2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season explained

2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	125px
Duration:	December 29, 2009 – March 7, 2010
No Of Teams:	11
Attendance:	2,360,966 ^[1]
Average Attendance:	12,591
Tv:	Big Ten Network, ESPN, CBS
Season:	2009–10 NCAA Division I season
Season Champs:	Michigan State (14 - 4) Ohio State (14 - 4) Purdue (14 - 4)
Season Champ Name:	Co-Champions
League Champs:	Wisconsin (13 - 5)
League Champ Name:	Runners-Up
Mvp:	Evan Turner
Mvp Link:	Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:	Ohio State
Finals Runner-Up:	Minnesota
Finals Mvp:	Evan Turner
Finals Mvp Link:	Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Year:	2008–09
Nextseason Year:	2010–11

The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season marked the continuation of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members that began in 1904. On October 16, 2009 five schools celebrated Midnight Madness to mark the beginning of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue ended the season tied for the conference championship with win–loss records of 14 - 4, followed by Wisconsin at 13 - 5. In the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, Ohio State defeated Minnesota for the championship, and the conference named Evan Turner as the tournament's most outstanding player. The conference earned five bids to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by the Co-Champions, runner-up and tournament runner-up. Big Ten teams posted a 9 - 5 overall record including three Sweet Sixteen appearances and one Final Four appearance. Two members of the conference received invitations to play in the 2010 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), in which they posted a 2 - 2 record.

2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Evan Turner received multiple first team 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans and National Player of the Year recognitions. Trévon Hughes, E'Twaun Moore, Kalin Lucas and Robbie Hummel also received various All-American recognitions. Moore was also recognized as an Academic All-American.

Preseason

On October 16, 2009 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State,^[2] Michigan, and Minnesota celebrated Midnight Madness, and several other schools celebrated it in the subsequent days.^[3] Michigan State, Purdue and Michigan were ranked in the top 25 by all preseason polls. The entire 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference first-team returned: Manny Harris MICH; Kalin Lucas MSU; Evan Turner OSU; Talor Battle PSU; and JaJuan Johnson PUR. The 24-member Big Ten media panel selected Lucas as the preseason conference player of the year, and he was joined on the first team preseason All-Big Ten team by Harris, Turner, Battle and Robbie Hummel PUR.^[4] The same media panel selected Michigan State as the preseason conference favorite followed by Purdue and Ohio State.^[4]

Various publications released their preseason predictions for conference standings and All-Big Ten teams.

Predicted Big-Ten Results

	Athlon^[5]	Lindy's^[6]	Sporting News^[7]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[8]	Big Ten Media	Yahoo! Sports^[9]
1.	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State	Michigan State
2.	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
3.	Michigan	Michigan	Ohio State	Minnesota	Ohio State	Ohio State
4.	Ohio State	Ohio State	Illinois	Ohio State		Michigan
5.	Illinois	Illinois	Michigan	Michigan		Illinois
6.	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	Illinois		Minnesota
7.	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Northwestern	Wisconsin		Wisconsin
8.	Northwestern	Northwestern	Wisconsin	Penn State		Northwestern
9.	Penn State	Penn State	Penn State	Northwestern		Penn State
10.	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana		Indiana
11.	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa		Iowa

• Big Ten Media select only the top three teams

Pre-Season All-Big Ten Teams

Preseason national polls:

	Associated Press^[10]	USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches	Athlon^[11]	Lindy's^[12]	Sporting News^[13]	Fox Sports^[14]	CBS Sports^[15]	SI.com^[16]	Sports Illustrated^[17]	Rivals.com^[18]
Illinois	23			25	21	18	23			24
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan	15	15	23	9	24	16	19	16	15	14
Michigan State	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	3
Minnesota	25	18				20	16
Northwestern
Ohio State	16	17		22	19	15	18	15	16	13
Penn State
Purdue	7	7	4	6	7	10	8	7	6	5
Wisconsin

Preseason watch lists

On August 19, 2009, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included eight Big Ten players. The watch list was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. The list will be reduced to a 30-player mid-season watch list in December and a final national ballot of about 20 players in March. On October 29, the Naismith College Player of the Year watch list of 50 players was announced. In late February, a shorter list of the Top 30 was compiled in preparation for a March vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.

