The 2017-18 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The 2018 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for the 2018 Big East Tournament, the Big Ten Tournament will take place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. This could result in teams having nearly two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament. As a result, the conference season began on December 1, 2017 and will conclude on February 25. Each team played one road game and one home conference game in the first week of December.
Purdue is the defending regular season champions, while Michigan is the defending Tournament champions.
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Head coaches
Coaching changes
On March 11, 2017, Illinois fired head coach John Groce. On March 18, the school hired Brad Underwood as the new head coach.
On March 16, 2017, Indiana fired Tom Crean after nine years as head coach. On March 25, 2017, the school hired Archie Miller as head coach.
On June 5, 2017, Ohio State announced that head coach Thad Matta would not return as head coach after 13 years in Columbus. On June 9, the school hired Chris Holtmann as head coach.
Coaches
Notes:
- All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
- Year at school includes 2016-17 season.
- Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.
- Turgeon's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014-15.
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Preseason
Preseason All-Big Ten
Prior to the conference's annual media day, unofficial awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of 28 writers, two for each team in the conference. Michigan State was a unanimous selection to win the conference, receiving all 28 votes. The Spartans' Miles Bridges was also a unanimous selection for Preseason Player of the Year.
Preseason conference poll
Preseason All-Big Ten
On October 19, 2017, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason national polls
Regular season
Rankings
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.
Early season tournaments
Eleven of the 14 Big Ten teams participated in early season tournaments. Each team's finish is noted below. Illinois, Indiana, and Rutgers did not participate in a tournament. Eight Big Ten teams participated in the Gavitt Tip-Off Games against Big East Conference teams for the third consecutive year. All Big Ten teams participated in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, the 19th year for the event.
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.
Honors and awards
On January 9, Keita Bates-Diop was recognized as the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association. On January 15, Purdue was named NCAA.com team of the Week.
References
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