The 2013–14 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Michigan won the regular season title, but lost to Michigan State in the championship game of the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.
Following the season 9 teams participated in post season tournaments. Six teams were invited to participate in the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament; two teams were selected for the 2014 National Invitation Tournament and one team competed in the 2014 College Basketball Invitational. The conference posted a 17–7 record in postseason tournaments. Wisconsin reached the final four of the NCAA Tournament and Minnesota won the NIT Tournament.
Nik Stauskas was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a 2014 Consensus All-American. Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Craft was named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year.
The conference had 7 selections in the 2014 NBA draft, including 5 in the first round: Nik Stauskas (8th), Noah Vonleh (9th), Adreian Payne (15th), Gary Harris (19th), Mitch McGary (21st), Glenn Robinson III (40th), and Roy Devyn Marble (56th).
Preseason
Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists. The Senior CLASS award is only for seniors and the Cousy Award is only for point guards. WoodenNaismithSenior CLASSRobertsonCousy Noah Vonleh IND Yogi Ferrell IND Mitch McGary MICH Glenn Robinson III MICH Keith Appling MSU Gary Harris MSU Adreian Payne MSU Andre Hollins MINN Aaron Craft OSU LaQuinton Ross OSU Tim Frazier PSU Sam Dekker WIS
Preseason honors The following players were selected to the CBS Sports, Associated Press, Sporting News, USA Today, USA Today Sports 2013–14 College Basketball Preview Magazine, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, Athlon Sports and ESPN preseason All-American teams and the preseason media All-Big Ten team. Preseason All-Big Ten Conference selections are also shown below.
CBS AP TSN USA Today USA Today (mag) Blue Ribbon Athlon Sports ESPN NBC BigTen.org BTN Mitch McGary2nd1st1st2nd1st2nd2nd 2nd Adreian Payne3rd 1st 3rd Aaron Craft2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd Gary Harris2nd 2nd 4th3rd 2nd POY POY Glenn Robinson III Tim Frazier
Preseason polls
The official preseason media poll announced by the Big Ten Conference at its October 31 media day conference predicted the order of finish at the top of the conference standings would be Michigan State followed by Michigan and Ohio State.
Several Preseason polls included Big Ten Teams. Sports Illustrated both posted a preseason power ranking and a college basketball preview edition. One of the four regional cover versions featured Harris and Robinson.
AP Coaches CBS SI PR SI CBP Sporting News Blue RibbonIllinois Indiana 24 25 Iowa 17 23 24Michigan 7 9 12 6 7 7 9Michigan State 2 2 3 3 3 2 1Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State 11 10 8 8 11 11 11Penn State Purdue Wisconsin 20 21 19 16 14
Exhibitions The first conference exhibition game occurred on October 24, when Illinois hosted McKendree University. In Michigan's second exhibition game on November 4 against at Crisler Center, the Big Ten Network scheduled it first-ever live Student U telecast on the linear TV network.
Conference schedules Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Big Ten Network. The Big Ten led the nation in attendance for the 38th consecutive season with an average attendance of 13,534, including regular season home games and all six sessions of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament or 13,389 including only regular season and postseason home games. Nine schools ranked among the nations top 25: Indiana (6th, 17,359), Wisconsin (7th, 17,104), Ohio State (8th, 16,474), Nebraska (13th, 15,419), Illinois (15th, 15,246), Iowa (17th, 14,976), Michigan State (18th, 14,797), Purdue (23rd, 12,738) and Michigan (24th, 12,698). The Big Ten established an NCAA record with its 13,534 average attendance and distanced itself from other leading conferences: ACC (10,661), Big 12 (10,489), SEC (10,353) and Big East (9,711).
2013 ACC–Big Ten Challenge (Tied 6–6) ACC–Big Ten Challenge results:
DateTimeACC teamB1G teamScoreLocationTelevisionAttendanceChallengeleaderDec 3 7:15 pm No. 4 Syracuse Indiana69–52 Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York ESPN 26,414ACC (1–0) 7:15 pm Georgia Tech Illinois67–64 Hank McCamish Pavilion • Atlanta, Georgia ESPN2 6,516ACC (2–0) 7:30 pm Pittsburgh Penn State78–69 Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh ESPNU 12,510ACC (3–0) 9:15 pm No. 10 Duke No. 22 Michigan79–69 Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, North Carolina ESPN 9,314ACC (4–0) 9:15 pm Notre Dame No. 23 Iowa98–93 Carver–Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa ESPN2 15,400ACC (4–1) 9:30 pm Florida State Minnesota71–61 Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minnesota ESPNU 11,386ACC (4–2)Dec 4 7:00 pm Maryland No. 5 Ohio State76–60 Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio ESPN 16,206ACC (4–3) 7:00 pm Virginia No. 8 Wisconsin48–38 John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN2 11,142Tied (4–4) 7:30 pm NC State Northwestern69–48 PNC Arena • Raleigh, North Carolina ESPNU 11,459ACC (5–4) 9:00 pm North Carolina No. 1 Michigan State79–65 Breslin Student Events Center • East Lansing, Michigan ESPN14,797ACC (6–4) 9:30 pm Boston College Purdue88–67 Mackey Arena • West Lafayette, Indiana ESPN2 12,926ACC (6–5) 9:30 pm Miami Nebraska60–49 Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, Nebraska ESPNU 15,088Tied (6–6) Winners are in boldGame times in EST. Rankings from AP Poll (Dec 2).Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse made their inaugural appearances in the event.Clemson, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest did not play due to the ACC having three more teams than the B1G.Last Challenge in which Maryland represented the ACC, as they joined the B1G following the season.
