2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

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| league = NCAA Division I

| sport = Basketball

| logo = Big Ten Conference logo.svg

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| no_of_teams = 14

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| TV = Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS

| draft = 2017 NBA draft

| draft_link = 2017 NBA draft

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| season = 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

| season_champs = Purdue

| season_champ_name= Regular season champions

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| second_place = Wisconsin and Maryland

| MVP = Caleb Swanigan

| MVP_link = Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

| top_scorer = Peter Jok

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| finals = Tournament

| finals_link = 2017 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament

| finals_champ = Michigan

| finals_runner-up = Wisconsin

| finals_MVP = Derrick Walton Jr.

| finals_MVP_link = Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament#Results by year

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| seasonslistnames = Basketball

| prevseason_year = 2015–16

| nextseason_year = 2017–18

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The 2016–17 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The Conference held its preseason media day on October 13 in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |url=http://tucson.com/sports/basketball/college/big-ten-basketball-makes-itself-at-home-on-east-coast/article_185ac884-0dad-5075-9cbc-33b918ebb023.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019001435/http://tucson.com/sports/basketball/college/big-ten-basketball-makes-itself-at-home-on-east-coast/article_185ac884-0dad-5075-9cbc-33b918ebb023.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-10-19 |title=Big Ten basketball makes itself at home on East Coast |last=Ginsburg |first=David |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |agency=Associated Press |access-date=2016-10-17}} The season began on November 11 and conference play started on December 27.{{cite web |url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100616aac.html |title=Big Ten Announces List of 30 Men's Basketball Standouts to Appear at Big Ten Basketball Media Day in Washington D.C. |accessdate=2016-10-17 |date=October 6, 2016 |website=BigTen.org |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010033313/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100616aac.html |archive-date=2016-10-10 |url-status=dead }}

With a win over Indiana on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400914990 |title=No. 16 Purdue beats Indiana to clinch share of Big Ten crown |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=2017-03-03}} With Wisconsin's loss on March 2, Purdue clinched an outright championship, their 23rd championship, the most in Big Ten history.{{cite news |url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030217aaa.html |title=Purdue Men's Basketball Clinches Outright Big Ten Championship |date=March 2, 2017 |website=BigTen.org |access-date=2017-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320004827/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030217aaa.html |archive-date=March 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

The Big Ten tournament was held from March 8 through March 12 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/050614aab.html |title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Heads East with Verizon Center Set to Host in 2017 |date=May 6, 2014 |website=BigTen.org |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228172238/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/050614aab.html |archive-date=February 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }} It was the first Big Ten Conference tournament not held in Indianapolis or Chicago. Michigan won the Big Ten tournament over Wisconsin, becoming the first eight seed and lowest seeded team to win the conference tournament and marking their first win since their vacated win in the inaugural tournament. As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031217aaa.html|title=Champions! Michigan Grabs Big Ten tournament Title|accessdate=March 12, 2017|date=March 12, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313125353/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031217aaa.html|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Purdue forward Caleb Swanigan was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a second team Academic All-America. Minnesota coach Richard Pitino was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Swanigan earned consensus first team All-American recognition and Wisconsin forward Ethan Happ was a third team All-American by multiple media outlets.

Seven Big Ten schools (Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin) were invited to the NCAA tournament, marking the seventh consecutive year the Big Ten had at least six teams in the Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031517aab.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327170800/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031517aab.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 27, 2017|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Postseason Notables: NCAA tournament gets underway on Thursday|accessdate=March 27, 2017|date=March 14, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org}} Northwestern received a bid for the first time in school history.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/03/12/northwestern-fans-react-ncaa-tournament-bid-video |title=Watch: Northwestern fans react to first tourney bid |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=March 12, 2017 |access-date=2017-03-13}} Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa represented the conference in the National Invitation Tournament. The conference achieved an 8–7 record in the NCAA tournament and a 3–3 record in the NIT,{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031417aad.html|title=Weekly Men's Basketball Postseason Central: Scores, schedules and recaps for the opening week of the NCAA tournament and NIT|accessdate=March 27, 2017|date=March 14, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328015819/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031417aad.html|archive-date=March 28, 2017|url-status=dead}} highlighted by Michigan, Purdue, and Wisconsin reaching the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and Illinois making the NIT quarterfinals.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032017aad.html|title=Weekly Men's Basketball Postseason Central: Four conference teams remain alive in the postseason, including three Sweet 16 squads|accessdate=March 27, 2017|date=March 20, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327170922/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032017aad.html|archive-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Head coaches

=Coaching changes=

== Wisconsin ==

On December 15, 2015, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan announced he would retire effective immediately leaving associate head coach Greg Gard as interim head coach. Shortly after the regular season, Greg Gard had the interim tag removed as he was announced as the permanent head coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/uw-regents-to-meet-monday-on-hiring-basketball-coach-b99682645z1-371272461.html|title=Wisconsin hires Greg Gard, gives him five-year contract|website=www.jsonline.com|access-date=2016-06-16}}

== Rutgers ==

On March 20, 2016, the school fired head coach Eddie Jordan after three years at Rutgers.{{Cite news|url=http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2016/03/10/rutgers-fires-eddie-jordan-ending-painful-tenure/81569862/|title=Rutgers fires Eddie Jordan, ending painful tenure|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en|newspaper=Asbury Park Press}} On March 19, the school hired Steve Pikiell, former head coach at Stony Brook, as head coach.{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/03/19/rutgers-hires-steve-pikiell-stony-brook-head-coach|title=Reports: Rutgers hires Stony Brook coach Pikiell|last=Wire|first=SI|access-date=2017-02-15|newspaper=SI.com}}

=Coaches=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
width="110" \| Team ! Head coach ! Previous job ! Years at school ! Overall record ! Big Ten record ! Big Ten titles ! NCAA tournaments ! NCAA Final Fours ! NCAA Championships
style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|2}};" \|Illinois \| John Groce \| Ohio \|5 \|95–75 \|37–53 \| 0 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Indiana Hoosiers}}" \|Indiana \| Tom Crean \| Marquette \|9 \|166–135 \|71–91 \|2 \|4 \| 0 \| 0
style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Iowa Hawkeyes}} \|Iowa \| Fran McCaffery \| Siena \|7 \|137–101 \|64–62 \| 0 \|4 \| 0 \| 0
style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Maryland Terrapins}} \|Maryland \| Mark Turgeon \| Texas A&M \|6 \|138–68 \|38–18* \| 0 \|3 \| 0 \| 0
style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Michigan Wolverines}} \|Michigan \| John Beilein \| West Virginia \|10 \|215–135 \|98–82 \| 2 \|7 \| 1 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Michigan State Spartans}}" \|Michigan State \| Tom Izzo \| Michigan State {{small\|(Asst.)}} \|22 \|544–220 \|256–119 \| 7 \|20 \| 7 \| 1
style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Minnesota Golden Gophers}} \|Minnesota \| Richard Pitino \| Florida International \|4 \|66–55 \|27–45 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}" \|Nebraska \| Tim Miles \| Colorado State \|5 \|72–75 \|33–57 \| 0 \| 1 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Northwestern Wildcats}}" \|Northwestern \| Chris Collins \| Duke {{small\|(Asst.)}} \|4 \|75–61 \|30–42 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Ohio State Buckeyes}}" \|Ohio State \| Thad Matta \| Xavier \|13 \|337–123 \|150–78 \| 5 \| 9 \| 2 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Penn State Nittany Lions}}" \|Penn State \| Pat Chambers \| Boston University \|6 \|87–109 \|29–78 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Purdue Boilermakers}} \|Purdue \| Matt Painter \| Purdue {{small\|(Assoc.)}} \|12 \|265–142 \|127–85 \|3 \|9 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}" \|Rutgers \|Steve Pikiell \|Stony Brook \|1 \|15–18 \|3–15 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
style="{{NCAA color cell\|Wisconsin Badgers}}" \|Wisconsin \|Greg Gard \|Wisconsin (Assoc.) \|2 \|42–18 \|24–12 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|0

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"

width="110" | Team

! Head coach

! Previous job

! Years at school

! Overall record

! Big Ten record

! Big Ten titles

! NCAA tournaments

! NCAA Final Fours

! NCAA Championships

style="background:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|2}};" |Illinois

| John Groce

| Ohio

|5

|95–75

|37–53

| 0

| 1

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Indiana Hoosiers}}" |Indiana

| Tom Crean

| Marquette

|9

|166–135

|71–91

|2

|4

| 0

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes}} |Iowa

| Fran McCaffery

| Siena

|7

|137–101

|64–62

| 0

|4

| 0

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maryland Terrapins}} |Maryland

| Mark Turgeon

| Texas A&M

|6

|138–68

|38–18*

| 0

|3

| 0

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines}} |Michigan

| John Beilein

| West Virginia

|10

|215–135

|98–82

| 2

|7

| 1

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Michigan State Spartans}}" |Michigan State

| Tom Izzo

| Michigan State {{small|(Asst.)}}

|22

|544–220

|256–119

| 7

|20

| 7

| 1

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}} |Minnesota

| Richard Pitino

| Florida International

|4

|66–55

|27–45

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}" |Nebraska

| Tim Miles

| Colorado State

|5

|72–75

|33–57

| 0

| 1

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Northwestern Wildcats}}" |Northwestern

| Chris Collins

| Duke {{small|(Asst.)}}

|4

|75–61

|30–42

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Ohio State Buckeyes}}" |Ohio State

| Thad Matta

| Xavier

|13

|337–123

|150–78

| 5

| 9

| 2

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}" |Penn State

| Pat Chambers

| Boston University

|6

|87–109

|29–78

| 0

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers}} |Purdue

| Matt Painter

| Purdue {{small|(Assoc.)}}

|12

|265–142

|127–85

|3

|9

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}" |Rutgers

|Steve Pikiell

|Stony Brook

|1

|15–18

|3–15

| 0

style="{{NCAA color cell|Wisconsin Badgers}}" |Wisconsin

|Greg Gard

|Wisconsin (Assoc.)

