2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Big Ten men's basketball season was for the Big Ten Conference in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The basketball teams began practicing in October 2024, followed by the start of the season in November 2024. The regular season concluded on March 9, 2025.

2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	18
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock, NBC
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions	Michigan State
Season MVP	Braden Smith
Tournament
Venue	Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Michigan
Runners-up	Wisconsin
Finals MVP	Vladislav Goldin

2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Michigan State	17	–	3		.850			30	–	7		.811
No. 9 Maryland	14	–	6		.700			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Michigan †	14	–	6		.700			27	–	10		.730
UCLA	13	–	7		.650			23	–	11		.676
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	7		.650			27	–	10		.730
No. 14 Purdue	13	–	7		.650			24	–	12		.667
Illinois	12	–	8		.600			22	–	13		.629
Oregon	12	–	8		.600			25	–	10		.714
Indiana	10	–	10		.500			19	–	13		.594
Ohio State	9	–	11		.450			17	–	15		.531
Rutgers	8	–	12		.400			15	–	17		.469
Minnesota	7	–	13		.350			15	–	17		.469
Northwestern	7	–	13		.350			17	–	16		.515
USC	7	–	13		.350			17	–	18		.486
Iowa	7	–	13		.350			17	–	16		.515
Nebraska	7	–	13		.350			21	–	14		.600
Penn State	6	–	14		.300			16	–	15		.516
Washington	4	–	16		.200			13	–	18		.419
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

This was the conference's first season with 18 teams, as four schools joined the conference in 2024: Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington.^[1] Each team played 20 regular season conference games, seven opponents only at home, seven others only on the road, and a home-and-home with three opposing schools.^[2][3]

With a loss by Michigan on March 5, 2025, Michigan State secured at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, their first since 2020.^[4] On March 6, the Spartans secured the outright regular season championship with a win over Iowa, their first outright championship since 2018.^[5] Purdue point guard Braden Smith was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year.

The Big Ten tournament was held from March 12 through March 16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.^[6] Michigan defeated Wisconsin to win the school's fourth Big Ten tournament championship.

Michigan received the conference's automatic NCAA tournament bid, in addition Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, Wisconsin, and UCLA received at-large bids to the tournament. In the first round the Big Ten went 8–0, setting an NCAA record for the most wins without a loss by any conference in any round in the history of the tournament.^[7] Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.^[8] Only Michigan State advanced to the Elite Eight before losing, extending the conference's national championship drought to 25 years.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Michigan

On March 15, 2024, Michigan fired head coach Juwan Howard after finishing the 2023–24 season with an 8–24 record.^[9] On March 24, the school named Florida Atlantic head coach Dusty May the team's new head coach.^[10]

Ohio State

On February 15, Ohio State fired Chris Holtmann.^[11] The school named associate head coach Jake Diebler the team's interim head coach.^[12] Following the completion of the Big Ten Tournament, the school named Diebler the team's new head coach after finishing the season with a 6–2 record as interim coach.^[13]

USC

On April 1, USC head coach Andy Enfield left the school to take the head coaching position at SMU.^[14] On April 4, the school named Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman the team's new head coach.^[15]

Washington

On March 8, Washington fired head coach Mike Hopkins after seven seasons.^[16] On March 25, the school named Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle the team's new head coach.^[17]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Big Ten record	Big Ten titles	Big Ten tournament titles	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Illinois	Brad Underwood	Oklahoma State	8	132–88 (.600)	80–58 (.580)	1	2	4	0	0
Indiana	Mike Woodson	New York Knicks (Asst.)	4	63–40 (.612)	31–29 (.517)	0	0	2	0	0
Iowa	Fran McCaffery	Siena	15	282–191 (.596)	136–128 (.515)	0	1	7	0	0
Maryland	Kevin Willard	Seton Hall	2	38–30 (.559)	18–22 (.450)	0	0	1	0	0
Michigan	Dusty May	Florida Atlantic	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (Asst.)	30	707–295 (.706)	342–170 (.668)	10	6	26	8	1
Minnesota	Ben Johnson	Xavier (Asst.)	4	41–57 (.418)	15–44 (.254)	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Fred Hoiberg	Chicago Bulls	6	40–83 (.325)	18–61 (.228)	0	0	1	0	0
Northwestern	Chris Collins	Duke (Asst.)	12	177–174 (.504)	80–127 (.386)	0	0	3	0	0
Ohio State	Jake Diebler	Ohio State (Assoc.)	2	8–3 (.727)	5–1 (.833)	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon	Dana Altman	Creighton	15	345–152 (.694)	0–0 (–)	0	0	8	1	0
Penn State	Mike Rhoades	VCU	2	16–17 (.485)	9–11 (.450)	0	0	0	0	0
Purdue	Matt Painter	Purdue (Assoc.)	20	403–201 (.667)	209–120 (.635)	5	2	14	1	0
Rutgers	Steve Pikiell	Stony Brook	9	122–124 (.496)	63–73 (.463)	0	0	2	0	0
UCLA	Mick Cronin	Cincinnati	6	115–53 (.685)	0–0 (–)	0	0	3	1	0
USC	Eric Musselman	Arkansas	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	Danny Sprinkle	Utah State	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (Assoc.)	10	186–107 (.635)	101–70 (.591)	2	0	6	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
• Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

