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Big Ten Report – Week #11 – Big Ten Tournament (03/17/2014)

Rankings

Four Big Ten teams are ranked this week:

 Here are links for the unranked teams:

 Results

Here are the results from last week’s games, in the Big Ten Tournament, which was held in Indianapolis:

Thursday (03/13/2014) – 1st Round

Game #01: (#08) Indiana lost to (#09) Illinois, 64-54

Game #02: (#05) Ohio State beat (#12) Purdue, 63-61

Game #03: (#07) Minnesota beat (#10) Penn State, 63-56

Game #04: (#06) Iowa lost to (#11) Northwestern, 67-62

Friday (03/14/2014) – Quarterfinals

Game #05: (#01) Michigan beat (#09) Illinois, 64-63

Game #06: (#04) Nebraska lost to (#05) Ohio State, 71-67

Game #07: (#02) Wisconsin beat (#07) Minnesota, 83-57

Game #08: (#03) Michigan State beat (#11) Northwestern, 67-51

Saturday (03/15/2014) – Semifinals

Game #09: (#01) Michigan beat (#05) Ohio State, 72-69

Game #10: (#02) Wisconsin lost to (#03) Michigan State, 83-75

Sunday (03/16/2014) – Championship

Game #11: (#01) Michigan lost to (#03) Michigan State, 69-55

The only surprise in the tournament was Iowa losing to Northwestern in the 1st round on Thursday.

The Upcoming Week

On to the tournaments.  This season, the Big Ten has 6 teams in the NCAA Tournament, 2 teams in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), and 1 team in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI):

Illinois – NIT, #2 seed in the St. John’s quadrant

Iowa – NCAA, #11 seed in the Midwest (play-in game)

Michigan – NCAA, #2 seed in the Midwest

Michigan State – NCAA, #4 seed in the East

Minnesota – NIT, #1 seed in the Minnesota quadrant

Nebraska – NCAA, #11 seed in the West

Ohio State – NCAA, #6 seed in the South

Penn State – CBI (no seeds or regions in the CBI)

Wisconsin – NCAA, #2 seed in the West

Here’s the schedule for this week:

Tuesday (03/18/2014)

NCAA 1st Round, Midwest: (#11) Iowa vs. (#11) Tennessee

Wednesday (03/19/2014)

NIT 1st Round: (#1) Minnesota vs. (#8) High Point

NIT 1st Round: (#2) Illinois at (#7) Boston University

CBI: Penn State vs. Hampton

Thursday (03/20/2014)

NCAA 2nd Round, South: (#6) Ohio State vs. (#11) Dayton

NCAA 2nd Round, East: (#4) Michigan State vs. (#11) Delaware

NCAA 2nd Round, West: (#2) Wisconsin vs. (#15) American

NCAA 2nd Round, Midwest: (#2) Michigan vs. (#15) Wofford

Friday (03/21/2014)

NCAA 2nd Round, West: (#11) Nebraska vs. (#6) Baylor

NCAA 2nd Round, Midwest: (#11) Iowa vs. (#6) Massachusetts (if Iowa wins on Tuesday)

Saturday (03/22/2014)

NCAA 3rd Round, South: (#6) Ohio State vs. winner of (#3) Syracuse/(#14) Western Michigan (if Ohio State wins on Thursday)

NCAA 3rd Round, East: (#4) Michigan State vs. winner of (#5) Cincinnati/(#12) Harvard (if Michigan State wins on Thursday)

NCAA 3rd Round, West: (#2) Wisconsin vs. winner of (#7) Oregon/(#10) BYU (if Wisconsin wins on Thursday)

NCAA 3rd Round, Midwest: (#2) Michigan vs. winner of (#7) Texas/(#10) Arizona State (if Michigan wins on Thursday)

Sunday (03/23/2014)

NCAA 3rd Round, West: (#11) Nebraska vs. winner of (#3) Creighton/(#14) Louisiana-Lafayette (if Nebraska wins on Friday)

NCAA 3rd Round, Midwest: (#11) Iowa vs. winner of (#3) Duke/(#14) Mercer (if Iowa wins on Friday)

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