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College Basketball Analyst Names Top-4 Candidates for 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year

College basketball analyst Andy Katz named his four Big Ten Coach of the Year candidates, which included Tom Izzo, Matt Painter, Dusty May and Greg Gard.
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Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo on the sidelines against the UCLA Bruins
Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo on the sidelines against the UCLA Bruins | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

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Selecting the 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year may be a difficult decision this season, with a handful of teams performing at an extremely high level. Big Ten Network and NCAA.com contributor Andy Katz has narrowed his list down to four candidates, though.

In a recent video posted by Big Ten Network, Katz trims his list of potential Big Ten Coach of the Year candidates down to Matt Painter (Purdue), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), Dusty May (Michigan) and Tom Izzo (Michigan State).

After Saturday's games, those are four of the top-five teams in the Big Ten standings. The only coach omitted was UCLA's Mick Cronin, which is with Wisconsin for fourth at 9-4.

Purdue currently leads the league at 11-2 and Michigan and Michigan State are tied in second place, both owning 10-2 records. Below is the video of Katz providing his explanations behind his top-four candidates for Big Ten Coach of the Year.

As it stands right now, who's your pick for Big Ten Coach of the Year?

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Dustin Schutte
DUSTIN SCHUTTE

Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.

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