2015-16 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE: DECEMBER 7, 2015 Contact: Brett McWethy • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 142 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 815-751-1015 • Twitter: @B1GMBBall 2015-16 STANDINGS LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Conference Games All Games Top Last Monday, Nov. 30 W-L PCT H A N Stk. W-L PCT H A N 25* 10 Stk. Michigan State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 9-0 1.000 5-0 0-0 4-0 2-0 9-0 W9 Indiana def. Alcorn State, 112-70 Purdue 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 8-0 1.000 5-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 8-0 W8 Minnesota def. Clemson, 89-83 [17] Maryland 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 7-1 .875 5-0 0-1 2-0 0-1 7-1 W1 Wake Forest def. Rutgers, 69-68 [17] Northwestern 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 7-1 .875 5-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 7-1 W4 Iowa 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 6-2 .750 4-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 6-2 W3 Michigan 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 6-2 .750 3-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 6-2 W4 Tuesday, Dec. 1 Penn State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 5-2 .714 4-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 5-2 W3 #9/9 North Carolina def. #2/2 Maryland, 89-81 [17] Indiana 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 6-3 .667 5-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 6-3 W1 Nebraska 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 6-3 .667 5-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 6-3 W1 Michigan def. N.C. State, 66-59 [17] Wisconsin 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 6-3 .667 4-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 6-3 W2 #21/21 Miami (Fla.) def. Nebraska, 77-72 (OT) [17] Minnesota 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 5-3 .625 4-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 5-3 L1 Northwestern def. Virginia Tech, 81-79 [17] Illinois 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 4-5 .444 1-1 0-1 3-3 0-0 4-5 W1 Ohio State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 3-4 .429 3-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 3-4 W1 #10/10 Virginia def. Ohio State, 64-58 [17] Rutgers 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 3-5 .375 3-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 3-5 L4 #11/11 Purdue def. Pittsburgh, 72-59 [17] *AP or USA Today polls Wednesday, Dec. 2 Notre Dame def. Illinois, 84-79 [17] BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE #7/5 Duke def. Indiana, 94-74 [17] • Michigan State and Purdue remain unbeaten on the Monday, Dec. 7 season at 9-0 and 8-0, respectively. Six conference teams Western Illinois at Iowa, 7 p.m. ............................................BTN Iowa def. Florida State, 78-75 (OT) [17] enter this week's slate with a winning streak of at least three IUPUI at Purdue, 7 p.m. .....................................................ESPNU #3/3 Michigan State def. #24/22 Louisville, 71-67 [17] games. Tuesday, Dec. 8 Penn State def. Boston College, 67-58 [17] • Iowa’s Mike Gesell, Maryland’s Varun Ram, Michigan’s Central Connecticut State at Rutgers, 6 p.m. .....................BTN Wisconsin def. #14/19 Syracuse, 66-58 (OT) [17] Spike Albrecht, Nebraska’s Shavon Shields, Purdue’s Rapheal Penn State at George Washington, 7 p.m. Davis, Rutgers’ Greg Lewis and Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes South Dakota State at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ...................... ESPN3 were named nominees for the Allstate Good Works Team, Air Force at Ohio State, 8 p.m. ..............................................BTN Friday, Dec. 4 Connecticut vs. #6/9 Maryland [18], 9 p.m. .....................ESPN recognizing college basketball players who have made #2/2 Maryland def. St. Francis (Pa.), 96-55 outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and Michigan at #19 /- SMU, 9 p.m. ....................................... ESPN2 civic involvement. Wednesday, Dec. 9 IPFW at Indiana, 7 p.m. ................................................. BTN Plus Saturday, Dec. 5 • Six different Big Ten teams received votes in the Maryland-Eastern Shore at #1/1 Michigan State, 7 p.m........BTN Illinois def. Western Carolina, 80-68 Associated Press (AP) or USA Today Coaches' top 25 polls, Howard at #11/11 Purdue, 7 p.m. ...................................ESPNU including top-ranked Michigan State, No. 6/9 Maryland and Nebraska at Creighton, 8 p.m. .......................................... CBSSN Indiana def. Morehead State, 92-59 No. 11/11 Purdue. Indiana, Iowa and Northwestern also Yale at Illinois, 8 p.m. ......................................................... ESPN3 Iowa def. Missouri-Kansas City, 95-75 received votes in at least one poll. Milwaukee at Wisconsin, 9 p.m. ...........................................BTN Michigan def. Houston Baptist, 87-52 • Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell, Maryland’s Melo Trimble, Michigan’s