2019-20 Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release
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2019-20 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE: NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Asst. Commissioner/Communications (MBB Contact): Jason Yellin • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 136 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 630-286-1611 • Twitter: @B1GMBBall Asst. Director (Secondary MBB Contact): Shannon Malone • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 125 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 972-804-8675 • Twitter: @B1GMBBall 2018-19 STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE Conference Games All Games Tue., Nov. 5 W-L PCT H A Strk PF PA W-L PCT H A N Strk L10 T25* PF PA Appalachian State at Michigan .................7 p.m. BTN !Michigan State# 16-4 .800 9-1 7-3 W2 75.0 64.5 32-7 .821 15-1 8-5 9-1 L1 9-1 12-3 77.6 65.0 Western Illinois at Indiana ........................7 p.m. BTN+ !Purdue 16-4 .800 10-0 6-4 W1 73.3 65.3 26-10 .722 15-0 6-6 5-4 L1 7-3 6-3 76.7 67.3 Maryland-Eastern Shore at Penn State ....7 p.m. BTN+ Michigan 15-5 .750 9-1 6-4 L1 68.5 61.3 30-7 .811 17-1 7-4 6-2 L1 6-4 7-5 69.6 58.3 Holy Cross at Maryland .......................7:30 p.m. BTN+ Wisconsin 14-6 .700 7-3 7-3 W3 65.3 60.3 23-11 .676 12-3 8-5 3-3 L2 6-4 3-5 68.6 61.7 Nicholls State at Illinois .............................8 p.m. BTN+ Maryland 13-7 .650 8-1 5-5 W1 67.1 64.4 23-11 .676 15-3 6-5 2-3 L1 5-5 4-6 71.4 65.5 Cleveland State at Minnesota ...................8 p.m. BTN+ Iowa 10-10 .500 6-4 4-6 L4 75.1 76.7 23-12 .657 14-4 4-6 5-2 L1 3-7 6-6 78.3 73.9 UC Riverside at Nebraska ........................9 p.m. BTN Minnesota 9-11 .450 7-3 2-8 L1 68.0 70.0 22-14 .611 13-3 2-9 7-2 L1 5-5 3-8 70.6 69.4 St. Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Wisconsin ...............9 p.m. ESPNU Ohio State 8-12 .400 5-5 2-7 L3 64.6 67.7 20-15 .571 12-6 4-7 4-2 L1 4-6 3-13 69.1 66.2 (at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D.) Indiana 8-12 .400 5-5 3-7 W4 66.0 69.3 19-16 .543 15-6 3-9 1-1 L1 6-4 4-6 71.5 67.8 Rutgers 7-13 .350 4-6 3-7 L2 67.3 72.8 14-17 .452 10-7 4-9 0-1 L3 3-7 2-5 67.9 68.8 Kentucky vs. Michigan State ...............9:30 p.m. ESPN Penn State 7-13 .350 4-6 3-7 W2 68.2 69.4 14-18 .438 9-6 4-9 1-3 L1 6-4 3-8 69.7 68.6 (Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden, New Illinois 7-13 .350 5-4 1-8 L2 71.0 75.4 12-21 .364 9-6 1-9 2-6 L1 4-6 2-7 72.7 75.2 York, N.Y.) Nebraska 6-14 .300 5-5 1-9 W1 67.3 73.1 19-17 .528 13-5 2-10 4-2 L1 4-6 2-8 71.8 67.3 Northwestern 4-16 .200 3-7 1-9 L1 60.5 66.9 13-19 .406 10-8 1-9 2-2 L2 1-9 0-10 65.9 65.1 Wed., Nov. 6 Green Bay at Purdue ................................7 p.m. BTN Bold indicates NCAA Tournament teams; Italics indicates NIT teams; Cincinnati at Ohio State .......................8:30 p.m. FS1 ! Big Ten Champion; # Big Ten Tournament Champion; *AP or USA Today polls Thu., Nov. 7 BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. Bryant at Rutgers ......................................7 p.m. BTN (Garden State Showcase) • The Big Ten is set to tip off its 115th season of competition when all 14 teams begin play Nov. 5 through Nov. 8. • The Big Ten welcomes back 17 students that earned All-Big Ten distinction in 2018-19, including Big Ten Player of the Fri., Nov. 8 Year Cassius Winston of Michigan State. Along with Winston, Penn State’s Lamar Stevens (frst team), Maryland’s Anthony Eastern Illinois at Wisconsin .....................8 p.m. BTN+ Cowan Jr. (second team) and Michigan’s Zavier Simpson (second team) all return joined by three members of the All- Merrimack at Northwestern ......................8 p.m. BTN+ Freshman Team: Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu, Iowa’s Joe Wieskamp and Maryland’s Jalen Smith. