Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Ohio State forward Keita Bates-Diop was named Big Ten Player of the Year.

Nebraska and Penn State received invitations to the National Invitation Tournament. Michigan was the National Runner-up, losing to Villanova in the NCAA championship game. Four Big Ten schools (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue) were invited to the NCAA tournament, the fewest Big Ten teams selected for the Tournament since 2008. As a result, the Wolverines received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Michigan defeated Purdue to win its second consecutive tournament. The Big Ten tournament was held from February 28 through Maat Madison Square Garden.

With a win over Wisconsin on February 25, 2018, Michigan State clinched the outright Big Ten championship, their eighth under Tom Izzo. Each team played one road game and one home conference game in the first week of December. As a result, the conference season began on Decemand concluded on February 25, 2018. Due to the Big East's use of that venue for the 2018 Big East tournament, the Big Ten tournament took place one week earlier than usual, ending the week before Selection Sunday. The 2018 Big Ten tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. The 2017–18 Big Ten men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

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