NFL
By: Melo Williams
The 2026-2027 Big Ten Men’s basketball season officially tips off Monday, November 2, 2026.
Michigan Wolverines enter the year as the reigning National Champions with new HC Mike Boynton Jr.
The Big Ten as a conference has made a huge overhaul strengthing its stance as the best conference in college basketball.
Below are my B1GMBB projections with Team Power Rankings, All-League Players, Conference Champ, Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year.
Power Rankings
1. Michigan State
2. Illinois
3. Michigan
4. USC
5. UCLA
6. Indiana
7. Nebraska
8. Purdue
9. Wisconsin
10. Ohio State
11. Iowa
12. Maryland
13. Minnesota
14. Northwestern
15. Oregon
16. Washington
17. Rutgers
18. Penn State
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Projected All-Big Ten Team
First Team
Jeremy Fears Jr. – Michigan State (Player of the Year)
Trey McKinney – Michigan
Pryce Sandfort – Nebraska
Nolan Winter – Wisconsin
David Mirkovic – Illinois
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Second Team
Elliot Cadeau – Michigan
Rodney Rice – USC
Andrej Stojakovic – Illinois
Pharrel Payne – Maryland
John Mobley Jr. – Ohio State
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Third Team
Trent Perry – UCLA
Markus Burton – Indiana
Alijah Arenas – USC
Owen Foxwell – Wisconsin
Coen Carr – Michigan State
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Conference Champ
Michigan State
Freshman of the Year
Quentin Coleman – Illinois
Coach of the Year
Tom Izzo – Michigan State
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Monday’s Game Schedule:
Oakland vs Michigan
Quinnipiac vs Michigan State
Eastern Illinois vs Indiana
Bucknell vs Maryland
Purdue vs Gonzaga
Canisius vs Penn State
Le Moyne vs Nebraska
Denver vs Wisconsin
Binghamton vs Northwestern
FDU vs Illinois
North Dakota vs Minnesota
Ohio State vs BYU
UCLA vs Arizona
Montana vs Oregon
Colgate vs Washington
Milwaukee vs USC
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