|2

|42–18

|24–12

|0

|2

|0

Notes:

Year at school includes 2016–17 season.
Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2016–17 season.
Turgeon's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
Following the conclusion of the Big Ten tournament, Illinois fired head coach John Groce.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/illinois-fires-john-groce-after-37-53-big-ten-mark-in-five-seasons/|title=Illinois fires John Groce after 37-53 Big Ten mark in five seasons|work=CBSSports.com|access-date=2017-03-13|language=en}} Assistant coach Jamall Walker will coach the team in the NIT.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thechampaignroom.com/2017/3/12/14900272/nit-bracket-2017-illinois-fighting-illini-basketball-valparaiso|title=BREAKING: Illini Basketball to face Valparaiso in NIT|date=2017-03-12|website=The Champaign Room|access-date=2017-03-13}}
Source for Media Guides.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307012848/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102015aaa.html|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102015aaa.html|archivedate=March 7, 2017|date=October 20, 2016|accessdate=April 27, 2024|publisher=Big Ten Conference|title=2016-17 Big Ten Basketball Media Guides}}

Preseason

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=Preseason All-Big Ten=

On October 11, 2016, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101116aaa.html|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Preseason Honors Announced|date=2016-10-11|accessdate=2016-10-17|website=BigTen.org|publisher=CBS Interactive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014111857/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101116aaa.html|archive-date=2016-10-14|url-status=dead}}

Honor ! Recipient
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Preseason Player of the Year \| Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
rowspan=10 valign=middle \| Preseason All-Big Ten Team \| Malcolm Hill, Illinois
James Blackmon Jr., Indiana
Thomas Bryant, Indiana
Peter Jok, Iowa
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin

=Preseason watchlists=

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" \| \|Wooden \|Naismith \|Robertson \|Cousy \|West \|Erving \|Malone \|Abdul-Jabbar \|Olson \|Tisdale \|Notes
OG Anunoby \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101916aab.html\|title=Julius Erving Award Preseason Watch List: Anunoby, Tate and Edwards receive preseason recognition\|accessdate=2016-10-21\|date=2016-10-19\|publisher=CBS Interactive\|website=BigTen.org\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021142314/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101916aab.html\|archive-date=2016-10-21\|url-status=dead}}
James Blackmon Jr. \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110816aaa.html\|title=Lute Olson Watch List Features Six Big Ten Standouts: Indiana's James Blackmon Jr., and Thomas Bryant, Iowa's Peter Jok, Maryland's Melo Trimble and Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig claim preseason honor\|accessdate=November 9, 2016\|date=November 8, 2016\|publisher=CBS Interactive\|website=BigTen.org\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110111837/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110816aaa.html\|archive-date=November 10, 2016\|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news\|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/preseason-naismith-watch-list-released-50-players-deep-few-surprises/\|title=Preseason Naismith Watch List released: 50 players deep, few surprises\|newspaper=CBSSports.com\|access-date=2016-11-10}}{{Cite news\|url=http://www.woodenaward.com/john_r_wooden_award_presented_by_wendy_s_announces_2016_17_preseason_top_50\|title=John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's Announces 2016–17 Preseason Top 50\|newspaper=John R Wooden Award\|access-date=2016-11-16}}
Miles Bridges \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102016aac.html\|title=Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List: Bridges, Swanigan and Hayes earn preseason recognition\|accessdate=2016-10-21\|date=2016-10-20\|publisher=CBS Interactive\|website=BigTen.org\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021143708/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102016aac.html\|archive-date=2016-10-21\|url-status=dead}}
Thomas Bryant \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \|{{Y}} \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/twenty-candidates-announced-for-2017-kareem-abdul-jabbar-award/\|title=Twenty Candidates Announced for 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award\|accessdate=2016-10-21\|date=2016-10-21\|website=HoopHall.com\|publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame}}
Vincent Edwards \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|
Isaac Haas \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \|
Ethan Happ \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \|
Eron Harris \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \| \|
Nigel Hayes \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \|{{Y}} \| \|
Malcolm Hill \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101816aaa.html\|title=Jerry West Award Preseason Watch List: Hill, Blackmon Jr., Jok and Harris earn preseason recognition\|accessdate=2016-10-21\|date=2016-10-18\|publisher=CBS Interactive\|website=BigTen.org\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021134806/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101816aaa.html\|archive-date=2016-10-21\|url-status=dead}}
Peter Jok \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \|
Bronson Koenig \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \|
Caleb Swanigan \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \|
Jae'Sean Tate \| \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|
Melo Trimble \|{{Y}} \| {{Y}} \| \|{{Y}} \| \| \| \| \|{{Y}} \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101716aaa.html\|title=Bob Cousy Award Preseason Watch List: Maryland's Melo Trimble and Wisconsin's Bronson Koenig earn preseason recognition\|accessdate=2016-10-17\|date=2016-10-17\|publisher=CBS Interactive\|website=BigTen.org\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231632/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101716aaa.html\|archive-date=2016-10-18\|url-status=dead}}

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|

|Wooden

|Naismith

|Robertson

|Cousy

|West

|Erving

|Malone

|Abdul-Jabbar

|Olson

|Tisdale

|Notes

OG Anunoby

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101916aab.html|title=Julius Erving Award Preseason Watch List: Anunoby, Tate and Edwards receive preseason recognition|accessdate=2016-10-21|date=2016-10-19|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021142314/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101916aab.html|archive-date=2016-10-21|url-status=dead}}

James Blackmon Jr.

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110816aaa.html|title=Lute Olson Watch List Features Six Big Ten Standouts: Indiana's James Blackmon Jr., and Thomas Bryant, Iowa's Peter Jok, Maryland's Melo Trimble and Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig claim preseason honor|accessdate=November 9, 2016|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110111837/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110816aaa.html|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/preseason-naismith-watch-list-released-50-players-deep-few-surprises/|title=Preseason Naismith Watch List released: 50 players deep, few surprises|newspaper=CBSSports.com|access-date=2016-11-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.woodenaward.com/john_r_wooden_award_presented_by_wendy_s_announces_2016_17_preseason_top_50|title=John R. Wooden Award Presented By Wendy's Announces 2016–17 Preseason Top 50|newspaper=John R Wooden Award|access-date=2016-11-16}}

Miles Bridges

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102016aac.html|title=Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List: Bridges, Swanigan and Hayes earn preseason recognition|accessdate=2016-10-21|date=2016-10-20|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021143708/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102016aac.html|archive-date=2016-10-21|url-status=dead}}

Thomas Bryant

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/twenty-candidates-announced-for-2017-kareem-abdul-jabbar-award/|title=Twenty Candidates Announced for 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award|accessdate=2016-10-21|date=2016-10-21|website=HoopHall.com|publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame}}

Vincent Edwards

|

|{{Y}}

|

Isaac Haas

|

|{{Y}}

|

Ethan Happ

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

Eron Harris

|

|{{Y}}

|

Nigel Hayes

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

Malcolm Hill

|{{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101816aaa.html|title=Jerry West Award Preseason Watch List: Hill, Blackmon Jr., Jok and Harris earn preseason recognition|accessdate=2016-10-21|date=2016-10-18|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021134806/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101816aaa.html|archive-date=2016-10-21|url-status=dead}}

Peter Jok

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

Bronson Koenig

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

Caleb Swanigan

|{{Y}}

| {{Y}}

|

|{{Y}}

|

Jae'Sean Tate

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|{{Y}}

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=Preseason All-American teams=

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|CBS{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/cbs-sports-2016-17-preseason-all-america-team-coach-and-freshman-of-the-year/|title=CBS Sports' 2016–17 Preseason All-America Team, Coach and Freshman of the Year|newspaper=CBSSports.com|access-date=2016-11-03}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|AP

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|TSN

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|USA
Today

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SB
Nation

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Blue
Ribbon{{Cite news|url=https://www.landof10.com/big-ten/basketball-preseason-all-americans-blue-ribbon|title=3 Big Ten basketball players named preseason first-team All-Americans by Blue Ribbon|date=2016-08-17|newspaper=Land of 10|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-03}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Athlon
Sports{{cite web|url=http://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-2016-17-all-america-team|title=Villanova's Josh Hart leads surprising cast of stars|accessdate=2016-10-22|date=2016-10-10|publisher=Athlon Sports}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Bleacher
Report

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|NBC
Sports {{cite web|url=http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/09/27/college-basketball-preseason-all-american-team/|title=NBCSports.com 2016–17 Preseason All-American Team|accessdate=2016-10-24|date=2016-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025045856/http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/09/27/college-basketball-preseason-all-american-team/|archive-date=2016-10-25|url-status=dead}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Sporting
News{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/09/16/indiana-ranked-preseason-no-13-sporting-news/|title=Indiana ranked preseason No. 13 by The Sporting News|date=2016-09-16|website=Inside the Hall {{!}} Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis|access-date=2016-10-24}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|BigTen.org

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|BTN

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Illustrated{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/11/03/preseason-all-americas-grayson-allen-josh-hart|title=Introducing SI's preseason All-America Team|last=Winn|first=Luke|newspaper=SI.com|access-date=2016-11-03}}

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=Preseason polls=

{{Main|2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season#Pre-season_polls}}