The Big Ten Media poll was released on October 2, 2024.^[18]

Rank	Team
1	Purdue
2	Indiana
3	UCLA
4	Illinois
5	Michigan State
6	Oregon
7	Rutgers
8	Ohio State
9	Michigan
10	Maryland
11	Iowa
12	Nebraska
	Wisconsin
14	USC
15	Washington
16	Northwestern
17	Penn State
18	Minnesota

Preseason All-Big Ten

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.^[19]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Braden Smith, Purdue
Preseason All-Big Ten Team	Oumar Ballo, Indiana
	Payton Sandfort, Iowa
	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
	Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
	Braden Smith, Purdue
	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
	Great Osobor, Washington

Preseason national polls

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

	AP[20]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook[21]	CBS Sports[22]	Coaches[23]	ESPN[24]	FOX Sports[25]	Lindy's Sports[26]	Sporting News[27]	Sports Illustrated[28]
Illinois		17		24		25	21	22	21
Indiana	17	14	18	18	18	16	15	18	26
Iowa									40
Maryland									43
Michigan									41
Michigan State							26		36
Minnesota									84
Nebraska									63
Northwestern									54
Ohio State			15				22		34
Oregon							30		29
Penn State									61
Purdue	14	22	12	13	16	14	17	6	14
Rutgers	25		23		25		35	25	32
UCLA	22		19	22	24	17	19	17	30
USC							37		48
Washington							33		65
Wisconsin									68

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[29]	Naismith[30]	Naismith DPOY[31]	Robertson[32]	Cousy[33]	West[34]	Erving [35]	Malone[36]	Abdul-Jabbar [37]
Jaden Akins, Michigan State				Y
Ace Bailey, Rutgers	Y	Y		Y			Y
Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Oumar Ballo, Indiana	Y	Y							Y
Nate Bittle, Oregon				Y
Frankie Fidler, Michigan State							Y
Dawson Garcia, Minnesota	Y	Y							Y
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland				Y
Vladislav Goldin, Michigan									Y
Dylan Harper, Rutgers	Y	Y		Y	Y
Kasparas Jukcionis, Illinois				Y
Meechie Johnson Jr., Ohio State						Y
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue				Y
William Kyle III, UCLA									Y
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue						Y
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern				Y
Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana							Y
Great Osobor, Washington	Y	Y						Y
Derik Queen, Maryland									Y
Julian Reese, Maryland								Y
Malik Reneau, Indiana								Y
Myles Rice, Indiana					Y
Will Riley, Illinois								Y
Payton Sandfort, Iowa	Y	Y					Y
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon		Y
Braden Smith, Purdue	Y	Y		Y	Y
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Y	Y			Y
John Tonje, Wisconsin				Y
Danny Wolf, Michigan				Y

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP[38]	CBS[39]	Fox Sports[40]
Braden Smith, Purdue	RV	2nd team	2nd team
Ace Bailey, Rutgers	RV
Oumar Ballo, Indiana			2nd team

Regular season

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

		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	Wk 20	Final
Illinois	AP	RV	RV	25	RV	19	RV	RV	24	22	13	19	17	18	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV
	C	24	20	20	RV	17	RV	RV	22	20	15	20	17	20	25	RV	RV		RV	25	RV
Indiana	AP	17	16	16	14	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	18	16	18	15	RV	RV				RV	RV
Iowa	AP
	C
Maryland	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	18	25	20	16	13	11	11
	C	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	25	20	15	14	11	12
Michigan	AP	RV	RV	RV		RV	14	24	RV	RV	24	20	21	RV	24	20	12	15	17	22	14
	C					23	14	21	RV	RV	24	19	20	RV	22	17	12	13	15	21	15
Michigan State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	20	18	18	16	12	8	7	9	11	14	8	8	7	8
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	19	19	18	15	14	12	8	7	9	11	13	8	7	6	7
Minnesota	AP
	C
Nebraska	AP				RV	RV				RV	RV
	C				RV	RV					RV
Northwestern	AP
	C
Ohio State	AP	RV	21	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV
	C	RV	22	RV	RV	RV
Oregon	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	12	12	10	9	9	15	13	15	16	RV			RV	RV	23	25
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	10	12	10	9	9	17	13	15	18	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
Penn State	AP			RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
	C				RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
Purdue	AP	14	13	6	13	8	11	16	21	20	20	17	11	10	7	7	13	20	18	20	22
	C	13	12	6	12	7	11	17	25	22	19	15	12	10	7	7	14	19	18	20	22
Rutgers	AP	25	24	24
	C	RV	24	RV	RV
UCLA	AP	22			RV	RV	24	18	22	15	22			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	22	RV		RV	RV	21	18	21	18	21	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
USC	AP
	C
Washington	AP
	C
Wisconsin	AP	RV	RV	19	15	11	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	18	17	21	16	11	11	12	18	13
	C	RV		25	17	11	22	RV	RV		RV	RV	19	17	19	15	11	12	12	14	10

