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2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
TV partner(s) Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
2016 NBA draft
Top draft pick Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Picked by Chicago Bulls, 14th overall
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions Indiana
Runners-up Michigan State
Season MVP Denzel Valentine
Top scorer Denzel Valentine
Tournament
Champions Michigan State
  Runners-up Purdue
Finals MVP Denzel Valentine
Basketball seasons
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 14 Indiana 15 3   .833     27 8   .771
No. 2 Michigan State 13 5   .722     29 6   .829
No. 18 Maryland 12 6   .667     27 9   .750
No. 12 Purdue 12 6   .667     26 9   .743
No. 25 Iowa 12 6   .667     22 10   .688
Wisconsin 12 6   .667     22 13   .629
Ohio State 11 7   .611     21 14   .600
Michigan 10 8   .556     23 13   .639
Northwestern 8 10   .444     20 12   .625
Penn State 7 11   .389     16 16   .500
Nebraska 6 12   .333     16 18   .471
Illinois 5 13   .278     15 19   .441
Minnesota 2 16   .111     8 23   .258
Rutgers 1 17   .056     7 25   .219
2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Indiana won the Big Ten regular season by two games over second place Michigan State. Four teams tied for third place.

Denzel Valentine was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and won many national player of the year awards (splitting them with Buddy Hield). Valentine and Jarrod Uthoff were consensus 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, while Yogi Ferrell received All-American recognition. Uthoff was named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year, while Shavon Shields and Mike Gessell were also named Academic All-America.

Following the season, Tom Izzo was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Tom Crean was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. After taking over for Bo Ryan midseason, Greg Gard was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award winner.


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