The 2026 Large Ten males’s basketball event is increasing to incorporate all 18 groups within the convention, the league introduced on Thursday. The transfer comes after solely 15 of the league’s 18 groups have been included within the Large Ten event this previous season within the first 12 months that Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington joined the Large Ten from the Pac-12.
The event will start at some point earlier to accommodate the three new groups collaborating. Whereas the lads’s event is increasing beginning in 2026, the ladies’s event will stay at 15 groups.
Final season, Nebraska, Penn State and Washington completed on the backside of the Large Ten standings and did not take part within the convention event. Minnesota, Northwestern, USC, Iowa and Nebraska all completed with an similar 7-13 document in convention play, however the Cornhuskers have been disregarded as a result of tiebreaker.
Nebraska was on the NCAA Event bubble coming into the ultimate weekend of the common season, however an 83-68 loss to Iowa derailed its hopes of dancing. The Cornhuskers went on to defeat UCF within the title recreation of the inaugural Faculty Basketball Crown.
Coming into the 2025-26 season, Purdue is taken into account the favourite to not solely win the Large Ten but in addition seize the nationwide title. The Boilermakers (+900) are the betting favourite to win the 2026 nationwide title, per DraftKings.