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices will name one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
November 11, 2024[41]	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Will Riley, Illinois
November 18, 2024[42]	John Tonje, Wisconsin	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
November 25, 2024[43]	John Tonje (2), Wisconsin	Derik Queen, Maryland
December 2, 2024[44]	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Dylan Harper (2), Rutgers
December 9, 2024[45]	Vladislav Goldin, Michigan	Derik Queen (2), Maryland
December 16, 2024[46]	Brice Williams, Nebraska	Kasparas Jakučionis, Illinois
		Dylan Harper (3), Rutgers
December 23, 2024[47]	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	John Mobley Jr., Ohio State
January 6, 2025[48]	Braden Smith, Purdue	Kasparas Jakučionis (2), Illinois
		Ace Bailey, Rutgers
January 13, 2025[49]	Payton Sandfort, Iowa	Wesley Yates III, USC
	Vladislav Goldin (2), Michigan
January 20, 2025[50]	Trey Kaufman-Renn (2), Purdue	Ace Bailey (2), Rutgers
January 27, 2025[51]	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota	Derik Queen (3), Maryland
February 3, 2025[52]	Brice Williams (2), Nebraska	Will Riley (2), Illinois
February 10, 2025[53]	Trey Kaufman-Renn (3), Purdue	Will Riley (3), Illinois
		Derik Queen (4), Maryland
February 17, 2025[54]	John Tonje (3), Wisconsin	Derik Queen (5), Maryland
February 24, 2025[55]	Nate Bittle, Oregon	Jase Richardson, Michigan State
March 3, 2025[56]	Nick Martinelli (2), Northwestern	Jase Richardson (2), Michigan State
March 10, 2025[57]	D’Marco Dunn, Penn State	Jase Richardson (3), Michigan State

Early season tournaments

Of the 18 Big Ten teams, 13 will participate in early season tournaments.^[58]

Team	Tournament	Finish
Indiana	Battle 4 Atlantis	7th
Michigan	Fort Myers Tip-Off	1st
Michigan State	Maui Invitational	3rd
Minnesota	ESPN Events Invitational	4th
Nebraska	Diamond Head Classic	1st
Northwestern	Arizona Tip-Off	3rd
Oregon	Players Era Festival	1st
Penn State	Sunshine Slam	2nd
Purdue	Rady Children's Invitational	1st
Rutgers	Players Era Festival	6th
USC	Acrisure Classic	4th
Washington	Acrisure Invitational	1st
Wisconsin	Greenbrier Tip-Off	1st

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Maryland	Michigan	Michigan St	Minnesota	Nebraska	Northwestern	Ohio St	Oregon	Penn St	Purdue	Rutgers	UCLA	USC	Washington	Wisconsin
vs. Illinois	–	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1
vs. Indiana	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Iowa	1–0	0–1	–	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0
vs. Maryland	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Michigan	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Michigan St	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Minnesota	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0
vs. Nebraska	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Northwestern	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
vs. Ohio State	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Oregon	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–1
vs. Penn State	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Purdue	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Rutgers	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. UCLA	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	–	0–2	0–2	0–1
vs. USC	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	–	0–2	1–0
vs. Washington	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	–	1–0
vs. Wisconsin	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–
Total	12–8	10–10	7–13	14–6	14–6	17–3	7–13	7–13	7–13	9–11	12–8	6–14	13–7	8–12	13–7	7–13	4–16	13–7