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at Iowa ......9 p.m. BTN • Big Ten teams will compete in a 20-game conference schedule for the second time, playing seven teams both home and Illinois at Grand Canyon ...........................9 p.m. FOX 10 Xtra away and six teams once (three home and three away). All 14 Big Ten teams will play one conference home game and one road contest between Dec. 6 and Dec. 18. Sat., Nov. 9 Southern Utah at Nebraska ......................2 p.m. BTN+ • Michigan State senior guard Cassius Winston has been unanimously chosen as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Portland State at Indiana ..........................2 p.m. BTN+ heading into the 2019-20 basketball season, as voted on by a panel of conference media members. The media also selected a 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team with eight conference programs represented. Oklahoma vs. Minnesota ..........................8 p.m. BTN (at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D.) 2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN TEAM Texas at Purdue ........................................7 p.m. FS1 Ayo Dosunmu, So., G, Illinois Joe Wieskamp, So., G, Iowa ANTHONY COWAN JR., SR., G, MARYLAND Rhode Island at Maryland .........................9 p.m. FS1 Jalen Smith, So., F, Maryland Zavier Simpson, Sr., G, Michigan Xavier Tillman, Jr., F, Michigan State Wagner at Penn State ..............................4 p.m. BTN+ CASSIUS WINSTON, SR., G, MICHIGAN STATE KALEB WESSON, JR., F, OHIO STATE Lamar Stevens, Sr., F, Penn State Nojel Eastern, Jr., G, Purdue Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS Sun., Nov. 10 • The Big Ten saw a record 10 teams qualify for postseason play in 2018-19. A record eight teams were selected for the Niagara at Rutgers ...................................1 p.m. BTN+ NCAA Tournament and two in the NIT. UMass-Lowell at Ohio State .....................4 p.m. ESPNU Binghamton at Michigan State ..................7 p.m. BTN • Seven teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with Michigan State advancing to the NCAA national semifnals for the 10th time in school history. Illinois at Arizona .......................................9 p.m. Pac-12 Net • The 2018-19 season saw eight teams record 20 or more wins, marking the 13th consecutive year that at least six Big Ten Mon., Nov. 11 squads surpassed the 20-wins milestone. DePaul at Iowa (Gavitt Games) ................8 p.m. FS1 • In the fnal 2018-19 NET Ratings, 13 of 14 Big Ten programs were ranked inside the Top 100 of the NET Rankings, the most teams in the Top 100 of any conference. Tue., Nov. 12 Creighton at Michigan (Gavitt Games) 6:30 p.m. FS1 • The 2020 Big Ten Tournament will be held from March 11-15, and will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis North Alabama at Indiana .........................7 p.m. BTN for a record 11th time since its inception in 1998. The Big Ten