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A look at the Big Ten basketball assists leaders in 2020-2021

This article will look at the Big Ten Conference season leaders in assists, who are some of the best players in not only the Big Ten this…

As the 2020-21 men’s basketball season is nearing its end, we begin to look back at the Big Ten Conference and the great individual performances from this season.

Despite a senior season that had its fair share of difficulties, Wisconsin guard D’Mitrik Trice was able to make the top 10 among very impressive players such as Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu, Michigan guard Mike Smith and Iowa guard Jodan Bohannon. These players have been the most dominant at their position this season, and it is no surprise to see them leading the Big Ten in such an important category that shows their ability to create plays for their team in addition to their electric scoring.

It will be interesting to see how the Badgers will attempt to replace the playmaking ability of D’Mtrik Trice at the point guard position going into next year, especially with the entrance of backup point guard Trevor Anderson into the transfer portal.

Below are the top 10 leaders in assists from the Big Ten Conference 2020-21 season. Players from Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Northwestern, Michigan, Ohio State and Minnesota have all made the list.

D’Mitrik Trice fouled out in the final minutes against Iowa, but should he have?

The Wisconsin Badgers saw the final minute of their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes get away from them thanks in large part to numerous

*Deep breath*

The Wisconsin Badgers saw the final minute of their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes get away from them thanks in large part to numerous questionable calls and no-calls from the Big Ten officiating crew.

It’s not just me saying this, as Badger Head Coach Greg Gard went off in his postgame press conference on the officiating and on how the league sees and judges Brad Davison.

The Davison situation aside, arguably the most significant string of foul calls were the final two on Wisconsin guard D’Mitrik Trice that put him on the bench for the end of the game. Not only is Trice the team’s most important late-game player, he may be the only one that can singlehandedly close a basketball game.

So with 40 seconds left Trice fouled out. The score at that point was 71-71. After that? Iowa closed the game on a 6-2 run and handed Wisconsin their seventh-straight loss against a ranked opponent.

One of the points of Gard’s postgame press conference was to put emphasis on the joke that replay reviews have become in the sport.

Well, we’re going to the replay booth for the late fouls on Trice and seeing if he really should have fouled out of the game.

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