Rankings
The Big Ten began the season with five teams ranked and two others receiving votes in the Coaches' Poll. It began the season with 4 teams ranked and two receiving votes in the AP Poll. In the third poll of the season, Michigan State achieved its first number one ranking since the 2000–01 Spartans reached were number 1 on January 2, 2001.
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Player of the week Players of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday. Week Player of the week Freshman of the week November 11, 2013 Shavon Shields, NEB Noah Vonleh, IND November 18, 2013 Adreian Payne, MSU Noah Vonleh (2), IND November 25, 2013 Frank Kaminsky, WIS Bryson Scott, PUR December 2, 2013 Rayvonte Rice, ILL Zak Irvin, MICH December 9, 2013 LaQuinton Ross, OSU Noah Vonleh (3), IND December 16, 2013 Austin Hollins, MINN Bryson Scott (2), PUR December 23, 2013 Adreian Payne (2), MSU Noah Vonleh (4), IND Zak Irvin (2), MICH December 30, 2013 Rayvonte Rice (2), ILL Nigel Hayes, WIS Keith Appling, MSU January 6, 2014 Aaron Craft, OSU Nigel Hayes (2), WIS January 13, 2014 Roy Devyn Marble, IOWA Noah Vonleh (5), IND January 21, 2014 Nik Stauskas, MICH Noah Vonleh (6), IND January 27, 2014 Nik Stauskas (2), MICH Derrick Walton, MICH February 4, 2014 Drew Crawford, NU Noah Vonleh (7), IND D. J. Newbill, PSU February 10, 2014 Aaron Craft (2), OSU Nigel Hayes (3), WIS February 17, 2014 Frank Kaminsky (2), WIS Nigel Hayes (4), WIS Terran Petteway, NEB February 24, 2014 Nik Stauskas (3), MICH Kendrick Nunn, ILL March 3, 2014 Will Sheehey, IND Kendrick Nunn (2), ILL March 10, 2014 Nik Stauskas (4), MICH Troy Williams, IND Shavon Shields (2), NEB
Nik Stauskas also earned national player of the week recognition from CBS Sports on January 27. Stauskas also earned Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week recognition from United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on January 28. Drew Crawford earned Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week on February 4.
Honors and awards Aaron Craft and Jordan Morgan were named to the 5-man NCAA Division I Allstate Good Works Team for their commitment to improving their communities and the lives of others. Craft and Drew Crawford were first team Academic All-America selections. Craft was named the Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Member of the Year. Craft also earned the NABC Defensive Player of the Year award.
Stauskas was a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American second-team selection by the Sporting News. Stauskas earned third team All-American recognition from USA Today, while Gary Harris and Sam Dekker were honorable mention honorees. Stauskas was a first team All-American selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He was also a second team selection by Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report, as well as a third team selection by NBC Sports. When Stauskas was named second team All-American by the Associated Press, he became a consensus All-American. Harris and Payne where honorable mention AP selections. Stauskas also earned John R. Wooden Award All-American Team recognition.
Watchlists Keith Appling, Adreian Payne, Aaron Craft, and Sam Dekker were included in the Wooden Award midseason Top 25 watchlist. Appling and Gary Harris were selected to the 23-man Oscar Robertson Award midseason watchlist by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Appling, Harris, Nik Stauskas and Roy Devyn Marble were named to the 30-man Naismith College Player of the Year midseason watchlist. Noah Vonleh was selected for the 9-player Integris Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason Watch List by the USBWA. On January 31, Aaron Craft, Drew Crawford, Shavon Shields and Dave Sobolewski were named an Academic All-District by CoSIDA, placing them among the 40 finalists for fifteen 2013–14 Academic All-American basketball selections. On February 12, Craft and Tim Frazier were named two of ten finalists for the Men's basketball Senior CLASS Award. On February 17, Yogi Ferrell, Appling and Craft were among the 23 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. Although the Big Ten had no finalists for the USBWA's Robertson or Tisdale Awards, John Beilein was one of ten finalists for the USBWA's Henry Iba National Coach of the Year Award. He was also a finalist for the Naismith College Coach of the Year, and Jim Phelan Awards. Tim Miles was also a finalist for the Phelan award. On March 8, Stauskas and Harris were listed among the 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award. Craft was one of six Cousy Award finalist.
All-Big Ten Awards and Teams On March 10, The Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.