In Reply to: Big Ten Finalizes Men's Basketball Broadcast Schedule posted by mh on October 08, 2025 at 09:24:13
Big Ten men’s basketball 2025-26 preseason media poll
1. Purdue, 501 (25)
2. Michigan, 472 (3)
3. UCLA, 417
4. Illinois, 411
5. Oregon, 338
6. Michigan State, 360
7. Wisconsin, 328
8. Iowa, 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
Player of the year: Braden Smith, Purdue (23); also receiving votes: Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (3); Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan, Donovan Dent, UCLA (1)
Freshman of the year: Kayden Mingo, Penn State (6); also receiving votes: Trey McKenney, Michigan, Hannes Steinbach, Washington (5); Darius Adams, Maryland, Omer Mayer, Purdue, Cam Ward, Michigan State (3); Alijah Arenas, USC, Amare Bynum, Ohio State, Mihailo Petrovic, Illinois (1)
Transfer of the year: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan (11); also receiving votes: Bennett Stirtz, Iowa (9); Donovan Dent (8)
First team All-Big Ten (unanimous selections in all caps)
BRADEN SMITH, Purdue
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue (55)
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan (51)
Donovan Dent, UCLA (43)
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa (42)
Second team All-Big Ten
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (38)
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern (32)
Nate Bittle, Oregon (24)
John Blackwell, Wisconsin (24)
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (14)
Also receiving votes: Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois (8); Andrej Stokaovic, Illinois (7); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Tucker DeVries, Indiana (6); Coen Carr, Michigan State, Oscar Cluff, Purdue, Rienk Mast, Nebraska, Quimari Peterson, Washington, (2); Desmond Claude, Washington, Morez Johnson, Michigan, Jaxon Kohler, Michigan State, Fletcher Loyer, Purdue, Pharrel Payne, Maryland, Devin Royal, Ohio State, Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana, Wesley Yates III, Washington (1).