Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference
Established: 1896

NCAA Division I FBS
Members 11
Sports fielded 25 (men's: 12; women's: 13)
Region Midwestern United States
Former names Intercollegiate Conference
of Faculty Representatives
Big Nine
Western Conference
Headquarters Park Ridge, IL
Commissioner James Delany (since 1989)
Website http://www.bigten.org/
Locations
Big Ten Conference locations

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east. The conference enjoys the prestige of both high athletic achievement and academic excellence. Nine of the eleven conference schools are considered Public Ivies[1] (Purdue Unversity and the private Northwestern being the only exception). The conference competes in the NCAA's Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly known as Division I-A), the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Member schools of the Big Ten also are members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a leading educational consortium. Despite the conference's name, since Penn State joined in 1990, there have been 11 schools in the Big Ten, as signified by the hidden "11" in the Big Ten Conference logo (each "1" is on either side of the "T" in "Ten"). The geographic center of the Big Ten is in LaPorte County, Indiana, near Michigan City.

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Members

See also: List of Big Ten National Championships

The Big Ten is the only Division I conference to have all of its member institutions affiliated with the Association of American Universities, a prestigious collection of 60 research institutions, and leads all conferences in the total amount of research expenditures.

All or most member schools participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, women's volleyball and wrestling.

Institution Location Founded Joined Big Ten Affiliation Undergrad Enrollment Nickname Varsity Teams NCAA Championships (As of Spring 2008) [2]
(excludes football)
University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois
(75,254)		 1867 1896 Public 30,895 Fighting
Illini		 21 17
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
(69,291)		 1820 1899
(Athletics 1900)		 Public 30,394 Hoosiers 24 23
University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
(67,062)		 1847 1899
(Athletics 1900)		 Public 20,907 Hawkeyes 24 23
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
(114,024)		 1817 1896
Inactive
1907-1916		 Public 26,083 Wolverines 27 32
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
(46,525)		 1855 1950
(Athletics 1953)		 Public 36,072 Spartans 25 19
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
(388,020)		 1851 1896 Public 28,645 Golden Gophers 25 15
Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
(74,239)		 1851 1896 Private/
Non-sectarian		 8,284 Wildcats 19 5
Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
(747,755)		 1870 1912 Public 38,479 Buckeyes 36 22
Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania
(38,420)		 1855 1990
(Athletics 1993)		 Public 36,612*[3] Nittany
Lions		 29 34
Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
(28,778)		 1869 1896 Public 31,290 Boilermakers 18 2
University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
(223,389)		 1848 1896 Public 28,999[4] Badgers 23 25

Former member

Institution Location Founded Tenure of Membership Affiliation Enrollment Nickname Varsity Teams NCAA Championships[2]
(excludes football)
University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 1890 1896-1946 Private/Non-sectarian 13,602 Maroons 19 1

Endowment

Main article: List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment

History

On January 11, 1895, the presidents of the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, Lake Forest College, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin met in Chicago to discuss the regulation and control of intercollegiate athletics. The eligibility of student-athletes was one of the main topics of discussion.[7] The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded at a second meeting on February 8, 1896.[8] Lake Forest was not at the 1896 meeting that established the conference and was replaced by the University of Michigan. At the time, the organization was more commonly known as the Western Conference, consisting of Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago, and Northwestern.

The first reference to the conference as the Big Nine was in 1899 after Iowa and Indiana had joined. In January 1908, Michigan and the conference parted ways. Ohio State was added to the conference in 1913. The first reference to the conference as the Big Ten was in November 1917 after Michigan rejoined following a nine-year absence.

The conference was again known as the Big Nine after the University of Chicago decided to de-emphasize varsity athletics just after World War II. Chicago discontinued its football program in 1939 and withdrew from the conference in 1946. Chicago continues its relationship with the conference as a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the "academic Big Ten." On May 20, 1949,[8] Michigan State joined and the conference was again known as the Big Ten. The Big Ten's membership would remain unchanged for the next 40 years.

The conference’s official name throughout this period remained the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. It did not formally adopt the name Big Ten until 1987, when it was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation. In 1990, the Big Ten universities voted to expand the conference to 11 teams, and extended an invitation to Penn State, which it accepted.[9] When Penn State joined in 1990, it was decided that the conference would continue to be called the Big Ten, but its logo was modified to reflect the change; the number 11 is disguised in the white areas of the traditionally blue "Big Ten" lettering.

