It could be Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson. Or maybe Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger. Or possibly Penn State’s Talor Battle or Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor.

The Big Ten will announce its Player of the Year tonight -- one is chosen by both the league's coaches and the media -- and most coaches think the votiing will be close.

“There are several guys that can have a chance,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said said in the league's teleconference on Monday.

Most of the Big Ten coaches declined to say who they voted for, referring to the league’s secret ballot policy. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said he voted for Johnson.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been 100 percent convinced on what the Most Valuable Player, Player of the Year means,” Michigan coach John Beilein said.

So who did he vote for? “I would not tell you that in a million years,” Beilein said.

Voting will be revealed on the Big Ten Network at 7 p.m. tonight.

At least one coach doesn't much care for individual awards. Purdue coach Matt Painter said there's only one worthwhile award: Winning the Big Ten.

“Ohio State won, when it gets down to it. That was the race,” Painter said. “The race was the Big Ten race and Ohio State won that. That was our goal.

“We talked about winning the Big Ten and we fell short.”

Travel Issues…Again No team has had more travel problems this season than Penn State.

Even when most of the Big Ten footprint has decent weather, the Nittany Lions can’t catch a break. Following suit, coach Ed DeChellis did his portion of the weekly Big Ten teleconference from a bus heading back to State College from Pittsburgh.

DeChellis said Penn State has been delayed or re-routed on seven of nine Big Ten road trips this season.

The worst was probably a trip to Illinois, when the Nittany Lions were re-routed to Evansville, Ind., and had to bus to Champaign on the day of the game.

“We’re kind of used to it by now,” DeChellis said. “The Illinois trip was bad from start to finish and we had several trips like that. Most of the trips have been bad.

“We were going to practice this afternoon and go through some Indiana stuff. But after three and a half hours on the bus, I don’t know what we’re going to get out of them this afternoon. But, hey, we’ll just move on.”

Shurna about the same Northwestern junior forward John Shurna has dealt with myriad injuries throughout the year.

There was an ankle injury in December that left him in a boot for a good portion of the Big Ten season. Then he suffered a concussion against Minnesota on Jan. 26 and one of the better players in the Big Ten spent much of the year playing, but not playing healthy.

“He’s about the same as the past couple weeks,” Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said. “He’s okay, ready to play. No excuses.

“He’s a little banged up with the ankle, obviously, but he’s ready to go.”

Diebler on fire Ohio State beat Penn State and Wisconsin this week — in part because of senior guard Jon Diebler.

The Big Ten’s all-time 3-point leader set an Ohio State record and tied the conference mark by hitting 10 3-pointers against Penn State on Tuesday. He was 10 of 12 from the 3-point line, accounting for all of his 30 points.

“He had a couple step-backs that were really unguardable,” DeChellis said.

Diebler followed that performance by scoring 27 points against Wisconsin. He was 8 of 10 from the floor and 7 of 8 from 3-point range.

“Incredible,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said.

In his career, Diebler has made 355 3-pointers.

Michael Rothstein covers Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or follow along on Twitter @mikerothstein .