Player of the week

In season honors

Players of the weekThroughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
11-16-09	Manny Harris,^[21] MICH
Evan Turner, OSU
11-23-09	Evan Turner (2),^[22] OSU
11-30-09	John Shurna,^[23] NU
Evan Turner (3), OSU
12-07-09	Trevon Hughes,^[24] WIS
12-14-09	Drew Crawford,^[25] NU
12-21-09	Blake Hoffarber,^[26] MINN
12-28-09	David Lighty,^[27] OSU
01-04-10	John Shurna (2),^[28] NU
01-11-10	DeShawn Sims,^[29] MICH
01-18-10	Evan Turner (4),^[30] OSU
01-25-10	JaJuan Johnson,^[31] PUR
02-01-10	Durrell Summers,^[32] MSU
02-08-10	Demetri McCamey,^[33] ILL
Evan Turner (5), OSU
02-15-10	JaJuan Johnson (2),^[34] PUR
02-22-10	Evan Turner (6),^[35] OSU
03-01-10	Raymar Morgan,^[36] MSU
Evan Turner (7), OSU
03-08-10	Jon Leuer,^[37] WIS

Regular season

NovemberThe season opened with the Big Ten Conference holding the leadership with six teams ranked among the preseason top 25 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, setting a new conference record for the most teams ranked to open a season. The season also opened with the entire 2008 - 09 first team All-Big Ten players returning.^[38] Both Manny Harris (November 14) and Evan Turner (November 9) recorded triple doubles in the opening week of the season marking the first times a Big Ten player has accomplished the feat since January 13, 2001.^[21] Six of the eleven conference teams started at least one freshman.^[39] The following week, three schools (Michigan State, Illinois and Iowa) participated in ESPN's Tuesday, November 17 24-hour hoops marathon across its family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & ESPN360).^[39] Michigan State's Magic Johnson and Jud Heathcote were inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on November 22.^[40] With his 341st victory, Tom Izzo became Michigan State's all-time leader in basketball coaching victories.^[41] Turner became the second player in conference history to be named conference player of the week three weeks in a row.^[41] On November 28, both Ohio State and Michigan State scored 100 points,^{[42] [43]} marking the first time two conference teams have done so since December 22, 1997.

DecemberFor the second time in the season, two teams scored 100 points on the same night on December 5.^{[44] [45]} For the first time in eleven attempts, the Big Ten won the ACC – Big Ten Challenge.^[46] In his 275th game, Bo Ryan reached the 200-win milestone with Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball. In the same week, Tom Crean raised his record to 200- - 125.^[47] The Big Ten entered intraconference play tied with the Big East Conference by having five ranked teams. Northwestern entered conference play on its longest winning streak in 16 years (9), and Purdue reached the 11 - 0 mark for the second time and had a perfect record at the end of December for the first time since the 1936 - 37 season.^[48]

JanuaryPurdue ran its record to 14 - 0 to start the season, which tied the Glenn Robinson-led 1993–94 Purdue Boilermakers for the best start in school history.^[49] Four Big Ten athletes (Talor Battle, Harris, Trevon Hughes and Lucas) were named as finalists for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award to lead all conferences. Harris, Lucas, Robbie Hummel and Turner were also selected Midseason Top 30 finalists for the 2010 John Wooden Award.^[50] On January 12, Hummel and Turner became only the third pair of opposing Big Ten players to post 30 points against each other in one night.^{[51] [52]} Michigan State established a new school record by winning its first eight conference games and extended the streak to nine by the end of the month.^{[53] [54]}

FebruaryOn February 8 Turner recorded his fifth Conference Player of the Week award and eighth of his career surpassing the former conference record held by Glenn Robinson and Jim Jackson, who each had seven career and tied Robinson's single-season record with five.^[33] Two weeks later he set the single-season record with his sixth recognition when he averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists against two ranked opponents (No. 4 Purdue and at No. 11 Michigan State).^[35] Three Big Ten players made the February Top 30 midseason Naismith College Player of the Year watch list: Hummel, Lucas and Turner.^{[55] [56]} Hummel and Turner were selected among the 16 finalists for the 2010 Oscar Robertson Trophy.^[57]

MarchTurner was selected as one of six finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.^[58] Lucas, Hummel and Turner were included on the final 26-man ballot for the Wooden Award.^{[59] [60]}

The Big Ten led the nation in average attendance with 12,591. Other top-5 conferences were SEC (11,770), Big 12 (11,214), Big East (11,014) and ACC (10,713). 334 Division I schools competed in basketball and the Big Ten had several of the top schools in attendances: Wisconsin (6th, 17,230), Indiana (11th 15,296), Illinois (12th, 14,870), Michigan State (13th, 15,759), Ohio State (16th, 14,181) and Purdue (20th 13,681).^[61]

