd team selections respectively by USA Today. Trimble, Valentine and Hayes were all third team selections by Bleacher Report. Trimble was one vote shy of tying Ben Simmons for the fifth and final spot on the Associated Press pre-season All-American team. No Big Ten player made the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook preseason All-America first team.

Preseason polls

Шаблон:Main Maryland was the unanimous selection by the Big Ten Network to top the preseason conference rankings.

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).

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). CBS Sports listed Maryland (No. 4), Michigan State (No. 11), Indiana (No. 13), Wisconsin (No. 17), and Purdue (No. 26) in its preseason rankings. 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). 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). NBC Sports ranked Maryland 2, Michigan State 9, Indiana 14, Michigan 17, Purdue 21 and Wisconsin 25. ESPN's 10-person panel selected Maryland number 1, Indiana 14, Michigan State 15, Wisconsin 17, Michigan 22, and Purdue 24. 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). Bleacher Report ranked Maryland 4, Indiana 12, Michigan State 13 and Purdue 18. Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook selected Maryland 2, Indiana 13, Michigan State 15, Michigan 17 and Purdue 19. The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) ranked 1. Maryland (8); 13. Indiana; 15. Michigan State; 18. Purdue; 23. Michigan; and 25. Wisconsin.

	AP	Coaches	CBS	NBC	Sporting News	Sports Illustrated	Blue Ribbon Yearbook	Bleacher Report	Athlon Sports	Lindy's Sports	ESPN	USBWA
style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;" width=75|Illinois
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Indiana	15	15	13	14	15	14	13	12	17	4	14	13
style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle width=75|Iowa
style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle width=75|Maryland	3	3	4	2	3	5	2	4	4	1	1	1
style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle width=75|Michigan	25			17	18		17		22		22	23
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Michigan State	13	13	11	9	23	15	15	13	12	23	15	15
style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle width=75|Minnesota
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Nebraska
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Northwestern
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Ohio State
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Penn State
style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle width=75|Purdue	23	24T	26	21			19		16	21	24	18
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Rutgers
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Wisconsin	17	17	17	25	20			18	19		17	25

Regular season

Conference schedules

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. 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. 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. 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.

Rankings

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. It had 6 teams ranked (Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Wisconsin)in the preseason AP Poll and 1 other (Iowa) receiving votes. 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.

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
rowspan="2" style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;" |Illinois	AP																				N/A*
C
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |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
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle |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
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle |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
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle |Michigan	AP	25	24	RV						RV			RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	N/A
C	RV	25	RV								RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |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
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle |Minnesota	AP																				N/A
C
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Nebraska	AP																				N/A
C
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Northwestern	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV												N/A
C						RV
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Ohio State	AP																				N/A
C	RV
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Penn State	AP																				N/A
C
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle |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
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell|Rutgers	AP																				N/A
C
rowspan="2" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |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

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	Joey King, MINN	Caleb Swanigan, PUR
	Alex Olah, NU
November 23, 2015	Denzel Valentine, MSU	Thomas Bryant, IND
November 30, 2015	Denzel Valentine (2), MSU	Deyonta Davis, MSU
December 7, 2015	A. J. Hammons, PUR	Jordan Murphy, MINN
December 14, 2015	Jarrod Uthoff, IOWA	Caleb Swanigan (2), PUR
	Melo Trimble, MD
December 21, 2015	Malcolm Hill, ILL	Nicholas Baer, IOWA
	Caris LeVert, MICH
December 28, 2015	Bryn Forbes, MSU	Corey Sanders, RUT
	A. J. Hammons (2), PUR
January 4, 2016	Diamond Stone, MD	Diamond Stone, MD
January 11, 2016	Mike Gesell, IOWA	Thomas Bryant (2), IND
January 18, 2016	Peter Jok, IOWA	JaQuan Lyle, OSU
		Ethan Happ, WIS
January 25, 2016	Yogi Ferrell, IND	Ethan Happ (2), WIS
February 1, 2016	A. J. Hammons (3), PUR	Deyonta Davis (2), MSU
		Ethan Happ (3), WIS
February 8, 2016	Denzel Valentine (3), MSU	Corey Sanders (2), RUT
February 15, 2016	Denzel Valentine (4), MSU	Glynn Watson, Jr., NEB
February 22, 2016	Troy Williams, IND	Jordan Murphy (2), MINN
	Brandon Taylor, PSU
February 29, 2016	Yogi Ferrell (2), IND	Jalen Coleman-Lands, ILL
March 7, 2016	Bryn Forbes (2), MSU	Caleb Swanigan (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. On January 5, Diamond Stone was named national freshman of the week by the United States Basketball Writers Association.

