2024-2025 Big Ten Basketball Conference Championship Futures Odds

Jay Sanin on February 6th, 2025

Big Ten basketball is often interesting, in that you see a wide range of styles of play. While so many teams try and slow things down and grind them to a halt in this league, you also see a couple of teams each year that play more aesthetically pleasing ball. No matter what style each team plays, even team has a goal of winning the Big Ten title. Here, we look at the futures odds in this conference and help bettors decide which college basketball picks to make in this league.

Purdue +115
Michigan +270
Michigan State +270
Maryland +1600
UCLA +2800
Wisconsin +2800
Illinois +10000

Big Ten Basketball Futures Betting Outlook

The Purdue Boilermakers are once again the favorites to win the Big Ten regular season championship for the 2024-25 college basketball season. Matt Painter’s team faced questions going into this year about how they would handle losing one of the best players in the recent history of college basketball in Zach Edey. They have addressed those questions very nicely, as they are in a great position to earn the top seed in the upcoming Big Ten tournament.

Of course, there is still plenty of competition for Purdue both in the regular season and in the Big Ten tournament. Michigan and Michigan State are both having very nice years in this conference and could leapfrog Purdue before the regular season ends. And while they are longshots to win the regular season title, teams like Wisconsin, Maryland, and Illinois are all well within contention to win the conference tournament at the end of the year.

Conference realignment has been a fascinating subplot in the Big Ten this season. UCLA, Oregon, USC, and Washington joined the league before the start of the 2024-25 campaign. Oregon and UCLA have both had a lot of positive moments on the court in their first year in the conference, with many wondering how they will fare in their first Big Ten tournament later in the season.

Big Ten Conference History

The Big Ten comprises 18 teams and it became one of the last NCAA Division I conferences to establish an annual tournament. After playing out their regular season schedules, Big Ten teams compete in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament.

The tournament seedings are based on each team’s regular-season record in conference play. The winner earns a spot in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. The Big Ten has not won a National Championship since Michigan State in 2000 and has not had a national championship game participant since Michigan in 2018.