Rankings

See also: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

During the season, seven of the Big Ten teams received enough votes to be ranked and an eight team received voted during several weekly polls. Michigan State and Purdue were ranked during every weekly poll during the season.^[62]

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

	Pre^[63]	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
Illinois	AP	23	23	20	RV	RV	RV								RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	25	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV							RV
Indiana	AP
	C
Iowa	AP
	C
Michigan	AP	15	15т	15	RV
	C	15	16	15	RV							RV
Michigan State	AP	2	2	2	9	12	12	9	11	10	7	6	5	5	10	11	14	11	11	13
	C	2	2	2	9	14	12	9	11	11	8	7	5	5	10	11	14	12	11	12	4
Minnesota	AP	25	24	22	RV	RV	RV			RV
	C	18	18	16т	RV				RV		RV									RV
Northwestern	AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	25			RV	RV
	C					RV	RV	RV	RV
Ohio State	AP	16	15т	17	15	13	18	17	15	RV		21	20	13	13	9	9	6	5	5
	C	17	15	18	15	15	18	17	15	RV		25	24	18	16	12	9	7	7	6	11
Penn State	AP
	C
Purdue	AP	7	7	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	13	10	8	6	4	3	7	6	10
	C	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	15	12	7	6	4	3	6	5	11	12
Wisconsin	AP				RV	20	RV	RV	23	17	13	18	16	16	11	14	17	15	13	16
	C				RV	23	RV	RV	RV	20	16	19	16	16	13	16	19	17	18	19	24

Preconference

Tournaments

Big Ten teams emerged victorious in the following tournament:

Name	Dates	Num. teams	Champions
Paradise Jam tournament	Nov. 20–23

• Although these tournaments include more teams, only 4 play for the championship.

ACC–Big Ten Challenge

The Big Ten Conference won the 11th annual ACC – Big Ten Challenge for the first time in the challenge's history.^[46]

ACC Team	Big Ten Team	Location	Attendance	Winner	Challenge Leader
Virginia	Penn State			Penn State (69–66)
Wake Forest	4 Purdue			Purdue (69–58)
NC State	Northwestern	RBC Center • Raleigh, NC		Northwestern (65–53)
Maryland	Indiana			Maryland (80–68)
10 North Carolina	9 Michigan State				North Carolina (89–82)
Virginia Tech	Iowa	Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, IA		Virginia Tech (70–64)
	Illinois			Illinois (76–74)
	Minnesota			Miami (63–58)
Boston College	Michigan			Boston College (62–58)
6 Duke	Wisconsin			Wisconsin (73–69)
Florida State	15 Ohio State		Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH		Ohio State (77–64)	Big Ten (6–5)

Conference play

The 2009–10 season marked the third consecutive year that every Big Ten men's basketball conference regular-season and tournament game was nationally televised. In excess of 100 games appeared nationally on CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday during conference play beginning on December 29. All ten games of the March 11  - 14, 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament were nationally televised.^[64]

With an eighteen-game in-conference schedule, each team met eight teams twice (home and away) and the two other teams only once. The following were the one-time meetings for this season.^[65]

Team	One-game Opponent(H)	One-game Opponent(A)
ILLINOIS	Minnesota	at Michigan
INDIANA	Michigan State	at Penn State
IOWA	Penn State	at Wisconsin
MICHIGAN	Illinois	at Purdue
MICHIGAN STATE	Ohio State	at Indiana
MINNESOTA	Wisconsin	at Illinois
NORTHWESTERN	Purdue	at Ohio State
OHIO STATE	Northwestern	at Michigan State
PENN STATE	Indiana	at Iowa
PURDUE	Michigan	at Northwestern
WISCONSIN	Iowa	at Minnesota