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" \|style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"\| \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| AP{{Cite news\|url=http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll/2017/1\|title=The AP Top 25 Poll\|newspaper=NCAA Men's Basketball\|access-date=2016-11-01}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Coaches{{cite web\|url=http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/basketball-men/polls/coaches-poll/2016/1/\|title=Men's Basketball Coaches Poll\|accessdate=2016-10-21\|date=2016-10-20\|work=USA Today}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| CBS{{Cite news\|url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/duke-kentucky-kansas-top-cbs-sports-1-351-college-basketball-rankings/\|title=Duke, Kentucky, KU top CBS Sports' 1-351 college basketball rankings\|newspaper=CBSSports.com\|access-date=2016-10-24}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| NBC{{Cite web\|url=http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/10/31/2016-17-college-basketball-preseason-top-25/\|title=2016-17 College Basketball Preseason Top 25\|last=Dauster\|first=Rob\|date=2016-10-31\|website=CollegeBasketballTalk\|access-date=2016-11-01}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Sporting News \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Sports Illustrated{{Cite news\|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/11/02/si-preseason-top-20-duke-kentucky-kansas\|title=Duke, UK, & KU lead SI's preseason top 20 poll\|last=Staff\|first=SI.com\|newspaper=SI.com\|access-date=2016-11-02}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Blue Ribbon Yearbook{{Cite news\|url=http://thespun.com/college-hoops/college-basketball-preseason-top-25\|title=Blue Ribbon Releases College Basketball Preseason Top 25\|date=2016-09-20\|newspaper=The Spun\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-10-24}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Bleacher Report{{Cite news\|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2674066-college-basketball-rankings-bleacher-reports-preseason-top-25\|title=College Basketball Rankings: Bleacher Report's Preseason Top 25\|last=Miller\|first=Kerry\|newspaper=Bleacher Report\|access-date=2016-11-09}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Athlon Sports{{Cite news\|url=http://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/athlon-sports-2016-17-college-basketball-top-25\|title=Athlon Sports' 2016–17 College Basketball Top 25\|newspaper=AthlonSports.com\|access-date=2016-10-24}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| Lindy's Sports{{Cite web\|url=http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/09/08/indiana-picked-finish-sixth-big-ten-lindys-sports/\|title=Indiana picked to finish sixth in Big Ten by Lindy's Sports\|date=2016-09-08\|website=Inside the Hall {{!}} Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis\|access-date=2016-10-24}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| ESPN{{Cite news\|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17935301/duke-leads-way-power-rankings\|title=College Hoops Power Rankings: No surprise, it's all Duke\|newspaper=ESPN.com\|access-date=2016-11-01}} \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\| USBWA{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/tipoff/november16/preseason.html\|title=USBWA > Members > Tipoff\|website=www.sportswriters.net\|access-date=2016-11-01}}
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|2}};" width=75\|Illinois
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Indiana Hoosiers}} width=75\|Indiana	11	12	9	14	13	15	18	9	12		14	13
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Iowa Hawkeyes}} width=75\|Iowa
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Maryland Terrapins}} width=75\|Maryland	25	21		25			24
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Michigan Wolverines}} width=75\|Michigan
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Michigan State Spartans}} width=75\|Michigan State	12	9	15	10	11		11	14	11	11	13	11
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Minnesota Golden Gophers}} width=75\|Minnesota
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Nebraska Cornhuskers}} width=75\|Nebraska
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Northwestern Wildcats}} width=75\|Northwestern
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Ohio State Buckeyes}} width=75\|Ohio State
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Penn State Nittany Lions}} width=75\|Penn State
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Purdue Boilermakers}} width=75\|Purdue	15	15	20	15	10	11	9	14	14	12	21	14
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}} width=75\|Rutgers
style="text-align:center;" ! style={{NCAA color cell\|Wisconsin Badgers}} width=75\|Wisconsin	9	10	11	11	8	8	6	7	10	6	12	8

Regular season

=2016 [[ACC–Big Ten Challenge]] (ACC 9–5)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Date !Time !ACC team !B1G team !Score !Location !Television !Attendance !Challenge leader
rowspan=2\|Nov 28	7:00 pm	Florida State	Minnesota	75–67	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center • Tallahassee, Florida	ESPNU	5,993	ACC (1–0)
\| 9:00 pm	Wake Forest	Northwestern	65–58	Welsh-Ryan Arena • Evanston, Illinois	ESPNU	6,386	Tied (1–1)
rowspan=6\|Nov 29	7:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Maryland	73–59	Xfinity Center • College Park, Maryland	ESPN2	17,144	ACC (2–1)
\| 7:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Penn State	67–60	Bryce Jordan Center • University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPNU	6,032	Tied (2–2)
\| 7:30 pm	No. 22 Syracuse	No. 17 Wisconsin	77–60	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN	17,287	B1G (3–2)
\| 9:00 pm	Notre Dame	Iowa	92–78	Edmund P. Joyce Center • Notre Dame, Indiana	ESPN2	7,660	Tied (3–3)
\| 9:00 pm	NC State	Illinois	88–74	State Farm Center • Champaign, Illinois	ESPNU	13,481	B1G (4–3)
\| 9:30 pm	No. 5 Duke	Michigan State	78–69	Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	ESPN	9,314	Tied (4–4)
rowspan=6\|Nov 30	7:00 pm	No. 14 Louisville	No. 15 Purdue	71–64	KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN	21,841	ACC (5–4)
\| 7:00 pm	Virginia Tech	Michigan	73–70	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN2	9,981	ACC (6–4)
\| 7:00 pm	Miami	Rutgers	73–61	Watsco Center • Coral Gables, Florida	ESPNU	7,064	ACC (7–4)
\| 9:00 pm	Clemson	Nebraska	60–58	Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, South Carolina	ESPNU	6,545	ACC (8–4)
\| 9:00 pm	No. 6 Virginia	Ohio State	63–61	John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN2	14,566	ACC (9–4)
\| 9:00 pm	No. 3 North Carolina	No. 13 Indiana	76–67	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	17,222	ACC (9–5)
colspan=9\| Winners are in bold Game times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 28).{{Cite news\|url=http://collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=1130\|title=November 28, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll\|work=College Poll Archive\|access-date=2018-03-06\|language=en-US}} Boston College did not play due to the ACC having one more team than the B1G.

Source{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18162926/good-bad-ugly-acc-big-ten-challenge|title=The good, bad and ugly in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-08-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2016-12-01/college-basketball-17-things-learned-accbig-ten-challenge|title=College basketball: 17 things learned from the ACC/Big Ten Challenge|date=2016-12-01|work=NCAA.com|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2679233-acc-big-ten-challenge-2016-scores-highlights-and-reaction-from-wednesday|title=ACC-Big Ten Challenge 2016: Scores, Highlights and Reaction from Wednesday|last=Goldberg|first=Rob|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=2017-08-25|language=en-US}}

===2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games (Tied 4–4)===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Date !Time !Big East team !Big Ten team !Score !Location !Television !Attendance !Leader
rowspan=1\|Mon., Nov. 14	{{nowrap\|7:00 PM}}	No. 3 Villanova	No. 15 Purdue	79–76	Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	14,846	{{nowrap\|Big East (1–0)}}
rowspan=2\|Tue., Nov. 15	{{nowrap\|6:30 PM}}	Georgetown	Maryland	76–75	Verizon Center • Washington, D.C.	FS1	13,145	Tied (1–1)
\| {{nowrap\|9:00 PM}}	No. 22 Creighton	No. 9 Wisconsin	79–67	CenturyLink Center • Omaha, NE	FS1	17,879	{{nowrap\|Big East (2–1)}}
{{nowrap\|Wed., Nov. 16}}	{{nowrap\|7:00 PM}}	Butler	Northwestern	70–68	Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN	FS1	7,858	{{nowrap\|Big East (3–1)}}
rowspan="3" \|Thu., Nov. 17	{{nowrap\|7:00 PM}}	Providence	Ohio State	72–67	Value City Arena • Columbus, OH	BTN	11,089	{{nowrap\|Big East (3–2)}}
\| {{nowrap\|8:30 PM}}	DePaul	Rutgers	66–59	Allstate Arena • Rosemont, IL	FS1	4,057	Tied (3–3)
{{nowrap\|9:00 PM}} \|Seton Hall	Iowa	91–83	Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA	BTN	10,391	{{nowrap\|Big East (4–3)}}
rowspan=1\|Fri., Nov. 18	{{nowrap\|9:00 PM}}	St. John's	Minnesota	92–86	Williams Arena • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	8,873	Tied (4–4)
colspan=9\| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Nov 14). Sources:{{Cite web\|url=http://btn.com/2016/05/03/big-ten-big-east-announce-matchups-for-2016-gavitt-games/\|title = Big Ten, Big East announce matchups for 2016 Gavitt Games\|date = 3 May 2016}} Did not participate: Marquette, Xavier (Big East); Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State (Big Ten)

=Rankings=

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rowspan=2 style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|2}};"\|Illinois ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Indiana Hoosiers}}\|Indiana ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 11 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 6 (1) \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 3 (2) \| style="background:#FFE6E6;" \| 13 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 25T \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
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rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Maryland Terrapins}}\|Maryland ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 25 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 25 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 22 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 17 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 21 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 23 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 24 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 25 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
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rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Michigan Wolverines}}\|Michigan ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 25T \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 23 \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
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rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Michigan State Spartans}}\|Michigan State ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 12 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 13 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 24 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
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C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 24 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}\|Nebraska ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Northwestern Wildcats}}\|Northwestern ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 25 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \|RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Ohio State Buckeyes}}\|Ohio State ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFf;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Penn State Nittany Lions}}\|Penn State ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Purdue Boilermakers}}\|Purdue ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 17 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 18 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 20 \| style="background:#d8ffeb" \| 17 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 21 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 20 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 23 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 16 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \|16 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 13 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 19 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 19 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 16 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 20 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 19 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 22 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 20 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 24 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 18 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 16 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 12 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 15
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}\|Rutgers ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#ffffe6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \| \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell\|Wisconsin Badgers}}\|Wisconsin ! AP \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 17 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 17 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 13 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 18 \| style="background:#d8ffeb \| 17 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 15 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 10 \| style="background:#d8ffeb" \| 7 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 9 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 16 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \|22 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 24 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 25 \| style="background:#FFF;" \|
C \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 10 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 11 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 17 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 17 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 14 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 11 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 17 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 17 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 15 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 9 \| style="background:#d8ffeb;" \| 5 \| style="background:#Ffe6e6;" \| 10 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \| 15 \| style="background:#FFe6e6;" \|21 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 23 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 22 \| style="background:#FFF;" \| 16

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

! colspan=2 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" | !! 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:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|2}};"|Illinois

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Indiana Hoosiers}}|Indiana

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | 11

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 6 (1)

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 3 (2)

| style="background:#FFE6E6;" | 13

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 9

| style="background:#FFF;" | 9

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 16

| style="background:#FFF;" | 16

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 25T

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | 12

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 5

| style="background:#FFF;" | 5 (2)

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 10

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 9

| style="background:#FFF;" | 9

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 16

| style="background:#FFF;" | 16

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 25

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes}}|Iowa

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Maryland Terrapins}}|Maryland

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 25

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 22

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 17

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 21

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 23

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 24

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | 21

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 24

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 23

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 22

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 25

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 23

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 17

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 22

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 24

| style="background:#FFF;" | 24

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines}}|Michigan

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" |

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 25T

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | 23

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | 17

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan State Spartans}}|Michigan State

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | 12

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 13

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 24

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | 9

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 13

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 20

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}|Minnesota

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#fff" |

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}|Nebraska

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Northwestern Wildcats}}|Northwestern

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 25

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio State Buckeyes}}|Ohio State

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFf;" |

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}|Penn State

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers}}|Purdue

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 17

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 18

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 20

| style="background:#d8ffeb" | 17

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 21

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 20

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 23

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 16

| style="background:#FFF;" | 16

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 14

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" |16

| style="background:#FFF;" | 13

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 19

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 16

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 19

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 16

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 20

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 19

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 22

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 20

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 24

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 18

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 16

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 14

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 16

| style="background:#FFF;" | 12

| style="background:#FFF;" | 15

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}}|Rutgers

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" |

| style="background:#ffffe6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" |

rowspan=2 style={{NCAA color cell|Wisconsin Badgers}}|Wisconsin

! AP

| style="background:#FFF;" | 9

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 16

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 17

| style="background:#FFF;" | 17

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 14

| style="background:#FFF;" | 14

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 13

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 18

| style="background:#d8ffeb | 17

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 10

| style="background:#d8ffeb" | 7

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 9

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 16

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" |22

| style="background:#FFF;" | 24

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

| style="background:#FFF;" |

C

| style="background:#FFF;" | 10

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 11

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 14

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 17

| style="background:#FFF;" | 17

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 14

| style="background:#FFF;" | 14

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 11

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 17

| style="background:#FFF;" | 17

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 9

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 5

| style="background:#Ffe6e6;" | 10

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" | 15

| style="background:#FFe6e6;" |21

| style="background:#FFF;" | 23

| style="background:#FFF;" | 22

| style="background:#FFF;" | 16

=Player 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.

class="wikitable" border="1"

Week

! Player of the week

! Freshman of the week

rowspan=2 valign=middle| November 14, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111416aaa.html|title=Illinois, Indiana and Michigan State Earn First Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Illinois' Malcolm Hill and Indiana's James Blackmon Jr., share Player of the Week honors; Hoosiers' Curtis Jones and Michigan State's Miles Bridges named Co-Freshmen of the Week|accessdate=November 16, 2016|date=November 14, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116103100/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111416aaa.html|archive-date=November 16, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Malcolm Hill, ILL

| Curtis Jones Jr., IND

James Blackmon Jr., IND

| Miles Bridges, MSU

November 21, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112116aac.html|title=Iowa and Minnesota Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Hawkeyes' Peter Jok named Player of the Week; Golden Gophers' Amir Coffey claims Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=November 21, 2016|date=November 21, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122153531/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112116aac.html|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Peter Jok, IOWA

| Amir Coffey, MINN

rowspan=2 valign=middle| November 28, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112916aaa.html|title=Maryland, Purdue and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Terrapins' Melo Trimble and Boilermakers' Caleb Swanigan named Co-Players of the Week; Spartans' Miles Bridges earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=November 29, 2016|date=November 29, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130035724/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112916aaa.html|archive-date=November 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Melo Trimble, MD

| rowspan=2 valign=middle| Miles Bridges (2), MSU

Caleb Swanigan, PUR

December 5, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120516aaa.html|title=Wisconsin and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Badgers' Nigel Hayes named Player of the Week; Spartans' Nick Ward earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=December 5, 2016|date=December 5, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220133216/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120516aaa.html|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Nigel Hayes, WIS

| Nick Ward, MSU

December 12, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121216aaa.html|title=Iowa Sweeps Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Hawkeyes' Peter Jok named Player of the Week; Iowa's Isaiah Moss earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=December 13, 2016|date=December 12, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220162701/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121216aaa.html|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Peter Jok (2), IOWA

| Isaiah Moss, IOWA

December 19, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121916aac.html|title=Purdue and Penn State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Boilermakers' Caleb Swanigan named Player of the Week; Nittany Lions' Mike Watkins earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=December 26, 2016|date=December 19, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227125523/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121916aac.html|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| Caleb Swanigan (2), PUR

| Mike Watkins, PSU

December 26, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122616aaa.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130016/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122616aaa.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2016|title=Purdue and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Boilermakers' Caleb Swanigan named Player of the Week for third time this season; Spartans' Nick Ward earns second Freshman of the Week nod|accessdate=December 26, 2016|date=December 26, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org}}

| Caleb Swanigan (3), PUR

| Nick Ward (2), MSU

rowspan=2 valign=middle| January 2, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010217aaa.html|title=Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Golden Gophers' Nate Mason and Huskers' Tai Webster named Co-Players of the Week; Spartans' Nick Ward earns third Freshman of the Week nod|accessdate=January 3, 2017|date=January 2, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165607/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010217aaa.html|archive-date=2017-01-03|url-status=dead}}

| Nate Mason, MINN

| rowspan=2 valign=middle| Nick Ward (3), MSU

Tai Webster, NEB

January 9, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010917aaa.html|title=Purdue and Minnesota Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Boilermakers' Swanigan earns fourth Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season; Minnesota's Coffey claims second Freshman of the Week plaudit|accessdate=January 11, 2017|date=January 9, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113041754/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010917aaa.html|archive-date=January 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| Caleb Swanigan (4), PUR

| Amir Coffey (2), MINN

rowspan=2 valign=middle| January 16, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011617aab.html|title=Northwestern, Michigan State and Penn State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Wildcats' Lindsey named Player of the Week; Spartans' Bridges and Nittany Lions' Watkins share Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=January 17, 2017|date=January 16, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050918/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011617aab.html|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| rowspan=2 valign=middle| Scottie Lindsey, NW

| Miles Bridges (3), MSU

Mike Watkins (2), PSU

rowspan=2 valign=middle| January 23, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012317aaa.html|title=Indiana, Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Hoosiers' Blackmon and Badgers' Happ named Co-Players of the Week; Terrapins' Jackson and Boilermakers' Edwards share Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=January 24, 2017|date=January 23, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025348/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012317aaa.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| Ethan Happ, WIS

| Justin Jackson, MD

James Blackmon Jr. (2), IND

| Carsen Edwards, PUR

January 30, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013017aab.html|title=Wisconsin and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Badgers' Happ named Player of the Week for second straight week; Spartans' Bridges earns fourth Freshman of the Week plaudit|accessdate=January 31, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406082853/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013017aab.html|archive-date=April 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| Ethan Happ (2), WIS

| Miles Bridges (4), MSU

February 6, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020617aaa.html|title=Purdue and Iowa Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Boilermakers' Swanigan named Player of the Week for fifth time this season; Hawkeyes' Bohannon earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=February 6, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207192555/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020617aaa.html|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| Caleb Swanigan (5), PUR

| Jordan Bohannon, IOWA

rowspan=2 valign=middle| February 13, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021317aab.html|title=Michigan, Minnesota and Penn State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Wolverines' Walton Jr. and Gophers' Murphy named Co-Players of the Week; Nittany Lions' Stevens claims Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=February 14, 2017|date=February 13, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214180032/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021317aab.html|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}

|Derrick Walton, Jr., MICH

| rowspan=2 valign="middle" |Lamar Stevens, PSU

Jordan Murphy, MINN

February 20, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022017aaa.html|title=Maryland and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Terrapins' Trimble named Player of the Week; Spartans' Bridges earns Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=February 21, 2017|date=February 20, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053610/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022017aaa.html|archive-date=February 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}

| Melo Trimble (2), MD

| Miles Bridges (5), MSU

February 27, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022717aaa.html|title=Michigan State Sweeps Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Spartans' Nick Ward claims Player and Freshman of the Week honors|accessdate=February 28, 2017|date=February 27, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301010257/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022717aaa.html|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}

|Nick Ward, MSU

|Nick Ward (4), MSU

rowspan=2 valign=middle|March 6, 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aad.html|title=Michigan, Purdue and Iowa Claim Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Wolverines' Walton Jr., and Boilermakers' Swanigan named Co-Players of the Week; Hawkeyes' Bohannon earns Freshman of the Week recognition|accessdate=March 7, 2017|date=March 6, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307124035/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aad.html|archive-date=2017-03-07|url-status=dead}}

|Derrick Walton, Jr. (2), MICH

| rowspan=2 valign="middle" |Jordan Bohannon (2), IOWA

Caleb Swanigan (6), PUR

=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.

