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Big Ten Report – Week #02 (01/09/2012)

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings:

 

Team

Big Ten

Overall

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

Michigan State

3

0

1.000

14

2

0.875

Indiana

3

1

0.750

15

1

0.938

Ohio State

3

1

0.750

15

2

0.882

Illinois

3

1

0.750

14

3

0.824

Michigan

3

1

0.750

13

3

0.813

Purdue

3

1

0.750

13

4

0.765

Iowa

2

2

0.500

10

7

0.588

Northwestern

1

2

0.333

11

4

0.733

Wisconsin

1

3

0.250

12

5

0.706

Penn State

1

3

0.250

9

8

0.529

Minnesota

0

4

0.000

12

5

0.706

Nebraska

0

4

0.000

8

7

0.533

Results

Here are the results from last week’s games (Week #2):

 

Tuesday (01/03/2012)

Nebraska lost at Ohio State, 71-40

Michigan State won at Wisconsin, 63-60

 

Wednesday (01/04/2012)

Illinois won at Northwestern, 57-56

Iowa won at Minnesota, 64-62

 

Thursday (01/05/2012)

Purdue lost at Penn State, 65-45

Michigan lost at Indiana, 73-71

 

Saturday (01/07/2012)

Nebraska lost at Illinois, 59-54

Ohio State won at Iowa, 76-47

 

Sunday (01/08/2012)

Wisconsin lost at Michigan, 59-41

Indiana won at Penn State, 88-82

Purdue won at Minnesota, 79-66

 

The home teams didn’t do very well this week, going 5-6.  There were a couple surprises:

 

  • Michigan State beat Wisconsin in Madison on Tuesday.  It wasn’t too surprising that MSU beat UW, but Wisconsin rarely loses at home, and they had already lost their previous home game to Iowa.  Wisconsin never loses 2 home Big Ten games in a single season, much less 2 in a row.
  • Penn State beat Purdue on Thursday.  It didn’t look like PSU would win any Big Ten games this season, so to beat Purdue was quite a surprise, especially by 20 points.

 

The Upcoming Week

Here are the games scheduled for the upcoming week (Week #3):

 

Tuesday (01/10/2012)

Iowa at Michigan State

Ohio State at Illinois

 

Wednesday (01/11/2012)

Northwestern at Michigan

Penn State at Nebraska

 

Thursday (01/12/2012)

Wisconsin at Purdue

Minnesota at Indiana

 

Saturday (01/14/2012)

Michigan at Iowa

Michigan State at Northwestern

 

Sunday (01/15/2012)

Minnesota at Penn State

Indiana at Ohio State

Nebraska at Wisconsin

 

There are several big games this week:

 

  • Ohio State at Illinois on Tuesday.  We’ll see if Illinois is for real.
  • Wisconsin at Purdue on Thursday.  Wisconsin can’t afford another loss this season.
  • Indiana at Ohio State on Sunday.  This is a battle for 2nd 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

WinsLossesRemaining Games
Illinois

Total:

3-1

Minnesota (H)Northwestern (A)

Nebraska (H)

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

Wisconsin (H)

Minnesota (A)

Michigan State (H)

Northwestern (H)

Indiana (A)

Michigan (A)

Purdue (H)

Nebraska (A)

Ohio State (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Home:

2-0

Away:

1-1

Indiana

Total:

3-1

Ohio State (H)Michigan (H)

Penn State (A)

Michigan State (A)Minnesota (H)Ohio State (A)

Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan (A)

Purdue (A)

Illinois (H)

Northwestern (H)

Iowa (A)

Minnesota (A)

Michigan State (H)

Purdue (H)

Home:2-0

Away:

1-1

Iowa

Total:

2-2

Wisconsin (A)Minnesota (A)Purdue (H)Ohio State (H)Michigan State (A)Michigan (H)

Purdue (A)

Nebraska (H)

Indiana (A)

Minnesota (H)

Penn State (H)

Northwestern (A)

Penn State (A)

Indiana (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Illinois (A)

Nebraska (A)

Northwestern (H)

Home:

0-2

Away:

2-0

Michigan

Total:

3-1

Penn State (H)Minnesota (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Indiana (A)Northwestern (H)Iowa (A)

Michigan State (H)

Purdue (A)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (H)

Michigan State (A)

Nebraska (A)

Illinois (H)

Ohio State (H)

Northwestern (A)

Purdue (H)

Illinois (A)

Penn State (A)

Home:

3-0

Away:

0-1

Michigan State

Total:

3-0

Indiana (H)Nebraska (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (H)Northwestern (A)

Michigan (A)

Purdue (H)

Minnesota (H)

Illinois (A)

Michigan (H)

Penn State (H)

Ohio State (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Purdue (A)

Minnesota (A)

Nebraska (H)

Indiana (A)

Ohio State (H)

Home:

1-0

Away:

2-0

Minnesota

Total:

0-4

Illinois (A)Michigan (A)

Iowa (H)

Purdue (H)

Indiana (A)Penn State (A)

Northwestern (H)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Iowa (A)

Nebraska (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Ohio State (H)

Northwestern (A)

Michigan State (H)

Indiana (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Nebraska (H)

Home:

0-2

Away:

0-2

Nebraska

Total:

0-4

Wisconsin (H)Michigan State (H)

Ohio State (A)

Illinois (A)

Penn State (H)Wisconsin (A)

Indiana (H)

Ohio State (H)

Iowa (A)

Northwestern (A)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan (H)

Penn State (A)

Illinois (H)

Purdue (A)

Michigan State (A)

Iowa (H)

Minnesota (A)

Home:

0-2

Away:

0-2

Northwestern

Total:

1-2

Penn State (H)Ohio State (A)Illinois (H)Michigan (A)Michigan State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Minnesota (A)

Purdue (H)

Nebraska (H)

Illinois (A)

Iowa (H)

Purdue (A)

Indiana (A)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan (H)

Penn State (A)

Ohio State (H)

Iowa (A)

Home:

1-1

Away:

0-1

Ohio State

Total:

3-1

Northwestern (H)Nebraska (H)

Iowa (A)

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

Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Michigan (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (H)

Minnesota (A)

Michigan (A)

Illinois (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Northwestern (A)

Michigan State (A)

Home:

1-0

Away:

0-1

Penn State

Total:

1-3

Purdue (H)Michigan (A)Northwestern (A)

Indiana (H)

Nebraska (A)Minnesota (H)

Illinois (H)

Indiana (A)

Ohio State (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Iowa (A)

Michigan State (A)

Nebraska (H)

Iowa (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Purdue (A)

Michigan (H)

Home:

1-1

Away:

0-2

Purdue

Total:

3-1

Iowa (A)Illinois (H)

Minnesota (A)

Penn State (A)Wisconsin (H)Iowa (H)

Michigan State (A)

Michigan (H)

Northwestern (A)

Indiana (H)

Ohio State (A)

Northwestern (H)

Illinois (A)

Michigan State (H)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (H)

Indiana (A)

Home:

1-0

Away:

2-1

Wisconsin

Total:

1-3

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

Michigan (A)

Purdue (A)Nebraska (H)

Northwestern (H)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (H)

Penn State (A)

Ohio State (H)

Minnesota (A)

Michigan State (A)

Penn State (H)

Iowa (A)

Ohio State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Illinois (H)

Home:

0-2

Away:

1-1