Big Ten men's basketball media days are Thursday in Rosemont, Ill.

Purdue is the overwhelming favorite (picked to win league by all but one voter) and will also be a lot of people's preseason national No. 1 picks. Is this the year Matt Painter and the Boilermakers finally break through? Dusty May and Michigan 's reloaded squad will have something to say about it. Last year's Big Ten champion Michigan State brings back an experienced core. And we've got new coaches at Indiana (Darian DeVries), Iowa (Ben McCollum), Maryland (Buzz Williams) and Minnesota (Niko Medved).

We polled writers within the USA TODAY Network who cover Big Ten schools for their preseason predictions, all-conference teams and preseason awards.

USA TODAY Network Big Ten basketball preseason poll

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