Conference honors

Two sets of conference award winners were recognized by the Big Ten - one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.^[66]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Evan Turner, OSU	Evan Turner, OSU
Coach of the Year	Matt Painter, PUR	Thad Matta, OSU
Freshman of the Year	D.J. Richardson, ILL	Drew Crawford, NU
Defensive Player of the Year	Chris Kramer, PUR	None Selected
Sixth Man of the Year	Draymond Green, MSU	None Selected
All Big Ten First Team	Kalin Lucas, MSU	Kalin Lucas, MSU
Evan Turner, OSU	Evan Turner, OSU
Demetri McCamey, ILL	Demetri McCamey, ILL
E'Twaun Moore, PUR	E'Twaun Moore, PUR
Robbie Hummel, PUR	Robbie Hummel, PUR
All Big Ten Second Team	DeShawn Sims, MICH	DeShawn Sims, MICH
Talor Battle, PSU	Talor Battle, PSU
JaJuan Johnson, PUR	JaJuan Johnson, PUR
Trévon Hughes, WIS	Trévon Hughes, WIS
John Shurna, NU	John Shurna, NU
All Big Ten Third Team	Manny Harris, MICH	Manny Harris, MICH
Raymar Morgan, MSU	David Lighty, OSU
William Buford, OSU	William Buford, OSU
Draymond Green, MSU	Draymond Green, MSU
Jason Bohannon, WIS	Jason Bohannon, WIS
All Big Ten Honorable Mention	Mike Tisdale, ILL	Mike Tisdale, ILL
Lawrence Westbrook, MINN	Lawrence Westbrook, MINN
Michael Thompson, NU	Michael Thompson, NU
Jon Diebler, OSU	Jon Diebler, OSU
Chris Kramer, PUR	Chris Kramer, PUR
Jon Leuer, WIS	Jon Leuer, WIS
Verdell Jones, IND	Verdell Jones, IND
David Lighty, OSU	Raymar Morgan, MSU
Matt Gatens, IOWA	Mike Davis, ILL
Aaron Fuller, IOWA	Drew Crawford, NU
All-Freshman Team	Eric May, IA	Not Selected
D.J. Richardson, ILL
Drew Crawford, NU
Christian Watford, IND
Kelsey Barlow, PUR
All Defensive Team	Dallas Lauderdale, OSU	Not Selected
Jeremy Nash, NUU
Trévon Hughes, WIS
Chris Kramer, PUR
JaJuan Johnson, PUR

All-Big Ten Academic team

The Big Ten Conference had 33 men's basketball letterwinners who were in at least their second academic year at their institution and who maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher during the winter semester to earn Big Ten Academic All-Conference honors.^{[67] [68]} Purdue's Mark Wohlford who was a senior economics major had a perfect Winter GPA.^[67] These student-athletes were eligible to be named Distinguished Scholar Awardees if they maintained a 3.7 GPA for the entire academic year.^[67]

National awards & honors

National awards

Turner was named the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy by the United States Basketball Writers Association as the consensus choice by voters in all nine geographical districts.^[69] Fox and Sporting News selected Turner as National Player of the Year.^[70] He was also recognized the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Division I Player of the Year^[71] and was honored as the Naismith Award recipient.^[72] In addition to his basketball honors, Turner was selected as the male Big Ten Athlete of the Year for all sports.^[73]

NABC

The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 16, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams announced at the 2009 NABC Convention in Detroit. The following list represented the Big Ten players chosen to the list.^[74] (All Big Ten schools are within District 7 for the 2009–10 season.^[75])

First Team

• Kalin Lucas Michigan State
• Evan Turner Ohio State
• Demetri McCamey Illinois
• E'Twaun Moore Purdue
• Robbie Hummel Purdue

Second Team

• John Shurna Northwestern
• Trévon Hughes Wisconsin
• DeShawn Sims Michigan
• Talor Battle Penn. State
• Manny Harris Michigan

USBWA

On March 9, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2009–10 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.^[76]

District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV)
None SelectedDistrict V (OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI)
Player of the Year

• Evan Turner, Ohio State

Coach of the Year

• Matt Painter, Purdue

All-District Team

• Trévon Hughes, Wisconsin
• Robbie Hummel, Purdue
• JaJuan Johnson, Purdue
• Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
• Demetri McCamey, Illinois
• E'Twaun Moore, Purdue
• Evan Turner, Ohio State

District VI (IA, MO, KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
None Selected

Academic honors

CoSIDA

On February 4, 2010, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN the Magazine selected their Academic All-Americans from throughout college basketball. CoSIDA has selected Academic All American teams since 1952. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). No student-athlete is eligible until he has completed one full calendar year at his current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility. In the cases of transfers, graduate students and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better both as an undergrad and in grad school.^{[77] [78]} Michigan's Zack Novak was a District 4 first-team 2009 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team selection and Purdue's E'Twaun Moore was a District 5 selection, making them 2 of the 40 finalists for the 15-man Academic All-American team.^[79] On February 22, Moore was selected as a second-team Academic All-American.^[80]

Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award

Purdue's senior economics major Mark Wohlford was the conference's only men's basketball distinguished scholar by achieving the minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher.^{[81] [82]}

All-American

See main article: 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans. Sporting News selected Evan Turner as a first-team All-American and Trevon Hughes as a fifth-team All-American.^[83] Turner was also a first team selection by Associated Press (AP), Fox Sports, United States Basketball Writers Association, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Yahoo! Sports.^{[84] [85] [86] [87]} Yahoo! recognized E'Twaun Moore as a third-team selection and both Trevon Hughes and Kalin Lucas as honorable mentions.^[84] Fox recognized Robbie Hummel as a third-team selection, while the NABC recognized him as a second team selection.^{[84] [87]} The AP recognized Moore, Hummel and Lucas as honorable mentions.^[86] As top 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, Chris Kramer (1st team) and Raymar Morgan (2nd team) were regarded as Senior All-Americans.^[88]

Postseason

Big Ten tournament

See main article: 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.

