Big Ten Men's Basketball 2021-22: favorites, sleepers and players to watch

Tabbed by many during the preseason as the season’s best college basketball conference, the Big Ten is off to a solid start. Three teams currently occupy the AP Top-25 with a few knocking on the door. A couple of teams are meeting expectations while others are stumbling through the non-conference part of the schedule. Yet, the script will re-write itself when Big Ten play is fully underway at the start of the new calendar year.

Let’s take a look at what to expect in the Big Ten once non-conference play concludes, including which players to watch, teams that are being slept on and which team could finish the regular season as conference champions.

All odds via Tipico Sportsbook