Sunday, March 9, 2014

Big Ten Tourney Picks

The Big ten regular season is over after ten thrilling weeks. What a Big Ten season it was with stunning upsets every week and buzzer beats aplenty. The season featured one stunning team in Nebraska picked by everyone to finish 10th-12th ending up finishing 4th in the conference. Now its tourney time, but first lets look at the final standings.

1. Michigan: 15-3
2. Wisconsin: 12-6
3. Michigan St: 12-6
4. Nebraska: 11-7
5. Ohio St: 10-8
6. Iowa: 9-9
7. Minnesota: 8-10
8. Illinois: 7-11
9. Indiana: 7-11
10. Penn St: 6-12
11. Northwestern: 6-12
12. Purdue: 5-13

Here are my tourney picks

Thursday
(5) Ohio St Vs (12) Purdue: Pick: Ohio St
(6) Iowa Vs (11) Northwestern: Pick: Iowa
(7) Minnesota Vs (10) Penn St: Pick: Minnesota
(8) Illinois Vs (9) Indiana: Pick: Illinois

Friday
(1) Michigan Vs (8) Illinois: Pick: Michigan
(2) Wisconsin Vs (7) Minnesota: Pick: Wisconsin
(3) Michigan St Vs (6) Iowa: Pick: Iowa
(4) Nebraska Vs (5) Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St

Saturday
(1) Michigan Vs (5) Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
(2) Wisconsin Vs (6) Iowa: Pick: Iowa

Sunday
(2) Wisconsin Vs (5) Ohio St: Pick: Wisconsin

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Big Ten Week Ten Picks

Another week, another round of crazy results in the Big Ten. This week featured a buzzer beater for Michigan to knock off Purdue, Indiana defeating back to back ranked teams at home, Penn St knocking off Ohio St, and Illinois going into Michigan St and pulling off a win. With a win today, the Badgers also ensured a fourth place finish at worst in the Big Ten. This will be the 13th consecutive year the Badgers have finished in the top four of the Big Ten, a remarkable feat. I went 8-4 last week, putting me at 74-33 on the season.

Tuesday
Michigan @ Illinois: Pick: Michigan

Wednesday
Purdue @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Nebraska @ Indiana: Pick: Indiana

Thursday
Penn St @ Northwestern: Pick: Northwestern
Iowa @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St

Saturday
Indiana @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Illinois @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa
Penn St @ Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota

Sunday
Wisconsin @ Nebraska: Pick: Wisconsin
Northwestern @ Purdue: Pick: Purdue
Michigan ST @ Ohio ST: Pick: Michigan St

Big Ten Standings
1. Michigan: 13-3
2. Wisconsin: 11-5
3. Michigan St: 11-5
4. Iowa: 9-7
5. Nebraska: 9-7
6. Ohio St: 9-8
7. Indiana: 7-9
8. Minnesota: 7-10
9. Illinois: 6-10
10. Purdue: 5-11
11. Penn St: 5-11
12. Northwestern: 5-11