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Post Season Tournament Possibilities


Mavric

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BIG TEN

 

Storyline: In a league where the bottom half had plenty of success against the top half, the possibilities are endless. Purdue finished last with five conference victories, and only one other league (the WAC) had a cellar dweller with that many wins. Expect upsets in bulk.

 

Regular-season champ: Michigan (18). Wolverines emerged from the masses to win the league by a full three games, impressively overcoming the December injury to center Mitch McGary and positioning themselves for a possible repeat Final Four run.

 

Bubble teams: The belief is that a top-four finish in this league will get Nebraska in the tourney – but just to make sure the Cornhuskers should avoid a quarterfinal loss. Minnesota is as bubblicious as it gets. Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Ohio State and Iowa all are in (though Selection Sunday can't get here fast enough for the staggering Hawkeyes). Everyone else must win the tourney.

 

Best player: Terran Petteway (19), Nebraska. The Big Ten coaches and media both chose Michigan sharpshooter Nik Stauskas, and there is a great case to be made for him. But The Minutes is going with the Biblical shepherd lookalike who has helped elevate the Cornhuskers to unforeseen prosperity. The Texas Tech transfer stepped up his play after Nebraska opened league play 1-5 and is averaging 18 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

 

Best coach: Tom Izzo. He doesn't often do his best work in this tournament, but he's awfully good in the one that follows. Pressure will be on to get this injury-riddled team on the same page and back to the Final Four for the first time since 2010.

 

Minutes pick: Ohio State (20). There was a strong temptation to pick nobody, because it seems nearly impossible to win three or four games in a row in a league where everyone can beat everyone else. But someone will do it, and the Buckeyes have a good history in this event under Thad Matta – they've won three of the past four. They're on the opposite side of the bracket from bizarre Buckeye killer Penn State, and Nebraska's Tim Miles (the potential quarterfinal opponent) has never won a Division I conference tourney.

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/forde-minutes--with-the-madness-in-sight--it-s-time-to-burst-bubbles-and-sort-seeds-084814722-ncaab.html

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