Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Guaranteed Wrong Big Ten Basketball Projections

Just for kicks -- how might the Big Ten basketball season play out as of 2/11? I'll list the final standings and where the wins come from, so as not to be redundant. I'm not projecting many upsets so I'm certainly going to be wrong.

1. Michigan State 14-4 (Wisconsin, Iowa, @Indiana, Purdue)
2. Illinois 12-6 (@NW, @Indiana, PSU, Minnesota, MSU)
3. Ohio State 12-6 (@NW, Illinois, PSU, @Iowa, NW)
4. Purdue 12-6 (PSU, @Iowa, MSU, Indiana, tOSU, NW)
5. Minnesota 10-8 (NW, Wisconsin, Michigan)
6. Wisconsin 10-8 (Iowa, tOSU, Indiana, Michigan, @Indiana)
7. Penn State 9-9 (Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois)
8. Michigan 7-11 (Minnesota, Purdue)
9. Northwestern 7-11 (Michigan, @Indiana, Iowa)
10. Iowa 5-13 (Michigan, PSU)
11. Indiana 1-17

The current standings are

Michigan St.             20-4    10-2     
Illinois 19-5 7-4
Ohio St. 17-5 7-4
Purdue 17-6 6-4
Minnesota 19-5 7-5
Penn St. 17-7 6-5
Wisconsin 14-9 5-6
Michigan 15-10 5-7
Northwestern 13-8 4-6
Iowa 13-11 3-8
Indiana 6-17 1-10

In my opinion, that would put 6 Big Ten teams in the NCAA Tournament and
would make for a really fun Big Ten Tournament.