Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

==Men's basketball==
{{See also|2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season|Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament}}

The Big Ten has participated in basketball since 1904, and has led the nation in attendance every season since 1978.<ref>{{cite book|title=Official 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book|publisher=[[NCAA]]|year=2006|location=[[Indianapolis]]|page=241|url=https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf|access-date=February 3, 2007|isbn=978-1-57243-909-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308141801/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf|archive-date=March 8, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although, they have slightly higher average capacity basketball venues, the attendance edge is largely because Big Ten Conference fans fill a higher percentage of seats than other conferences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/influencing-factors-mbb-attendance/|title=Influencing Factors In College Basketball Attendance|accessdate=April 28, 2024|publisher=Athletic Director U|author=Boettger, Eli|date=March 14, 2018 }}</ref> It has been a national powerhouse in [[College basketball|men's basketball]], having multiple championship winners and often sending four or more teams to the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA men's basketball tournament]]. Previous NCAA champions include Indiana with five titles, Michigan State with two, and Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State with one each. Maryland, which joined the Big Ten in 2014, won one NCAA championship as a member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Ten Men's Basketball History|publisher=Big Ten Conference|year=2004|url=http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-hoops-history.html|access-date=February 3, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310180545/http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-hoops-history.html|archive-date=March 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Maryland Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament History|publisher=UMTerps.com|year=2012|url=http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716397&SPID=120728&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=208121516|access-date=September 28, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034047/http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716397&SPID=120728&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=208121516|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ohio State played in the first NCAA tournament national championship game in 1939, losing to Oregon. Despite this, Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was the first NCAA tournament MVP. The first three tournament MVPs came from the Big Ten (Marv Huffman of Indiana in 1940 and John Katz of Wisconsin in 1941).

Big Ten teams have also experienced success in the postseason [[National Invitation Tournament]] (NIT). Since 1974, 13 Big Ten teams have played in the championship game, winning nine championships. Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Minnesota have won two NIT championships, while Indiana and Purdue have won one each. Two other members, Maryland and Nebraska, won NIT titles before they joined the Big Ten. In addition, in 1943 the defunct [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] retrospectively awarded national titles to Northwestern for 1931 and Purdue for 1932; then in 1957, it selected Illinois for 1915, Minnesota for 1902 and 1919, and Wisconsin for 1912, 1914 and 1916.<ref name="jps">{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Scott|date=Nov 9, 2010|title=The truth behind the Helms Committee|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/helms.html|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> Former member Chicago won a post-season national championship series in 1908.

===Conference Challenges===
From 1999 to 2022, the Big Ten took part in the [[ACC–Big Ten Challenge]] with the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]. The ACC held a 13–8–3 record against the Big Ten; Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin are the only Big Ten schools without losing records in the challenge.

From 2015 to 2023, the Big Ten took part in the [[Gavitt Tipoff Games]] with the [[Big East Conference]]. The Big Ten did well in the challenge, holding a 3–1–4 record against the Big East, only losing the challenge in 2021.

