COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State basketball is expected to be in the Big Ten basement in year one under new head coach Chris Holtmann.

A poll of Big Ten basketball writers, released on Tuesday, has the Buckeyes finishing 11th in the league this year. Michigan State was the unanimous pick to win the league.

The poll was conducted by Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch, and Brendan Quinn of The Athletic. It polled 28 writers, two beat writers from each team. Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Maryland and Michigan (tied for fifth) rounded out the tip five of the league projections.

Michigan State sophomore forward Miles Bridges was the unanimous pick for Big Ten Player of the Year, and his new teammate Jaren Jackson was the pick for Freshman of the Year.

Big Ten basketball media day will be held on Thursday in New York. The conference will release its own preseason all-conference list and top-three teams list this week, but this is the only comprehensive preseason league standings projection voted on Big Ten writers -- similar to what cleveland.com does with football because the Big Ten is afraid to put out full standings projections in any sport.

Here's the first-team All-Big Ten team as voted on by the writers:

* Miles Bridges, Michigan State (unanimous)

* Ethan Happ, Wisconsin (unanimous)

* Mortiz Wagner, Michigan

* Nate Mason, Minnesota

* Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern

Ohio State forward Jae'Sean Tate received one vote for All-Big Ten.

Here's the projected order of finish as voted on by the writers:

1. Michigan State

2. Purdue

3. Minnesota

4. Northwestern

T-5. Maryland

T-5. Michigan

7. Wisconsin

8. Iowa

9. Indiana

10. Penn State

11. Ohio State

12. Illinois

13. Nebraska

14. Rutgers