Big Ten Tournament Bracket (through Feb. 14)

[SelectionSunday]

Gophers' seeding would skyrocket with back-to-back wins over Northwestern and Illinois. Crazy as it looks/seems, the #4 seed remains wide open for the taking. Note that next on the slate for the current #4 seed (Wisconsin) are games @ Michigan and @ Iowa.

All times Central.

Thursday, March 13 (1st Round)
11 a.m. -- #8 GOPHERS (5-7) vs. #9 Indiana (4-7), BTN
1:25 p.m. -- #5 Ohio State (6-6) vs. #12 Illinois (3-9), BTN
5:30 p.m. -- #7 Northwestern (5-7) vs. #10 Purdue (4-7), ESPN2
7:55 p.m. -- #6 Nebraska (5-6) vs. #11 Penn State (4-8), ESPN2

Friday, March 14 (Quarterfinals)
11 a.m. -- #1 Michigan (10-2) vs. GOPHERS/Indiana winner, ESPN/ESPN2
1:25 p.m. -- #4 Wisconsin (7-5) vs. Ohio State/Illinois winner, ESPN/ESPN2
5:30 p.m. -- #3 Michigan State (10-2) vs. Northwestern/Purdue winner, BTN
7:55 p.m. -- #3 Iowa (7-4) vs. Nebraska/Penn State winner, BTN

Not sure what it means, but have been tracking point differential in the Big Ten.

Big Ten Point Differential
1. Michigan State (+9.08)
2. Iowa (+8.81)
3. Michigan (+6.58)
4. Wisconsin (+4.91)
5. Ohio State (+2.66)
6. GOPHERS (-1.41)
7. Indiana (-1.54)
8. Purdue (-4.45)
9. Nebraska (-4.81)
10. Penn State (-4.91)
11. Illinois (-6)
12. Northwestern (-9.08)

 

[howeda7]

What's the tie-breaker if you split the season series?

 

[SelectionSunday]

What's the tie-breaker if you split the season series?

Record vs. the #1 team in the standings, if that doesn't break it, record vs. the #2 team, etc. ...

With the muddled masses beyond the top 3, I suspect there's a very good chance the Big Ten will require the 3-team tiebreaker.

http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110713aae.html

 

[howeda7]

Bucky's schedule after the next two is much easier than ours. I think the best-case is that we could tie them at 9-9. But knowing Bo, they'll find their way to 10 or 11 wins.