===All-time school records===
This list is updated through March 1, 2022 and is listed by win percentage in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Big Ten
! scope="col" | Overall<br/>record
! scope="col" | Pct.
! scope="col" | Big Ten<br/>Tournament<br/>Championships
! scope="col" | Big Ten<br/>Regular Season<br/>Championships
! scope="col" | NCAA National<br/>Championships
! scope="col" | Claimed<br/>Pre-Tournament<br/>Championships
|-
|-
| 1
| [[UCLA Bruins basketball|UCLA]]
| 1968–888
| .689
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
|-
| 2
| [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]
| 1855–1045
| .640
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 1
|-
| 3
| [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]]
| 1833–1031
| .640
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 1
|-
| 4
| [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]]
| 1865–1080
| .635
| 0
| 22
| 5
| 0
|-
| 5
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]
| 1810–1138
| .614
| 4†
| 20†
| 1
| 0
|-
| 6
| [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]]
| 1754–1114
| .612
| 6
| 17
| 2
| 0
|-
| 7
| [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]
| 1659–1060
| .610
| 2†
| 15
| 1
| 0
|-
| 8
| [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]
| 1604–1056
| .603
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- 
| 9
| [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]]
| 1812–1203
| .601
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 10
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa]]
| 1695–1193–1
| .587
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
|-
| 11
| [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]]
| 1701–1241
| .578
| 0 
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 12
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]
| 1677–1248–2
| .573
| 0
| 8†
| 0
| 3†
|-
| 13
| [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]]
| 1653–1237
| .572
| 3
| 20
| 1
| 3
|-
| 14
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions basketball|Penn State]]
| 1508–1211–1
| .555
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 15
| [[Oregon Ducks men's basketball|Oregon]]
| 1753–1408
| .554
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
| 16
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball|Nebraska]]
| 1529–1410
| .520
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 17
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball|Rutgers]]
| 1276–1235
| .508
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 18
| [[Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball|Northwestern]]
| 1105–1557–1
| .415
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
|}
† Minnesota vacated its 1997 Big Ten Conference regular season title, Michigan vacated its 1998 Big Ten tournament title, and Ohio State vacated its 2002 Big Ten tournament, as well as 2000 and 2002 regular season titles, due to NCAA sanctions. Minnesota was the champion for both the [[Premo-Porretta Power Poll]] and the [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] in 1902, but was only the Premo-Porretta champion in 1903 and only the Helms champion in 1919.

