Men’s Basketball: Big Ten Media Preseason Poll Released

By Kevin Knight (SpartyOnHuskers)@SpartyOnHuskers Nov 17, 2020, 11:30am CST

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The unofficial preseason Big Ten Media Poll was released today. The poll is conducted by The Athletic and The Columbus Dispatch, and polls 28 writers from around the conference, two per team. The Michigan State Spartans were selected to finish No. 4 in the Big Ten.

The Illinois Fighting Illini were the favorite, followed by Iowa and Wisconsin. No Spartans earned First-Team honors, either, but Aaron Henry, Joey Hauser, Joshua Langford, and Rocket Watts all received votes.

Big Ten Poll Results:

1. Illinois 376 (16)

2. Iowa 350 (6)

3. Wisconsin 347 (6)

4. Michigan State 323

5. Rutgers 249

6. Michigan 241

7. Ohio State 229

8. Indiana 212

9. Purdue 179

10. Maryland 141

11. Minnesota 121

12. Penn State 72

13. Nebraska 54

14. Northwestern 47

Player of the year votes:

Luka Garza, Iowa (24)
Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois (4)

Freshman of the year votes:

Adam Miller, Illinois (12)
Khristian Lander, Indiana (10)
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan (4)
Zeb Jackson, Michigan (1)
Ethan Morton, Purdue (1)

First-team All-Big Ten (unanimous selections in caps):

LUKA GARZA, Iowa (28)
AYO DOSUNMU, Illinois (28)
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana (24)
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois (11)
Nate Reuvers, Wisconsin (11)
Franz Wagner, Michigan (11)

Also receiving votes: Marcus Carr, Minnesota (7); Aaron Henry, Michigan State (7); Geo Baker, Rutgers (6); Joey Hauser, Michigan State (2); Joshua Langford, Michigan State (1); Micah Potter, Wisconsin (1); D’Mitrik Trice, Wisconsin (1); Rocket Watts, Michigan State (1); Joe Wieskamp, Iowa (1).

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Men’s Basketball: Big Ten Media Preseason Poll Released

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