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Big Ten Report – Week #02 (01/13/2014)

Standings

Here are the current Big Ten standings, after Week #2:

 

Team (AP Rank)

Big Ten

Overall

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent
Michigan State (#5)

4

0

1.000

15

1

0.938
Wisconsin (#4)

3

0

1.000

16

0

1.000
Michigan

3

0

1.000

11

4

0.733
Iowa (#20)

3

1

0.750

14

3

0.824
Ohio State (#3)

2

2

0.500

15

2

0.882
Illinois (#23)

2

2

0.500

13

4

0.765
Minnesota

2

2

0.500

13

4

0.765
Indiana

1

2

0.333

11

5

0.688
Purdue

1

2

0.333

11

5

0.688
Northwestern

1

3

0.250

8

9

0.471
Penn State

0

4

0.000

9

8

0.529
Nebraska

0

4

0.000

8

8

0.500

 

Results

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

 

Tuesday (01/07/2014)

Ohio State lost at Michigan State, 72-68 (overtime)

 

Wednesday (01/08/2014)

Minnesota won at Penn State, 68-65

Illinois lost at Wisconsin, 95-70

 

Thursday (01/09/2014)

Northwestern lost at Iowa, 93-67

Michigan won at Nebraska, 71-70

 

Saturday (01/11/2014)

Indiana won at Penn State, 79-76

Minnesota lost at Michigan State, 87-75 (overtime)

 

Sunday (01/12/2014)

Nebraska lost at Purdue, 70-64

Iowa won at Ohio State, 84-74

Illinois lost at Northwestern, 49-43

 

The home teams did just OK this week, going 6-4. There a few surprises this week:

 

  • Minnesota took Michigan State to overtime (and lost) in East Lansing on Saturday.
  • Iowa beat Ohio State in Columbus on Sunday.
  • Illinois (ranked #23 at the time) lost to Northwestern on Sunday.

 

The Upcoming Week

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

 

Tuesday (01/14/2014)

Wisconsin at Indiana

Penn State at Michigan

 

Wednesday (01/15/2014)

Michigan State at Northwestern

Purdue at Illinois

 

Thursday (01/16/2014)

Ohio State at Minnesota

 

Saturday (01/18/2014)

Northwestern at Indiana

Michigan at Wisconsin

Penn State at Purdue

Michigan State at Illinois

 

Sunday (01/19/2014)

Minnesota at Iowa

 

There is only 1 big game this week:

 

  • Michigan at Wisconsin on Saturday – Michigan’s first real test in the Big Ten.

 

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:

2-2

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

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (A)

Iowa (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Penn State (A)

Nebraska (A)

Ohio State (H)

Minnesota (A)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan State (A)

Michigan (H)

Iowa (A)

Home:

2-0

Away:

0-2
Indiana

Total:

1-2

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

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Nebraska (A)

Michigan (H)

Minnesota (A)

Penn State (H)

Purdue (A)

Iowa (H)

Northwestern (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Ohio State (H)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan (A)

Home:

0-1

Away:

1-1
Iowa

Total:

3-1

 Nebraska (H)
Northwestern (H)

Ohio State (A)

 Wisconsin (A) Minnesota (H)
Michigan (A)

Northwestern (A)

Michigan State (H)

Illinois (A)

Ohio State (H)

Michigan (H)

Penn State (A)

Indiana (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Minnesota (A)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Home:

2-0

Away:

1-1
Michigan

Total:

3-0

 Minnesota (A)
Northwestern (H)

Nebraska (A)

 Penn State (H)
Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan State (A)

Purdue (H)

Indiana (A)

Nebraska (H)

Iowa (A)

Ohio State (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Michigan State (H)

Purdue (A)

Minnesota (H)

Illinois (A)

Indiana (H)

Home:

1-0

Away:

2-0
Michigan State

Total:

4-0

 Penn State (A)
Indiana (A)

Ohio State (H)

Minnesota (H)

 Northwestern (A)
Illinois (A)

Indiana (H)

Michigan (H)

Iowa (A)

Penn State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Nebraska (H)

Purdue (A)

Michigan (A)

Illinois (H)

Iowa (H)

Ohio State (A)

Home:

2-0

Away:

2-0
Minnesota

Total:

2-2

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

Wisconsin (H)

Nebraska (A)

Northwestern (H)

Purdue (A)

Indiana (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (A)

Illinois (H)

Ohio State (A)

Iowa (H)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (H)

Home:

1-1

Away:

1-1
Nebraska

Total:

0-4

 Iowa (A)
Ohio State (A)

Michigan (H)

Purdue (A)

 Ohio State (H)
Penn State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Indiana (H)

Michigan (A)

Northwestern (A)

Illinois (H)

Michigan State (A)

Penn State (H)

Purdue (H)

Illinois (A)

Northwestern (H)

Indiana (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Home:

0-1

Away:

0-3
Northwestern

Total:

1-3

 Illinois (H) Wisconsin (H)
Michigan (A)

Iowa (A)

 Michigan State (H)
Indiana (A)

Purdue (H)

Iowa (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Minnesota (A)

Nebraska (H)

Michigan State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (H)

Nebraska (A)

Penn State (H)

Purdue (A)

Home:

1-1

Away:

0-2
Ohio State

Total:

2-2

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

Illinois (H)

Penn State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Iowa (A)

Purdue (H)

Michigan (H)

Illinois (A)

Northwestern (H)

Minnesota (H)

Penn State (A)

Indiana (A)

Michigan State (H)

Home:

1-1

Away:

1-1
Penn State

Total:

0-4

 Michigan State (H)
Illinois (A)

Minnesota (H)

Indiana (H)

 Michigan (A)
Purdue (A)

Nebraska (H)

Ohio State (A)

Purdue (H)

Michigan State (A)

Illinois (H)

Indiana (A)

Iowa (H)

Nebraska (A)

Ohio State (H)

Wisconsin (H)

Northwestern (A)

Minnesota (A)

Home:

0-3

Away:

0-1
Purdue

Total:

1-2

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

Northwestern (A)

Wisconsin (H)

Michigan (A)

Penn State (A)

Minnesota (H)

Ohio State (A)

Indiana (H)

Michigan State (H)

Nebraska (A)

Michigan (H)

Iowa (A)

Wisconsin (A)

Northwestern (H)

Home:

1-1

Away:

0-1
Wisconsin

Total:

3-0

 Northwestern (A)
Iowa (H)

Illinois (H)

 Indiana (A)
Michigan (H)

Minnesota (A)

Purdue (A)

Northwestern (H)

Ohio State (H)

Illinois (A)

Michigan State (H)

Minnesota (H)

Michigan (A)

Iowa (A)

Indiana (H)

Penn State (A)

Purdue (H)

Nebraska (A)

Home:

2-0

Away:

1-0


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