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Big Ten Conference First Created
University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, the University of
Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, and the University of Chicago -- joined
with the University of Michigan and formed the "Intercollegiate
Conference of Faculty Representatives" -- and today's Big Ten was born. Starting out as the Big Seven -
"Big Nine"
Indiana and Iowa joined in 1899, forming the "Big Nine." -
Michigan Wolverines Drop Out
The Michigan Wolverines dropped out of the conference. -
Ohio State Joins
Ohio State University joins the Big Ten Conference. -
Michigan Rejoins
The Michigan Wolverines rejoin making the conference officially name the "Big Ten". -
Indiana Hoosiers win national title
The Indiana Hoosiers win their first national title in 1940. -
Bob Knight is born
The legendary coach Bob Knight is born. He is most well known for his coaching position at Indiana. He led Indiana to three national titles in 1976, 1981, and 1987. While at Indiana, Knight led his teams to three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and 11 Big Ten Conference championships. He received the National Coach of the Year honor four times and the Big Ten Coach of the Year honor eight times. In 1984, he coached the USA men's Olympic team to gold, -
Wisconsin Wins National Title
The University of Wisconsin badgers win their first and only national title so far. -
Universtiy of Chicago Drops Out
The University of Chicago drops out of the conference. -
Michigan State University Joins
Michigan State University replaces the University of Chicago making the number of teams return to ten. -
Indiana wins NCAA title
The Indiana Hoosiers win their second national title in the NCAA tournament in 1953. -
Ohio State Wins National Title
Ohio State wins its first national title -
Indiana wins national title
The Indiana Hoosiers win their third NCAA title, leaving them the most successful "Big Ten" team in the NCAA, but they're not done yet. -
Michigan State wins first national title
The Michigan State Spartans win their first national title led by the legendary Ervin "Magic" Johnson. -
Indiana wins national title
The Indiana Hoosiers win their fourth national title. -
Indiana wins national title
The Indiana Hoosiers win their fifth national title. This title is the most recent title they have won. -
Michigan Wins National Title
The Michigan Wolverines win their first and only national title so far. -
Penn State Joins
Penn State joins the "Big Ten" making the conference now have 11 teams. However, since titles and branding were so important in the 90's instead of changing the conference name they placed a subtle "11" around the "T" in the "Big Ten" logo. -
Michigan State wins 2nd title
The Michigan State Spartans win their second national title. -
Brian Cook: Player of the Year
Brian Cook from the Illinois Fighting Illini wins Player of the Year in the Big Ten as a senior. He then went on to play professional on the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic, and the Washington Wizards. Now he has been waived and plays for the Piratas de Quebradillas of Puerto Rico. -
Devin Harris: Player of the Year
Devin Harris of the Wisconsin Badgers win 2003-2004 Player of the Year award as a Junior. After graduating he went to play pro with the Dallas Mavericks, the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, and the Atlanta Hawks. -
Dee Brown: Player of the Year
Dee Brown of the Illinois Fighting Illini wins Player of the Year award for the 2004-2005 season as a Junior. He played for the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Clippers for a short time. He currently plays for in the European basketball league. -
Terence Dials: Player of the Year
Terence Dials of the Ohio State Buckeyes wins 2005-2006 Player of the Year award as a senior. He was signed to play in Euroleague after going unsigned in the NBA draft. -
Ohio State loses National Title game
The Ohio State Buckeyes lose the national title game to Florida. It would have been their second national title. -
Alando Tucker: Player of the Year
Alando Tucker of the Wisconsin Badgers wins the 2006-2007 Player of the Year award as a senior. He went on to play pro at the Phoenix Suns, however, he spent a lot of time in the NBA Development Leagues. He now plays in the Euroleague. -
Nebraska joins the Big Ten
On June 11, 2010 the University of Nebraska applied for membership in the Big Ten and was unanimously approved as the conference's 12th school, which became effective July 1, 2011. The conference retained the name "Big Ten". -
Kevin Ware breaks leg
During the 2013 NCAA tournament Louisville Cardinal player breaks his leg. A compound break, It shocks the whole nation and that year the Louisville Cardinal's go on to beat "Big Ten" team Michigan in the final. Louisville fans and team held signs reading "Win for Ware" -
Michigan loses national title
The Michigan Wolverines lose the national title game to the Louisville Cardinals 82-76.
