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2020-21 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 227-172, .569 W-L% (3rd of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 14.91 (1st of 31)

SOS: 11.89 (1st of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Michigan

Player of the Year: Luka Garza

Coach of the Year: Juwan Howard

Conference Tournament Champion: Illinois

NCAA Tournament: 9 teams (Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 7 teams (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Rutgers and Wisconsin)

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

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Michigan	14	3	.824	23	5	.821	75.8	65.1	22.0	11.2	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Illinois	16	4	.800	24	7	.774	80.5	68.6	23.2	11.3	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Iowa	14	6	.700	22	9	.710	83.7	72.7	21.4	10.4	NCAA Tournament
4	Purdue	13	6	.684	18	10	.643	71.0	66.7	15.5	11.2	NCAA Tournament
5	Ohio State	12	8	.600	21	10	.677	77.2	71.1	18.3	12.2	NCAA Tournament
6	Wisconsin	10	10	.500	18	13	.581	69.9	64.6	17.2	11.9	NCAA Tournament
6	Rutgers	10	10	.500	16	12	.571	69.3	67.6	14.1	12.5	NCAA Tournament
8	Maryland	9	11	.450	17	14	.548	68.9	65.6	13.9	12.0	NCAA Tournament
8	Michigan State	9	11	.450	15	13	.536	69.4	71.1	9.8	11.5	NCAA Tournament
10	Indiana	7	12	.368	12	15	.444	69.7	69.4	12.8	12.5
10	Penn State	7	12	.368	11	14	.440	72.6	73.0	13.5	13.9
12	Northwestern	6	13	.316	9	15	.375	70.3	70.0	9.7	11.8
13	Minnesota	6	14	.300	14	15	.483	72.5	73.2	11.0	11.7
14	Nebraska	3	16	.158	7	20	.259	70.0	74.2	6.1	12.3

AP Poll Summary

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

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	Illinois	31	24	7	.774	16	4	11	2	9	3	111.7	95.2	+16.5	29.3	58.7	.500	6.5	17.5	.373	.556	15.4	22.3	.690	10.4	40.0	16.3	5.7	2.8	13.0	17.7	80.5	68.6	23.25	11.34	71.2
2	Iowa	31	22	9	.710	14	6	14	2	6	4	117.5	102.1	+15.4	29.8	63.3	.471	9.7	25.2	.386	.547	14.5	20.2	.715	11.2	39.7	19.2	5.6	4.5	9.5	14.9	83.7	72.7	21.40	10.43	71.0
3	Michigan	28	23	5	.821	14	3	13	1	6	2	111.3	95.5	+15.8	27.5	57.1	.482	7.4	19.3	.381	.547	13.3	17.3	.769	8.9	37.5	15.8	4.3	4.2	11.3	14.7	75.8	65.1	22.00	11.25	67.8
4	Purdue	28	18	10	.643	13	6	11	1	5	6	105.8	99.4	+6.4	25.5	57.0	.447	7.2	21.5	.333	.510	12.9	18.1	.711	11.1	37.6	14.3	5.1	3.5	12.5	17.5	71.0	66.7	15.55	11.23	66.5
5	Ohio State	31	21	10	.677	12	8	10	4	7	4	112.7	103.9	+8.9	26.4	57.6	.459	8.1	22.6	.360	.529	16.2	21.4	.756	9.7	36.6	13.1	4.5	3.5	10.6	18.4	77.2	71.1	18.25	12.19	67.6
6	Rutgers	28	16	12	.571	10	10	10	4	4	6	101.0	98.6	+2.4	26.5	59.0	.449	6.1	19.7	.312	.501	10.2	16.0	.636	9.7	35.3	13.7	7.6	5.1	11.5	17.5	69.3	67.6	14.14	12.50	68.3
7	Wisconsin	31	18	13	.581	10	10	11	5	5	6	105.4	97.4	+8.0	24.7	58.3	.425	8.7	23.8	.364	.499	11.7	15.3	.768	8.2	33.6	13.4	5.6	4.0	9.0	16.1	69.9	64.6	17.22	11.93	65.8
8	Maryland	31	17	14	.548	9	11	11	6	4	6	104.4	99.5	+4.9	24.3	52.8	.460	8.2	22.8	.357	.538	12.1	17.4	.699	6.3	32.7	13.4	5.0	3.3	11.1	14.7	68.9	65.6	13.94	11.97	65.9
9	Michigan State	28	15	13	.536	9	11	12	3	3	8	100.3	102.7	-2.4	24.9	58.4	.426	6.4	19.8	.321	.481	13.3	18.3	.727	10.9	37.4	15.9	4.5	4.7	13.0	19.8	69.4	71.1	9.80	11.48	68.9
10	Indiana	27	12	15	.444	7	12	6	6	3	7	100.6	100.1	+0.5	24.2	55.9	.433	5.9	18.1	.324	.485	15.4	23.2	.665	9.0	34.6	13.9	5.7	3.7	11.9	17.7	69.7	69.4	12.79	12.45	67.1
11	Penn State	25	11	14	.440	7	12	7	5	3	8	103.3	103.8	-0.5	25.5	62.5	.408	8.8	26.2	.338	.479	12.8	17.4	.738	12.2	36.5	13.4	7.9	2.4	11.4	17.8	72.6	73.0	13.53	13.89	69.7
12	Minnesota	29	14	15	.483	6	14	13	4	0	10	101.2	102.2	-1.0	24.3	61.9	.392	7.1	25.2	.284	.450	16.8	22.7	.741	11.7	36.8	13.8	6.3	4.6	11.2	18.6	72.5	73.2	11.04	11.73	70.7
13	Northwestern	24	9	15	.375	6	13	7	6	2	8	100.3	100.0	+0.3	25.3	58.4	.433	8.3	23.6	.353	.505	11.3	15.8	.718	7.5	33.7	14.7	6.2	2.6	11.8	17.7	70.3	70.0	9.71	11.76	69.3
14	Nebraska	27	7	20	.259	3	16	6	9	1	10	95.4	101.3	-5.8	24.9	59.4	.418	8.4	25.3	.333	.489	11.8	18.5	.639	8.9	36.3	13.7	7.1	3.3	14.1	17.5	70.0	74.2	6.08	12.28	73.0

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