===National championships, Final Fours, and NCAA tournament appearances===
Big Ten Conference basketball programs have combined to win 10 NCAA men's basketball championships as Big Ten members, with another current member having won a national championship before joining the conference. UCLA has won eleven, Indiana has won five, Michigan State has won two, while Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin have won one national championship each as Big Ten members. Maryland won one national championship while a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Oregon won the first NCAA tournament in 1939. Fifteen teams have advanced to the Final Four at least once in their history. Ten Big Ten schools (Indiana, Michigan State, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State, Maryland, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and UCLA) are among the national top 50 in all-time NCAA tournament appearances.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | School
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA Championships}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Runner-Up}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Final Fours}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Elite Eights}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA<br/>Sweet Sixteens}}
! data-sort-type="number" scope="col" | {{small|Men's NCAA Tournament Appearances}}
|-
| Illinois
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2005)}}
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1989, 2001, 2005, 2024)}}
| '''12'''<br/>{{small|(1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2024)}}
| '''35'''<br/>{{small|(1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1983–90, 1993–95, 1997, 1998, 2000–07, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021-25)}}
|-
| Indiana
| '''5'''<br/>{{small|(1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2002)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1940, 1953, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992, 2002)}}
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(1940, 1953, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2002)}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991–94, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2016)}}
| '''41'''<br/>{{small|(1940, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980–84, 1986–2003, 2006–08, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023)}}
|-
| Iowa
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1956)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1955, 1956, 1980)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1955, 1956, 1980, 1987)}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(1955, 1956, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1999)}}
| '''29'''<br/>{{small|(1955, 1956, 1970, 1979–83, 1985–89, 1991–93, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2014–16, 2019, 2021-23)}}
|-
| Maryland
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2002'')}}
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''2001, 2002'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1973, 1975, 2001, 2002'')}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(''1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001–03'', 2016, 2025)}}
| '''30'''<br/>{{small|(''1958, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983–86, 1994–2004, 2007, 2009, 2010'', 2015–17, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)}}
|-
| Michigan
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1989)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1965, 1976, 2013, 2018)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 2013, 2018)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1948, 1964–66, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021)}}
| '''18'''<br/>{{small|(1964–66, 1974, 1976–77, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2017–19, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
| '''29'''<br/>{{small|(1948, 1964–66, 1974–77, 1985–90, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2021, 2022, 2025)}}
|-
| Michigan State
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1979, 2000)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2009)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1957, 1979, 1999–01, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1999–01, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2025)}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998–2001, 2003, 2005, 2008–10, 2012–15, 2019, 2023, 2025)}}
| '''38'''<br/>{{small|(1957, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1990–92, 1994, 1995, 1998–2019, 2021–2025)}}
|-
| Minnesota
|
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1990)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 1989, 1990)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1982, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)}}
|-
| Nebraska
|
|
|
|
|
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(''1986, 1991–94, 1998'', 2014)}}
|-
| Northwestern
|
|
|
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(2017, 2023)}}
|-
| Ohio State
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1960)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1939, 1961, 1962, 2007)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(1939, 1944–46, 1960–62, 1968, 2007, 2012)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1939, 1944–46, 1950, 1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1992, 2007, 2012, 2013)}}
| '''14'''<br/>{{small|(1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2010–13)}}
| '''31'''<br/>{{small|(1939, 1944–46, 1950, 1960–62, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990–92, 2006, 2007, 2009–15, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)}}
|-
| Oregon
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1939'')}}
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 2017'')}}
| '''7'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1945, 1960, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2017'')}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1960, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021'')}}
| '''19'''<br/>{{small|(''1939, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013–2017, 2019, 2021, 2024,'' 2025)}}
|-
| Penn State
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1954'')}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1942, 1954'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1952, 1954, 1955'', 2001)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(''1942, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1991'', 1996, 2001, 2011, 2023)}}
|-
| Purdue
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(1969, 2024)}}
| '''3'''<br/>{{small|(1969, 1980, 2024)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1969, 1980, 1994, 2000, 2019, 2024)}}
| '''15'''<br/>{{small|(1969, 1980, 1988, 1994, 1998–2000, 2009, 2010, 2017–19, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
| '''35'''<br/>{{small|(1969, 1977, 1980, 1983–88, 1990, 1991, 1993–95, 1997–2000, 2003, 2007–12, 2015–19, 2021–25)}}
|-
| Rutgers
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1976'')}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1976'')}}
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1976, 1979'')}}
| '''8'''<br/>{{small|(''1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1991'', 2021, 2022)}}
|-
| UCLA
| '''11'''<br/>{{small|(''1964–, 1965, 1967–73, 1975, 1995'')}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''2006'')}}
| '''18'''<br/>{{small|(''1962, 1964, 1965, 1967–76, 1976, 1995, 2006–08, 2021'')}}
| '''22'''<br/>{{small|(''1950, 1962, 1964–65, 1967–76, 1979, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2006–08, 2021'')}}
| '''36'''<br/>{{small|(''1952, 1956, 1962–65, 1967–79, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000–02, 2006–08, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021-23'')}}
| '''51'''<br/>{{small|(''1950, 1952, 1956, 1962–65, 1967–81, 1983, 1987, 1989–2002, 2005–09, 2011, 2013–15, 2017, 2018, 2021-23'', 2025)}}
|-
| USC
|
|
| '''2'''<br/>{{small|(''1940, 1954'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1940, 1954, 2001, 2021'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1954, 1961, 2001, 2021'')}}
| '''20'''<br/>{{small|(''1940, 1954, 1960–1961, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1991–1992, 1997, 2001–2002, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016–2017, 2021–2022, 2023'')}}
|-
| Washington
|
|
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(''1953'')}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(''1943, 1948, 1951, 1953'')}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(''1951, 1953, 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010'')}}
| '''17'''<br/>{{small|(''1943, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019'')}}
|-
| Wisconsin
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(1941)}}
| '''1'''<br/>{{small|(2015)}}
| '''4'''<br/>{{small|(1941, 2000, 2014, 2015)}}
| '''6'''<br/>{{small|(1941, 1947, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015)}}
| '''10'''<br/>{{small|(2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014–17)}}
| '''28'''<br/>{{small|(1941, 1947, 1994, 1997, 1999–2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)}}
|}

Seasons are listed by the calendar years in which they ended. ''Italics'' indicate honors earned before the school competed in the Big Ten.