Following the addition of previously independent Penn State, efforts were made to encourage the University of Notre Dame, the last remaining traditionally independent football powerhouse, to join the league. Early in the 20th century, Notre Dame had sought official entry into the Big Ten but was never extended an invitation.[10] However, in 1999, both Notre Dame and the Big Ten entered into private negotiations concerning a possible membership that would include Notre Dame. Although the Notre Dame faculty senate endorsed the idea with a near unanimous vote, the ND board of trustees decided against joining the conference and Notre Dame ultimately withdrew from negotiations. [3] Though the idea has been revisited in the wake of the Atlantic Coast Conference's expansion to 12 teams, neither Notre Dame nor the Big Ten has taken any official action in pursuit of Notre Dame's membership. Notre Dame had, in 1995, joined the Big East Conference in all sports except football, men's lacrosse, and men's hockey, the latter of which is not sponsored by the Big East Conference.

Other possible universities that have gained favor for any possible expansion for the 12th spot in the conference include:

Due to a requirement of the Big Ten bylaws, any expansion must be within, or next to, current Big Ten territory (although, like all bylaws, this could be amended by conference vote). Due to the addition of the Big Ten Network, expansion talks have been revisited. Expansion could mean adding a conference championship football game and adding a school in or near a large TV market, greatly aiding the Big Ten Network's marketability[11]. It is likely academics will also play an important role in any potential 12th school being invited into the conference.

On June 21, 2006, the Big Ten announced new television broadcast agreements. This involved a 10-year extension of its contract with ABC/ESPN as well as the formation of a brand new television station, the Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Network began broadcasting on August 30, 2007, "dedicated to covering both the athletic and academic content of the Big Ten member institutions on a national level".[4] The Big Ten Network represents a 20-year partnership between the Big Ten and Fox. It will be majority-owned by the Big Ten Conference, with Fox holding a minority interest. The official network name and logo were announced on October 12, 2006.[5] The conference announced previously that it is continuing its relationship with CBS and ESPN for network broadcasts in basketball.

Commissioners

The office of the commissioner of athletics was created in 1922 "to study athletic problems of the various member universities and assist in enforcing the eligibility rules which govern Big Ten athletics."[7]

Name Years Notes
Major John L. Griffith 1922-1944 died in office
Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson 1945-1961 retired
Bill Reed 1961-1971 died in office
Wayne Duke 1971-1989 retired
James Delany 1989- present

Football

Bowl games

Since 1946, the Big Ten champion has had a tie-in with the Rose Bowl game, now a BCS bowl. The Big Ten also has tie-ins with six non-BCS bowls. Picks are made after BCS selections; if two Big Ten teams participate in BCS bowls, the bowl with the #2 pick will have the first pick of the remaining teams in the conference:

The Alamo Bowl has the 4th pick in 2007 and 2008, while the Champs Sports Bowl has the 4th pick in 2009.

Michigan appeared in the first bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl. The Big Ten did not allow their schools to participate in bowl games until the agreement struck with the Pacific Coast Conference for the 1947 Rose Bowl. From 1946 through 1971, the Big Ten did not allow the same team to represent the conference in consecutive years in the Rose Bowl with an exception made after the 1961 season in which Minnesota played in the 1962 Rose Bowl after playing in the 1961 Rose Bowl due to Ohio State declining the bid. It was not until the 1975 season that the Big Ten allowed teams to play in bowl games other than the Rose Bowl. Due to those rules, Big Ten powers such as Michigan and Ohio State have lower numbers of all-time bowl appearances than powerhouse teams from the Big 12 Conference (formerly the Big 8 Conference and Southwest Conference) and Southeastern Conference, which always placed multiple teams in bowl games every year.

Although the pick order usually corresponds to the conference standings, the bowls are not required to make their choices strictly according to the won-lost records; many factors influence bowl selections, especially the turnout of the fans for past bowl games.

See also: Big Ten Conference football champions
See also: Big Ten Conference football individual honors

Men's basketball

The Big Ten has participated in basketball since 1904, and has led the nation in attendance every season since 1978.[15] It has been a national powerhouse in men's basketball, having multiple championship winners and often sending four or more teams to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Previous NCAA champions include Indiana with five titles, Michigan State with two, and Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State with one each.[16] Ohio State played in the first NCAA tournament national championship game in 1939, losing to Oregon. Despite this, Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was the first NCAA tournament MVP. The first three tournament MVP's came from the Big Ten (Marv Huffman of Indiana in 1940 and John Katz of Wisconsin in 1941).

