Big ten
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Looks like 6 B1G teams in round of 32!
Conference records with 32 teams remaining:
Big XII 6 (of 6)
ACC 4 (of 5). 5 wins, including Notre Dame
Big 10 6 (of 9). 7 wins, including Indiana
SEC 3 (of 6)
Big East 3 (of 6)
Pac 12 2 (of 3)
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Mountain West 0 (of 4) ouch
AAC 2 (of 2)
WCC 2 (of 3)
A10 1 (of 2)
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Also still in:
WAC 1 (of 1)
OVC 1 (of 1)
MAAC 1 (of 1) Yay!
Big XII 6 (of 6)
ACC 4 (of 5). 5 wins, including Notre Dame
Big 10 6 (of 9). 7 wins, including Indiana
SEC 3 (of 6)
Big East 3 (of 6)
Pac 12 2 (of 3)
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Mountain West 0 (of 4) ouch
AAC 2 (of 2)
WCC 2 (of 3)
A10 1 (of 2)
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Also still in:
WAC 1 (of 1)
OVC 1 (of 1)
MAAC 1 (of 1) Yay!
You should look at your OP as well and reconsider your understanding of the word rated.
Bookies know best. So far, Big 10 teams are 5-5 vs. the spread. I think that is a fair assessment of their performance in the first round. Just so so and certainly not dominating. One point wins by Illinois and Michigan State and the absolute beat down that Indiana suffered to St. Mary's and Richmond's upset of Iowa were bad looks for the conference. Michigan's upset of Colo State , Purdue's dominating performance over Yale and Ohio State's win over Loyola were positives. Wisconsin underwhelmed (tied at the half) in their victory over Colgate. Rutgers loss to Notre Dame gained some positive luster after Notre Dame's win over Bama but was still gut wrenching.
The key will be how the winners fare in the second round. The Sweet 16 has not been kind to the Big 10 lately. Currently, only Purdue and Wisconsin are favorites in their second round games. So much for the perception of the league's "greatness." Somewhat surprisingly lower seed Houston is favored over Illinois., but one can understand why after watching their last games.
The key will be how the winners fare in the second round. The Sweet 16 has not been kind to the Big 10 lately. Currently, only Purdue and Wisconsin are favorites in their second round games. So much for the perception of the league's "greatness." Somewhat surprisingly lower seed Houston is favored over Illinois., but one can understand why after watching their last games.
Update:
R64: 8
R32: 6
S16: 2.2
E8: 1.0
F4: 0.4
F2: 0.1
Champ: 0.05
This measures performance against expectations, not raw performance. If every Big Ten team was favored by 50 and they went 5-5 against those spreads, would you conclude the performance was "just so so and certainly not dominating".
I am sticking with my method. We are right where we are supposed to be by seeding, except Iowa and Michigan are reversed. The seeds say we should have three teams standing tomorrow night. I can guarantee it won't be 2.2 teams. 
Big Ten teams are 7-3B1G teams are 6-3 in the tournament so far.
I'm embarrassed to call myself a B1G fan.
(Of course, the conference would be 7-2 if Rutgers could have played Alabama in the 1st round instead of a better Notre Dame team.)
Ws: IU, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan, MSU, Illinois, OSU
Ls: IU, Rutgers, Iowa
Typical ,as usual, some RU "fans" eating their own. It could be anything, but they feei some kind of recognition being critical and actually disloyal .
They absolutely did but that doesn't cancel out that they beat Wyoming giving the Big Ten a win. The post I was addressing appeared to be counting the Rutgers play in loss but not the IU win. That's all.
This threads are like those from football after Miami, BC, and VTech left for the ACC. We had blowhards saying that the only reason RU's record improved was that those schools departed. That our 2006 team would have had several more losses. Ignoring the fact that one of the additions, Louisville, absolutely hammered Miami that season 31-7. Only lost once all season (to Rutgers). Just the glass is half empty type people who can't help themselves.
You know who was completely embarrassed....Seton Hall
Def, even worse than Indy.
Their coach quit on them.
I predicted the blowout on here
A lot of talk about the Illini revolves around Kofi but it seems they miss Granderson big time. Without him Curbelo has been exposed as a poor outside shooter, the defenses are attacking Kofi Because Plummer and Frazier have to pick up the three point line and they are not doing that so far. The Illini are in trouble if they don’t start hitting their threes. If they do they are a tough out but since the loss of Granderson they have been exposed.
Was it ever explained here why two 11 seeds played each other in a play in game?(Of course, the conference would be 7-2 if Rutgers could have played Alabama in the 1st round instead of a better Notre Dame team.)
Shouldn't the play ins all be 12s? Can someone explain?
Iowa may have been better than Richmond over 25+ games, but they weren't better when they needed to be better. That's been their problem.
Thats just how it worked out this year..some years they are 11..some 12s..some both. It depends on how amy AQs are seeded 11 and above
Lol. The linx gets another win. F Tennessee.
Safe to say another bad take ‘
Probably, but we need to wait for tomorrow's results to say that. The league is projected to go 2-3 by the oddsmakers tomorrow. No guarantee we don't win two or more, although I think we will do it.
Nice win for Michigan. I have 18 people in my pool who have strong UM ties and only 4 of them picked Michigan to make the Sweet 16. For once, an upside Big 10 surprise.