===Big Ten NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations===
''† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.''

Teams in '''bold''' represented the Big Ten at the time of their appearance. Those in '''''bold italics''''' made appearances before joining the conference.
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Champion
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Runner-up
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Venue and city{{refn|group=a|The count of host cities refers to the number of times each ''city'' has hosted, not each specific venue.}} 
|-
| [[1939 NCAA basketball championship game|1939]]
| '''''[[1938–39 Oregon Webfoots men's basketball team|Oregon]]'''''
| '''46'''
| '''[[1938–39 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| 33
| [[Patten Gymnasium]]
| [[Evanston, Illinois]]
|-
| [[1940 NCAA basketball championship game|1940]]
| '''[[1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]'''
| '''60'''
| [[1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
| 42
| [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City)|Municipal Auditorium]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|-
| [[1941 NCAA basketball championship game|1941]]
| '''[[1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]'''
| '''39'''
| [[1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team|Washington State]]
| 34
| [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Auditorium]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1953 NCAA basketball championship game|1953]]
| '''[[1952–53 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''' {{small|(2)}}
| '''69'''
| [[1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
| 68
| [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Auditorium]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
| [[1956 NCAA basketball championship game|1956]]
| [[1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team|San Francisco]] {{small|(2)}}
| '''83'''
| '''[[1955–56 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team|Iowa]]'''
| 71
| [[McGaw Hall]]
| [[Evanston, Illinois]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1960 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1960]]
| '''[[1959–60 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| '''75'''
| [[1959–60 California Golden Bears men's basketball team|California]]
| 55
| [[Cow Palace]]
| [[Daly City, California]]
|-
| [[1961 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1961]]†
| [[1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]]
| '''70'''
| '''[[1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| 65
| [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Auditorium]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{small|(8)}}
|-
| [[1962 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1962]]
| [[1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team|Cincinnati]] {{small|(2)}}
| '''71'''
| '''[[1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| 59
| [[Freedom Hall]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
| [[1964 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1964]]
| '''''[[1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]'''''
| '''98'''
| [[1963–64 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]]
| 83
| [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)|Municipal Auditorium]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{small|(9)}}
|-
| [[1965 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1965]]
| '''''[[1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(2)}}
| '''91'''
| '''[[1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| 80
| [[Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)|Memorial Coliseum]]
| [[Portland, Oregon]]
|-
| [[1967 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1967]]
| '''''[[1966–67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(3)}}
| '''79'''
| [[1966–67 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team|Dayton]]
| 64
| [[Freedom Hall]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]] {{small|(6)}}
|-
| [[1968 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1968]]
| '''''[[1967–68 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(4)}}
| '''78'''
| [[1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]
| 55
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena|Los Angeles Sports Arena]]
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
|-
| [[1969 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1969]]
| '''''[[1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(5)}}
| '''92'''
| '''[[1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team|Purdue]]'''
| 72
| [[Freedom Hall]]
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]] {{small|(6)}}
|-
| [[1970 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1970]]
| '''''[[1969–70 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(6)}}
| '''80'''
| [[1969–70 Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team|Jacksonville]]
| 69
| [[Cole Field House]]
| [[College Park, Maryland]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1971 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1971]]
| '''''[[1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(7)}}
| '''68'''
| [[1970–71 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team|Villanova]]{{refn|group=a|name=Vacated|Participation vacated due to major NCAA violations.}}
| 62
| [[Astrodome]]
| [[Houston, Texas]]
|-
| [[1972 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1972]]
| '''''[[1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(8)}}
| '''81'''
| [[1971–72 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team|Florida State]]
| 76
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]]
| [[Los Angeles, California]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1973 NCAA University Division basketball championship game|1973]]
| '''''[[1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(9)}}
| '''87'''
| [[1972–73 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team|Memphis State]]
| 66
| [[St. Louis Arena]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|-
| [[1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game|1975]]
| '''''[[1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(10)}}
| '''92'''
| [[1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
| 85
| [[Pechanga Arena|San Diego Sports Arena]]
