03-01-2023, 07:40 AM
This thread can be used for the upcoming Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament and Big Ten in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
The Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in of all places Minneapolis's Target Center, home of the Timberwolves.
https://bigten.org/news/2023/2/26/genera...unced.aspx
Iowa's Caitlin Clark is the biggest name of the conference and had a huge buzzer beater 3 pointer in the season finale to beat Indiana but Indiana is the #1 seed and conference champion. Iowa is seeded 2nd followed by Maryland and Ohio State. I will also shout out to my alma mater Illinois, seeded 6th. At one point Illinois was ranked and they hope to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003!!! According to ESPN Bracketology, they are listed as a #9 seed, not comfortably in but in. I would say QF should be enough if you go by men's standards. The top 4 and #5 seed Michigan are ranked in both the AP and Coaches polls. Indiana is ranked #2 in both polls behind undefeated and defending national champion South Carolina.
I feel more confident the conference's women's basketball teams than our men's basketball teams right now. When your top team is a Purdue team that lost last year to St. Peter's and can't even beat its rival at home and Indiana just lost at home to Iowa, you know your conference is screwed. Although I think South Carolina is a heavy favorite to repeat.
The Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in of all places Minneapolis's Target Center, home of the Timberwolves.
https://bigten.org/news/2023/2/26/genera...unced.aspx
Iowa's Caitlin Clark is the biggest name of the conference and had a huge buzzer beater 3 pointer in the season finale to beat Indiana but Indiana is the #1 seed and conference champion. Iowa is seeded 2nd followed by Maryland and Ohio State. I will also shout out to my alma mater Illinois, seeded 6th. At one point Illinois was ranked and they hope to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003!!! According to ESPN Bracketology, they are listed as a #9 seed, not comfortably in but in. I would say QF should be enough if you go by men's standards. The top 4 and #5 seed Michigan are ranked in both the AP and Coaches polls. Indiana is ranked #2 in both polls behind undefeated and defending national champion South Carolina.
I feel more confident the conference's women's basketball teams than our men's basketball teams right now. When your top team is a Purdue team that lost last year to St. Peter's and can't even beat its rival at home and Indiana just lost at home to Iowa, you know your conference is screwed. Although I think South Carolina is a heavy favorite to repeat.
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