Final conference records

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On March 11, 2025, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.^[59]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Braden Smith, Purdue	Braden Smith, Purdue
Coach of the Year	Tom Izzo, Michigan State	Tom Izzo, Michigan State
Freshman of the Year	Derik Queen, Maryland	Derik Queen, Maryland
Defensive Players of the Year	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State	Not selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Will Riley, Illinois	Not selected
All-Big Ten First Team	Derik Queen, Maryland	Vladislav Goldin, Michigan
	Brice Williams, Nebraska	Brice Williams, Nebraska
	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
	Braden Smith, Purdue	Braden Smith, Purdue
	John Tonje, Wisconsin	John Tonje, Wisconsin
All-Big Ten Second Team	Vladislav Goldin, Michigan	Derik Queen, Maryland
	Danny Wolf, Michigan	Danny Wolf, Michigan
	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota	Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
All-Big Ten Third Team	Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois	Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
	Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland	Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
	Jaden Akins, Michigan State	Jase Richardson, Michigan State
	Jase Richardson, Michigan State	Ace Bailey, Rutgers
	Nate Bittle, Oregon	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon	Not selected
	Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA	Not selected
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	Oumar Ballo, Indiana	Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois
	Payton Sandfort, Iowa	Malik Reneau, Indiana
	Julian Reese, Maryland	Oumar Ballo, Indiana
	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State	Payton Sandfort, Iowa
	Ace Bailey, Rutgers	Julian Reese, Maryland
	Dylan Harper, Rutgers	Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
	John Blackwell, Wisconsin	Nate Bittle, Oregon
	Not selected	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
		Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State
		Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
		Fletcher Loyer, Purdue
		Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
		Desmond Claude, USC
		Great Osobor, Washington
		John Blackwell, Wisconsin
All-Freshman Team	Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois	Not selected
	Derik Queen, Maryland
	Jase Richardson, Michigan State
	Ace Bailey, Rutgers
	Dylan Harper, Rutgers
All-Defensive Team	Jadin Akins, Michigan State	Not selected
	TJ Bamba, Oregon
	Nate Bittle, Oregon
	Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
	Kobe Johnson, UCLA

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

Main article: 2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament

This section is transcluded from 2025 Big Ten men's basketball tournament. (edit | history)

	First round Wednesday, March 12 Peacock					Second round Thursday, March 13 BTN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 BTN					Semifinals Saturday, March 15 CBS					Championship Sunday, March 16 CBS
											1	Michigan State	74
						8	Oregon	72			8	Oregon	64
						9	Indiana	59								1	Michigan State	74
																5	Wisconsin	77
											4	UCLA	70
						5	Wisconsin	70			5	Wisconsin	86
	12	Minnesota	64			13	Northwestern	63													5	Wisconsin	53
	13	Northwestern	72																		3	Michigan	59
											2	Maryland	88
						7	Illinois	106			7	Illinois	65
	10	Ohio State	70			15	Iowa	94								2	Maryland	80
	15	Iowa	77													3	Michigan	81
											3	Michigan	86
						6	Purdue	76			6	Purdue	68
	11	Rutgers	89			14	USC	71
	14	USC	972OT

Although the conference grew by four teams, it has allotted only one additional spot for the conference tournament – meaning three teams will not qualify for the tournament. The tournament will still be over five days, with double byes for the top four seeds, and single byes for the next five seeds.^[60]

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
2	South	Michigan State	W 87–62 vs. (15) Bryant	W 71–62 vs. (10) New Mexico	W 73–70 vs. (6) Ole Miss	L 64–70 vs. (1) Auburn	DNP
3	East	Wisconsin	W 85–66 vs. (14) Montana	L 89–91 vs. (6) BYU	DNP
4	West	Maryland	W 81–49 vs. (13) Grand Canyon	W 72–71 vs. (12) Colorado State	L 71–87 vs. (1) Florida	DNP
4	Midwest	Purdue	W 75–63 vs. (13) High Point	W 76–62 vs. (12) McNeese	L 60–62 vs. (1) Houston	DNP
5	South	Michigan	W 68–65 vs. (12) UC San Diego	W 91–79 vs. (4) Texas A&M	L 65–78 vs. (1) Auburn	DNP
5	East	Oregon	W 81–52 vs. (12) Liberty	L 83–87 vs. (4) Arizona	DNP
6	Midwest	Illinois	W 86–73 vs. (11) Xavier	L 75–84 vs. (3) Kentucky	DNP
7	Midwest	UCLA	W 72–47 vs. (10) Utah State	L 58–67 vs. (2) Tennessee	DNP
		W–L (%):	8–0 (1.000)	4–4 (.500)	1–3 (.250)	0–1 (.000)	– (–)	– (–)
Total: 13–8 (.619)

CBC

Main article: 2025 College Basketball Crown

School	First round	Second round	Semifinals	Finals
USC	W 89–60 vs. Tulane	L 59–60 vs. Villanova	DNP
Nebraska	W 86–78 vs. Arizona State	W 81–69 vs. Georgetown	W 79–69 vs. Boise State	W 77–66 vs. UCF
W–L (%):	2–0 (1.000)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)
Total: 5–1 (.833)

NIT

Main article: 2025 National Invitation Tournament

No Big Ten teams participated in 2025.