This is a fantastic conference, as evidenced by a pretty good day yesterday and a phenomenal day on tap today.\u00a0 Honestly, this year’s Big Ten is one of the best conferences I can remember.<\/p>\n
With the opening round quadruple-header in the books, Gersh, Lil Lohse, and Scoot all remain perfect here in the Big Ten, going 4-for-4 yesterday.\u00a0 They will try and continue to runs today with the top 4 seeds getting involved.<\/p>\n
#1 Michigan St. vs. #8 Iowa All 20 entries took Michigan State in this game, but only 4 (Gersh, Scoot, Stri, Waters) have them winning this title.<\/p>\n #4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Indiana Indiana is a very popular upset pick here, as only 5 people (Bry, Gross, Rikey, RDoc, Waters) have the Badgers winning this game.\u00a0 Gross (the huge Michigan St. fan) is the only one that has the Badgers beating Michigan St. in the semis.\u00a0 On the other hand, 7 people have IU going to the finals (Dave, Doogan, Lil Lohse, Lynch, Mac, Primm, RSmith), with Lynch and RSmith picking them to win it all.<\/p>\n #2 Michigan vs. #10 Minnesota J is the only one with the huge upset pick of Minnesota here.\u00a0 Alexi, Dave, Gross, Lohse, RSmith, and Waters all thought this was a good spot for an upset pick, but went with Northwestern to get that upset, so they can’t get any points here.\u00a0 The other 13 people all have Michigan, including Lil Lohse, who has the Wolverines winning this tournament.<\/p>\n #3 Ohio St. vs. #6 Purdue KA and Stri are the only two with the Purdue upset here; everyone else has OSU.\u00a0 Stri has the Boilers in the finals; KA has them winning it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a fantastic conference, as evidenced by a pretty good day yesterday and a phenomenal day on tap today.\u00a0 Honestly, this year’s Big Ten is one of the best conferences I can remember. With the opening round quadruple-header in … Continue reading
\n<\/span><\/em>Congrats to Fran McCaffery on his first Big Ten tournament win yesterday, ending the Bruce Weber Era at Illinois.\u00a0 Now, he will have to match wits with Tom Izzo (wits probably isn’t the biggest issue here, it’s more the players…).\u00a0 But, honestly, what another incredible job by Izzo this year.\u00a0 Just sensational.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/em>Yesterday I said that Mike Montgomery is the most underrated coach in America.\u00a0 Well, I will stick to that, but only because I think that Bo Ryan is starting to get more of his just due.\u00a0 This guy wins – and wins big – every year, despite have a serious lack of talent.\u00a0 How many Badgers are in the NBA?\u00a0 And, yet, Ryan’s teams are Top 15 every, single year.\u00a0 They earned another bye with one of their least talented teams in a long time.\u00a0 And, they will open with an immensely talented IU team coming off a big second half against PSU.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/em>Tubby’s Gophers looked pretty good yesterday in the heartless elimination of Northwestern in overtime.\u00a0 Now, they get a Michigan team that looks as ready for March as any Wolverine team in a long time.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/em>The Boilermakers welcomed Nebraska to the Big Ten tournament rudely yesterday, by hammering them in the nightcap.\u00a0 Now, they get to take their shot at OSU.\u00a0 Ohio St., the #3-seed, is though, by some, to be in the top 3 in the nation, let alone the Big Ten.\u00a0 But, that remains to be seen.<\/p>\n