The outright Big Ten Regular Season Champion Michigan Wolverines had multiple players land on the conference’s postseason honors lists that included Yaxel Lendeborg garnerning the Big Ten’s most coveted individual award, while head coach Dusty May and Aday Mara also receiving two of the conference’s top honors.
In addition, the Michigan State Spartans notably had standout point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. land on the All-Big Ten First Team.
Here’s how the awards were broken down for both Michigan and MSU:
The best player in the @bigten 💪
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
Yaxel Lendeborg has been named the Big Ten Player of the Year! pic.twitter.com/b0YXivgefz
Our leader! 🫡
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
Coach May has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year, as selected by the media! pic.twitter.com/oVuuXVfzLc
A formidable presence on the defensive end. 😤
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
Aday Mara is the @bigten Defensive Player of the Year! pic.twitter.com/2oncrXkVLz
All-Big Ten honors for Yax! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/lkyyGVEfjL
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
All-Big Ten Honors for Rez!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/XZKuhiHqmm
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention for EC!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/aJQwYHnIPc
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
All-Freshman Team honors for the Michigan kid!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/D9YILUfPKn
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
Will was named as an All-Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/RllQAjkyIL
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
-All-Defensive Team
— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) March 10, 2026
-All-Big Ten Third Team pic.twitter.com/66kCwLLHpF
1ST TEAM ALL-B1G pic.twitter.com/cZt7K9GczC
— Michigan State Men's Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) March 10, 2026
All-B1G Honorable Mention for Jax 💪 💪 pic.twitter.com/0CUoLbzEx8
— Michigan State Men's Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) March 10, 2026
COOOOOOOP. Our ALL-B1G Sportsmanship Honoree 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Oa5Xs5mNPS
— Michigan State Men's Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) March 10, 2026