Evan Turner of the champion Buckeyes was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. He was joined on the All-Tournament team by Ohio State teammates William Buford and David Lighty, former high school teammate Demetri McCamey of Illinois and Devoe Joseph of Minnesota.^[89] Turner led Ohio State with late game heroics in the first two games and a championship game record total number of points in the finals.^[90]

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Big Ten Conference earned 5 invitations.^[91] These teams combined for 9 wins, and three teams reached the sweet sixteen round and Michigan State reached the final four.^[92]

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Ohio State	Automatic	2	Won first round vs #15 Santa Barbara 68 - 51 Won second round vs #10 Georgia Tech 76 - 67 Lost third round vs #6 Tennessee 76 - 73
Purdue	At-large	4	Won first round vs #13 Siena 72 - 64 Won second round vs #5 Texas A&M 63 - 61 (OT) Lost third round vs #1 Duke 70 - 57
Wisconsin	At-large	4	Won first round vs #13 Wofford 53 - 49 Lost second round vs #12 Cornell 87 - 69
Michigan State	At-large	5	Won first round vs #12 New Mexico State 70 - 67 Won second round vs #4 Maryland 85 - 83 Won third round vs #9 Northern Iowa 59 - 52 Won fourth round vs #6 Tennessee 70 - 69 Lost fifth round vs #5 Butler 52 - 50
Minnesota	At-large	11	Lost first round vs #6 Xavier 65 - 54

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2010 National Invitation Tournament.

The Big Ten earned two postseason National Invitation Tournament invitations. Its teams combined for 2 wins and 2 losses, with Illinois earning both wins.^[93]

Team	Bid Type	Seed	Results
Illinois	At-large	1	Won First Round vs. #8 Stony Brook 76 - 66 Won Second Round vs. #4 Kent State 75 - 58 Lost Third Round vs. #3 Dayton 77 - 71
Northwestern	At-large	7	Lost First Round vs. #2 Rhode Island 76 - 64

Other tournaments

See main article: 2010 College Basketball Invitational and 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

The Big Ten did not have any entrants in the other post season tournaments.

2010 NBA draft

Turner was the only Big Ten player selected in the 2010 Draft.^[94] The following All-Big Ten performers were listed as seniors: Trévon Hughes, Jason Bohannon, and DeShawn Sims. The following were All-Big Ten underclassmen, who declared early with the intent to hire agents:^{[95] [96]} Evan Turner and Manny Harris. Neither withdrew his name from the draft-eligible list before the May 8 deadline.^[97] The following were All-Big Ten underclassmen who entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college:^[97] Talor Battle, Mike Davis, JaJuan Johnson, Demetri McCamey, and E'Twaun Moore.

