Thursday, March 05, 2009

Updated Big Ten Tournament projections

Here are some updated projected Big Ten Tournament seeds, along with the Big Ten standings, each team's remaining games, who I think will win, and each team's projected final record, followed by a projected Big Ten Tournament bracket. I changed some predictions, so watch out!

Michigan St. (14-3): Purdue (W). Projected record: 15-3
Purdue (11-6): at Michigan State (L). Projected record: 11-7
Illinois (11-7): Regular season over.
Penn St. (10-7): at Iowa (W). Projected record: 11-7
Wisconsin (9-8): Indiana (W). Projected record: 10-8
Ohio St. (9-8): Northwestern (W). Projected record: 10-8
Minnesota (9-8): Michigan (W). Projected record: 10-8
Michigan (8-9): at Minnesota (L). Projected record: 8-10
Northwestern (8-9): at Ohio State (L). Projected record: 8-10
Iowa (4-13): Penn State (L). Projected record: 4-14
Indiana (1-16): at Wisconsin (L). Projected record: 1-17.

Projected final regular season standings:
1. Michigan St.: 15-3 (has clinched #1 seed)
2. Penn St.: 11-7 (3-1 vs. Ill. and Pur.)
3. Illinois: 11-7 (2-2 vs. Pur. and PSU)
4. Purdue: 11-7 (1-3 vs. Ill. and PSU)
5. Minnesota: 10-8 (3-1 vs. OSU and Wisconsin)
6. Wisconsin: 10-8 (1-2 vs. OSU and Minnesota, but 1-0 vs. OSU)
7. Ohio St.: 10-8 (1-2 Wisconsin and Minnesota, but 0-1 vs. Wisconsin)
8. Michigan: 8-10 (holds tiebreaker because of 2-0 record vs. Northwestern)
9. Northwestern: 8-10
10. Iowa: 4-14 (has clinched #10 seed)
11. Indiana: 1-17 (has clinched #11 seed)

Projected bracket:
8. Michigan
9. Northwestern
Winner plays #1 Michigan State

4. Purdue
5. Minnesota

6. Wisconsin
11. Indiana
Winner plays #3 Illinois

7. Ohio State
10. Iowa
Winner plays #2 Penn State

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