Tubby Smith has been fired as head coach at Minnesota.

Smith has spent the past six seasons with the Gophers.

Smith made the NCAA tournament in three of his six seasons at Minnesota and was knocked out in the first round in both 2009 and 2010.

Trey Burke has been named the Big Ten Player of the Year, winning both the award voted upon by the Coaches and Media.

Burke was joined on the All-Big Ten First team (Coaches) by teammate Tim Hardaway Jr., Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas, and Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller of Indiana.

On the All-Big Ten Second Team by Michigan State's Keith Appling, Gary Harris and Adreian Payne, Ohio State's Aaron Craft and Wisconsin's Jared Berggren.

Oladipo won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, while Harris won Freshman Player of the Year.