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2015-16 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 279-196, .587 W-L% (5th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 10.93 (5th of 32)

SOS: 7.12 (6th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

Player of the Year: Denzel Valentine

Coach of the Year: Tom Crean

Conference Tournament Champion: Michigan State

NCAA Tournament: 7 teams (Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 teams (Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 teams (Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State and Purdue)

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Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Indiana	15	3	.833	27	8	.771	82.6	69.9	19.6	6.9	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Michigan State	13	5	.722	29	6	.829	79.8	64.1	22.6	6.9	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Maryland	12	6	.667	27	9	.750	75.7	66.7	16.7	8.3	NCAA Tournament
3	Purdue	12	6	.667	26	9	.743	77.9	65.2	20.2	7.5	NCAA Tournament
3	Iowa	12	6	.667	22	11	.667	77.6	69.3	17.0	8.7	NCAA Tournament
3	Wisconsin	12	6	.667	22	13	.629	67.8	63.8	13.4	9.4	NCAA Tournament
7	Ohio State	11	7	.611	21	14	.600	70.3	68.0	9.4	7.1
8	Michigan	10	8	.556	23	13	.639	73.8	67.4	13.7	7.9	NCAA Tournament
9	Northwestern	8	10	.444	20	12	.625	72.0	66.0	10.2	4.1
10	Penn State	7	11	.389	16	16	.500	65.8	69.6	3.2	7.0
11	Nebraska	6	12	.333	16	18	.471	72.2	69.0	8.8	5.6
12	Illinois	5	13	.278	15	19	.441	72.1	74.8	4.4	7.0
13	Minnesota	2	16	.111	8	23	.258	68.0	74.0	0.9	6.9
14	Rutgers	1	17	.056	7	25	.219	67.7	80.3	-7.1	6.4

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	15	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	19	22	-	22	18	12	10	14
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	25	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	23	21	16	11	11	9	14	14	20	24	22	21	18	18	17	20	15	13	12
Michigan State	13	13	3	3	1	1	1	1	5	4	11	12	10	8	8	6	2	2	2
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	9	3	5	4	4	8	16	20	25
Maryland	3	3	2	2	6	6	4	4	3	3	7	8	4	2	6	10	14	18	18

School Stats

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Indiana	35	27	8	.771	15	3	17	0	6	4	119.2	100.9	+18.3	29.2	58.1	.502	9.9	23.7	.415	.587	14.4	19.7	.733	11.8	36.8	16.0	6.8	3.9	13.5	18.5	82.6	69.9	19.59	6.90	69.1
2	Michigan State	35	29	6	.829	13	5	14	2	7	3	118.6	95.3	+23.3	28.8	59.4	.486	9.2	21.1	.434	.563	13.0	17.8	.729	12.2	41.5	20.5	4.5	5.1	11.6	19.2	79.8	64.1	22.59	6.94	66.8
3	Iowa	33	22	11	.667	12	6	13	2	6	5	111.5	99.6	+11.9	27.5	61.4	.447	8.2	21.8	.374	.513	14.5	20.3	.717	11.9	38.1	15.8	6.8	4.7	10.3	16.3	77.6	69.3	17.01	8.71	69.1
4	Maryland	36	27	9	.750	12	6	16	1	4	6	112.1	98.7	+13.4	26.2	53.9	.486	7.4	20.5	.361	.555	15.9	20.7	.768	8.9	35.8	13.6	5.8	5.4	12.7	16.8	75.7	66.7	16.71	8.31	67.3
5	Purdue	35	26	9	.743	12	6	17	1	5	5	113.7	95.2	+18.6	27.4	58.3	.470	7.7	20.9	.367	.536	15.4	20.7	.744	11.6	41.2	17.6	4.2	4.7	12.0	17.3	77.9	65.2	20.17	7.46	67.8
6	Wisconsin	35	22	13	.629	12	6	13	5	6	5	105.1	98.9	+6.2	23.3	54.8	.426	6.5	18.7	.349	.485	14.6	20.8	.703	11.4	35.1	11.4	5.9	3.3	11.0	16.8	67.8	63.8	13.40	9.40	64.1
7	Ohio State	35	21	14	.600	11	7	15	6	4	6	102.5	99.1	+3.4	25.0	57.0	.439	6.3	18.7	.334	.494	14.0	20.5	.684	10.8	38.1	11.3	5.5	5.2	12.9	17.7	70.3	68.0	9.39	7.08	67.7
8	Michigan	36	23	13	.639	10	8	13	4	4	6	111.9	102.2	+9.7	26.3	56.9	.462	9.5	25.0	.380	.546	11.7	15.8	.738	8.1	32.0	14.9	5.6	2.3	9.7	15.5	73.8	67.4	13.75	7.92	65.7
9	Northwestern	32	20	12	.625	8	10	14	4	5	6	109.7	100.5	+9.2	26.2	58.1	.450	8.7	24.3	.358	.525	11.0	16.5	.667	10.7	36.5	16.5	3.9	3.8	10.3	18.9	72.0	66.0	10.16	4.12	64.4
10	Penn State	32	16	16	.500	7	11	11	4	3	8	98.7	104.4	-5.7	22.9	56.2	.407	6.6	20.8	.317	.466	13.5	19.4	.696	10.4	34.7	10.1	5.2	4.4	11.3	20.1	65.8	69.6	3.17	6.95	66.2
11	Nebraska	34	16	18	.471	6	12	10	8	3	8	106.9	102.0	+4.8	26.0	58.1	.447	6.5	18.6	.347	.503	13.8	18.9	.730	11.1	35.2	11.7	7.4	3.3	11.8	19.3	72.2	69.0	8.84	5.57	67.1
12	Illinois	34	15	19	.441	5	13	7	8	2	8	102.5	106.2	-3.8	25.3	58.6	.432	8.1	22.5	.363	.502	13.3	17.9	.746	7.6	31.6	13.6	5.9	1.9	10.5	17.2	72.1	74.8	4.39	7.03	68.6
13	Minnesota	31	8	23	.258	2	16	7	10	0	9	98.2	106.9	-8.7	23.4	57.6	.406	6.2	19.9	.310	.459	15.1	21.4	.708	10.0	34.4	12.2	5.5	3.6	11.4	18.2	68.0	74.0	0.86	6.86	68.4
14	Rutgers	32	7	25	.219	1	17	7	11	0	11	93.9	111.4	-17.6	24.5	58.7	.418	5.0	15.7	.320	.461	13.6	20.0	.680	9.8	34.8	11.8	6.1	3.5	13.8	17.6	67.7	80.3	-7.06	6.43	71.3

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