Results
Here are the results from last week’s games, in the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago:
Thursday (03/14/2013)
Game #01: (#8) Illinois beat (#9) Minnesota, 51-49
Game #02: (#5) Michigan beat (#12) Penn State, 83-66
Game #03: (#7) Purdue lost to (#10) Nebraska, 57-55
Game #04: (#6) Iowa beat (#11) Northwestern, 73-59
Friday (03/15/2013)
Game #05: (#1) Indiana beat (#8) Illinois, 80-64
Game #06: (#4) Wisconsin beat (#5) Michigan, 68-59
Game #07: (#2) Ohio State beat (#10) Nebraska, 71-50
Game #08: (#3) Michigan State beat (#6) Iowa, 59-56
Saturday (03/16/2013)
Game #09: (#1) Indiana lost to (#4) Wisconsin, 68-56
Game #10: (#2) Ohio State beat (#3) Michigan State, 61-58
Sunday (03/17/2013)
(#2) Ohio State beat (#4) Wisconsin, 50-43
The favored (lower seeded) teams won 9 out of the 11 games. There were no big surprises.
The Upcoming Week
There are eight Big Ten teams in the post-season tournaments, seven in the NCAA Tournament (bracket), and one in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) (bracket):
Wednesday (03/20/2013)
NIT: (#3) Iowa vs. (#6) Indiana State
Thursday (03/21/2013)
NCAA Midwest Region: (#3) Michigan State vs. (#14) Valparaiso
NCAA South Region: (#4) Michigan vs. (#13) South Dakota State
Friday (03/22/2013)
NCAA East Region: (#1) Indiana vs. (#16) LIU Brooklyn/James Madison
NCAA West Region: (#2) Ohio State vs. (#15) Iona
NCAA West Region: (#5) Wisconsin vs. (#12) Mississippi (Ole Miss)
NCAA East Region: (#7) Illinois vs. (#10) Colorado
NCAA South Region: (#11) Minnesota vs. (#6) UCLA
Saturday (03/23/2013)
NCAA: Survivors from Thursday’s games.
Sunday (03/24/2013)
NCAA: Survivors from Friday’s games.
