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Big Ten Report – Week #12 – Post-Season (03/19/2012)

 

Results

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

 

Tuesday (03/13/2012)

NIT: (#4) Northwestern beat (#5) Akron, 76-74

NIT: (#7) Iowa beat (#2) Dayton, 84-75

 

Wednesday (03/14/2012)

NIT: (#6) Minnesota beat (#3) La Salle, 70-61

 

Thursday (03/15/2012)

NCAA (South): (#4) Indiana beat (#13) New Mexico State, 79-66

NCAA (East): (#4) Wisconsin beat (#13) Montana, 73-49

NCAA (East): (#2) Ohio State beat (#15) Loyola (MD), 78-59

 

Friday (03/16/2012)

NIT: (#4) Northwestern lost to (#1) Washington, 76-55

NCAA (West): (#1) Michigan State beat (#16) Long Island, 89-67

NCAA (Midwest): (#4) Michigan lost to (#13) Ohio, 65-60

NCAA (Midwest): (#10) Purdue beat (#7) St. Mary’s, 72-69

 

Saturday (03/17/2012)

NCAA (South): (#4) Indiana beat (#12) VCU, 63-61

NCAA (East): (#4) Wisconsin beat (#5) Vanderbilt, 60-57

NCAA (East): (#2) Ohio State beat (#7) Gonzaga, 73-66

 

Sunday (03/18/2012)

NIT: (#7) Iowa lost to (#3) Oregon, 108-97

NCAA (West): (#1) Michigan State beat (#9) Saint Louis, 65-61

NCAA (Midwest): (#10) Purdue lost to (#2) Kansas, 63-60

 

The Big Ten did pretty well this week, going 3-2 in the NIT and 9-2 in the Big Dance.  There are currently 5 Big Ten teams left, 1 in the NIT (Minnesota) and 4 in the NCAA Tournament (Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Michigan State).

 

The Upcoming Week

Here’s the schedule for the upcoming week:

 

Monday (03/19/2012)

NIT: (#6) Minnesota at (#2) Miami (FL)

 

Thursday (03/22/2012)

NCAA (West): (#1) Michigan State vs. (#4) Louisville

NCAA (East): (#4) Wisconsin vs. (#1) Syracuse

NCAA (East): (#2) Ohio State vs. (#6) Cincinnati

 

Friday (03/23/2012)

NCAA (South): (#4) Indiana vs. (#1) Kentucky