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Big Ten Basketball: The Top Players from each team (2000-2018)

By Logan Butts

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MILWAUKEE, WI – MARCH 18: Caleb Swanigan #50 of the Purdue Boilermakers reacts in the first half against the Iowa State Cyclones during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at BMO Harris Bradley Center on March 18, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI – MARCH 18: Caleb Swanigan #50 of the Purdue Boilermakers reacts in the first half against the Iowa State Cyclones during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at BMO Harris Bradley Center on March 18, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

Penn State

Starting Five: Tim Frazier, Tony Carr, Talor Battle, Geary Claxton, D.J. Newbill

Bench: Joe Crispin, Jarrett Stephens, Jamelle Cornley, Titus Ivory, Gyasi Cline-Heard

MVP: Battle takes the honor after four All-Conference level seasons and leading Penn State to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 10 years in 2011.

Not a deep team, but the starting lineup and even some of the bench puts them a step ahead of the bottom tier teams in the Big Ten.

Purdue

Starting Five: Caleb Swanigan, JaJuan Johnson, Carsen Edwards, Robbie Hummel, E’Twaun Moore

Bench: Chris Kramer, A.J. Hammons, Carl Landry, Willie Deane, Kenneth Lowe, Vincent Edwards, David Teague, Terone Robinson

MVP: Is there a way I can give this to the Johnson/Hummel/Moore trio? It’s a shame they never made a Final Four.

This is a really good team. They are going to be stout defensively. They don’t have quite as much talent as Michigan State or Ohio State, but this team could hang with anyone.

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