Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Full list of Big Ten Conference regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1905 and Purdue is the program with the most titles (26), followed by Indiana (22), Wisconsin and Ohio State (20 each). Tom Izzo, Bob Knight and Ward Lambert are the head coaches with the most titles (eleven), followed by Walter Meanwell (eight) and Fred Taylor (seven). See also: Big Ten Tournament Champions
1905-06 — Minnesota, Louis Cooke
1906-07 (tie) — Chicago, Joseph Raycroft // Minnesota (2), Louis Cooke (2) // Wisconsin, Emmett Angell
1907-08 (tie) — Chicago (2), Joseph Raycroft (2) // Wisconsin (2), Emmett Angell (2)
1908-09 — Chicago (3), Joseph Raycroft (3)
1909-10 — Chicago (4), Joseph Raycroft (4)
1910-11 (tie) — Minnesota (3), Louis Cooke (3) // Purdue, Ralph Jones
1911-12 (tie) — Purdue (2), Ralph Jones (2) // Wisconsin (3), Walter Meanwell
1912-13 — Wisconsin (4), Walter Meanwell (2)
1913-14 — Wisconsin (5), Walter Meanwell (3)
1914-15 — Illinois, Ralph Jones (3)
1915-16 — Wisconsin (6), Walter Meanwell (4)
1916-17 (tie) — Illinois (2), Ralph Jones (4) // Minnesota (4), Louis Cooke (4)
1917-18 — Wisconsin (7), Guy Lowman
1918-19 — Minnesota (5), Louis Cooke (5)
1919-20 — Chicago (5), Pat Page
1920-21 (tie) — Michigan, E.J. Mather // Purdue (3), Ward Lambert // Wisconsin (8), Walter Meanwell (5)
1921-22 — Purdue (4), Ward Lambert (2)
1922-23 (tie) — Iowa, Sam Barry // Wisconsin (9), Walter Meanwell (6)
1923-24 (tie) — Chicago (6), Nelson Norgren // Illinois (3), Craig Ruby // Wisconsin (10), Walter Meanwell (7)
1924-25 — Ohio State, Harold Olsen
1925-26 (tie) — Indiana, Everett Dean // Iowa (2), Sam Barry (2) // Michigan (2), E.J. Mather (2) // Purdue (5), Ward Lambert (3)
1926-27 — Michigan (3), E.J. Mather (3)
1927-28 (tie) — Indiana (2), Everett Dean (2) // Purdue (6), Ward Lambert (4)
1928-29 (tie) — Michigan (4), George Veenker // Wisconsin (11), Walter Meanwell (8)
1929-30 — Purdue (7), Ward Lambert (5)
1930-31 — Northwestern, Dutch Lonborg
1931-32 — Purdue (8), Ward Lambert (6)
1932-33 (tie) — Northwestern (2), Dutch Lonborg (2) // Ohio State (2), Harold Olsen (2)
1933-34 — Purdue (9), Ward Lambert (7)
1934-35 (tie) — Illinois (4), Craig Ruby (2) // Purdue (10), Ward Lambert (8) // Wisconsin (12), Bud Foster
1935-36 (tie) — Indiana (3), Everett Dean (3) // Purdue (11), Ward Lambert (9)
1936-37 (tie) — Illinois (5), Douglas Mills // Minnesota (6), Dave MacMillan
1937-38 — Purdue (12), Ward Lambert (10)
1938-39 — Ohio State (3), Harold Olsen (3)
1939-40 — Purdue (13), Ward Lambert (11)
1940-41 — Wisconsin (13), Bud Foster (2)
1941-42 — Illinois (6), Douglas Mills (2)
1942-43 — Illinois (7), Douglas Mills (3)
1943-44 — Ohio State (4), Harold Olsen (4)
1944-45 — Iowa (3), Pops Harrison
1945-46 — Ohio State (5), Harold Olsen (5)
1946-47 — Wisconsin (14), Bud Foster (3)
1947-48 — Michigan (5), Ozzie Cowles
1948-49 — Illinois (8), Harry Combes
1949-50 — Ohio State (6), Tippy Dye
1950-51 — Illinois (9), Harry Combes (2)
1951-52 — Illinois (10), Harry Combes (3)
1952-53 — Indiana (4), Branch McCracken
1953-54 — Indiana (5), Branch McCracken (2)
1954-55 — Iowa (4), Bucky O’Connor
1955-56 — Iowa (5), Bucky O’Connor (2)
1956-57 (tie) — Indiana (6), Branch McCracken (3) // Michigan State, Forddy Anderson
1957-58 — Indiana (7), Branch McCracken (4)
1958-59 — Michigan State (2), Forddy Anderson (2)
1959-60 — Ohio State (7), Fred Taylor