Big Ten teams have also experienced success in the postseason NIT. Since 1974, 12 Big Ten teams have made it to the championship game, winning seven championships. NIT champions from the Big Ten include Michigan and Ohio State with two, and Indiana, Minnesota, and Purdue with one each.

Since 1999, the Big Ten has taken part in the ACC - Big Ten Challenge with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC holds an 9-0 record against the Big Ten, and Michigan State is the only Big Ten school with a winning record in the challenge.

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

† denotes overtime games. Multiple †'s indicate more than one overtime.

Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
1939 Oregon 46 Ohio State 33 Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1940 Indiana 60 Kansas 42 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
1941 Wisconsin 39 Washington State 34 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri (2)
1953 Indiana (2) 69 Kansas 68 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri (4)
1956 San Francisco (2) 83 Iowa 71 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois (2)
1960 Ohio State 75 California 55 Cow Palace San Francisco, California
1961† Cincinnati 70 Ohio State 65 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri (8)
1962 Cincinnati (2) 71 Ohio State 59 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky (3)
1965 UCLA (2) 91 Michigan 80 Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
1969 UCLA (5) 92 Purdue 72 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky (6)
1976 Indiana (3) 86 Michigan 68 Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979 Michigan State 75 Indiana State 64 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
1981 Indiana (4) 63 North Carolina 50 Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)
1987 Indiana (5) 74 Syracuse 73 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana (2)
1989† Michigan 80 Seton Hall 79 Kingdome Seattle, Washington (4)
1992 Duke (2) 71 Michigan 51 Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993 North Carolina (3) 77 Michigan 71 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana (3)
2000 Michigan State (2) 89 Florida 76 RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana (4)
2002 Maryland 64 Indiana 52 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia (2)
2005 North Carolina (4) 75 Illinois 70 Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri (3)
2007 Florida (2) 84 Ohio State 75 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia (3)

Post-season NIT championships

Year Champion Runner-up MVP Venue and city
1974 Purdue 87 Utah 81 Mike Sojourner, Utah Madison Square Garden New York City
1979 Indiana 53 Purdue 52 Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana Madison Square Garden New York City
1980 Virginia 58 Minnesota 55 Ralph Sampson, Virginia Madison Square Garden New York City
1982 Bradley 68 Purdue 61 Mitchell Anderson, Bradley Madison Square Garden New York City
1984 Michigan 83 Notre Dame 63 Tim McCormick, Michigan Madison Square Garden New York City
1985 UCLA 65 Indiana 62 Reggie Miller, UCLA Madison Square Garden New York City
1986 Ohio State 73 Wyoming 63 Brad Sellers, Ohio State Madison Square Garden New York City
1988 Connecticut 72 Ohio State 67 Phil Gamble, UConn Madison Square Garden New York City
1993 Minnesota 62 Georgetown 61 Voshon Lenard, Minnesota Madison Square Garden New York City
2004 Michigan 62 Rutgers 55 Daniel Horton, Michigan Madison Square Garden New York City
2006 South Carolina 76 Michigan 64 Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina Madison Square Garden New York City
2008 Ohio State 92 Massachusetts 85 Kosta Koufos, Ohio State Madison Square Garden New York City
See also: Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball regular season champions
See also: Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
See also: NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Bids By School

Women's basketball

Women's basketball teams have played a total of nine times in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (since 1982) and Women's National Invitation Tournament (since 1998). Big Ten women's teams have also led conference attendance from 1993-1999.[17]

NCAA tournament champions, runners-up and locations

Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
1993 Texas Tech 84 Ohio State 74 The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
1999 Purdue 62 Duke 45 San Jose Arena San Jose, California
2001 Notre Dame 68 Purdue 66 Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri
2005 Baylor 84 Michigan State 62 RCA Dome Indianapolis, Indiana

Women's National Invitation Tournament championship games

Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
1998 Penn State 59 Baylor 56 Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
1999 Arkansas 67 Wisconsin 64 Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
2000 Wisconsin 75 Florida 74 Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
2001 Ohio State 62 New Mexico 61 University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007 Wyoming 72 Wisconsin 56 Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming
2008 Marquette 81 Michigan State 66 Breslin Center East Lansing, Michigan
See also: Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball regular season champions
See also: Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Rivalries

Big Ten football

See also: 2008 Big Ten Conference football season

The members of the Big Ten have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. Each school has at least one traveling trophy at stake. Some Big Ten rivalries include (with their respective traveling trophy in parentheses):

