seventeen members of the 2009-10 all-conference teams returned, including five players who earned first-team honors over the prior two seasons and a previous big ten player of the year. eight career 1,000-points scorers, including two 1,500-point scorers returned. fourteen of the conference's top scorers and rebounders in all games played from last season, including five of the top 10 of each category returned. eight players that led the conference in a statistical category last season for all games played also returned.