[2] With a win over Indiana on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.

[6] Purdue forward Caleb Swanigan was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a second team Academic All-America.

Shortly after the regular season, Greg Gard had the interim tag removed as he was announced as the permanent head coach.

[13] Notes: On October 11, 2016, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.

participants, several of the top average attendances were posted by Big Ten teams Wisconsin (6th, 17,286), Maryland (7th, 16,628), Indiana (9th, 16,363), Nebraska (11th, 15,427), Michigan State (13th, 14,797), Purdue (18th, 13,819) and Iowa (23rd, 12,547).

[66] Caleb Swanigan was a unanimous first team All-American selection by Associated Press,[67] USBWA,[68] NABC[69] and Sporting News.

Source[73] *unanimous selection On March 7, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2016–17 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership.

Nicolas Baer, Zak Irvin, Sanjay Lumpkin, Keita Bates-Diop, Payton Banks, Isaac Haas and Vitto Brown were nominees for the Allstate Good Works Team in honor of their volunteerism and civic involvement.

[76] On January 6, 2017, Malcolm Hill, Peter Jok, Derrick Walton, Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig were included on the 30-man Senior CLASS Award candidate list.

Six other conference school received at-large bids to the Tournament: Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Michigan State.

The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors or graduate students: Peter Jok, Malcolm Hill, Derrick Walton, Bronson Koenig, Tai Webster, and Nigel Hayes.

The following players were invited to the NBA Draft Combine: OG Anunoby, Thomas Bryant, Justin Jackson, Caleb Swanigan, Melo Trimble, Moritz Wagner, and D. J. Wilson, while Derrick Walton was named as an alternate.