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" \|style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"\| \| align="center" style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Illinois Fighting Illini\|2}};"\| Illinois \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Indiana Hoosiers}}\| Indiana \| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Iowa Hawkeyes}}\| Iowa \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Maryland Terrapins}}\| Maryland \| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Michigan Wolverines}}\| Michigan \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Michigan State Spartans}}\| Michigan St \| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}\| Minnesota \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}\| Nebraska \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Northwestern Wildcats}}\| Northwestern \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Ohio State Buckeyes}}\| Ohio St \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Penn State Nittany Lions}}\| Penn St \| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Purdue Boilermakers}}\| Purdue \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}} \| Rutgers \| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell\|Wisconsin Badgers}}\| Wisconsin
vs. Illinois \|\| – \|\| 1–0 \|\|0–2\|\| 2–0 \|\|1–1\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\| 0–1 \|\|0–2\|\| 0–1 \|\|2–0\|\|1–0\|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0
vs. Indiana \|\| 0–1 \|\| – \|\|1–0\|\| 1–0 \|\|2–0\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\| 1–0 \|\|1–1\|\| 0–1 \|\|0–2\|\|2–0\|\| 0–1 \|\|2–0
vs. Iowa \|\|2–0\|\|0–1\|\| – \|\|1–1\|\| 0–1 \|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\|1–1\|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\| 0–1 \|\| 1–1 \|\|0–2\|\| 0–1
vs. Maryland \|\| 0–2 \|\| 0–1 \|\|1–1\|\| – \|\| 0–1 \|\|0–1\|\|1–1\|\| 1–0 \|\|0–1\|\|0–2\|\|1–0\|\|1–0\|\|0–2\|\|1–0
vs. Michigan \|\|1–1\|\|0–2\|\| 1–0 \|\| 1–0 \|\| – \|\|1–1\|\|1–0\|\| 0–2 \|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\| 0–1 \|\| 0–1 \|\|0–1\|\|1–1
vs. Michigan St \|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\|1–1\|\| – \|\| 0–2 \|\|0–2\|\| 0–1 \|\|1–1\|\| 1–0 \|\|2–0\|\| 0–1 \|\| 0–1
vs. Minnesota \|\|0–1\|\|0–1\|\|0–1\|\|1–1\|\|0–1\|\| 2–0 \|\| – \|\| 0–1 \|\| 0–1 \|\|1–1\|\| 1–1 \|\| 0–1 \|\|0–1\|\|2–0
vs. Nebraska \|\|1–0\|\| 0–1 \|\|1–1\|\| 0–1 \|\|2–0\|\|2–0\|\|1–0\|\| – \|\|2–0\|\|1–1\|\|0–1\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\|1–0
vs. Northwestern \|\|2–0\|\|1–1\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\| 1–0 \|\| 1–0 \|\|0–2\|\| – \|\|0–1\|\| 0–1 \|\|2–0\|\|0–2\|\|0–1
vs. Ohio State \|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\|1–0\|\|2–0\|\|0–1\|\| 1–1 \|\|1–1\|\|1–1\|\|1–0\|\| – \|\| 0–1 \|\| 1–0 \|\|0–1\|\| 1–1
vs. Penn State \|\|0–2\|\|2–0\|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\| 1–0 \|\| 0–1 \|\| 1–1 \|\|1–0\|\| 1–0 \|\| 1–0 \|\| – \|\|2–0\|\|1–1\|\|1–0
vs. Purdue \|\|0–1\|\|0–2\|\| 1–1 \|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\|0–2\|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\|0–2\|\| 0–1 \|\|0–1\|\| – \|\|0–1\|\| 0–1
vs. Rutgers \|\|0–1\|\| 1–0 \|\|2–0\|\|2–0\|\|1–0\|\| 1–0 \|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\|2–0\|\|1–0\|\|1–1\|\|1–0\|\| – \|\| 2–0
vs. Wisconsin \|\|0–1\|\|0–2\|\|1–0\|\|0–1\|\|1–1\|\|1–0\|\|0–2\|\|0–1\|\|1–0\|\| 1–1 \|\|0–1\|\| 1–0 \|\| 0–2 \|\| –
Total \|\|8–10\|\|7–11\|\|10–8\|\|12–6\|\|10–8\|\|10–8\|\|11–7\|\|6–10\|\|10–8\|\|7–11\|\|6–12\|\|14–4\|\|3–15\|\|12–6

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| align="center" style="background:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|3}}; color:#{{NCAA color|Illinois Fighting Illini|2}};"| Illinois

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Indiana Hoosiers}}| Indiana

| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Iowa Hawkeyes}}| Iowa

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Maryland Terrapins}}| Maryland

| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan Wolverines}}| Michigan

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan State Spartans}}| Michigan St

| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Minnesota Golden Gophers}}| Minnesota

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}| Nebraska

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Northwestern Wildcats}}| Northwestern

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio State Buckeyes}}| Ohio St

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}| Penn St

| align="center" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers}}| Purdue

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Rutgers Scarlet Knights}} | Rutgers

| align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Wisconsin Badgers}}| Wisconsin

vs. Illinois

|| – || 1–0 ||0–2|| 2–0 ||1–1||0–1||1–0|| 0–1 ||0–2|| 0–1 ||2–0||1–0|| 1–0 ||1–0

vs. Indiana

|| 0–1 || – ||1–0|| 1–0 ||2–0||0–1||1–0|| 1–0 ||1–1|| 0–1 ||0–2||2–0|| 0–1 ||2–0

vs. Iowa

||2–0||0–1|| – ||1–1|| 0–1 || 1–0 ||1–0||1–1||1–0||0–1|| 0–1 || 1–1 ||0–2|| 0–1

vs. Maryland

|| 0–2 || 0–1 ||1–1|| – || 0–1 ||0–1||1–1|| 1–0 ||0–1||0–2||1–0||1–0||0–2||1–0

vs. Michigan

||1–1||0–2|| 1–0 || 1–0 || – ||1–1||1–0|| 0–2 || 1–0 ||1–0|| 0–1 || 0–1 ||0–1||1–1

vs. Michigan St

|| 1–0 ||1–0||0–1||1–0||1–1|| – || 0–2 ||0–2|| 0–1 ||1–1|| 1–0 ||2–0|| 0–1 || 0–1

vs. Minnesota

||0–1||0–1||0–1||1–1||0–1|| 2–0 || – || 0–1 || 0–1 ||1–1|| 1–1 || 0–1 ||0–1||2–0

vs. Nebraska

||1–0|| 0–1 ||1–1|| 0–1 ||2–0||2–0||1–0|| – ||2–0||1–1||0–1||0–1||1–0||1–0

vs. Northwestern

||2–0||1–1||0–1||1–0||0–1|| 1–0 || 1–0 ||0–2|| – ||0–1|| 0–1 ||2–0||0–2||0–1

vs. Ohio State

|| 1–0 ||1–0||1–0||2–0||0–1|| 1–1 ||1–1||1–1||1–0|| – || 0–1 || 1–0 ||0–1|| 1–1

vs. Penn State

||0–2||2–0||1–0||0–1|| 1–0 || 0–1 || 1–1 ||1–0|| 1–0 || 1–0 || – ||2–0||1–1||1–0

vs. Purdue

||0–1||0–2|| 1–1 ||0–1||1–0||0–2|| 1–0 ||1–0||0–2|| 0–1 ||0–1|| – ||0–1|| 0–1

vs. Rutgers

||0–1|| 1–0 ||2–0||2–0||1–0|| 1–0 ||1–0||0–1||2–0||1–0||1–1||1–0|| – || 2–0

vs. Wisconsin

||0–1||0–2||1–0||0–1||1–1||1–0||0–2||0–1||1–0|| 1–1 ||0–1|| 1–0 || 0–2 || –

Total ||8–10||7–11||10–8||12–6||10–8||10–8||11–7||6–10||10–8||7–11||6–12||14–4||3–15||12–6

The Big Ten conference led the nation in attendance for the 41st consecutive season with an average of 12,235 per game.{{cite web|url=https://www.maizenbrew.com/2017/8/9/16121922/attendance-reasons-to-why-it-could-be-dropping-yearly|title=Attendance: Reasons to why it could be dropping yearly|accessdate=April 28, 2024|date=August 9, 2017|author=McDonald, Andrew|publisher=SB Nation}} The margin over all other conferences was nearly 1000: ACC (11,257), SEC (11,080), Big 12 (10,427) and Big East (10,014). Of the 347 NCAA Division ! participants, several of the top average attendances were posted by Big Ten teams Wisconsin (6th, 17,286), Maryland (7th, 16,628), Indiana (9th, 16,363), Nebraska (11th, 15,427), Michigan State (13th, 14,797), Purdue (18th, 13,819) and Iowa (23rd, 12,547).{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2017.pdf|title=2017 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)|accessdate=April 28, 2024|date=August 8, 2017|publisher=NCAA}}

Honors and awards

Caleb Swanigan was a unanimous first team All-American selection by Associated Press,{{cite press release|title=Frank Mason of Kansas unanimous pick for AP All-America team|date=March 28, 2017|url=http://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/frank-mason-kansas-unanimous-pick-ap-all-america-team|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=March 28, 2017|author=O'Connell, Jim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329140658/http://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/frank-mason-kansas-unanimous-pick-ap-all-america-team|archive-date=March 29, 2017|url-status=dead}} USBWA,{{cite press release|title=USBWA Names Men's All-America Team, Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalists |date=March 13, 2017|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/USBWA/news/2017/allamerica170313.html |publisher=United States Basketball Writers Association|accessdate=March 28, 2017}} NABC{{cite press release|title=NABC Announces Division I All-America Team |date=March 24, 2017|url=http://www.nabc.org/NABC_Releases/2017/d1_all_america |publisher=National Association of Basketball Coaches|accessdate=March 28, 2017}} and Sporting News.{{cite news|last=DeCourcy|first=Mike|title=Sporting News college basketball All-Americans 2016–17|date=March 6, 2017|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/college-basketball-all-americans-2017-sporting-news-lonzo-ball-josh-hart-justin-jackson-frank-mason-caleb-swanigan/1tnhntha9fb3q1b468aho78tbp|work=Sporting News|accessdate=March 28, 2017}} Ethan Happ was a third team selection by all but the NABC.