Furthermore, the Big Ten football schedule is set up with each team having two permanent rivalries within the conference, with the other eight teams in the conference rotating out of the schedule in pairs for two-year stints. Permanent rivalries are as follows:

The pair of Big Ten teams that conference teams will not play during the 2007 and 2008 seasons are as follows:

Big Ten Basketball

Indiana and Purdue have a heated rivalry in college basketball between the two schools with the most Big Ten basketball championships. Michigan and Michigan State have an in-state rivalry. Due to their recent successes and familiarity between their players and coaching staffs, Illinois and Michigan State have developed a basketball rivalry based more on competitive matches and mutual respect, rather than animosity, which could characterize Illinois' rivalry with Indiana. These schools share a rivalry which has intensified at times, most recently due to Eric Gordon's de-committal from Illinois in order to attend and play for Indiana.

Extra-conference rivalries

Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan are among the Big Ten football teams that have rivalries with Notre Dame. After the University of Southern California with 28 wins, the Michigan State Spartans have the winningest record against the Irish, with 27. The Purdue Boilermakers follow with 26.

Penn State had a longstanding rivalry with Pittsburgh of the Big East, but the two schools have not met since 2000. Penn State also had long histories with independent Notre Dame; West Virginia, Syracuse, and Rutgers of the Big East; Maryland and Boston College of the ACC; and Temple, of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Penn State also has strong intrastate rivalries with Patriot League universities Bucknell in men's basketball and Lehigh in wrestling. Most of these rivalries were cultivated while Penn State operated independent of conference affiliation; the constraints of playing a full conference schedule, especially in football, have reduced the number of meetings between Penn State and its non-Big Ten rivals.

Iowa has an in-state rivalry with Iowa State, with the winner getting the Cy-Hawk Trophy. Iowa also holds rivalries in basketball with Drake and Northern Iowa.

Indiana has an out-of conference rivalry with Kentucky, but the rivalry has a much higher profile in basketball than in football.

Illinois has a longstanding basketball rivalry with Missouri, with the two men's teams squaring off annually in the "Braggin' Rights" game in St. Louis. This rivalry has been carried over into football as "The Arch Rivalry" with games played at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis in 2002 and 2003 and four games scheduled from 2007 to 2010.[6]

Wisconsin has a long-standing, in-state basketball rivalry with Marquette. The series has intensified as of late with both teams having made the Final Four in recent years. The schools also played an annual football game before Marquette abandoned its football program in 1961.

In the early days of the Big Ten, the Chicago-Michigan game was played on Thanksgiving, usually with conference championship implications and was considered one of the first major rivalries of the conference. Also in the early days of the conference, and at Knute Rockne's insistence, Northwestern and Notre Dame had a yearly contest, with the winner taking home a shillelagh, much like the winner of the USC-Notre Dame and Purdue-Notre Dame contests now receive. The Northwestern-Notre Dame shillelagh was largely forgotten by the early 1960s and is now solely an element of college football's storied past.

Conference facilities

The Big Ten has the distinction of being the conference with the most stadiums seating over 100,000, at three (Michigan Stadium, Ohio Stadium, and Beaver Stadium). The only other stadium of that size in college football is Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference.

The three stadiums rank third, fourth, and sixth in the list of the largest sports stadiums in the world. (Camp Randall ranks 42nd in the world.)

School Football stadium Stadium capacity Basketball arena Arena capacity Baseball stadium Stadium capacity
Illinois Memorial Stadium 69,249 Assembly Hall 16,618 Illinois Field 3,000
Indiana Memorial Stadium 52,180 Assembly Hall 17,456 Sembower Field 2,250
Iowa Kinnick Stadium 70,585 Carver-Hawkeye Arena 15,500 Duane Banks Field 3,000
Michigan Michigan Stadium 106,201 Crisler Arena 13,751 Ray Fisher Stadium 4,000
Michigan State Spartan Stadium 75,005 Breslin Student Events Center 16,280 John F. Kobs Field/Oldsmobile Park 4,000/11,000
Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 64,172 Williams Arena 14,321 Siebert Field/Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1,500/46,564
Northwestern Ryan Field 49,256 Welsh-Ryan Arena 8,117 Rocky Miller Park 1,000
Ohio State Ohio Stadium 101,568 Value City Arena 19,500 Bill Davis Stadium 4,450
Penn State Beaver Stadium 107,282 Bryce Jordan Center 15,261 Medlar Field at Lubrano Park 5,406
Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium 62,500 Mackey Arena 14,123 Lambert Field 1,100
Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium 80,321 Kohl Center 17,190 No baseball team N/A

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "How many NCAA Division I championships has your school won?". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
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  9. ↑ "An Ingenious Inception: Penn State Joins the Big Ten Conference". Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Alden: Big Ten has not contacted Mizzou". Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
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  16. ↑ "Big Ten Men's Basketball History". Big Ten Conference (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  17. ↑ (PDF)Official 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Records Book. Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. 2006. pp. 199. http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/w_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_w_basketball_records.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-02-03. 

