All Things Terrible Tuesday Big Ten Tournament Updates

[SelectionSunday]

As we still mourn the passing of Weakling Wednesday (formerly known as the "Rutgers Invitational"), 2025-26 brings us to our first "Terrible Tuesday", the first day of an all-18 team Big Ten Tournament.

Our frontrunners at roughly the halfway point of the Big Ten season are #15 Oregon (1-8), #16 Northwestern (1-8), #17 Maryland (1-8), and #18 Penn State (0-9).

The Gophers (3-6) currently are the #13 seed.

 

[BTChamp]

@Spaulding!No!
Not last.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Terrible Tuesday through Feb. 4:

Tuesday, March 10
#16 Maryland (1-9) vs. #17 Penn State (1-10), Oregon, 4 (Peacock)

#15 Northwestern (2-10) vs. #18 Oregon (1-10), 6:30 (Peacock)

 

[MNVCGUY]

Couple more wins should keep us safely out of this group. It is cliche but we definitely are not a team that other teams will be excited to play come conference tournament time (as long as our 7 are healthy of course). We won't be a real threat to win the tournament but also won't be an easy out.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Terrible Tuesday through Feb. 4:

Tuesday, March 10
#16 Maryland (1-9) vs. #17 Penn State (1-10), Oregon, 4 (Peacock)

#15 Northwestern (2-10) vs. #18 Oregon (1-10), 6:30 (Peacock)

Looks like Gophers are still in the #13 seed (or #12, tied with Washington at 4-8 in conference). From what I can see, #12 and #13 play each other on Day 2 of the tournament so those two seeds are virtually the same for that purpose.

Looking at the remaining schedule for those two teams, I could see them both going 4-4 and being tied at the end of the regular season. ESPN's BPI rates Washington's remaining schedule at #76 (easiest remaining schedule in the conference) and the Gophers' remaining schedule at #70 (third easiest in the conference).

The #10 and #11 teams are Indiana and USC, both tied at 6-6. Ohio State could join that tie with a loss in its next game.