List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions
Champions by Year
Below is a list of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions . There are no tie breakers within the Big Ten Conference. Thus, if two or more teams tie atop the standing at the end of the season, they both win a shared championship.
Source[3] [4]
^ Adjusted from 15–3, (forfeit 9 conference wins) due to NCAA rule violations
Championships by school
School
Big Ten Championships
Years
Purdue
26
1911, 1912, 1921, 1922 , 1926, 1928, 1930 , 1932 , 1934 , 1935, 1936, 1938 , 1940 , 1969 , 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 2010, 2017 , 2019, 2023 , 2024
Indiana
22
1926, 1928, 1936, 1953 , 1954 , 1957, 1958 , 1967, 1973 , 1974, 1975 , 1976 , 1980 , 1981 , 1983 , 1987, 1989 , 1991, 1993 , 2002, 2013 , 2016
Ohio State
20†
1925 , 1933, 1939 , 1944 , 1946 , 1950 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962 , 1963, 1964, 1968, 1971 , 1991, 1992 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010, 2011 , 2012
Wisconsin
20
1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 , 1914 , 1916 , 1918 , 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1941 , 1947 , 2002, 2003 , 2008 , 2015 , 2020, 2022
Illinois
18
1915 , 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942 , 1943 , 1949 , 1951 , 1952 , 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004 , 2005 , 2022
Michigan State
16
1957, 1959 , 1967, 1978 , 1979, 1990 , 1998, 1999 , 2000 , 2001, 2009 , 2010, 2012, 2018 , 2019, 2020
Michigan
15
1921, 1926, 1927 , 1929, 1948 , 1964, 1965 , 1966 , 1974, 1977 , 1985 , 1986 , 2012, 2014 , 2021
Iowa
8
1923, 1926, 1945 , 1955 , 1956 , 1968, 1970 , 1979
Minnesota
8^
1906 , 1907, 1911, 1917, 1919 , 1937, 1972 , 1982
Chicago
6
1907, 1908, 1909 , 1910 , 1920 , 1924
Northwestern
2
1931 , 1933
Maryland
1
2020
Penn State
0
Nebraska
0
Rutgers
0
Source[3] [4]
^ Due to an academic scandal, Minnesota vacated its 1997 Big Ten Conference regular season title.
† Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State vacated its shares of the 2000 and 2002 Big Ten Conference regular season titles.[5]
Italics indicates a team no longer competing in the Big Ten.
Bold indicates an outright Big Ten Championship.
Championships by head coach
*Active Big Ten coach
†Ralph Jones won 2 championships each with Purdue and Illinois
See also
References
Teams Championships & awards Conference challenges Seasons