The Big Ten released its men’s and women’s basketball preseason picks today with Indiana #1 for the men and Penn State for the women. Nebraska is picked #2 for the women.

The media picks both men’s and women’s teams, with the women’s coaches also having a poll, but all 3 list only the top 3 teams.

Penn State and the Huskers are 1-2 by both the coaches and media, with Purdue 3rd for the coaches and Ohio State 3rd for the media.

Ohio State senior guard Tayler Hill was the media choice for Big Ten Player of the Year, and the coaches’ co-choice for the honor along with Penn State senior guard Alex Bentley.

Husker junior All-American forward Jordan Hooper of Alliance joins them on both the media and coaches’ preseason All-Big Ten team, with Nebraska senior guard Lindsey Moore also named to the media team.

The 6-2 Hooper was a first-team All-Big Ten selection last year, averaging 18.9 points and a Big Ten-leading 9.3 rebounds per game with a league-best 14 double-doubles.

She’s already #22 on Nebraska’s career scoring list with 1,078 points…the only player in Nebraska history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore. She also #5 in 3-pointers, #8 in double-doubles, and #23 in rebounds.

Moore, like Hooper a preseason All-American and on the 25-player watch list for the WBCA player-of-the-year award, was second-team All-Big Ten last year when she was second in the league in assists, 5th in steals, and 7th in scoring at 15.7 ppg.

Moore’s #16 on the Nebraska scoring list with 1,160 points, 4th in assists, and 8th in 3-pointers. Both Moore and Hooper have started every game of their Nebraska careers.

For the men, Indiana was picked #1, followed by Michigan and Ohio State picked to finish 2nd and 3rd. Indiana went 27-9 last year, reaching the Sweet 16, and returns all 5 starters including  6-11 Cody Zeller, the Preseason Player of the Year.

Joining Zeller on the preseason all-conference team are Ohio State’s Aaron Craft and Deshaun Thomas, Trey Burke of Michigan, and Penn State’s Tim Frazier.