=All-Big Ten awards and teams=

On March 6, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aag.html|title=Men's Basketball Postseason Honors: Purdue's Swanigan named Big Ten Player of the Year|accessdate=March 7, 2017|date=March 6, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123604/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aag.html|archive-date=March 7, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2016-17_All_Big_Ten_Honors.pdf|title=2016-17 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team|accessdate=March 7, 2017|date=March 6, 2017|website=CSTV.com|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123951/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2016-17_All_Big_Ten_Honors.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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Honor

! Coaches

! Media

Player of the Year

|Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

Coach of the Year

|Richard Pitino, Minnesota

Freshman of the Year

|Miles Bridges, Michigan State

Defensive Player of the Year

|Reggie Lynch, Minnesota

|Not Selected

Sixth Man of the Year

|Nicholas Baer, Iowa

|Not Selected

rowspan=5 valign=middle | All-Big Ten First Team

|Peter Jok, Iowa

Melo Trimble, Maryland

|Melo Trimble, Maryland

Nate Mason, Minnesota

|Nate Mason, Minnesota

Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

|Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

|Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

rowspan=5 valign=middle | All-Big Ten Second Team

|Malcolm Hill, Illinois

Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan

|Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan

Miles Bridges, Michigan State

|Miles Bridges, Michigan State

Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern

|Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern

Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin

|Tai Webster, Nebraska

rowspan=6 valign=middle | All-Big Ten Third Team

|Tai Webster, Nebraska

|Bronson Koenig, Wisconsin

Thomas Bryant, Indiana

|Thomas Bryant, Indiana

Jordan Murphy, Minnesota

|Jordan Murphy (basketball)|Jordan Murphy, Minnesota

Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

|Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

Scottie Lindsey, Northwestern

|Vincent Edwards, Purdue

Not Selected

|James Blackmon Jr., Indiana

rowspan=11 valign=middle | All-Big Ten Honorable Mention

|Vincent Edwards, Purdue

|Scottie Lindsey, Northwestern

James Blackmon Jr., Indiana

|Not Selected

Moritz Wagner, Michigan

|Moritz Wagner, Michigan

Nick Ward, Michigan State

|Nick Ward, Michigan State

Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State

|Jae'Sean Tate, Ohio State

Isaac Haas, Purdue

|Isaac Haas, Purdue

Corey Sanders, Rutgers

|Corey Sanders, Rutgers

Dakota Mathias, Purdue

|Dakota Mathias, Purdue

Not Selected

|Trevor Thompson, Ohio State

Not Selected

|Tony Carr, Penn State

Not Selected

|Zak Irvin, Michigan

rowspan=5 valign=middle | All-Freshman Team

|Jordan Bohannon, Iowa

| rowspan=5 colspan=1 align=center| Not Selected

Tyler Cook, Iowa

Miles Bridges, Michigan State

Amir Coffey, Minnesota

Tony Carr, Penn State

rowspan=5 valign=middle | All-Defensive Team

|Reggie Lynch, Minnesota

| rowspan=5 colspan=1 align=center| Not Selected

Vic Law, Northwestern

Dakota Mathias, Purdue

Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

Zak Showalter, Wisconsin

=AP All-Big Ten awards and teams=

Honor ! Winner
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Player of the Year \| Caleb Swanigan, Purdue*
Coach of the Year \| Richard Pitino, Minnesota
Newcomer of the Year \| Miles Bridges, Michigan State*
Defensive Player of the Year \| Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
rowspan=5 valign=middle \| All Big Ten First Team \|Nate Mason, Minnesota
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Peter Jok, Iowa
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue*
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
rowspan=5 valign=middle \| All Big Ten Second Team \|Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan
Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern
Malcolm Hill, Illinois
Miles Bridges, Michigan State
Jordan Murphy, Minnesota
colspan=2 valingn=middle\| {{small\| Source{{Cite news\|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-caleb-swanigan-big-ten-player-of-year-20170307-story.html\|title=Purdue's Caleb Swanigan named AP Big Ten player of the year\|last=Olson\|first=Eric\|work=chicagotribune.com\|access-date=2017-03-07\|language=en-US}} *unanimous selection}}

=USBWA=

On March 7, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2016–17 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/alldistrict170307.html|publisher=United States Basketball Writers Association| title=USBWA Names 2016–17 Men's All-District Teams| accessdate=March 8, 2017|date=March 7, 2017}}

{{Col-1-of-4}}District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV)

none

{{Col-2-of-4}}District III (VA, NC, SC, MD)

Melo Trimble, Maryland

{{Col-3-of-4}}District V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI)

Player of the Year

Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

Coach of the Year

Matt Painter, Purdue

All-District Team

Miles Bridges, Michigan State
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Malcolm Hill, Illinois
Nate Mason, Minnesota
Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan

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

Peter Jok, Iowa
Tai Webster, Nebraska

=NABC=

The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 22, 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.{{cite web|url=http://nabc.com/NABC_Releases/2017/PDF/2016-17_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS_AND_COACHES.pdf|title=National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2016–17 Division I All-District Teams and Coaches|accessdate=March 22, 2017|date=March 22, 2017|publisher=National Association of Basketball Coaches|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053246/http://nabc.com/NABC_Releases/2017/PDF/2016-17_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS_AND_COACHES.pdf|url-status=dead}}

;First Team

Melo Trimble, Maryland
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Ethan Happ, Wisconsin
Peter Jok, Iowa
Miles Bridges, Michigan State

;Second Team

Nate Mason, Minnesota
Derrick Walton, Jr., Michigan
Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern
Tai Webster, Nebraska
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin

=Other awards=

Nicolas Baer, Zak Irvin, Sanjay Lumpkin, Keita Bates-Diop, Payton Banks, Isaac Haas and Vitto Brown were nominees for the Allstate Good Works Team in honor of their volunteerism and civic involvement.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120516aac.html|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: News and notes surrounding Big Ten men's basketball for the week of Dec. 5-11|accessdate=December 5, 2016|date=December 5, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220130559/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120516aac.html|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} On January 6, 2017, Malcolm Hill, Peter Jok, Derrick Walton, Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig were included on the 30-man Senior CLASS Award candidate list.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010617aab.html|title=Senior CLASS Award Candidates: Seven Big Ten basketball senior standouts among preseason candidates for award celebrating excellence on and off the court|accessdate=January 13, 2017|date=January 6, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116150420/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010617aab.html|archive-date=2017-01-16|url-status=dead}} Melo Trimble was the only returning selection among the January 11 Wooden Award top 25. He was joined by Ethan Happ, Nigel Hayes and Caleb Swanigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18454657/four-new-players-added-midseason-top-25-john-r-wooden-award|title=Maryland's Melo Trimble is only holdover from '16 Wooden Award Midseason Top 25|accessdate=January 13, 2017|date=January 11, 2017|publisher=ESPN|author=Brown, C. L.}} Happ and Swanigan were on the Robertson midseason 19-man watchlist.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/watchlists170123.html|title=USBWA Unveils Midseason Watch Lists|accessdate=January 24, 2017|date=January 23, 2017|publisher=United States Basketball Writers Association}} Trimble was named to the Cousy Award Final 10 on January 30.{{cite web|url=http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/marylands-melo-trimble-named-to-cousy-award-final-ten/|title=Maryland's Melo Trimble Named To Cousy Award Final Ten|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=WJZ-TV}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013017aac.html|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: News and notes surrounding Big Ten men's basketball for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 4|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035507/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013017aac.html|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=dead}} Swanigan and Miles Bridges were named Malone Award top 10 finalists on February 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020217aab.html|title=Miles Bridges Named To Karl Malone Award Final 10|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=February 2, 2017|website=MSUSpartans.com|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035216/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020217aab.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020617aab.html|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: News and notes surrounding Big Ten men's basketball for the week of Feb. 7-12|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=February 6, 2017|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=BigTen.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208033231/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020617aab.html|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=dead}} Happ was named as a Jabbar Award top 10 finalist the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/news/2017/2/3/mens-basketball-happ-named-finalist-for-kareem-abdul-jabbar-award.aspx|title=Happ named finalist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award|accessdate=February 7, 2017|date=February 3, 2017|website=UWBadgers.com}} Swanigan, Trimble and Happ were named to both the February 9 Wooden Top 20 and the February 9 Naismith Top 30 lists.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18648035/marcus-keene-central-michigan-chippewas-plays-wooden-award-mix|title=Central Michigan's Marcus Keene enters top 20 for Wooden Award|accessdate=February 14, 2017|date=February 9, 2017|publisher=ESPN|author=Brown, C.L.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/naismith-watch/2017-02-09/college-basketball-naismith-trophy-top-30-list|title=College basketball: Naismith Trophy Top 30 list announced|accessdate=February 14, 2017|date=February 9, 2017|publisher=NCAA}} Swanigan and Moritz Wagner were named to the February 9, 2016–17 NCAA Division I Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team for District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH), placing them among the 40 finalists for the Academic All-American 15-man team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cosida.com/documents/2017/2/9//Acad_BasketM.pdf?id=2141|title=CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams Released|accessdate=February 14, 2017|date=February 9, 2017|publisher=College Sports Information Directors of America}} Hayes and Jok were named to the 10-man Senior CLASS Award finalist list.{{cite web|url=http://www.seniorclassaward.com/news/view/mens_and_womens_basketball_finalists_announced_for_the_2016-17_senior_class/|title=Men's and Women's Basketball Finalists Announced for the 2016–17 Senior CLASS Award|accessdate=February 21, 2017|date=February 15, 2017|website=SeniorClassAward.com}} Swanigan was named a second team Academic All-America selection on March 2.{{cite web|url=http://cosida.com/documents/2017/3/1//2016_17_DI_Basketball_AA.pdf?id=2159|title=Ally Disterhoft of Iowa, Canyon Barry of Florida Highlight CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I Basketball Teams|accessdate=March 3, 2017|date=March 2, 2017|website=CoSIDA.com}}