External links

NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Conferences

Atlantic Coast Conference * • Big 12 Conference * • Big East Conference * • Big Ten Conference * • Conference USA • Mid-American Conference • Mountain West Conference • Pacific-10 Conference * • Southeastern Conference * • Sun Belt Conference • Western Athletic Conference • Independents
* Conference champion receives an automatic BCS bid
Big Ten Conference

Illinois (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)
Big Ten Network
Football teams of the Big Ten Conference
Illinois 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 • Chicago Maroons
Football stadiums of the Big Ten Conference

Beaver Stadium (Penn State) • Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin) • Kinnick Stadium (Iowa) • Memorial Stadium (Illinois) • Memorial Stadium (Indiana)  • Michigan Stadium (Michigan) • Ohio Stadium (Ohio State) • Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue) • Ryan Field (Northwestern) • Spartan Stadium (Michigan State)  • TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota)
Men's basketball teams of the Big Ten Conference
Illinois 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
Basketball Arenas of the Big Ten Conference

Assembly Hall (Illinois) • Assembly Hall (Indiana) • Breslin Student Events Center (Michigan State) • Bryce Jordan Center (Penn State) • Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa) • Crisler Arena (Michigan) • Kohl Center (Wisconsin) • Mackey Arena (Purdue) • Value City Arena (Ohio State) • Welsh-Ryan Arena (Northwestern) • Williams Arena (Minnesota)
Basketball Student Sections of the Big Ten Conference

The Barnyard (Minnesota) • Buckeye NutHouse (Ohio State) • Grateful Red (Wisconsin) • Hawkamaniacs (Iowa) • Izzone (Michigan State) • Maize Rage (Michigan) • Nittany Nation (Penn State) • Orange Krush (Illinois) • Paint Crew (Purdue) • Wildside (Northwestern) • Crean and Crimson (Indiana)
Marching bands of the Big Ten Conference
Marching Illini (Illinois) • Indiana University Marching Hundred (Indiana) • Hawkeye Marching Band (Iowa) • Michigan Marching Band (Michigan) • Spartan Marching Band (Michigan State) • University of Minnesota Marching Band (Minnesota) • The Ohio State University Marching Band (Ohio State) • Penn State Blue Band (Penn State) • Purdue All-American Marching Band (Purdue) • Wildcat Marching Band (Northwestern) • University of Wisconsin Marching Band (Wisconsin)
Baseball Parks of the Big Ten Conference
Illinois Field (Illinois) · Sembower Field (Indiana) · Duane Banks Field (Iowa)  · Ray Fisher Stadium (Michigan) · John F. Kobs Field (Michigan State) · Oldsmobile Park (Michigan State) · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) · Siebert Field (Minnesota) · Rocky Miller Park (Northwestern) · Bill Davis Stadium (Ohio State) · Medlar Field (Penn State) · Lambert Field (Purdue)
Current Big Ten Conference football Head coaches

Ron Zook (Illinois Fighting Illini) • Bill Lynch (Indiana Hoosiers) • Kirk Ferentz (Iowa Hawkeyes) • Rich Rodriguez (Michigan Wolverines) • Mark Dantonio (Michigan State Spartans) • Tim Brewster (Minnesota Golden Gophers) • Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern Wildcats) • Jim Tressel (Ohio State Buckeyes) • Joe Paterno (Penn State Nittany Lions) • Joe Tiller (Purdue Boilermakers) • Bret Bielema (Wisconsin Badgers)
Current Big Ten Conference men's basketball head coaches

Bruce Weber (Illinois Fighting Illini) • Tom Crean (Indiana Hoosiers) • Todd Lickliter (Iowa Hawkeyes) • John Beilein (Michigan Wolverines) • Tom Izzo (Michigan State Spartans) • Tubby Smith (Minnesota Golden Gophers) • Bill Carmody (Northwestern Wildcats) • Thad Matta (Ohio State Buckeyes) • Ed DeChellis (Penn State Nittany Lions) • Matt Painter (Purdue Boilermakers) • Bo Ryan (Wisconsin Badgers)