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ROSEMONT, Ill — Iowa men’s basketball was picked to finish 11th in the Big Ten and Payton Sandfort was named First-team All-Big Ten by a preseason media poll, which was released Wednesday.
The media panel, organized by The Columbus Dispatch and The Indianapolis Star, is comprised of 33 participants.
Purdue was picked to win the Big Ten.
Here is a full look at how the voting shook out.
Projected Big Ten standings (first-place votes in parenthesis):
- Purdue, 572 (20)
- Indiana, 549 (7)
- UCLA, 510 (2)
- Illinois, 458 (2)
- Michigan State, 448 (1)
- Oregon, 412
- Rutgers, 391
- Ohio State, 369 (1)
- Michigan, 342
- Maryland, 263
- Iowa, 249
- Wisconsin, 212
- Nebraska, 212
- USC, 196
- Washington, 158
- Northwestern, 153
- Penn State, 87
- Minnesota, 62
Iowa was picked to finish as high as 7th and as low as 16th on individual ballots.
Preseason All-Big Ten teams
Iowa’s Payton Sandfort was the second-highest vote-getter, behind only Braden Smith of Purdue.
Reigning Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year Owen Freeman received two votes but didn’t make preseason first or second-team All-Big Ten.
First-team
- Braden Smith, Purdue (64)
- Payton Sandfort, Iowa (48)
- Oumar Ballo, Indiana (47)
- Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (34)
- Dylan Harper, Rutgers (32)
Second-team
- Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (30)
- Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State (26)
- Great Osobor, Washington (26)
- Ace Bailey, Rutgers (25)
- Dawson Garcia, Minnesota (23)
Also receiving votes: Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern, Malik Reneau, Indiana (19); Mackenzie Mgbako and Myles Rice, Indiana (13); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (12); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (11); Desmond Claude, USC, Julian Reese, Maryland (7); Dylan Andrews, UCLA (6); Brice Williams, Nebraska (5); Jaden Akins, Michigan State, Kylan Boswell, Illinois (4); Xavier Booker, Michigan State, Kobe Johnson, UCLA (3); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Frankie Fidler, Michigan State, Owen Freeman, Iowa, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue, Saint Thomas, USC (2); Meechie Johnson, Ohio State, Fletcher Loyer, Purdue, Sebastian Mack, UCLA (1).
Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year
Purdue’s Braden Smith was the overwhelming favorite to win preseason Big Ten Player of the Year. Payton Sandfort received one vote.
Braden Smith, Purdue (27)
Also receiving votes: Oumar Ballo, Indiana, Ace Bailey, Rutgers (2); Kobe Johnson, UCLA, Payton Sandfort, Iowa (1).
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
A pair of highly touted Rutgers’ freshmen led the way in this category — with Dylan Harper leading the way.
Dylan Harper, Rutgers (19.5)
Also receiving votes: Ace Bailey, Rutgers (12.5); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (1).
Big Ten Transfer of the Year
Oumar Ballo, Indiana (17)
Also receiving votes: Great Osobor, Washington, Myles Rice, Indiana (4); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (3); Kylan Boswell, Illinois, (2); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Saint Thomas, USC (1).
How Tyler Tachman of the Des Moines Register voted
Projected league standings:
- Ohio State
- UCLA
- Michigan State
- Indiana
- Purdue
- Maryland
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Rutgers
- Wisconsin
- Oregon
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Nebraska
- USC
- Northwestern
- Washington
- Minnesota
1st team preseason All-Big Ten:
- Payton Sandfort, Iowa
- Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State
- Braden Smith, Purdue
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
- Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern
2nd team preseason All-Big Ten:
- Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana
- Owen Freeman, Iowa
- Dawson Garcia, Minnesota
- Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
- Frankie Fidler, Michigan State
Preseason Player of the Year:
Preseason Freshman of the Year:
Preseason transfer of the year:
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
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