Postseason

=Big Ten tournament=

{{14TeamBracket-BigTenBasketball

|RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN2/BTN

|RD2=Second round
Thursday, March 9
ESPN2/BTN

|RD3=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN/BTN

|RD4=Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
CBS

|RD5=Championship
Sunday, March 12
CBS

| RD1-seed01=12

| RD1-team01=Nebraska

| RD1-score01=67

| RD1-seed02=13

| RD1-team02=Penn State

| RD1-score02=76*

| RD1-seed03=11

| RD1-team03=Ohio State

| RD1-score03=57

| RD1-seed04=14

| RD1-team04=Rutgers

| RD1-score04=66

| RD2-seed01=8

| RD2-team01=Michigan

| RD2-score01=75

| RD2-seed02=9

| RD2-team02=Illinois

| RD2-score02=55

| RD2-seed03=5

| RD2-team03=Michigan State

| RD2-score03=78

| RD2-seed04=13

| RD2-team04=Penn State

| RD2-score04=51

| RD2-seed05=7

| RD2-team05=Iowa

| RD2-score05=73

| RD2-seed06=10

| RD2-team06=Indiana

| RD2-score06=95

| RD2-seed07=6

| RD2-team07=Northwestern

| RD2-score07=83

| RD2-seed08=14

| RD2-team08=Rutgers

| RD2-score08=61

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Purdue

| RD3-score01=70

| RD3-seed02=8

| RD3-team02=Michigan

| RD3-score02=74*

| RD3-seed03=4

| RD3-team03=Minnesota

| RD3-score03=63

| RD3-seed04=5

| RD3-team04=Michigan State

| RD3-score04=58

| RD3-seed05=2

| RD3-team05=Wisconsin

| RD3-score05=70

| RD3-seed06=10

| RD3-team06=Indiana

| RD3-score06=60

| RD3-seed07=3

| RD3-team07=Maryland

| RD3-score07=64

| RD3-seed08=6

| RD3-team08=Northwestern

| RD3-score08=72

| RD4-seed02=4

| RD4-team02=Minnesota

| RD4-score02=77

| RD4-seed01=8

| RD4-team01=Michigan

| RD4-score01=84

| RD4-seed03=2

| RD4-team03=Wisconsin

| RD4-score03=76

| RD4-seed04=6

| RD4-team04=Northwestern

| RD4-score04=48

| RD5-seed01=8

| RD5-team01=Michigan

| RD5-score01=71

| RD5-seed02=2

| RD5-team02=Wisconsin

| RD5-score02=56

}}

* denotes overtime period

=NCAA tournament=

The winner of the Big Ten tournament, Michigan, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Six other conference school received at-large bids to the Tournament: Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Michigan State.

class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%"
Seed ! Region ! School ! First Four ! First round ! Second round ! Sweet Sixteen ! Elite Eight ! Final Four ! Championship
align=center\|4 \| Midwest \| Purdue \|N/A \| defeated (13) Vermont 80–70 \| defeated (5) Iowa State 80–76 \| eliminated by (1) Kansas 66–98 \| \| \|
align=center\|5 \| South \| Minnesota \|N/A \| eliminated by (12) Middle Tennessee 72–81 \| \| \| \| \|
align=center\|6 \| West \| Maryland \|N/A \| eliminated by (11) Xavier 65–76 \| \| \| \| \|
align=center\|7 \| Midwest \| Michigan \|N/A \| defeated (10) Oklahoma State 92–91 \| defeated (2) Louisville 73–69 \| eliminated by (3) Oregon 68–69 \| \| \|
align=center\|8 \| West \| Northwestern \|N/A \| defeated (9) Vanderbilt 68–66 \| eliminated by (1) Gonzaga 73–79 \| \| \| \|
align=center\|8 \| East \| Wisconsin \|N/A \| defeated (9) Virginia Tech 84–74 \| defeated (1) Villanova 65–62 \| eliminated by (4) Florida 83–84^OT \| \| \|
align=center\|9 \| Midwest \| Michigan State \|N/A \| defeated (8) Miami 78–58 \| eliminated by (1) Kansas 70–90 \| \| \| \|
! !W–L (%): !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) !5–2 ({{Winning percentage\|5\|2}}) !3–2 ({{Winning percentage\|3\|2}}) !0–3 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|3}}) !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) Total: 8–7 ({{Winning percentage\|8\|7}})

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Seed

! Region

! School

! First Four

! First round

! Second round

! Sweet Sixteen

! Elite Eight

! Final Four

! Championship

align=center|4

| Midwest

| Purdue

|N/A

| defeated (13) Vermont 80–70

| defeated (5) Iowa State 80–76

| eliminated by (1) Kansas 66–98

|

align=center|5

| South

| Minnesota

|N/A

| eliminated by (12) Middle Tennessee 72–81

|

align=center|6

| West

| Maryland

|N/A

| eliminated by (11) Xavier 65–76

|

align=center|7

| Midwest

| Michigan

|N/A

| defeated (10) Oklahoma State 92–91

| defeated (2) Louisville 73–69

| eliminated by (3) Oregon 68–69

|

align=center|8

| West

| Northwestern

|N/A

| defeated (9) Vanderbilt 68–66

| eliminated by (1) Gonzaga 73–79

|

align=center|8

| East

| Wisconsin

|N/A

| defeated (9) Virginia Tech 84–74

| defeated (1) Villanova 65–62

| eliminated by (4) Florida 83–84^OT

|

align=center|9

| Midwest

| Michigan State

|N/A

| defeated (8) Miami 78–58

| eliminated by (1) Kansas 70–90

|

!

!W–L (%):

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!5–2 ({{Winning percentage|5|2}})

!3–2 ({{Winning percentage|3|2}})

!0–3 ({{Winning percentage|0|3}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}}) Total: 8–7 ({{Winning percentage|8|7}})

=National Invitation tournament=

{{Main|2017 National Invitation Tournament}}Three Big Ten teams received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament: Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.

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Seed ! Bracket ! School ! First round ! Second round ! Quarterfinals ! Semifinals ! Finals
align=center\|1 \| Iowa \| Iowa \| defeated South Dakota 87–75 \| eliminated by TCU 92–94 \| \| \|
align=center\|2 \| Illinois St. \| Illinois \| defeated Valparaiso 82–57 \| defeated Boise State 71–56 \| eliminated by UCF 58–68 \| \|
align=center\|3 \| Syracuse \| Indiana \| eliminated by Georgia Tech 63–75 \| \| \| \|
! !W–L (%): !2–1 ({{Winning percentage\|2\|1}}) !1–1 ({{Winning percentage\|1\|1}}) !0–1 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|1}}) !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) !0–0 ({{Winning percentage\|0\|0}}) Total: 3–3 ({{Winning percentage\|3\|3}})

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"

Seed

! Bracket

! School

! First round

! Second round

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Finals

align=center|1

| Iowa

| defeated South Dakota 87–75

| eliminated by TCU 92–94

|

align=center|2

| Illinois St.

| Illinois

| defeated Valparaiso 82–57

| defeated Boise State 71–56

| eliminated by UCF 58–68

|

align=center|3

| Syracuse

| Indiana

| eliminated by Georgia Tech 63–75

|

!

!W–L (%):

!2–1 ({{Winning percentage|2|1}})

!1–1 ({{Winning percentage|1|1}})

!0–1 ({{Winning percentage|0|1}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}}) Total: 3–3 ({{Winning percentage|3|3}})

