Big Ten Basketball: Grading each team's 2023-24 non-conference performance
The end of the non-conference portion of the 2023-24 college basketball season is near, meaning it is time to grade how each Big Ten team has fared in non-conference play.
It’s that slow time of year in the college basketball season when players head home for Christmas and coaches begin to prepare for conference play starting in January. This odd, one-week window means a lighter slate not only in the Big Ten but for the entirety of college basketball as a whole.
With the majority of teams having just one more buy game left on the docket before Big Ten play resumes, it's time to take a look into how each team has fared in the non-conference portion of their season as the New Year approaches, starting from worst to best.