Like football, the Big Ten media conduct a preseason poll for men's basketball. The results
Big Ten Preseason Media MBB Poll
1. Purdue (25) - 501 pts
2. Michigan (3) - 472
3. UCLA - 417
4. Illinois - 411
5. Oregon - 368
6. Michigan State - 360
7. Wisconsin - 328
8. Cockeye - 278
9. Ohio State - 272
10. Indiana - 245
11. Washington - 239
12. USC - 227
13. Maryland - 210
14. Nebraska - 149
15. Northwestern - 119
16. Minnesota - 95
17. Rutgers - 54
18. Penn State - 43
Preseason Player of the Year
Braden Smith, Purdue (23)
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (3)
Freshman of the Year
Kayden Mingo, Penn State (6)
Trey McKenney, Michigan (5)
Hannes Steinbach, Washington (5)
Darius Adams, Maryland (3)
Omer Mayer, Purdue (3)
Cam Ward, Michigan State (3)
Alijah Arenas, USC (1),
Amare Bynum, Ohio State (1)
Mihailo Petrovic, Illinois (1)
Transfer of the Year
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan (11)
Bennett Stirtz, Cockeye (9)
Donovan Dent, UCLA (8)
Preseason All Big Ten - First Team
Braden Smith, Purdue (56)
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (55)
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan (51)
Donovan Dent, UCLA (43)
Bennett Stirtz, Cockeye (42)
Preseason All Big Ten - Second Team
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (38)
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern (32)
Nate Bittle, Oregon (24)
John Blackwell, Wisconsin (24)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (14)
Preseason All-Big Ten (Also Receiving Votes)
Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois (8)
Andrej Stokaovic, Illinois (7)
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA (6)
Tucker DeVries, Indiana (6)
Rienk Mast, Nebraska (2)
Coen Carr, Michigan State (2)
Oscar Cluff, Purdue (2)
Quimari Peterson, Washington (2)
Desmond Claude, Washington (1)
Morez Johnson, Michigan (1)
Jaxon Kohler, Michigan State (1)
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue (1)
Pharrel Payne, Maryland (1)
Devin Royal, Ohio State (1)
Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana (1)
Wesley Yates III, Washington (1)
