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1995-96 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 197-139, .586 W-L% (5th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.13 (4th of 33) ▪ SOS: 7.82 (3rd of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Purdue

NCAA Tournament: 5 (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Penn State and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Iowa, Penn State and Purdue)

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Indiana*  12 6 .667 19 12 .613 75.5 68.8 17.6 10.9 *Overall W-L adjusted to 20-11, conference W-L adjusted to 13-5
2 Penn State*  12 6 .667 21 7 .750 74.8 64.1 17.1 6.3
3 Iowa*  11 7 .611 23 9 .719 79.6 67.9 18.7 6.9 *Overall W-L adjusted to 24-8, conference W-L adjusted to 12-6
4 Michigan*  10 8 .556 21 11 .656 71.3 64.9 15.0 8.5 *Overall W-L adjusted to 1-10, conference W-L adjusted to 11-7
5 Minnesota  10 8 .556 19 13 .594 69.6 67.8 8.7 6.9 *Overall W-L adjusted to 20-10, conference W-L adjusted to 11-7
6 Michigan State  9 9 .500 16 16 .500 61.8 64.1 6.8 9.0
7 Wisconsin  8 10 .444 17 15 .531 64.8 64.7 7.9 7.8 *Overall W-L adjusted to 18-14, conference W-L adjusted to 9-9
9 Illinois  7 11 .389 18 13 .581 75.9 69.8 14.0 7.9
10 Purdue* R 15 3 .833 26 6 .813 73.1 64.3 17.2 8.5 *Overall W-L adjusted to 7-23, conference W-L adjusted to 6-12
11 Ohio State  3 15 .167 10 17 .370 67.0 71.1 3.2 7.4 *Overall W-L adjusted to 12-15, conference W-L adjusted to 5-13
12 Northwestern  2 16 .111 7 20 .259 64.0 73.7 -3.7 5.9 *Overall W-L adjusted to 9-18, conference W-L adjusted to 4-14

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/26 1/2 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Purdue 24 24             22 17 19 17 14 11 7 5 4 4
Penn State                 20 14 14 10 10 9 14 12 16 18
Iowa 8 10 11 12 9 10 10 10 11 16 22 16 19 19 18 20 19 21
Illinois       21 16 14 12 13 21                  
Indiana 23 23                                
Michigan 17 16 24 22 18 17 19 21 23 20 16 20 23          

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Indiana lost (64-51) versus Boston College (Southeast Regional)
Iowa won (81-79) versus George Washington (West Regional)
Michigan lost (80-76) versus Texas (Midwest Regional)
Penn State lost (86-80) versus Arkansas (East Regional)
Purdue won (73-71) versus Western Carolina (West Regional)

Second Round
Iowa lost (87-73) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Purdue lost (76-69) versus Georgia (West Regional)