See also

• 2009 Big Ten Conference football season

External links

• Big Ten website

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19. News: Vasquez Named to Wooden Award Watch List. October 18, 2009. August 19, 2009. The Washington Post. Yanda, Steve. September 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908061312/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/terrapins-insider/2009/08/vasquez_named_to_wooden_award.html. live.
20. Web site: Naismith Trophy 2009-10 Preseason Watch List Dominant With Upperclassmen . November 8, 2009 . October 29, 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091111053620/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/PressReleases/10292009PreseasonWatchlist/tabid/164/Default.aspx . November 11, 2009 . dead .
21. Web site: Michigan and Ohio State Garner First Weekly Honors of 2009-10 Season: U-M's Harris and OSU's Turner help teams dominate competition in season openers. November 16, 2009. November 16, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703214330/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111609aaa.html. July 3, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
22. Web site: Ohio State's Evan Turner Garners Second Straight Weekly Honor: Buckeye junior opens 2009-10 campaign with four consecutive double-doubles. November 25, 2009. November 23, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304194045/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112309aaa.html. March 4, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
23. Web site: Northwestern and Ohio State Collect Player of the Week Laurels: OSU's Turner records second triple double of the year. November 30, 2009. November 30, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304194105/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/113009aac.html. March 4, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
24. Web site: Wisconsin's Trévon Hughes Garners Player of the Week. December 9, 2009. December 7, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304194136/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120709aaa.html. March 4, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
25. Web site: Northwestern's Drew Crawford Tabbed Player of the Week: Wildcat freshman posts career-high 35 points. December 15, 2009. December 14, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304194149/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121409aaa.html. March 4, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
26. Web site: Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber Garners Weekly Laurel: Junior guard sets new school record with eight triples. December 29, 2009. December 21, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20091227210004/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122109aaa.html. December 27, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
27. Web site: Ohio State's David Lighty Collects Weekly Honors: Junior forward sparks Buckeyes to victory with career-high 30 points. December 29, 2009. December 28, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100103035613/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122809aaa.html. January 3, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
28. Web site: Northwestern's John Shurna Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week. January 5, 2010. January 4, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100107112134/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010410aaa.html. January 7, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
29. Web site: Michigan's DeShawn Sims Garners Player of the Week Laurels. January 11, 2010. January 11, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100114155729/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011110aaa.html. January 14, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
30. Web site: Ohio State's Evan Turner Named Player of the Week. January 19, 2010. January 18, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100122224658/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011810aaa.html. January 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
31. Web site: Purdue's JaJuan Johnson Earns Weekly Accolades. January 25, 2010. January 25, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703211542/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012510aaa.html. July 3, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
32. Web site: Durrell Summers Garners Player of the Week Honors. February 1, 2010. February 1, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703200106/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020110aaa.html. July 3, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
33. Web site: Illinois' McCamey and Ohio State's Turner Share Weekly Laurel. February 8, 2010. February 8, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100211140549/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020810aaa.html. February 11, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
34. Web site: Purdue's JaJuan Johnson Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week. February 15, 2010. February 15, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318201523/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021510aaa.html. March 18, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
35. Web site: Ohio State's Evan Turner Named Big Ten Player of the Week. February 22, 2010. February 22, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100304064225/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022210aaa.html. March 4, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
36. Web site: Michigan State's Morgan and Ohio State's Turner Share Weekly Award. March 1, 2010. March 1, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100404143628/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030110aaa.html. April 4, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
37. Web site: Wisconsin's Jon Leuer Earns Player of the Week Laurels. March 8, 2010. March 8, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100310222119/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aaa.html. March 10, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
38. Web site: Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Release - Week 1: Ohio State tips off 2009-10 campaign Monday night in Columbus. August 15, 2010. November 9, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100703214501/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110909aab.html. July 3, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
39. Web site: Big Ten Weekly Men's Basketball Release-Week 2: Six teams ranked in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls. August 15, 2010. November 16, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304193756/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111609aab.html. March 4, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
40. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: Week 3: Six teams remain among the nation's top 25. August 15, 2010. November 23, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124413/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112309aab.html. June 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
41. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: Week 4: 11th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge highlights week. August 15, 2010. November 30, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124419/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/113009aaf.html. June 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
42. Web site: (2) Michigan St 106 (5-1, 0-0 away); Massachusetts 68 (2-4, 2-1 home). August 15, 2010. November 28, 2009. ESPN. December 5, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091205055541/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293320113. live.