| [[San Diego, California]]
|-
| [[1976 NCAA Division I basketball championship game|1976]]
| '''[[1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''' {{small|(10)}}
| '''86'''
| '''[[1975–76 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| 68
| [[Spectrum (arena)|The Spectrum]]
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|-
| [[1979 NCAA Division I basketball championship game|1979]]
| '''[[1978–79 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]'''
| '''75'''
| [[1978–79 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team|Indiana State]]
| 64
| [[Jon M. Huntsman Center|Special Events Center]]<!--This was the correct name of the arena at the time.-->
| [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
|-
| [[1980 NCAA Division I basketball championship game|1980]]
| [[1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team|Louisville]]
| '''59'''
| '''''[[1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]'''''{{refn|group=a|name=Vacated}}
| 54
| [[Market Square Arena]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|-
| [[1981 NCAA Division I basketball championship game|1981]]<!--Final NCAA tournament before the addition of women's sports.-->
| '''[[1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''' {{small|(4)}}
| '''63'''
| [[1980–81 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]
| 50
| [[Spectrum (arena)|The Spectrum]]
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|1987]]
| '''[[1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]''' {{small|(5)}}
| '''74'''
| [[1986–87 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team|Syracuse]]<!--"Orangemen" is the correct nickname for that era; "Orange" wasn't adopted until 2004–05.-->
| 73
| [[Caesars Superdome|Louisiana Superdome]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|1989]]†
| '''[[1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| '''80'''
| [[1988–89 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team|Seton Hall]]
| 79
| [[Kingdome]]
| [[Seattle, Washington]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
| [[1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|1992]]
| [[1991–92 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] {{small|(2)}}
| '''71'''
| '''[[1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''{{refn|Participation vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=a|name="Fab Five"}}
| 51
| [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]]
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|-
| [[1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|1993]]
| [[1992–93 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] {{small|(3)}}
| '''77'''
| '''[[1992–93 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''{{refn|Participation vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=a|name="Fab Five"}}
| 71
| [[Louisiana Superdome]]
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
| [[1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|1995]]
| '''''[[1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]''''' {{small|(11)}}
| '''89'''
| [[1994–95 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]]
| 78
| [[Kingdome]]
| [[Seattle, Washington]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
| [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2000]]
| '''[[1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]''' {{small|(2)}}
| '''89'''
| [[1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]
| 76
| [[RCA Dome]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
| [[2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2002]]
| '''[[2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]'''
| '''64'''
| '''[[2001–02 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]'''
| 52
| [[Georgia Dome]]
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]] {{small|(2)}}
|-
| [[2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2005]]
| [[2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] {{small|(4)}}
| '''75'''
| '''[[2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]'''
| 70
| [[The Dome at America's Center|Edward Jones Dome]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
| [[2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2006]]
| [[2005–06 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]]
| '''73'''
| '''''[[2005–06 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]'''''
| 57
| [[RCA Dome]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] {{small|(5)}}
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2007]]
| [[2006–07 Florida Gators men's basketball team|Florida]] {{small|(2)}}
| '''84'''
| '''[[2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| 75
| [[Georgia Dome]]
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]] {{small|(3)}}
|-
| [[2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2009]]
| [[2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] {{small|(5)}}
| '''89'''
| '''[[2008–09 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]'''
| 72
| [[Ford Field]]
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
|-
| [[2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2013]]
| [[2012–13 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team|Louisville]]{{refn|group=a|Participation and title vacated due to [[2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal|major NCAA violations]].}}
| '''82'''
| '''[[2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| 76
| [[Georgia Dome]]
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
| [[2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2015]]
| [[2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] {{small|(5)}}
| '''68'''
| '''[[2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team|Wisconsin]]'''
| 63
| [[Lucas Oil Stadium]]
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] {{small|(7)}}
|-
| [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game|2018]]
| [[2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team|Villanova]] {{small|(3)}}
| '''79'''
| '''[[2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| 62
| [[Alamodome]]
| [[San Antonio, Texas]] {{small|(4)}}
|-
| [[2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2024]]
| [[2023–24 UConn Huskies men's basketball team|UConn]] {{small|(5)}}
| '''75'''
| '''[[2023–24 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team|Purdue]]'''
| 60
| [[State Farm Stadium]]
| [[Glendale, Arizona]] {{small|(2)}}
|}
{{Reflist|group=a}}

