Televised Big Ten Basketball This Week

Not a very exciting week aside from Super Tuesday. The announcers are pretty much right when they say the Big Ten is horrible. Although it is true that the bottom teams in any conference are bad, the bottom of the Big Ten starts with Ohio State which is 5th in the standings.

2/17 Sunday: 1 pm CBS
Ohio State vs Michigan
Watch out, Michigan is on a 2 game win streak (haha, they’re 3-9 now!), but Michigan is still the worst team in the Big Ten if you don’t count Northwestern, who has yet to win a Big Ten game this season. I think Northwestern should be demoted to the Horizon League. Michigan has the worst field goal percentage, and the only team easier to score on (in terms of field goal percentage) is Northwestern. Ohio State has quality players, yet is not a quality team.
avg ppg: Ohio State 67.8, Michigan 64.5
opp ppg: Ohio State 59.3, Michigan 70.0

2/19 Super Tuesday: 7pm ESPN
#15 Purdue vs #14 Indiana
It’s hard to enjoy an Indiana game with the whole Kelvin Sampson thing going on, but this game should be amazing since Purdue recently beat Michigan State and Indiana just destroyed them too; therefore, I think right now, Purdue and Indiana are 2 of the 3 best teams in the Big Ten, and Purdue is on a 10 game winning streak. Should be a good matchup between diaper dandies Eric Gordon and Robbie Hummel. Oh, and don’t forget about Brent, Steve, and Erin.
avg ppg: Purdue 68.4, Indiana 76.0
opp ppg: Purdue 60.7, Indiana 62.7

2/21 Thursday: 9pm ESPN
Michigan vs Minnesota
I’m predicting a boring game.
avg ppg: Michigan 64.5, Minnesota 72.3
opp ppg: Michigan 70.0, Minnesota 63.8

2/23 Saturday: 2pm ESPN
Iowa vs #17 Michigan State
Michigan State leads the conference in points per game while Iowa is last. Iowa still has the worst turnover margin in the Big Ten. I hope this game will look like the US Olympic team is playing Iraq’s Olympic team because sometimes it is fun to watch one team totally embarrass another.
avg ppg: Iowa 56.3, Michigan State 73.0
opp ppg: Iowa 57.7, Michigan State 62.3

Big Ten Standings
Purdue 11-1
Wisconsin 10-2
Indiana 9-2
Michigan State 8-3
Ohio State 8-4
Minnesota 5-6
Iowa 4-9
Penn State 3-8
Illinois 3-9
Michigan 3-9
Northwestern 0-11