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.