===Big Ten Post-season NIT championships and runners-up===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Champion
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Runner-up
! scope="col" | MVP
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Venue and city
|-
| [[1972 National Invitation Tournament|1972]]
| '''''[[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]'''''
| '''100'''
| [[Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball|Niagara]]
| 69
| [[Tom McMillen]], Maryland
| [[Madison Square Garden]]
| New York City
|-
| [[1974 National Invitation Tournament|1974]]
| '''[[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]'''
| '''87'''
| [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]]
| 81
| [[Mike Sojourner]], Utah
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1979 National Invitation Tournament|1979]]
| '''[[1978–79 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]'''
| '''53'''
| ''[[1978–79 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team|Purdue]]''
| 52
| [[Butch Carter]] and Ray Tolbert, Indiana
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1980 National Invitation Tournament|1980]]
| [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia]]
| '''58'''
| '''[[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]'''
| 55
| [[Ralph Sampson]], Virginia
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1982 National Invitation Tournament|1982]]
| [[Bradley Braves men's basketball|Bradley]]
| '''68'''
| '''[[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]'''
| 61
| Mitchell Anderson, Bradley
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1984 National Invitation Tournament|1984]]
| '''[[1983–84 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| '''83'''
| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]]
| 63
| [[Tim McCormick]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1985 National Invitation Tournament|1985]]
| '''''[[1984–85 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]'''''
| '''65'''
| '''[[1984–85 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]'''
| 62
| [[Reggie Miller]], UCLA
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1986 National Invitation Tournament|1986]]
| '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]'''
| '''73'''
| [[Wyoming Cowboys basketball|Wyoming]]
| 63
| [[Brad Sellers]], Ohio State
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|1988]]
| [[1987–88 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team|UConn]]{{refn|group=b|Then known athletically as Connecticut.}}
| '''72'''
| '''[[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]'''
| 67
| Phil Gamble, UConn
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1993 National Invitation Tournament|1993]]
| '''[[1992–93 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team|Minnesota]]'''
| '''62'''
| [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown]]
| 61
| [[Voshon Lenard]], Minnesota
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1996 National Invitation Tournament|1996]]
| '''''[[1995–96 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team|Nebraska]]'''''
| '''60'''
| [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|Saint Joseph's]]
| 56
| [[Erick Strickland]], Nebraska
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1997 National Invitation Tournament|1997]]
| '''[[1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''{{refn|Participation and title vacated due to [[University of Michigan basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=b|name="UM scandal"}}
| '''82'''
| [[Florida State Seminoles men's basketball|Florida State]]
| 73
| [[Robert Traylor]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[1998 National Invitation Tournament|1998]]
| '''[[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]'''{{refn|Participation and title vacated due to [[University of Minnesota basketball scandal|major NCAA violations]].|group=b|name="academic fraud"}}
| '''79'''
| ''[[Penn State Nittany Lions basketball|Penn State]]''
| 72
| Kevin Clark, Minnesota
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2004 National Invitation Tournament|2004]]
| '''[[2003–04 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| '''62'''
| '''''[[Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball|Rutgers]]'''''
| 55
| [[Daniel Horton (basketball)|Daniel Horton]], Michigan
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2006 National Invitation Tournament|2006]]
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball|South Carolina]]
| '''76'''
| '''[[2005–06 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]'''
| 64
| [[Renaldo Balkman]], South Carolina
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2008 National Invitation Tournament|2008]]
| '''[[2007–08 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team|Ohio State]]'''
| '''92'''
| [[UMass Minutemen basketball|UMass]]
| 85
| [[Kosta Koufos]], Ohio State
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2009 National Invitation Tournament|2009]]
| '''[[2008–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team|Penn State]]'''
| '''69'''
| [[2008–09 Baylor Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
| 63
| Jamelle Cornley, Penn State
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2012 National Invitation Tournament|2012]]
| [[2011–12 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team|Stanford]]
| '''75'''
| '''[[2011–12 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team|Minnesota]]'''
| 51
| Aaron Bright, Stanford
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2013 National Invitation Tournament|2013]]
| [[2012–13 Baylor Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
| '''74'''
| '''[[2012–13 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team|Iowa]]'''
| 54
| [[Pierre Jackson]], Baylor
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2014 National Invitation Tournament|2014]]
| '''[[2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team|Minnesota]]'''
| '''65'''
| [[2013–14 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team|SMU]]
| 63
| Austin Hollins, Minnesota
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|-
| [[2018 National Invitation Tournament|2018]]
| '''[[2017–18 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team|Penn State]]'''
| '''82'''
| [[2017–18 Utah Utes men's basketball team|Utah]]
| 66
| Lamar Stevens, Penn State
| Madison Square Garden
| New York City
|}
{{Reflist|group=b}}

{{Reflist|group=c}}

{{See also|List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions|Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament}}

===Head coach compensation===
Guaranteed compensation is due to the coaches regardless of performance. Though most of the pay is directed from the university, some also comes in the form of guaranteed endorsements and other income streams. Most coaches also have performance-based bonuses that can significantly raise their salaries.<ref name=":5" />

In 2024, three Big Ten member schools—Northwestern and USC, private institutions, and Penn State, exempt from most open records laws due to its status as what Pennsylvania calls a "[[Commonwealth System of Higher Education|state-related]]" institution—are not obligated to provide salary information for their head coaches. Despite this, both Penn State and Northwestern typically choose to provide this information.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" | Institution
! scope="col" | Head coach
! scope="col" | 2023–2024 guaranteed pay
|-
| [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]]
| [[Tom Izzo]]
| $6,200,000
|-
| [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]]
| [[Brad Underwood]]
| $4,600,000
|-
| [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]]
| [[Mike Woodson]]
| $4,200,000
|-
|[[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]]
|[[Mick Cronin (basketball)|Mick Cronin]]
|$4,100,000
|-
| [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]
| [[Kevin Willard]]
| $4,000,000
|-
|[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]
|[[Dana Altman]]
|$3,775,000
|-
| [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]]
| [[Matt Painter]]
| $3,550,000
|-
| [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball|Wisconsin]]
| [[Greg Gard]]
| $3,550,000
|-
| [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]]
| [[Jake Diebler]]
| $2,500,000
|-
| [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]
| [[Dusty May]]
| $3,750,000
|-
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball|Rutgers]]
| [[Steve Pikiell]]
| $3,250,000
|-
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball|Nebraska]]
| [[Fred Hoiberg]]
| $3,250,000
|-
| [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa]]
| [[Fran McCaffery]]
| $3,200,000
|-
|[[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]]
|[[Danny Sprinkle]]
|$3,600,000
|-
| [[Penn State Nittany Lions basketball|Penn State]]
| [[Mike Rhoades]]
| $2,900,000
|-
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball|Minnesota]]
| [[Ben Johnson (basketball)|Ben Johnson]]
| $1,950,000
|-
| [[Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball|Northwestern]]
| [[Chris Collins (basketball)|Chris Collins]]
| $2,893,064
|-
|[[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]]
|[[Eric Musselman]]
|NA
|}