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• The Big Ten Conference is comprised of 11 teams that play college basketball at the Division I-A level. For a listing of teams and their conferences, see College Basketball.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1896
  2. Home office: Park Ridge, Illinois
  3. Commissioner: James Delany
  4. Members: 11
  5. Defending champion: Wisconsin Badgers
  6. 2009 tournament location: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

• Big Ten Basketball Members

  • Fighting Illini
  • Indiana Hoosiers
  • Iowa Hawkeyes
  • Michigan Wolverines
  • Michigan State Spartans
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers
  • Northwestern Wildcats
  • Ohio State Buckeyes
  • Penn State Nittany Lions
  • Purdue Boilermakers
  • Wisconsin Badgers

• History

  The Big Ten was developed by meeting of seven Midwest University presidents at the Palmer House on January 11, 1895. President of Purdue University James H. Smart and each of the faculty member of those universities officially established the mechanics and the principles for the Intercollegiate Conference which is known as the "Big Ten"

  Member of the Big Ten Institution are the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin. In 1899, Indiana University and the State University of Iowa joined the conference, the Ohio State in 1912. Michigan State University was added in 1949 after the University of Chicago withdrew.

  On June 4, 1990, the conference expanded to 11 members adding Pennsylvania State University into the conference by the Council of the Presidents.

• Recent Champions

  • 2008: Wisconsin Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2007: Ohio State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2006: Iowa Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2005: Illinois Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2004: Wisconsin Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2003: Illinois Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2002: Ohio State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2001: Iowa Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 2000: Michigan State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1999: Michigan State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1998: Michigan Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1997: Minnesota Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1996: Purdue Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1995: Purdue Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1994: Purdue Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1993: Indiana Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1992: Ohio State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1991: Ohio State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1990: Michigan State Official site: Big Ten Champions
  • 1989: Indiana Official site: Big Ten Champions

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