March 9, 200917 yr BIG TEN At Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis FIRST ROUND Thursday, March 12 Game 1: No. 8 Minnesota vs. No. 9 Northwestern, noon Game 2: No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Iowa, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. Game 3: No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 11 Indiana, ESPN2, 5 p.m. QUARTERFINALS Friday, March 13 Game 4: No. 1 Michigan State vs. Game 1 winner, ESPN, noon Game 5: No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 5 Ohio State, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. Game 6: No. 2 Illinois vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 7: No. 3 Purdue vs. Game 3 winner, 9 p.m. SEMIFINALS Saturday, March 14 Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1:40 p.m. Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 4:05 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 15 Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3:30 p.m.
March 9, 200917 yr This tournament might be the most dramatic. It is going to be full of taffy pulls, low scoring abominations, and poor officiating, but so many teams are fighting for tournament spots (9 legitimately have a shot at making the NCAA Tournament) that the games are incredibly important and should be very close.
March 9, 200917 yr i got tickets for the whole event...illinois got the much easier half of the bracket than MSU IMO Edited March 9, 200917 yr by daa84
March 9, 200917 yr QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 05:52 PM) i got tickets for the whole event...illinois got the much easier half of the bracket than MSU IMO How so? Purdue is clearly better than Ohio St. or Wisconsin and there isn't really any major difference between facing Michigan or Minnesota/NW in their first game.
March 10, 200917 yr Just wait, IU will run the tables. No, I didn't take that statement seriously either.
March 10, 200917 yr Go Gophers! 1 win gives us a pretty good shot at the tournament, but no need to take any chances. Win two and guarantee a chance to lose in the first weekend of the NCAAs. This inconsistent offense has to stop and the turnovers need to be limited.
March 10, 200917 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 05:55 PM) How so? Purdue is clearly better than Ohio St. or Wisconsin and there isn't really any major difference between facing Michigan or Minnesota/NW in their first game. i dunno....you are probably right, but id rather face michigan than minnesota...the other teams purdue is clearly the best of, but illinois seemed to play them well
March 10, 200917 yr Yeah, I'm not looking forward to playing Michigan in the quarters in the least bit...
March 10, 200917 yr my prediction: Illinois continues it's dominant conference tourney record and gets to the final but loses to MSU.
March 10, 200917 yr Well only 4 times Wisconsin or Illinois havent been in the Big 10 finals, so unless Wisconsin does something amazing Illinois needs to step up.
March 11, 200917 yr Well, now that Cleveland State won thats hurts the big ten bubble teams. Should be an intense tourney.
March 12, 200917 yr and there goes the dream for NW...maybe one of these years they will finally break through and make the tourney...a guy like Coble is definitely a good player to have for a couple years...
March 12, 200917 yr Chester Frazier doubtful for Fridays game with a bruised hand....hes the type of guy to play through anything, but I'd rather see him rest this weekend and make sure hes healthy for the real tourney next week.... http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/eye-on-th...ement-expected/
March 12, 200917 yr Michigan doing whatever they want against Iowa. They're up 21 at halftime. I really expected Iowa to put up a better fight than this. Anyways, the Big Ten bubble teams doing well so far. Illinois is gonna have a tough game against Michigan, especially if Frazier isn't available to guard Harris.
March 12, 200917 yr Author QUOTE (The Bones @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 01:29 PM) Michigan doing whatever they want against Iowa. They're up 21 at halftime. I really expected Iowa to put up a better fight than this. Anyways, the Big Ten bubble teams doing well so far. Illinois is gonna have a tough game against Michigan, especially if Frazier isn't available to guard Harris. Michigan is a tough team to figure out. When they're good, they're REALLY good. Not looking forward to playing them tomorrow at all.
March 12, 200917 yr Crappy way for Moore to go out, probably his worst shooting game of the year and the Cats were still in it down the stretch. It's sickening the amount of close games NU lost this season, absolutely sickening. At least they got the NIT still.
March 12, 200917 yr Woooo!! Thank god we won that one. We've now got a very good chance to go dancing this year, which is just absolutely amazing.
March 13, 200917 yr Frazier's out for the year, but it's not being reported yet. Rightfully so, Illinois doesn't want to give the committee any reason to lower their seed.
March 13, 200917 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 11:54 AM) Frazier's out for the year, but it's not being reported yet. Rightfully so, Illinois doesn't want to give the committee any reason to lower their seed. They know already (I heard that three days ago, and had it confirmed two days ago, so I'm sure they have heard about it too) and the seeding will reflect that. He apparently had surgery for a broken hand. Edited March 13, 200917 yr by whitesoxfan101
March 13, 200917 yr Wow this game is hard to watch. Ticky tack foul, no call, ticky tack, no call. Make up your damn minds.
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