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2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 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
2017 NBA draft
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions Purdue
Runners-up Wisconsin and Maryland
Season MVP Caleb Swanigan
Top scorer Peter Jok
Tournament
Champions Michigan
  Runners-up Wisconsin
Finals MVP Derrick Walton Jr.
Basketball seasons
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2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 15 Purdue 14 4   .778     27 8   .771
No. 25 Wisconsin 12 6   .667     27 10   .730
Maryland 12 6   .667     24 9   .727
Minnesota 11 7   .611     24 10   .706
No. 23 Michigan 10 8   .556     26 12   .684
Northwestern 10 8   .556     24 12   .667
Michigan State 10 8   .556     20 15   .571
Iowa 10 8   .556     19 15   .559
Illinois 8 10   .444     20 15   .571
Ohio State 7 11   .389     17 15   .531
Indiana 7 11   .389     18 16   .529
Penn State 6 12   .333     15 18   .455
Nebraska 6 12   .333     12 19   .387
Rutgers 3 15   .167     15 18   .455
2017 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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. The season began on November 11 and conference play started on December 27.

With a win over Indiana on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. With Wisconsin's loss on March 2, Purdue clinched an outright championship, their 23rd championship, the most in Big Ten history. The Big Ten Tournament was held from March 8 through March 12 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. 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.

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 Ethan Happ was a third team All-American by multiple media outlets.


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