43. Web site: St. Francis (PA) 47 (1-5, 0-3 away); (18) Ohio St 110 (5-1, 4-0 home). August 15, 2010. November 28, 2009. ESPN. December 5, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091205054437/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293330194. live.
44. Web site: E Michigan 60 (5-3, 2-2 away); (15) Ohio St 111 (7-1, 6-0 home). August 15, 2010. December 5, 2009. ESPN. December 10, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091210210025/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293400194. live.
45. Web site: Buffalo 65 (3-3, 2-1 away); (6) Purdue 101 (7-0, 4-0 home). August 15, 2010. December 5, 2009. ESPN. October 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015102727/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=293392509. live.
46. Web site: Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release: Week 5: Purdue remains undefeated at 7-0; Seven teams ranked or receiving votes in latest polls.. August 15, 2010. December 7, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603124428/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120709aac.html. June 3, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
47. Web site: Men's Basketball Weekly Release: Week 6: Purdue remains undefeated in non-conference play, joining 10 other teams in the nation.. December 30, 2009. December 14, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100121200616/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121409aab.html. January 21, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
48. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 8: The 105th season of Big Ten Basketball Tips off this Week; Purdue remains undefeated and Northwestern is on a nine-game win streak.. August 15, 2010. December 28, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100118091048/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122809aad.html. January 18, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
49. Web site: Hummel, Moore lead No. 4 Boilermakers to 14-0 start, tying program mark. April 18, 2010. January 5, 2010. ESPN. October 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012053357/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300052509. dead.
50. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 10: The Big Ten has featured eight teams in the AP Top 25 this season; Boilers set a new school record for 35 consecutive weeks ranked in the AP Poll.. February 8, 2010. January 11, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100120060155/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011110aac.html. January 20, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
51. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 11: The Big Ten is tied for the national lead for most wins over AP Top 25 non-conference opponents with 10. February 8, 2010. January 18, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100123151259/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011810aac.html. January 23, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
52. Web site: Turner scores 23 of 32 in second half after Hummel's first-half heroics. February 12, 2010. January 12, 2010. ESPN.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119050832/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300122509. January 19, 2010 . dead.
53. Web site: No. 5 Michigan State reaches 8-0 in Big Ten after tough test from Michigan. April 18, 2010. January 26, 2010. ESPN.com. January 31, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100131013432/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300260130.
54. Web site: Summers shines as Michigan State improves to 9-0 in Big Ten play. April 18, 2010. January 30, 2010. ESPN.com. February 3, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100203215747/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300300127.
55. Web site: Naismith Trophy Midseason Candidates Announced: Winner to be Revealed at the Final Four in Indianapolis . March 7, 2010 . February 24, 2010 . AT&T Intellectual Property . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327152528/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/PressReleases/02242010NaismithTrophyMidseasonCandidates/tabid/168/Default.aspx . March 27, 2010 . dead .
56. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 17: Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin have all secured first-round tournament byes. March 7, 2010. March 2, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100310222009/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030210aab.html. March 10, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
57. Web site: USBWA Names Finalist For 2010 Oscar Robertson Trophy. March 10, 2010. February 17, 2010. United States Basketball Writers Association. February 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224072605/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/oscar100217.html. live.
58. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 18: 13th Annual Big Ten tournament Tips Off Thursday. March 16, 2010. March 9, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413204344/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aab.html. April 13, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
59. Web site: 2010 Wooden Award Ballot Sent to Voters. March 17, 2010. March 15, 2010. John R. Wooden Award. May 25, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525175536/http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=494. live.
60. Web site: Fredette Named to Wooden Award Ballot . March 17, 2010 . March 15, 2010 . BYU Athletics . Chilton, Kyle .
61. Web site: 2010 NATIONAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams). April 28, 2024. May 12, 2010. NCAA.
62. Web site: 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 29). August 11, 2010. March 29, 2010. ESPN. October 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101025103832/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2010. live.
63. Web site: 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (Nov. 6) . ESPN . October 31, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081101000746/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings . November 1, 2008 . dead .
64. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces 2010 Men's Basketball Television Schedule: Every conference game and Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network. October 9, 2009. August 19, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20090927004201/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081909aad.html. September 27, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
65. Web site: 2009-10 Men's Basketball Single Plays. October 18, 2009. July 23, 2009. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20091029234109/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/072309aaa.html. October 29, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
66. Web site: Big Ten Announces All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Honorees: Ohio State's Evan Turner Named Big Ten Player of the Year. March 9, 2010. March 8, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100310222209/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aab.html. March 10, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
67. Web site: Big Ten Announces Winter Academic All-Conference Teams: 536 student-athletes honored for classroom excellence. March 31, 2010. March 31, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100405003145/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033110aaa.html. April 5, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
68. Web site: 2010 Winter Academic All-Big Ten. March 31, 2010. March 31, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100410202125/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/AcademicAll-BigTen033110. April 10, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
