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Big Ten Report – Week #07 (02/17/2014)

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings, after Week #7:

 

Team (AP Rank)

Big Ten

Overall

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

Michigan State (#9)

10

3

0.769

21

5

0.808

Michigan (#15)

10

3

0.769

18

7

0.720

Iowa (#16)

8

4

0.667

19

6

0.760

Wisconsin (#21)

8

5

0.615

21

5

0.808

Ohio State (#22)

7

6

0.538

20

6

0.769

Nebraska

6

6

0.500

14

10

0.583

Minnesota

6

7

0.462

17

9

0.654

Purdue

5

7

0.417

15

10

0.600

Northwestern

5

8

0.385

12

14

0.462

Indiana

4

8

0.333

14

11

0.560

Penn State

4

9

0.308

13

13

0.500

Illinois

3

10

0.231

14

12

0.538

 

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games (Week #7):

 

Tuesday (02/11/2014)

Michigan won at Ohio State, 70-60

 

Wednesday (02/12/2014)

Penn State won at Indiana, 66-65

Illinois lost at Nebraska, 67-58

 

Thursday (02/13/2014)

Northwestern lost at Michigan State, 85-70

Minnesota lost at Wisconsin, 78-70

 

Saturday (02/15/2014)

Iowa won at Penn State, 82-70

Indiana lost at Purdue, 82-64

Ohio State won at Illinois, 48-39

 

Sunday (02/16/2014)

Wisconsin won at Michigan, 75-62

Nebraska won at Michigan State, 60-51

Minnesota won at Northwestern, 54-48

 

The home teams did terribly this week, going 4-7. There were 2 surprises this week:

 

  • Penn State won at Indiana on Wednesday. Indiana has been unpredictable this season, but they’re usually tough to beat at home.
  • Nebraska won at Michigan State on Sunday. This may be the biggest surprise of the season. MSU knew that Michigan had already lost, so they were playing for sole possession of 1st place, at home.

 

The Upcoming Week

Here are the games scheduled for the upcoming week (Week #8):

 

Tuesday (02/18/2014)

Iowa at Indiana

 

Wednesday (02/19/2014)

Northwestern at Ohio State

Illinois at Minnesota

 

Thursday (02/20/2014)

Michigan State at Purdue

Penn State at Nebraska

 

Saturday (02/22/2014)

Minnesota at Ohio State

Indiana at Northwestern

Wisconsin at Iowa

 

Sunday (02/23/2014)

Purdue at Nebraska

Michigan State at Michigan

 

There are 2 big games this week:

 

  • Wisconsin at Iowa on Saturday – Both teams are trying to stay in the hunt for the Big Ten title.
  • Michigan State at Michigan on Sunday – A battle for 1st place.

 

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:

 

Team

Record

Wins Losses Remaining Games
Illinois

Total:

3-10

Indiana (H)
Penn State (H)
Penn State (A)
Wisconsin (A)
Northwestern (A)
Purdue (H)

Michigan State (H)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (A)

Iowa (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Nebraska (A)

Ohio State (H)

Minnesota (A)
Nebraska (H)
Michigan State (A)

Michigan (H)

Iowa (A)

Home:

2-5

Away:

1-5

Indiana

Total:

4-8

Penn State (A)
Wisconsin (H)
Illinois (H)

Michigan (H)

Illinois (A)
Michigan State (H)
Northwestern (H)

Michigan State (A)

Nebraska (A)

Minnesota (A)

Penn State (H)

Purdue (A)

Iowa (H)
Northwestern (A)
Wisconsin (A)

Ohio State (H)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan (A)

Home:

3-3

Away:

1-5

Iowa

Total:

8-4

Nebraska (H)
Northwestern (H)
Ohio State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Northwestern (A)

Illinois (A)

Michigan (H)

Penn State (A)

Wisconsin (A)
Michigan (A)
Michigan State (H)

Ohio State (H)

Indiana (A)
Wisconsin (H)
Minnesota (A)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Home:

4-2

Away:

4-2

Michigan

Total:

10-3

Minnesota (A)
Northwestern (H)
Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan State (A)

Purdue (H)

Nebraska (H)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (A)
Iowa (A)
Wisconsin (H)
Michigan State (H)
Purdue (A)
Minnesota (H)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (H)

Home:

5-1

Away:

5-2

Michigan State

Total:

10-3

Penn State (A)
Indiana (A)
Ohio State (H)

Minnesota (H)

Northwestern (A)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (H)

Iowa (A)

Penn State (H)

Northwestern (H)

Michigan (H)
Wisconsin (A)
Nebraska (H)
Purdue (A)
Michigan (A)
Illinois (H)

Iowa (H)

Ohio State (A)

Home:

5-2

Away:

5-1

Minnesota

Total:

6-7

Purdue (H)
Penn State (A)
Ohio State (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Indiana (H)

Northwestern (A)

Michigan (H)
Michigan State (A)
Iowa (A)

Nebraska (A)

Northwestern (H)

Purdue (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Illinois (H)
Ohio State (A)
Iowa (H)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (H)

Home:

4-2

Away:

2-5

Nebraska

Total:

6-6

Ohio State (H)
Minnesota (H)
Indiana (H)

Northwestern (A)

Illinois (H)

Michigan State (A)

Iowa (A)
Ohio State (A)
Michigan (H)

Purdue (A)

Penn State (A)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (H)
Purdue (H)
Illinois (A)

Northwestern (H)

Indiana (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Home:

4-1

Away:

2-5

Northwestern

Total:

5-8

Illinois (H)
Indiana (A)
Purdue (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Minnesota (A)

Wisconsin (H)
Michigan (A)
Iowa (A)

Michigan State (H)

Iowa (H)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Ohio State (A)
Indiana (H)
Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Purdue (A)

Home:

2-5

Away:

3-3

Ohio State

Total:

7-6

Purdue (A)
Nebraska (H)
Illinois (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (A)

Purdue (H)

Illinois (A)

Michigan State (A)
Iowa (H)
Minnesota (A)

Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Michigan (H)

Northwestern (H)
Minnesota (H)
Penn State (A)

Indiana (A)

Michigan State (H)

Home:

3-3

Away:

4-3

Penn State

Total:

4-9

Nebraska (H)
Ohio State (A)
Purdue (H)

Indiana (A)

Michigan State (H)
Illinois (A)
Minnesota (H)

Indiana (H)

Michigan (A)

Purdue (A)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Iowa (H)

Nebraska (A)
Ohio State (H)
Wisconsin (H)

Northwestern (A)

Minnesota (A)

Home:

2-5

Away:

2-4

Purdue

Total:

5-7

Nebraska (H)
Illinois (A)
Penn State (H)

Minnesota (H)

Indiana (H)

Ohio State (H)
Minnesota (A)
Northwestern (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (A)

Ohio State (A)

Michigan State (H)
Nebraska (A)
Michigan (H)

Iowa (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Home:

4-2

Away:

1-5

Wisconsin

Total:

8-5

Northwestern (A)
Iowa (H)
Illinois (H)

Purdue (A)

Illinois (A)

Michigan State (H)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan (A)

Indiana (A)
Michigan (H)
Minnesota (A)

Northwestern (H)

Ohio State (H)

Iowa (A)
Indiana (H)
Penn State (A)

Purdue (H)

Nebraska (A)

Home:

4-3

Away:

4-2