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Big Ten Report – Week #04 (01/28/2013)

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings, after Week #4:

 

Team (AP Rank)

Big Ten

Overall

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

Michigan (#2)

6

1

0.857

19

1

0.950

Indiana (#7)

6

1

0.857

18

2

0.900

Michigan State (#13)

6

2

0.750

17

4

0.810

Ohio State (#14)

5

2

0.714

15

4

0.789

Wisconsin

5

2

0.714

14

6

0.700

Purdue

4

3

0.571

11

9

0.550

Minnesota (#12)

3

4

0.429

15

5

0.750

Northwestern

3

5

0.375

12

9

0.571

Illinois

2

5

0.286

15

6

0.714

Iowa

2

5

0.286

13

7

0.650

Nebraska

2

6

0.250

11

10

0.524

Penn State

0

8

0.000

8

12

0.400

 

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games (Week #4):

 

Tuesday (01/22/2013)

Iowa lost at Ohio State, 72-63

Michigan State won at Wisconsin, 49-47

Illinois won at Nebraska, 71-51

 

Wednesday (01/23/2013)

Penn State lost at Indiana, 72-49

Minnesota lost at Northwestern, 55-48

 

Thursday (01/24/2013)

Purdue lost at Michigan, 68-53

 

Saturday (01/26/2013)

Ohio State won at Penn State, 65-51

Minnesota lost at Wisconsin, 45-44

Northwestern lost at Nebraska, 64-49

 

Sunday (01/27/2013)

Michigan State lost at Indiana, 75-70

Iowa lost at Purdue, 65-62 (OT)

Michigan won at Illinois, 74-60

 

The home teams did pretty well this week, going 8-4. There were just a couple surprises this week:

 

  • Minnesota lost at Northwestern on Wednesday. Minnesota is ranked, and Northwestern is struggling, but it’s tough to win on the road in the Big Ten.
  • Northwestern lost at Nebraska on Saturday. Northwestern just beat Minnesota, then they lose to Nebraska?

 

The Upcoming Week

Here are the games scheduled for the upcoming week (Week #5):

 

Tuesday (01/29/2013)

Wisconsin at Ohio State

Nebraska at Minnesota

 

Wednesday (01/30/2013)

Northwestern at Michigan

Indiana at Purdue

 

Thursday (01/31/2013)

Illinois at Michigan State

Penn State at Iowa

 

Saturday (02/02/2013)

Purdue at Northwestern

Ohio State at Nebraska

Michigan at Indiana

 

Sunday (02/03/2013)

Iowa at Minnesota

Wisconsin at Illinois

 

There are two big games this week:

 

  • Wisconsin at Ohio State on Tuesday. Somebody’s getting their 3rd loss.
  • Michigan at Indiana on Saturday. This one could be for 1st place.

 

Full Schedule

Here’s the entire Big Ten schedule, with the teams in alphabetical order. I’ll include this table every week, with the wins and losses filled in:

 

Team

Record

WinsLossesRemaining Games
Illinois

Total:

2-5

Ohio State (H)
Nebraska (A)
Purdue (A)
Minnesota (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Michigan (H)

Michigan State (A)
Wisconsin (H)

Indiana (H)

Minnesota (A)

Purdue (H)

Northwestern (A)

Penn State (H)

Michigan (A)

Nebraska (H)

Iowa (A)

Ohio State (A)

Home:

1-3

Away:

1-2

Indiana

Total:

6-1

Iowa (A)
Penn State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Northwestern (A)

Penn State (H)

Michigan State (H)

Wisconsin (H)
Purdue (A)
Michigan (H)

Illinois (A)

Ohio State (A)

Nebraska (H)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (A)

Minnesota (A)

Iowa (H)

Ohio State (H)

Michigan (A)

Home:

3-1

Away:

3-0

Iowa

Total:

2-5

Northwestern (A)
Wisconsin (H)
Indiana (H)
Michigan (A)

Michigan State (H)

Ohio State (A)

Purdue (A)

Penn State (H)
Minnesota (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Penn State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Nebraska (A)

Purdue (H)

Indiana (A)

Illinois (H)

Nebraska (H)

Home:

1-2

Away:

1-3

Michigan

Total:

6-1

Northwestern (A)
Iowa (H)

Nebraska (H)

Minnesota (A)

Purdue (H)

Illinois (A)

Ohio State (A)Northwestern (H)
Indiana (A)

Ohio State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Michigan State (A)

Penn State (H)

Illinois (H)

Penn State (A)

Michigan State (H)

Purdue (A)

Indiana (H)

Home:

3-0

Away:

3-1

Michigan State

Total:

6-2

Purdue (H)
Iowa (A)

Nebraska (H)

Penn State (A)

Ohio State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Minnesota (A)
Indiana (A)
Illinois (H)
Minnesota (H)

Purdue (A)

Michigan (H)

Nebraska (A)

Indiana (H)

Ohio State (A)

Michigan (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Northwestern (H)

Home:

3-0

Away:

3-2

Minnesota

Total:

3-4

Michigan State (H)
Northwestern (H)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (A)
Michigan (H)

Northwestern (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Nebraska (H)
Iowa (H)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Iowa (A)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (H)

Penn State (H)

Nebraska (A)

Purdue (A)

Home:

2-1

Away:

1-3

Nebraska

Total:

2-6

Penn State (A)
Northwestern (H)
Ohio State (A)
Wisconsin (H)

Michigan (A)

Michigan State (A)

Purdue (H)

Illinois (H)

Minnesota (A)
Ohio State (H)

Penn State (H)

Indiana (A)

Michigan State (H)

Iowa (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Illinois (A)

Minnesota (H)

Iowa (A)

Home:

1-3

Away:

1-3

Northwestern

Total:

3-5

Penn State (A)
Illinois (A)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan (H)
Minnesota (A)

Iowa (H)

Indiana (H)

Nebraska (A)

Michigan (A)
Purdue (H)

Iowa (A)

Ohio State (A)

Illinois (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Purdue (A)

Ohio State (H)

Penn State (H)

Michigan State (A)

Home:

1-3

Away:

2-2

Ohio State

Total:

5-2

Nebraska (H)
Purdue (A)

Michigan (H)

Iowa (H)

Penn State (A)

Illinois (A)
Michigan State (A)
Wisconsin (H)
Nebraska (A)

Michigan (A)

Indiana (H)

Northwestern (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan State (H)

Northwestern (A)

Indiana (A)

Illinois (H)

Home:

3-0

Away:

2-2

Penn State

Total:

0-8

Wisconsin (A)
Indiana (H)

Northwestern (H)

Purdue (A)

Michigan State (H)

Nebraska (H)

Indiana (A)

Ohio State (H)

Iowa (A)
Purdue (H)

Nebraska (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan (A)

Illinois (A)

Michigan (H)

Minnesota (A)

Northwestern (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Home:

0-5

Away:

0-3

Purdue

Total:

4-3

Illinois (H)
Penn State (H)

Nebraska (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan State (A)
Ohio State (H)

Michigan (A)

Indiana (H)
Northwestern (A)

Penn State (A)

Michigan State (H)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (A)

Northwestern (H)

Iowa (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Michigan (H)

Minnesota (H)

Home:

3-1

Away:

1-2

Wisconsin

Total:

5-2

Penn State (H)
Nebraska (A)

Illinois (H)

Indiana (A)

Minnesota (H)

Iowa (A)
Michigan State (H)
Ohio State (A)
Illinois (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan (H)

Minnesota (A)

Ohio State (H)

Northwestern (A)

Nebraska (H)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (A)

Penn State (A)

Home:

3-1

Away:

2-1