The Big Ten is a joke because Michigan is the only hope of the conference in the NCAA Tournament

The Big Ten is a joke because Michigan is the only hope of the conference in the NCAA Tournament

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Another big ten top seed below.

Another big ten top seed below.
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Not only do the numbers lie, it is also an excellent asset if you have to prove a point.

Last week, the Big Ten sat nicely while we awaited the start of March Madness. The annually overheated “basketball conference” felt itself, as some Big Ten fans and media people felt it was a slap in the face that Michigan State was playing in the First Four, which is a staged game.

The no. 11 Spartans lost with overtime with no. 11 UCLA 86-80. It would be a precursor to what was to come. Because in just five short days, the conference that was responsible for having half (4) of the top eight seeds in the tournament was over in the whole damn thing.

With No. 1 Michigan’s 86-78 victory at No. 8 LSU Monday night, it means they are the last team after Alabama No. 2, Maryland, 96-77, played in their second round.

The conference with the number 10 to his name had nine teams in the tournament and is already on one. Except for the losses to the state of Michigan and Maryland, the rest of the conference went like this:

  • Nr. 2 in the state of Ohio, lost in overtime of the first round with Oral Roberts, no. 15, with 75-72
  • Nr. 4 Purdue dropped to No. 13 in North Texas 78-69 in the first round
  • Nr. 1 in Illinois was defeated in the second round by no. 8 Loyola 71-58 suffocated in germ
  • Nr. 9 Wisconsin was defeated in the second round by no. 1 Baylor 76-63 sent home
  • No 10 Rutgers won 63-60 against no. 2 in Houston do not lose
  • Nr. 2 Iowa was defeated by Oregon 7, 95-80, on Monday

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Bilas is wrong. The word to describe it is ‘pathetic’. A week ago we wondered if this would be the year the Big Ten finally broke through, as it was already 21 years since a conference team won the NCAA Tournament when the Spartans did it in 2000. Since then, the Big Ten 16 finals have made four appearances. The Wolverines are the only hope of the conference to make it to 17.

Since 2011, the Championship Classic has been an annual series featuring four of the nation’s top programs in Duke (ACC), Kentucky, (SEC), Kansas, (Big 12), the highlight of the start of the college basketball season. , and Michigan State (Big Ten) play each other in three-year rotations.

Well, since this should be an opportunity for ‘champions’, I think it’s time for the Big Ten to be removed.

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