Tournament remains in the Midwest for a four-year span as it was played at the United Center in Chicago in 2019 and will be played Indianapolis in 2020 and 2022 and in Chicago in 2021. Minnesota at Butler (Gavitt Games) ....8:30 p.m. FS1 • Michigan State’s Tom Izzo has 606 career wins, all with the Spartans, which ranks 15th in all-time career coaching victories. Wed., Nov. 13 Villanova at Ohio State (Gavitt Games) ....7 p.m. FS1 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL BY THE NUMBERS McNeese State at Wisconsin ....................7 p.m. BTN (Legends Classic) 92 - Wins in the NCAA Tournament by conference teams 12 - For the 12th consecutive season, the Big Ten had since the 2011 event, an average more than 10 wins per multiple teams in the Sweet 16. Drexel at Rutgers ......................................8 p.m. BTN+ year. (Garden State Showcase) 7 – Teams advanced to the 2019 NCAA Round of 32, 53 - Final Four appearances by current Big Ten teams, tying an NCAA record. Purdue at Marquette (Gavitt Games) .......9 p.m. FS1 including nine in the past 11 seasons. Providence at Northwestern (Gavitt Games) 9 p.m. BTN 6 - Six or more Big Ten teams have advanced to the 43 - Consecutive seasons the Big Ten has led the nation in NCAA Tournament in 11 of the last 14 seasons. All times ET attendance. BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES POLL MEDIA CONTACTS Oct. 21, 2019 Oct. 24, 2019 BIG TEN MINNESOTA Rank Team (1st place votes) Rec.(18-19) Pts. Rank Team (1st place votes) Rec. Pts. Jason Yellin Dan Reisig 1 MICHIGAN STATE (60) 32-7 1,619 1 MICHIGAN STATE (30) 0-0 792 Office: 847-696-1010 Office Phone: (612) 625-4389 2 Kentucky (2) 30-7 1,497 2 Kentucky 0-0 734 Cell: 630-286-1611 Cell Phone: (612) 419-6142 3 Kansas (3) 26-10 1,457 3 Kansas (1) 0-0 687 [email protected] [email protected] 4 Duke 32-6 1,399 4 Duke (1) 0-0 683 Press Row: (612) 419-6142 5 Louisville 20-14 1,386 5 Louisville 0-0 670 Website: gophersports.com Shannon Malone Twitter: @GopherMBB 6 Florida 20-16 1,313 6 Florida 0-0 619 Office: 847-696-1010 7 MARYLAND 23-11 1,134 7 Gonzaga 0-0 544 Cell: 972-804-8675 8 Gonzaga 33-4 1,096 8 MARYLAND 0-0 536 [email protected] 9 North Carolina 29-7 1,060 NEBRASKA 9 Virginia 0-0 532 Website: bigten.org Shamus McKnight 10 Villanova 26-10 1,048 10 Villanova 0-0 531 Twitter: @B1GMBBall 11 Virginia 35-3 1,007 Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 11 North Carolina 0-0 503 Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 12 Seton Hall 20-14 863 12 Texas Tech 0-0 417 13 Texas Tech 31-7 837 [email protected] 13 Seton Hall 0-0 403 ILLINOIS Press Row: (402) 904-5970 14 Memphis 22-14 773 14 Oregon 0-0 344 Derrick Burson 15 Oregon 25-13 742 Website: huskers.com 15 Memphis 0-0 331 Office Phone: (217) 333-0933 Twitter: @HuskerHoops 16 Baylor 20-14 523 16 OHIO STATE 0-0 280 Cell Phone: (217) 766-7315 17 Utah State 28-7 491 17 Arizona 0-0 229 [email protected] 18 OHIO STATE 20-15 407 18 Baylor 0-0 228 Press Row: (217) 333-1227 NORTHWESTERN 19 Xavier 19-16 356 19 Utah State 0-0 218 Website: fightingillini.com Ray O’Connell 20 Saint Mary's (Cal) 22-12 330 20 aint Mary's (Cal) 0-0 163 Twitter: @IlliniMBB Office Phone: (847) 467-3418 21 Arizona 17-15 265 21 Xavier 0-0 149 Cell Phone: (773) 550-0128 22 LSU 28-7 234 22 PURDUE 0-0 123 [email protected] 23 PURDUE 26-10 230 23 Auburn 0-0 105 INDIANA Website: nusports.com 24 Auburn 30-10 210 24 LSU 0-0 86 J.D.