The Hoosiers are, remarkably, still in at-large contention despite a 13-game stretch spanning most of January and February during which they only won once. The best bets among non-favorites might be streaking Penn State and enigmatic Indiana. Minnesota is 3-7 since the start of February, and Iowa and Ohio State are spiraling. Such was its unpredictability.īut Wisconsin and Maryland were a combined 2-10 against the KenPom top 30, excluding games against each other. And if the conference’s regular season told us anything, so can a host of others. Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue are the top three teams in the Big Ten. Ward will return from his injury in Chicago, and top-seeded Sparty is the team to beat.
It clinched them a share of the Big Ten regular-season crown, despite losing Joshua Langford for the year and missing Nick Ward down the stretch. Their sweep of in-state rival Michigan proved as much. Semifinal winners - 3:30 p.m., CBS Who is the favorite? Winners of quarterfinals 3 and 4 - 3:30 p.m., CBS
Winners of quarterfinals 1 and 2 - 1 p.m., CBS 14 Northwestern - 9:30 p.m., Big Ten Network 14 Northwestern - 9 p.m., Big Ten Network
