List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions

Below is a list of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions.

Year	Champion	National Championship	Notes
1906	Minnesota
1907	Chicago Minnesota Wisconsin	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Indiana does not play during the season
1908	Chicago Wisconsin	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Indiana does not play during the season
1909	Chicago	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Iowa begins conference play in basketball
1910	Chicago
1911	Minnesota Purdue
1912	Purdue Wisconsin	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)
1913	Wisconsin		Ohio State joins Big Ten Conference
1914	Wisconsin	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)
1915	Illinois	Helms Foundation (Illinois)
1916	Wisconsin	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)
1917	Illinois Minnesota
1918	Wisconsin		Michigan returns to the Big Ten at the start of the season
1919	Minnesota	Helms Foundation (Minnesota)
1920	Chicago
1921	Michigan Purdue Wisconsin
1922	Purdue
1923	Iowa Wisconsin
1924	Chicago Illinois Wisconsin
1925	Ohio State
1926	Indiana Iowa Michigan Purdue
1927	Michigan
1928	Indiana Purdue
1929	Michigan Wisconsin
1930	Purdue		Iowa did not play basketball this season
1931	Northwestern	Helms Foundation (Northwestern)
1932	Purdue	Helms Foundation (Purdue)
1933	Northwestern Ohio State
1934	Purdue
1935	Illinois Purdue Wisconsin
1935	Indiana Purdue
1937	Illinois Minnesota
1938	Purdue
1939	Ohio State		First National Championship Tournament conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches
1940	Purdue	NCAA (Indiana)	First NCAA Tournament
1941	Wisconsin	Helms Foundation NCAA (Wisconsin)
1942	Illinois
1943	Illinois
1944	Ohio State
1945	Iowa		Chicago did not play during this season
1946	Ohio State
1947	Wisconsin		First season without University of Chicago in the Big Ten Conference
1948	Michigan
1949	Illinois
1950	Ohio State
1951	Illinois		Michigan State joins Big Ten Conference
1952	Illinois
1953	Indiana	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)
1954	Indiana
1955	Iowa
1956	Iowa
1957	Indiana Michigan State
1958	Indiana
1959	Michigan State
1960	Ohio State	Helms Foundation NCAA (Ohio State)
1961	Ohio State
1962	Ohio State
1963	Illinois Ohio State
1964	Michigan Ohio State
1965	Michigan
1966	Michigan
1967	Indiana Michigan State
1968	Iowa Ohio State
1969	Purdue
1970	Iowa
1971	Ohio State
1972	Minnesota
1973	Indiana
1974	Indiana Michigan
1975	Indiana
1976	Indiana	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)
1977	Michigan
1978	Michigan State
1979	Iowa Michigan State Purdue	Helms Foundation NCAA (Michigan State)
1980	Indiana
1981	Indiana	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)
1982	Minnesota		Final year National Champion selected by Helms Foundation
1983	Indiana
1984	Illinois Purdue
1985	Michigan
1986	Michigan
1987	Indiana Purdue	NCAA (Indiana)
1988	Purdue
1989	Indiana	NCAA (Michigan)
1990	Michigan State
1991	Indiana Ohio State
1992	Ohio State
1993	Indiana		Penn State joins Big Ten Conference
1994	Purdue
1995	Purdue
1996	Purdue
1997	Vacated		Minnesota vacated its title in 1997 due to NCAA sanctions.
1998	Illinois Michigan State
1999	Michigan State
2000	Michigan State	NCAA (Michigan State)	Ohio State vacated its share of the title in 2000 due to NCAA sanctions.
2001	Illinois Michigan State
2002	Illinois Indiana Wisconsin		Ohio State vacated its share of the title in 2002 due to NCAA sanctions.
2003	Wisconsin
2004	Illinois
2005	Illinois
2006	Ohio State
2007	Ohio State
2008	Wisconsin
2009	Michigan State
2010	Michigan State Ohio State Purdue
2011	Ohio State
2012	Michigan Michigan State Ohio State		Nebraska joins Big Ten Conference
2013	Indiana
2014	Michigan
2015	Wisconsin		Rutgers and Maryland join Big Ten Conference

Championships by school

School	Years as Member	Big Ten Championships	Last Big Ten Championship	Last Outright Big Ten Championship
Chicago	1905–1946	6	1924	1920
Illinois	1905–present	17	2005	2005
Indiana	1905–present	21	2013	2013
Iowa	1908–present	8	1979	1970
Maryland	2014–present	0	—	—
Michigan	1917–present	14	2014	2014
Michigan State	1950–present	13	2012	2009
Minnesota	1905–present	8^	1982	1982
Nebraska	2011–present	0	—	—
Northwestern	1905–present	2	1933	1931
Ohio State	1912–present	20†	2012	2011
Penn State	1990–present	0	—	—
Rutgers	2014–present	0	—	—
Purdue	1905–present	22	2010	1996
Wisconsin	1905–present	18	2015	2015

^ 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.

Championships by head coach

Head Coach	School	Big Ten Championships
Bob Knight	Indiana	11
Ward Lambert	Purdue	11
Walter Meanwell	Wisconsin	8
Tom Izzo*	Michigan State	7
Fred Taylor	Ohio State	7
Gene Keady	Purdue	6
L. J. Cooke	Minnesota	5
Thad Matta*	Ohio State	5
Harold Olsen	Ohio State	5
Harry Combes	Illinois	4
Ralph Jones	Illinois	4
Branch McCracken	Indiana	4
Bo Ryan	Wisconsin	4
Everett Dean	Indiana	3
Bud Foster	Wisconsin	3
Jud Heathcote	Michigan State	3
E. J. Mather	Michigan	3
Douglas Mills	Illinois	3
Dave Strack	Michigan	3
Forddy Anderson	Michigan State	2
Emmett Angell	Wisconsin	2
Randy Ayers	Ohio State	2
Sam Barry	Iowa	2
John Beilein*	Michigan	2
Bill Frieder	Michigan	2
Arthur Lonborg	Northwestern	2
Bucky O'Connor	Iowa	2
Johnny Orr	Michigan	2
J. Craig Ruby	Illinois	2
Bill Self	Illinois	2
Bruce Weber	Illinois	2
John E. Benington	Michigan State	1
Ozzie Cowles	Michigan	1
Tom Crean*	Indiana	1
Mike Davis	Indiana	1
Jim Dutcher	Minnesota	1
Tippy Dye	Ohio State	1
Pops Harrison	Iowa	1
Lou Henson	Illinois	1
George King	Purdue	1
Lon Kruger	Illinois	1
Guy Lowman	Wisconsin	1
Dave McMillan	Minnesota	1
Bill Musselman	Minnesota	1
Lute Olsen	Iowa	1
Matt Painter*	Purdue	1
Lee Rose	Purdue	1
George Veenker	Michigan	1
Lou Watson	Indiana	1

• *Active Big Ten coach

See also

• Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions