List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions
Champions
Below is a list of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions. There are no tie breakers within the Big Ten Conference.

List of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions

Section Title: Champions
Table Section Text: Below is a list of Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions. There are no tie breakers within the Big Ten Conference.

Year	Champion	B1G Record	National Championship	Notes

1906	Minnesota	6-1

1907	Chicago Minnesota Wisconsin	6-2	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Indiana did not play during the season

1908	Chicago Wisconsin	7-1	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Indiana did not play during the season

1909	Chicago	12-0	Helms Foundation (Chicago)	Iowa began conference play in basketball

1910	Chicago	9-3

1911	Minnesota Purdue	8-4

1912	Purdue Wisconsin	10-0 12-0	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)

1913	Wisconsin	11-1	Ohio State joined Big Ten Conference

1914	Wisconsin	12-0	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)

1915	Illinois	12-0	Helms Foundation (Illinois)

1916	Wisconsin	11-1	Helms Foundation (Wisconsin)

1917	Illinois Minnesota	10-2

1918	Wisconsin	9-3	Michigan returned to the Big Ten at the start of the season

1919	Minnesota	10-0	Helms Foundation (Minnesota)

1920	Chicago	10-2

1921	Michigan Purdue Wisconsin	8-4

1922	Purdue	8-1

1923	Iowa Wisconsin	11-1

1924	Chicago Illinois Wisconsin	8-4

1925	Ohio State	11-1

1926	Indiana Iowa Michigan Purdue	8-4

1927	Michigan	10-2

1928	Indiana Purdue	10-2

1929	Michigan Wisconsin	10-2

1930	Purdue	10-0	Iowa did not play basketball this season

1931	Northwestern	11-1	Helms Foundation (Northwestern)

1932	Purdue	11-1	Helms Foundation (Purdue)

1933	Northwestern Ohio State	10-2

1934	Purdue	10-2

1935	Illinois Purdue Wisconsin	9-3

1936	Indiana Purdue	11-1

1937	Illinois Minnesota	10-2

1938	Purdue	10-2

1939	Ohio State	10-2	First National Championship Tournament conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches

1940	Purdue	10-2	NCAA (Indiana)	First NCAA Tournament

1941	Wisconsin	11-1	Helms Foundation NCAA (Wisconsin)

1942	Illinois	13-2

1943	Illinois	12-0

1944	Ohio State	10-2

1945	Iowa	11-1	Chicago did not play during this season

1946	Ohio State	10-2

1947	Wisconsin	9-3	First season without University of Chicago in the Big Ten Conference

1948	Michigan	10-2

1949	Illinois	10-2

1950	Ohio State	11-1

1951	Illinois	13-1	Michigan State joined Big Ten Conference

1952	Illinois	12-2

1953	Indiana	17-1	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)

1954	Indiana	12-2

1955	Iowa	11-3

1956	Iowa	13-1

1957	Indiana Michigan State	10-4

1958	Indiana	10-4

1959	Michigan State	12-2

1960	Ohio State	13-1	Helms Foundation NCAA (Ohio State)

1961	Ohio State	14-0

1962	Ohio State	13-1

1963	Illinois Ohio State	11-3

1964	Michigan Ohio State	11-3

1965	Michigan	13-1

1966	Michigan	11-3

1967	Indiana Michigan State	10-4

1968	Iowa Ohio State	10-4

1969	Purdue	13-1

1970	Iowa	14-0

1971	Ohio State	13-1

1972	Minnesota	11-3

1973	Indiana	11-3

1974	Indiana Michigan	12-2

1975	Indiana	18-0

1976	Indiana	18-0	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)

1977	Michigan	16-2

1978	Michigan State	15-3

1979	Iowa Michigan State Purdue	13-5	Helms Foundation NCAA (Michigan State)

1980	Indiana	13-5

1981	Indiana	14-4	Helms Foundation NCAA (Indiana)

1982	Minnesota	14-4	final year Helms Foundation selected a National Champion

1983	Indiana	13-5

1984	Illinois Purdue	15-3

1985	Michigan	16-2

1986	Michigan	14-4

1987	Indiana Purdue	15-3	NCAA (Indiana)

1988	Purdue	16-2

1989	Indiana	15-3	NCAA (Michigan)

1990	Michigan State	15-3

1991	Indiana Ohio State	15-3

1992	Ohio State	15-3

1993	Indiana	17-1	Penn State joined Big Ten Conference

1994	Purdue	14-4

1995	Purdue	15-3

1996	Purdue	15-3

1997	Vacated	16-2	Minnesota vacated its title in 1997 due to NCAA sanctions.

1998	Illinois Michigan State	13-3

1999	Michigan State	15-1

2000	Michigan State	13-3	NCAA (Michigan State)	Ohio State vacated its share of the title in 2000 due to NCAA sanctions.

2001	Illinois Michigan State	13-3

2002	Illinois Indiana Wisconsin	11-5	Ohio State vacated its share of the title in 2002 due to NCAA sanctions.

2003	Wisconsin	12-4

2004	Illinois	13-3

2005	Illinois	15-1

2006	Ohio State	12-4

2007	Ohio State	15-1

2008	Wisconsin	16-2

2009	Michigan State	15-3

2010	Michigan State Ohio State Purdue	14-4

2011	Ohio State	16-2

2012	Michigan Michigan State Ohio State	13-5	Nebraska joined Big Ten Conference

2013	Indiana	14-4

2014	Michigan	15-3

2015	Wisconsin	16-2	Rutgers and Maryland joined Big Ten Conference

2016	Indiana	15-3

2017	Purdue	14-4

2018	Michigan State	16-2

2019	Michigan State Purdue	16-4	Big Ten begins using a 20 game conference schedule.

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In 1915 the Illini men's basketball team was the Big Ten champion.

final_sentence: In 1915 the Illini men's basketball team was the Big Ten champion.