For the second time in five years, Michigan's Kim Barnes Arico has been named Big Ten women's basketball coach of the year.
The Big Ten announced its postseason award winners Tuesday, on the eve of the start of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis on Wednesday.
Barnes Arico's Wolverines have followed up last season's first appearance in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with another banner year. Michigan is 22-5 and 13-4 in the Big Ten, coming up just shy of the program's first-ever Big Ten championship.
The Wolverines are ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll — they were ranked as high as No.