1960-61 — Ohio State (8), Fred Taylor (2)
1961-62 — Ohio State (9), Fred Taylor (3)
1962-63 (tie) — Illinois (11), Harry Combes (4) // Ohio State (10), Fred Taylor (4)
1963-64 (tie) — Michigan (6), Dave Strack // Ohio State (11), Fred Taylor (5)
1964-65 — Michigan (7), Dave Strack (2)
1965-66 — Michigan (8), Dave Strack (3)
1966-67 (tie) — Indiana (8), Lou Watson // Michigan State (3), John E. Benington
1967-68 (tie) — Iowa (6), Ralph Miller // Ohio State (12), Fred Taylor (6)
1968-69 — Purdue (14), George King
1969-70 — Iowa (7), Ralph Miller (2)
1970-71 — Ohio State (13), Fred Taylor (7)
1971-72 — Minnesota (7), Bill Musselman
1972-73 — Indiana (9), Bob Knight
1973-74 (tie) — Indiana (10), Bob Knight (2) // Michigan (9), Johnny Orr
1974-75 — Indiana (11), Bob Knight (3)
1975-76 — Indiana (12), Bob Knight (4)
1976-77 — Michigan (10), Johnny Orr (2)
1977-78 — Michigan State (4), Jud Heathcote
1978-79 (tie) — Iowa (8), Lute Olson // Michigan State (5), Jud Heathcote (2) // Purdue (15), Lee Rose
1979-80 — Indiana (13), Bob Knight (5)
1980-81 — Indiana (14), Bob Knight (6)
1981-82 — Minnesota (8), Jim Dutcher
1982-83 — Indiana (15), Bob Knight (7)
1983-84 (tie) — Illinois (12), Lou Henson // Purdue (16), Gene Keady
1984-85 — Michigan (11), Bill Frieder
1985-86 — Michigan (12), Bill Frieder (2)
1986-87 (tie) — Indiana (16), Bob Knight (8) // Purdue (17), Gene Keady (2)
1987-88 — Purdue (18), Gene Keady (3)
1988-89 — Indiana (17), Bob Knight (9)
1989-90 — Michigan State (6), Jud Heathcote (3)
1990-91 (tie) — Indiana (18), Bob Knight (10) // Ohio State (14), Randy Ayers
1991-92 — Ohio State (15), Randy Ayers (2)
1992-93 — Indiana (19), Bob Knight (11)
1993-94 — Purdue (19), Gene Keady (4)
1994-95 — Purdue (20), Gene Keady (5)
1995-96 — Purdue (21), Gene Keady (6)
1996-97 — vacated
1997-98 (tie) — Illinois (13), Lon Kruger // Michigan State (7), Tom Izzo
1998-99 — Michigan State (8), Tom Izzo (2)
1999-00 — Michigan State (9), Tom Izzo (3)
2000-01 (tie) — Illinois (14), Bill Self // Michigan State (10), Tom Izzo (4)
2001-02 (tie) — Illinois (15), Bill Self (2) // Indiana (20), Mike Davis // Wisconsin (15), Bo Ryan
2002-03 — Wisconsin (16), Bo Ryan (2)
2003-04 — Illinois (16), Bruce Weber
2004-05 — Illinois (17), Bruce Weber (2)
2005-06 — Ohio State (16), Thad Matta
2006-07 — Ohio State (17), Thad Matta (2)
2007-08 — Wisconsin (17), Bo Ryan (3)
2008-09 — Michigan State (11), Tom Izzo (5)
2009-10 (tie) — Michigan State (12), Tom Izzo (6) // Ohio State (18), Thad Matta (3) // Purdue (22), Matt Painter
2010-11 — Ohio State (19), Thad Matta (4)
2011-12 (tie) — Michigan (13), John Beilein // Michigan State (13), Tom Izzo (7) // Ohio State (20), Thad Matta (5)
2012-13 — Indiana (21), Tom Crean
2013-14 — Michigan (14), John Beilein (2)
2014-15 — Wisconsin (18), Bo Ryan (4)
2015-16 — Indiana (22), Tom Crean (2)
2016-17 — Purdue (23), Matt Painter (2)
2017-18 — Michigan State (14), Tom Izzo (8)
2018-19 (tie) — Michigan State (15), Tom Izzo (9) // Purdue (24), Matt Painter (3)
2019-20 (tie) — Maryland, Mark Turgeon // Michigan State (16), Tom Izzo (10) // Wisconsin (19), Greg Gard
2020-21 — Michigan (15), Juwan Howard
2021-22 (tie) — Illinois (18), Brad Underwood // Wisconsin (20), Greg Gard (2)
2022-23 — Purdue (25), Matt Painter (4)
2023-24 — Purdue (26), Matt Painter (5)
2024-25 — Michigan State (17), Tom Izzo (11)
2025-26 — Michigan (16), Dusty May
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