69. Web site: USBWA Selects Ohio State's Turner As Player Of The Year. March 22, 2010. March 22, 2010. U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Mitch, Joe. November 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130222838/http://sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/oscar100322.html. live.
70. Web site: Sporting News college basketball Player of the Year: Evan Turner, Ohio State . March 14, 2010 . March 10, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100414163355/http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-10/sporting-news-college-basketball-player-year-evan-turner-ohio- . April 14, 2010 . dead .
71. Web site: AT&T/NABC Guardians Of The Game Awards Show Wrapup. PDF. National Association of Basketball Coaches. April 6, 2010. April 5, 2010.
72. Web site: Evan Turner Named 2010 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year: Becomes the First Ohio State Player Ever to Win Prestigious Award . April 6, 2010 . April 4, 2010 . Naismithawards.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100423000433/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/PressReleases/04042010MensCollegePOY/tabid/184/Default.aspx . April 23, 2010 . dead .
73. Web site: Ohio State's Turner and Penn State's Hodge Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year. August 11, 2010. June 23, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100822024245/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062310aaa.html. August 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
74. Web site: National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2010 Division I All-District Teams . PDF. National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 16, 2010. March 16, 2010.
75. Web site: 2009-10 NABC Division I District Alignment. March 16, 2010. CBS Interactive.
76. Web site: USBWA Names 2009-10 Men's All-District Teams. U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 10, 2010. March 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413113026/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/alldistrict100309.html. April 13, 2010 . live.
77. Web site: Brett Winkelman of North Dakota State, MIT's Jimmy Bartolotta Lead ESPN The Magazine's Academic All America Men's Basketball Teams. 3. March 27, 2009. February 25, 2009. ESPN The Magazine. O'Connell, Dan and Geoff Hassard. July 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708194016/http://www.cosida.com/documents/2009/2/25/2008-09MBBAAATeams.pdf. live.
78. Web site: CoSIDA's Academic All-America Program. December 16, 2010. College Sports Information Directors of America. https://web.archive.org/web/20100205102957/http://cosida.com/Awards/allamerica.aspx. February 5, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
79. Web site: 2010 Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team. February 12, 2010. February 4, 2010. ESPN The Magazine. July 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708194227/http://www.cosida.com/documents/2010/2/4/m-basket-district.pdf. live.
80. Web site: Aldrich, Moore Headline 2010 Academic All-America Teams. December 16, 2010. March 16, 2010. U.S. News & World Report. Burnsed, Brian. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126133734/http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/best-colleges/2010/03/16/aldrich-moore-headline-2010-academic-all-america-teams.html. November 26, 2010 . live.
81. Web site: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients: 2009-10. August 11, 2010. July 15, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401224919/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/dsa-2010b. April 1, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
82. Web site: Big Ten Announces Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients. August 11, 2010. July 15, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823000024/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/071510aab.html. August 23, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
83. Web site: Sporting News' College Basketball All-America Team . March 14, 2010 . March 9, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412114748/http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-08/sporting-news-college-basketball-all-american-team . April 12, 2010 . dead .
84. Web site: Add FoxSports.com to Kansas Men's Basketball Postseason Accolades for 2009-10 . March 14, 2010 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100313155109/http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030910aab.html . March 13, 2010 .
85. Web site: USBWA Names 2009-10 All-Americans. March 15, 2010. March 15, 2010. United States Basketball Writers Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323034958/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2010/allamerica100315.html. March 23, 2010 . live.
86. Web site: David Kool one of state's three AP All-America honorable mentions. March 30, 2010. March 29, 2010. Couch, Graham. Kalamazoo Gazette. https://archive.today/20100401044941/http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2010/03/david_kool_is_ap_all-america_h.html. April 1, 2010 . live.
87. Web site: Men's Basketball: Butler 3rd Team All-American. April 1, 2010. April 1, 2010. Antonik, John. MSNsportsNET.com. March 28, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328123719/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?sport=mbball&story=16396. live.
88. Web site: Koch named Senior All-American . April 7, 2010 . April 7, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100413131332/http://www.northern-iowan.org/koch-named-senior-all-american-1.2212939 . April 13, 2010 . dead .
89. Web site: All-Big Ten tournament Team Announced. March 15, 2010. March 14, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100322223759/http://www.bigten.org/blog/2010/03/all-big-ten-tournament-team-announced.html. March 22, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
90. Web site: Ohio State ties Big Ten title game victory margin record in 29-point win. March 15, 2010. March 14, 2010. ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20100317150807/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300730194. March 17, 2010 . dead.
91. Web site: Five Big Ten Teams Selected to 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament. March 15, 2010. March 14, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20100316225336/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031410aaa.html. March 16, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
92. Web site: NCAA.com – The Official Web Site of the NCAA . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408193026/http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball/men/ . April 8, 2010 . live . May 31, 2009 .
93. Web site: Men's Basketball Release: Week 19: Five teams earn NCAA tournament berths. December 16, 2010. March 18, 2010. CBS Interactive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606141751/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031810aaa.html. June 6, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
94. Web site: Draft NY10 . June 25, 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100621143419/http://www.nba.com/draft2010/ . June 21, 2010 . dead .
95. News: Turner to enter NBA draft. April 7, 2010. April 8, 2010. Ford, Chad. ESPN.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100410025200/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010/news/story?id=5064218. April 10, 2010 . live.
96. News: Michigan's Harris entering NBA draft. December 16, 2010. March 29, 2010. ESPN. April 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100401231824/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010/news/story?id=5037876. live.
97. Web site: 2010 NBA Draft early entry watch list. May 9, 2010. CBS Sports. https://web.archive.org/web/20100506055401/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/13033792. May 6, 2010 . live.