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Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season.

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding men's basketball freshman player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1986
Most recentMackenzie Mgbako, Indiana
Owen Freeman, Iowa

Indiana has the record for the most winners with twelve.

Key

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† Co-Freshman of the Year
* Declared for NBA draft after freshman year

Winners

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Season Player School Reference
1985–86 Gary Grant Michigan [1]
1986–87 Dean Garrett[a] Indiana [2]
1987–88 Jay Edwards Indiana [3]
1988–89 Eric Anderson Indiana [4]
1989–90 Jim Jackson Ohio State [5]
1990–91 Damon Bailey Indiana [6]
1991–92 Chris Webber[b] Michigan [7]
1992–93 Greg Simpson Ohio State [8]
1993–94 Jess Settles Iowa [9]
1994–95 Maurice Taylor Michigan [10]
1995–96 Sam Okey Wisconsin [11]
1996–97 A. J. Guyton Indiana [12]
1997–98 Michael Redd Ohio State [13]
1998–99 Cory Bradford Illinois [14]
1999–00† Brian Cook Illinois [15]
LaVell Blanchard Michigan [15]
2000–01 Jared Jeffries Indiana [16]
2001–02 Rick Rickert Minnesota [16]
2002–03 Daniel Horton Michigan [17]
2003–04 Kris Humphries* Minnesota [18]
2004–05 D. J. White Indiana [19]
2005–06 Jamelle Cornley Penn State [20]
2006–07 Greg Oden* Ohio State [21]
2007–08 Eric Gordon* Indiana [22]
2008–09 William Buford Ohio State [23]
2009–10 D. J. Richardson Illinois [24]
2010–11 Jared Sullinger Ohio State [25]
2011–12 Cody Zeller Indiana [26]
2012–13 Gary Harris Michigan State [27]
2013–14 Noah Vonleh* Indiana [28]
2014–15 D'Angelo Russell* Ohio State [29]
2015–16 Ethan Happ Wisconsin [30]
2016–17 Miles Bridges Michigan State [31]
2017–18 Jaren Jackson Jr.* Michigan State [32]
2018–19 Ignas Brazdeikis* Michigan [33]
2019–20 Kofi Cockburn Illinois [34]
2020–21 Hunter Dickinson Michigan [35]
2021–22 Malaki Branham* Ohio State [36]
2022–23 Jalen Hood-Schifino* Indiana [37]
2023–24† Mackenzie Mgbako Indiana [38]
Owen Freeman Iowa

Winners by school

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School (year joined) Winners Years
Indiana (1900) 12 1987[a], 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2023, 2024†
Ohio State (1912) 8 1990, 1993, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2022
Michigan (1896) 7 1986, 1992[b], 1995, 2000†, 2003, 2019, 2021
Illinois (1896) 4 1999, 2000†, 2010, 2020
Michigan State (1953) 3 2013, 2017, 2018
Iowa (1900) 2 1994, 2024†
Minnesota (1896) 2 2002, 2004
Wisconsin (1896) 2 1996, 2016
Penn State (1993) 1 2006
Maryland (2014) 0 —
Nebraska (2011) 0 —
Northwestern (1896) 0 —
Oregon (2024) 0 —
Purdue (1896) 0 —
Rutgers (2014) 0 —
UCLA (2024) 0 —
USC (2024) 0 —
Washington (2024) 0 —

Footnotes

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  • a During the 1986-1987 season Garrett was not a freshman but was a junior college transfer.[39]
  • b Webber's selection was later vacated as a result of sanctions due to NCAA violations.

References

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