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Big Ten Report – Week #12 – Post-season Tournaments, Week #1 (03/25/2013)

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games, in the NCAA Tournament (bracket) and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) (bracket):

 

Wednesday (03/20/2013)

NIT: (#3) Iowa beat (#6) Indiana State, 68-52

 

Thursday (03/21/2013)

NCAA Midwest Region: (#3) Michigan State beat (#14) Valparaiso, 65-54

NCAA South Region: (#4) Michigan beat (#13) South Dakota State, 71-56

 

Friday (03/22/2013)

NCAA East Region: (#1) Indiana beat (#16) James Madison, 83-62

NCAA West Region: (#2) Ohio State beat (#15) Iona, 95-70

NCAA West Region: (#5) Wisconsin lost to (#12) Mississippi (Ole Miss), 57-46

NCAA East Region: (#7) Illinois beat (#10) Colorado, 57-49

NCAA South Region: (#11) Minnesota beat (#6) UCLA, 83-63

NIT: (#3) Iowa beat (#7) Stony Brook, 75-63

 

Saturday (03/23/2013)

NCAA Midwest Region: (#3) Michigan State beat (#6) Memphis, 70-48

NCAA South Region: (#4) Michigan beat (#5) Virginia Commonwealth (VCU), 78-53

 

Sunday (03/24/2013)

NCAA East Region: (#1) Indiana beat (#9) Temple, 58-52

NCAA West Region: (#2) Ohio State beat (#10) Iowa State, 78-75

NCAA East Region: (#7) Illinois lost to (#2) Miami (FL), 63-59

NCAA South Region: (#11) Minnesota lost to (#3) Florida, 78-64

 

Overall, the Big Ten went 11-3: 9-3 in the NCAA Tournament and 2-0 in the NIT.

 

There were a couple surprises last week:

 

  • (#5) Wisconsin lost to (#12) Mississippi (Ole Miss) on Friday. Wisconsin appeared to be peaking at the end of the season, but they were flat against Ole Miss.
  • (#11) Minnesota beat (#6) UCLA on Friday. Minnesota was “underranked”, and UCLA was “overranked”.

 

The Upcoming Week

Of the 8 Big Ten teams that started last week in the post-season tournaments, 5 are still alive and playing this week (4 in the NCAA Tournament and 1 in the NIT):

 

Wednesday (03/27/2013)

NIT: (#3) Iowa vs. (#1) Virginia

 

Thursday (03/28/2013)

NCAA East Region: (#1) Indiana vs. (#4) Syracuse

NCAA West Region: (#2) Ohio State vs. (#6) Arizona

 

Friday (03/29/2013)

NCAA Midwest Region: (#3) Michigan State vs. (#2) Duke

NCAA South Region: (#4) Michigan vs. (#1) Kansas

 

Saturday (03/30/2013)

NCAA: Survivors from Thursday’s games.

 

Sunday (03/31/2013)

NCAA: Survivors from Friday’s games.

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