Thursday, Dec. 10 #3/3 Michigan State def. Binghamton, 76-33 Caris LeVert, Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine, Purdue’s A.J. Canisius at Penn State [20], 7 p.m. .............................. BTN Plus Hammons and Caleb Swanigan and Wisconsin’s Hayes were Iowa at #4/2 Iowa State, 7:30 p.m. ................................. ESPN2 South Dakota def. Minnesota, 85-81 (2OT) named to the Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Nebraska def. Abilene Christian, 73-63 Year Early Season Watch List. Saturday, Dec. 12 Delaware State at Michigan, Noon ..................................ESPNU Northwestern def. SIU-Edwardsville, 81-56 • Ferrell, Trimble, LeVert, Valentine and Hayes were named Ohio State at Connecticut, Noon ..............................CBS Sports Ohio State def. VMI, 89-62 Marquette at Wisconsin, 1:30 p.m. ................................. ESPN2 to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List, while Swanigan Penn State def. Eastern Michigan, 81-70 was named to the watch list for the Wayman Tisdale Award, Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois [19], 2 p.m. ............................ ESPN3 recognizing the top freshman in the nation. Louisiana Monroe at Penn State [20], 2 p.m. .....................BTN #11/11 Purdue def. New Mexico, 70-58 Youngstown State at #11/11 Purdue, 2 p.m. ................. ESPN3 Seton Hall def. Rutgers, 84-55 • Big Ten men's basketball teams claimed an 8-6 advantage Maryland-Eastern Shore at #6/9 Maryland, 4:15 p.m......BTN in the 17th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge, winning the Rutgers at George Washington, 4:30 p.m. ..................... CBSSN Wisconsin def. Temple, 76-60 Florida at #1/1 Michigan State, 6 p.m. ........................... ESPN2 event for the second consecutive season. Five conference McNeese State at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. ...................................BTN teams posted road victories, helping the Big Ten secure the Oklahoma State vs. Minnesota [21], 8:30 p.m. .................BTN Commissioner's Cup for the seventh straight year. [17] 17th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Sunday, Dec. 13 • Michigan State's Denzel Valentine currently leads the Big Rhode Island at Nebraska, 2 p.m. .................................... ESPN3 Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches Ten in scoring (19.7 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg) and assists Chicago State at Northwestern, 7 p.m. ...............................BTN (7.9 apg), and has converted a conference-best 27 three- All times Eastern point field goals. [18] Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.) [19] United Center, Chicago, Ill. • Rutgers' Corey Sanders leads all Big Ten freshmen in [20] Rec Hall, University Park, Pa. scoring (12.6 ppg) and steals (1.6 spg) and ranks second [21] Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D. among conference freshmen in assists (3.7 apg). Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches All times Eastern BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 1,600 Academic All-Americans, including 45 honorees during the 2014-15 academic year. BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE PAGE 2 OF 9 BIG TEN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BIG TEN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Nov. 16 Player of the Week Freshman of the Week Player: Joey King, MINN A.J. Hammons, Purdue Jordan Murphy, Minnesota Alex Olah, NU C – Sr. – 7-0 – Gary, Ind. – Oak Hill (Va.) Academy F – 6-6 – San Antonio, Texas – Brennan Freshman: Caleb Swanigan, PUR • Averaged 20.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.5 • Averaged 21.5 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.0 Nov. 23 blocks per game in just 25.0 minutes per contest, steals per game versus Clemson and South Dakota, Player: Denzel Valentine, MSU leading the Boilermakers to a win at Pittsburgh in including a win over the Tigers in the Big Ten/ACC Freshman: Thomas Bryant, IND the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and a victory over New Challenge Mexico • Posted a pair of double-doubles and shot 55.6 Nov. 30 • Recorded a pair of double-doubles while shooting percent (15-of-27) from the floor on the week Player: Denzel Valentine, MSU 68.0 percent (17-of-25) from the field • Scored 24 points, corralled 10 rebounds, posted Freshman: Deyonta Davis, MSU • Scored 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting, including a two blocks and tallied a pair of steals against Dec. 7 pair of three-pointers, and corralled 12 rebounds at Clemson Player: A.J. Hammons, PUR Pittsburgh • Scored 19 points, pulled down 17 rebounds, Freshman: Jordan Murphy, MINN • Scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting, pulled down handed out three assists and recorded two steals 11 rebounds and recorded three blocks in just 16 versus South Dakota minutes of action against New Mexico • Became the first Minnesota freshman to post back- • Earns his second career Big Ten Player of the Week to-back double-doubles since Kris Humphries in the honor 2003-04 campaign • Last Purdue Player of the Week: A.J.