Big Ten Report – Week #05 (02/03/2014)

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings, after Week #5:

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games (Week #5):

Tuesday (01/28/2014)

Michigan State won at Iowa, 71-69 (overtime)

Wednesday (01/29/2014)

Penn State won at Ohio State, 71-70 (overtime)

Northwestern won at Wisconsin, 65-56

Thursday (01/30/2014)

Indiana lost at Nebraska, 60-55

Purdue lost at Michigan, 75-66

Saturday (02/01/2014)

Ohio State won at Wisconsin, 59-58

Northwestern won at Minnesota, 55-54

Michigan State lost vs. Georgetown, 64-60 (non-conference, in Madison Square Garden, NY)

Iowa won at Illinois, 81-74

Sunday (02/02/2014)

Purdue lost at Penn State, 79-68

Michigan lost at Indiana, 63-52

The home teams did very poorly this week, going 4-6. There were a lot of surprises this week:

• Penn State won at Ohio State on Wednesday. Ohio State is normally unbeatable at home, especially against a lower-division team like Penn State.
  
• Northwestern won at Wisconsin on Wednesday. Wisconsin is even more unbeatable at home, especially against a lower-division team like Northwestern.
  
• Indiana lost at Nebraska on Thursday. Nebraska may be good at home, but not good enough to beat a tradition-laden team like Indiana.
  
• Ohio State won at Wisconsin on Saturday. Wisconsin seldom loses a single home game in a season; this was their 3^rd loss already. Ohio State came in off an embarrassing home loss to Penn State.
  
• Northwestern won at Minnesota on Saturday. Minnesota is another team that seldom loses at home, especially to a lower-division team like Northwestern.
  
• Michigan State lost vs. Georgetown on Saturday. MSU came in ranked #7, and Georgetown was unranked and had lost 5 games in a row.
  
• Michigan lost at Indiana on Sunday. Michigan came in undefeated in the Big Ten, and ranked #10. Indiana came in off an embarrassing loss at Nebraska.
  

This was the most unpredictable and upset-filled week I can ever remember in the Big Ten.

The Upcoming Week

Here are the games scheduled for the upcoming week (Week #6):

Tuesday (02/04/2014)

Ohio State at Iowa

Wisconsin at Illinois

Wednesday (02/05/2014)

Nebraska at Michigan

Minnesota at Purdue

Thursday (02/06/2014)

Penn State at Michigan State

Saturday (02/08/2014)

Nebraska at Northwestern

Michigan at Iowa

Purdue at Ohio State

Indiana at Minnesota

Sunday (02/09/2014)

Michigan State at Wisconsin

Illinois at Penn State

There are 3 big games this week:

• Ohio State at Iowa on Tuesday – Iowa is tough at home, and they’re trying to stay in the hunt for the Big Ten title. Ohio State is desperate for a win.
  
• Michigan at Iowa on Saturday – A tough week for Iowa.
  
• Michigan State at Wisconsin on Sunday – Another battle between the top teams in the league.
  

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:

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