=2017 NBA draft=

The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors or graduate students: Peter Jok, Malcolm Hill, Derrick Walton, Bronson Koenig, Tai Webster, and Nigel Hayes. The following players were invited to the NBA Draft Combine: OG Anunoby, Thomas Bryant, Justin Jackson, Caleb Swanigan, Melo Trimble, Moritz Wagner, and D. J. Wilson, while Derrick Walton was named as an alternate.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19273805/nba-invites-more-60-players-draft-combine |title=Sources: Lonzo Ball won't attend draft combine, might be joined by lottery prospects |first=Jeff |last=Goodman |publisher=ESPN |date=April 29, 2017 |accessdate=April 30, 2017}} Eventually, Walton, Jok and Hayes accepted invitations as alternates.{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2017/05/03/michigan-basketball-derrick-walton/101236712/|title=Michigan's Derrick Walton to compete at NBA combine after all|accessdate=May 5, 2017|date=May 3, 2017|work=Detroit Free Press|author=Snyder, Mark}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/05/05/sixty-seven-players-attend-draft-combine|title=Sixty-seven players expected to attend NBA Draft Combine|accessdate=May 10, 2017|date=May 5, 2017|publisher=NBA.com}} Wilson (17th), Anunoby (23rd), Swanigan (26th) and Bryant (42nd) were selected in the draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.btpowerhouse.com/2017/6/23/15860084/2017-nba-draft-big-ten-reactions-morris-swanigan-anunoby-bryant-selections|title=Hit or Miss Night for the Big Ten in the 2017 NBA Draft: Four Big Ten players were selected in the 2017 NBA Draft.|accessdate=June 23, 2017|date=June 23, 2017|publisher=SB Nation|author=Steedman, Bryan}}{{cite web|url=http://btn.com/2017/06/23/four-big-ten-players-selected-in-thursdays-nba-draft/|title=Four Big Ten players selected in Thursday's NBA Draft|accessdate=June 23, 2017|date=June 23, 2017|website=BTN.com}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"
scope="col"\| {{tooltip\|Rnd.\|Draft round}} !scope="col"\| {{tooltip\|Pick\|Overall selection number}} !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col"\| {{tooltip\|Pos.\|Position(s) played}} !scope="col"\| Team !scope="col"\| School
style="text-align:center;"\|1 \|style="text-align:center;"\|17 \|{{sortname\|D. J.\|Wilson}} \|PF \|Milwaukee Bucks \|Michigan {{small\|(Jr.)}}
style="text-align:center;"\|1 \|style="text-align:center;"\|23 \|{{sortname\|OG\|Anunoby}} \|SG \|Toronto Raptors (from L.A. Clippers via Milwaukee){{refn\|group=upper-alpha\|name=IbakaRoss\|August 26, 2014:Los Angeles Clippers to Milwaukee Bucks{{cite web\|title=Bucks Acquire Jared Dudley and First Round Pick From Clippers\|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-jared-dudley-clippers\|website=NBA.com\|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.\|access-date=May 27, 2017\|date=August 26, 2014\|archive-date=June 22, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220624/https://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-jared-dudley-clippers\|url-status=live}} Los Angeles Clippers acquired Carlos Delfino, Miroslav Raduljica, and a 2015 second-round pick Milwaukee acquired Jared Dudley and the Clippers' protected 2017 first-round pick June 25, 2015: Milwaukee Bucks to Toronto Raptors{{cite web\|title=Bucks Acquire Greivis Vasquez\|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-greivis-vasquez\|website=NBA.com\|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.\|access-date=May 27, 2017\|date=June 25, 2015\|archive-date=December 1, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201054451/http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-greivis-vasquez\|url-status=live}} Milwaukee acquired Greivis Vásquez Toronto acquired rights to Norman Powell and the Los Angeles Clippers' 2017 first-round pick}} \|Indiana {{small\|(So.)}}
style="text-align:center;"\|1 \|style="text-align:center;"\|26 \|{{sortname\|Caleb\|Swanigan}} \|PF \|Portland Trail Blazers (from Cleveland){{refn\|group=upper-alpha\|February 18, 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers to Portland Trail Blazers{{cite web\|title=Trail Blazers Acquire Future First-Round Draft Pick, Anderson Varejao From Cleveland\|url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/trail-blazers-acquire-future-first-round-draft-pick-anderson-varejao-cleveland\|website=NBA.com\|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.\|access-date=May 27, 2017\|date=February 18, 2016\|archive-date=June 22, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622084931/http://www.nba.com/blazers/trail-blazers-acquire-future-first-round-draft-pick-anderson-varejao-cleveland\|url-status=live}} Cleveland acquired a future second-round pick (2018) Portland acquired Anderson Varejão and a future first-round pick January 6, 2017: Cleveland Cavaliers to Portland Trail Blazers{{cite web\|title=Trail Blazers Acquire Unprotected 2017 First Round Pick from Cleveland\|url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/trail-blazers-acquire-unprotected-2017-first-round-pick-cleveland/\|website=NBA.com\|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.\|access-date=May 27, 2017\|date=January 6, 2017\|archive-date=December 6, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206211610/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/trail-blazers-acquire-unprotected-2017-first-round-pick-cleveland\|url-status=live}} Cleveland reacquired its own 2018 first-round pick Portland acquired a first-round pick}} \|Purdue {{small\|(So.)}}
style="text-align:center;"\|2 \|style="text-align:center;"\|42 \|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Bryant\|dab=basketball}} \|PF \|Utah Jazz (from Detroit,{{refn\|name=UtahDetPick\|group=upper-alpha\| February 19, 2015: Detroit Pistons to Utah Jazz (three-team trade with Oklahoma City Thunder){{cite web\|title=Thunder acquire Kanter, Novak, Augustin, Singler and draft pick\|url=http://www.nba.com/2015/news/02/19/thunder-jazz-pistons-okc-official-release/\|website=NBA.com\|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.\|access-date=May 28, 2017\|date=February 19, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925231844/http://www.nba.com/2015/news/02/19/thunder-jazz-pistons-okc-official-release/\|archive-date=September 25, 2017\|url-status=dead}} Detroit acquired Reggie Jackson from Oklahoma City Oklahoma City acquired Enes Kanter and Steve Novak from Utah; D. J. Augustin and Kyle Singler from Detroit, and Detroit's 2019 second-round pick Utah acquired Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett and draft rights to Tibor Pleiß from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City's protected first-round pick (conveyance minimum of two years after first-round pick sent to Philadelphia, which happened in 2016), and Detroit's 2017 second-round pick}} traded to Los Angeles Lakers){{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|name=28th\|June 22, 2017: Los Angeles Lakers to Utah Jazz{{cite web\|title=Lakers Acquire Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant in Trade with Utah\|url=http://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/170622-hart-bryant-acquired?ls=recent_news\|website=NBA.com\|access-date=June 23, 2017\|date=June 22, 2017\|archive-date=June 22, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220848/https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/170622-hart-bryant-acquired?ls=recent_news\|url-status=live}} Utah acquired Los Angeles' first-round pick (No. 28) Los Angeles Lakers acquired Utah's first-round pick (No. 30) and second-round pick (No. 42)}} \|Indiana {{small\|(So.)}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left"

scope="col"| {{tooltip|Rnd.|Draft round}}

!scope="col"| {{tooltip|Pick|Overall selection number}}

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col"| {{tooltip|Pos.|Position(s) played}}

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| School

style="text-align:center;"|1

|style="text-align:center;"|17

|{{sortname|D. J.|Wilson}}

|PF

|Milwaukee Bucks

|Michigan {{small|(Jr.)}}

style="text-align:center;"|1

|style="text-align:center;"|23

|{{sortname|OG|Anunoby}}

|SG

|Toronto Raptors (from L.A. Clippers via Milwaukee){{refn|group=upper-alpha|name=IbakaRoss|August 26, 2014:Los Angeles Clippers to Milwaukee Bucks{{cite web|title=Bucks Acquire Jared Dudley and First Round Pick From Clippers|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-jared-dudley-clippers|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=May 27, 2017|date=August 26, 2014|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220624/https://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-jared-dudley-clippers|url-status=live}}

Los Angeles Clippers acquired Carlos Delfino, Miroslav Raduljica, and a 2015 second-round pick
Milwaukee acquired Jared Dudley and the Clippers' protected 2017 first-round pick

June 25, 2015: Milwaukee Bucks to Toronto Raptors{{cite web|title=Bucks Acquire Greivis Vasquez|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-greivis-vasquez|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=May 27, 2017|date=June 25, 2015|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201054451/http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/bucks-acquire-greivis-vasquez|url-status=live}}

Milwaukee acquired Greivis Vásquez
Toronto acquired rights to Norman Powell and the Los Angeles Clippers' 2017 first-round pick}}

|Indiana {{small|(So.)}}

style="text-align:center;"|1

|style="text-align:center;"|26

|{{sortname|Caleb|Swanigan}}

|PF

|Portland Trail Blazers (from Cleveland){{refn|group=upper-alpha|February 18, 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers to Portland Trail Blazers{{cite web|title=Trail Blazers Acquire Future First-Round Draft Pick, Anderson Varejao From Cleveland|url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/trail-blazers-acquire-future-first-round-draft-pick-anderson-varejao-cleveland|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=May 27, 2017|date=February 18, 2016|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622084931/http://www.nba.com/blazers/trail-blazers-acquire-future-first-round-draft-pick-anderson-varejao-cleveland|url-status=live}}

Cleveland acquired a future second-round pick (2018)
Portland acquired Anderson Varejão and a future first-round pick

January 6, 2017: Cleveland Cavaliers to Portland Trail Blazers{{cite web|title=Trail Blazers Acquire Unprotected 2017 First Round Pick from Cleveland|url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/trail-blazers-acquire-unprotected-2017-first-round-pick-cleveland/|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=May 27, 2017|date=January 6, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206211610/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/trail-blazers-acquire-unprotected-2017-first-round-pick-cleveland|url-status=live}}

Cleveland reacquired its own 2018 first-round pick
Portland acquired a first-round pick}}

|Purdue {{small|(So.)}}

style="text-align:center;"|2

|style="text-align:center;"|42

|{{sortname|Thomas|Bryant|dab=basketball}}

|PF

|Utah Jazz (from Detroit,{{refn|name=UtahDetPick|group=upper-alpha|

February 19, 2015: Detroit Pistons to Utah Jazz (three-team trade with Oklahoma City Thunder){{cite web|title=Thunder acquire Kanter, Novak, Augustin, Singler and draft pick|url=http://www.nba.com/2015/news/02/19/thunder-jazz-pistons-okc-official-release/|website=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|access-date=May 28, 2017|date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925231844/http://www.nba.com/2015/news/02/19/thunder-jazz-pistons-okc-official-release/|archive-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Detroit acquired Reggie Jackson from Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City acquired Enes Kanter and Steve Novak from Utah; D. J. Augustin and Kyle Singler from Detroit, and Detroit's 2019 second-round pick

Utah acquired Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett and draft rights to Tibor Pleiß from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City's protected first-round pick (conveyance minimum of two years after first-round pick sent to Philadelphia, which happened in 2016), and Detroit's 2017 second-round pick}} traded to Los Angeles Lakers){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=28th|June 22, 2017: Los Angeles Lakers to Utah Jazz{{cite web|title=Lakers Acquire Josh Hart, Thomas Bryant in Trade with Utah|url=http://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/170622-hart-bryant-acquired?ls=recent_news|website=NBA.com|access-date=June 23, 2017|date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220848/https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/170622-hart-bryant-acquired?ls=recent_news|url-status=live}}

Utah acquired Los Angeles' first-round pick (No. 28)

Los Angeles Lakers acquired Utah's first-round pick (No. 30) and second-round pick (No. 42)}}

|Indiana {{small|(So.)}}

==Pre-draft trades==

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

==Draft-day trades==

Draft-day trades occurred on June 22, 2017, the day of the draft.

References

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