Friday, February 20, 2009

Big Ten Power Rankings

This week I’ve included projections for each team’s remaining games and their projected seed for the Big Ten Tournament. I’ve got the Hawks winning two more to conclude Big Ten play at 5-13.

1. Michigan State (20-5, 10-3):
Feb. 22 vs. Wisconsin -- W
Feb. 25 vs. Iowa -- W
Mar. 3 @ Illinois -- L
Mar. 3 @ Indiana -- W
Mar. 8 vs. Purdue -- W
Projected Record: 24-6, 14-4; BTT Seed: 1

2. Purdue (20-6, 9-4):
Feb. 21 vs. Indiana -- W
Feb. 26 @ Michigan -- L
Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State -- W
Mar. 4 vs. Northwestern -- W
Mar. 8 @ Michigan State -- L
Projected Record: 23-8, 12-6; BTT Seed: 3

3. Illinois (21-6, 9-5):
Feb. 22 @ Ohio State -- L
Feb. 26 vs. Minnesota -- W
Mar. 3 vs. Michigan State -- W
Mar. 5 @ Penn State -- W
Projected Record: 24-7, 12-6; BTT Seed: 2

4. Ohio State (17-7, 7-6):
Feb. 22 vs. Illinois -- W
Feb. 24 vs. Penn State -- W
Feb. 28 @ Purdue -- L
Mar. 3 @ Iowa -- W
Mar. 8 vs. Northwestern -- W
Projected Record: 21-8, 11-7; BTT Seed: 4

5. Wisconsin (17-9, 8-6):
Feb. 22 @ Michigan State -- L
Mar. 3 vs. Michigan -- W
Mar. 4 @ Minnesota -- W
Mar. 9 vs. Indiana -- W
Projected Record: 20-10, 11-7; BTT Seed: 5

6. Minnesota (19-7, 7-7):
Feb. 22 vs. Northwestern -- W
Feb. 26 @ Illinois -- L
Mar. 4 vs. Wisconsin -- L
Mar. 9 vs. Michigan -- W
Projected Record: 21-9, 9-9; BTT Seed: 7

7. Michigan (17-10, 7-7):
Feb. 22 @ Iowa -- L
Feb. 26 vs. Purdue -- W
Mar. 1 @ Wisconsin -- L
Mar. 9 @ Minnesota -- L
Projected Record: 18-13, 8-10; BTT Seed: 8

8. Penn State (19-8, 8-6):
Feb. 24 @ Ohio State -- L
Feb. 28 vs. Indiana -- W
Mar. 5 vs. Illinois -- L
Mar. 7 @ Iowa -- L
Projected Record: 20-11, 9-9; BTT Seed: 6

9. Northwestern (14-10, 5-8):
Feb. 22 @ Minnesota -- L
Feb. 25 @ Indiana -- W
Feb. 28 vs. Iowa -- W
Mar. 4 @ Purdue -- L
Mar. 8 @ Ohio State -- L
Projected Record: 16-13, 7-11; BTT Seed: 9

10. Iowa (13-13, 3-10):
Feb. 22 vs. Michigan -- W
Feb. 25 @ Michigan State -- L
Feb. 28 @ Northwestern -- L
Mar. 3 vs. Ohio State -- L
Mar. 7 vs. Penn State -- W
Projected Record: 15-16, 5-13; BTT Seed: 10

11. Indiana (6-19, 1-12):
Feb. 21 @ Purdue -- L
Feb. 25 vs. Northwestern -- L
Feb. 28 @ Penn State -- L
Mar. 3 vs. Michigan State -- L
Mar. 9 @ Wisconsin -- L
Projected Record: 6-24, 1-17; BTT Seed: 11

1 comment:

  1. Nice prediction on the Michigan/Iowa game. I'm not so sure Michigan makes the NCAA tournament without a big run in the tournament. I don't think they will win at Wisconsin or at home against Purdue. What do you think?

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