Conference matrix

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.

	align="center" style="background:#Шаблон:NCAA color; color:#Шаблон:NCAA color;"| Illinois	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Indiana	align="center" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Iowa	align="center" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Maryland	align="center" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Michigan	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Michigan St	align="center" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Minnesota	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Nebraska	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Northwestern	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Ohio St	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Penn St	align="center" style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Purdue	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| Rutgers	align="center" style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell| 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

LeVert, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were among the 25 players included in the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on January 13. On January 19, 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates were named including Rapheal Davis, Mike Gesell, Shavon Shields, and Valentine. 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. On February 1, Ferrell and Trimble were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Cousy Award. On February 2, Malcolm Hill and Levert were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the West Award. On February 3, Valentine and Hayes were among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Erving Award. On February 5, Hammons was among the 10 mid-season finalists for the Jabbar Award. Shavon Shields was named an Allstate NABC Good Works Team selections on February 9. 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. On that same day Ferrell, Hammons, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Naismith Award Late season Top 35 Watch List. Ferrell, Trimble, Uthoff and Valentine were included in the Wooden Award Late season Top 20 Watch List on February 12. On the same day, Tom Izzo, Bo Ryan and Lefty Driesell were named finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On February 18, Valentine was named one of 10 senior finalists for the 2015-16 Senior CLASS Award. On February 29, Valentine and Uthoff were among the 11 finalists for the Robertson Trophy. Valentine was named one of four finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year Trophy on March 20, while Crean was named one of four finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year. Valentine and Ferrell were among the 10 finalist for the Wooden Award on March 29.

Honors and awards

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball's 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.

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

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.

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. NBC Sports and Sporting News selected Valentine (1st team), Ferrell (2nd team) and Uthoff (2nd team). USBWA named Valentine a first team selection and Uthoff a second team selection. Sports Illustrated named Valentine a first team selection and Ferrell, Uthoff and Trimble as honorable mentions. NABC and Associated Press named Valentine to their first teams and Ferrell and Uthoff to their third teams. CBS Sports selected Valentine to its first team and Ferrell to its third team.

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.

All-Big Ten Awards and Teams

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

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

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. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-1-of-2

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

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.

Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-1-of-4District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV)

• none

Шаблон:Col-2-of-4District III (VA, NC, SC, MD)

• Melo Trimble, Maryland

Шаблон:Col-3-of-4District 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

Шаблон:Col-4-of-4District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)

• Peter Jok, Iowa
• Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa

Postseason

Big Ten 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

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

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 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	4–3 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	3–1 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–3 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) Total: 8–7 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)

National Invitation tournament

Шаблон:Main Ohio State earned the lone NIT bid for the conference.

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 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–1 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)	0–0 (Шаблон:Winning percentage) Total: 1–1 (Шаблон:Winning percentage)

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.

Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Player	Шаблон:Tooltip	Team	School
1	14	Шаблон:Sortname	G	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State (Sr.)
1	20	Шаблон:Sortname	SG	Brooklyn Nets (from Indiana)	Michigan (Sr.)
2	31	Шаблон:Sortname	PF/C	Boston Celtics (from Philadelphia via Miami)	Michigan State (Fr.)
2	40	Шаблон:Sortname	PF/C	New Orleans Pelicans (from Sacramento, traded to Los Angeles Clippers)	Maryland (Fr.)
2	46	Шаблон:Sortname	C	Dallas Mavericks	Purdue (Sr.)
2	47	Шаблон:Sortname	SF	Orlando Magic (from Chicago)	Maryland (Sr.)