Friday/Saturday/Sunday Big 10 Games Prediction Thread

[bac2therac]

2/7

USC at Purdue.....PURDUE

2/8

Oregon at Michigan State.....MICHIGAN STATE
Wisconsin at Iowa.....WISCONSIN
Michigan at Indiana.....INDIANA
Penn State at UCLA.....UCLA
Illinois at Minnesota.....ILLINOIS
Northwestern at Washington.....WASHINGTON

2/9

Rutgers at Maryland.....MARYLAND
Ohio State at Nebraska.....NEBRASKA


Tues/Wed/Thurs: 6-3
Season to Date: 70-36

 

[Knights2003]

2/7
USC at Purdue.....PURDUE

2/8
Oregon at Michigan State.....MICHIGAN STATE
Wisconsin at Iowa.....WISCONSIN
Michigan at Indiana.....MICHIGAN
Penn State at UCLA.....UCLA
Illinois at Minnesota.....ILLINOIS
Northwestern at Washington.....WASHINGTON

2/9
Rutgers at Maryland.....MARYLAND
Ohio State at Nebraska.....OHIO STATE

Tues/Wed/Thurs: 7-2
Season to Date: 67-39

 

[Sweet Peas Corner]

Purrdoo
Mishygan St
Wishconshin
Mishygan
USEELA
Illynoise
Nortwestern
Rutgas
Nebrashka

Last games 6-3
YTD 62-34

 

[RocktheRac]

Purdue
Michigan St
Wisconsin
Michigan
UCLA
Illinois
Northwestern
Maryland
Nebraska

Last games 6-3
YTD 66-40

 

[Bayonnebomber79]

purdue
mich st
wisconsin
michigan
ucla
illinois
washington
maryland
nebraska

last: 4-5
ytd: 59-47

 

[phlop87]

2/7
at Purdue

2/8
MSU
at Iowa
Michigan
at UCLA
Illinois
at Washington

2/9
Rutgers
at Nebraska

 

[Rufans]

2/7
Purdue

2/8
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Michigan
UCLA
Illinois
Washington

2/9
Rutgers
Nebraska

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Purdue

Michigan State
Wisconsin
Indiana (this is intriguing because Indiana has talented big men, too)
UCLA
Illinois
Washington

Rutgers (heart picking over head - but if Dylan is healthy, why not?)
Nebraska

7-2
67-39

 

[RutgersMC]

2/7
USC at Purdue.....PURDUE
2/8
Oregon at Michigan State.....MICHIGAN STATE
Wisconsin at Iowa.....WISCONSIN
Michigan at Indiana.....INDIANA
Penn State at UCLA.....UCLA
Illinois at Minnesota.....ILLINOIS
Northwestern at Washington.....WASHINGTON
2/9
Rutgers at Maryland.....MARYLAND
Ohio State at Nebraska.....NEBRASKA
Tues/Wed/Thurs: 6-3
Season to Date: 66-40

 

[fluoxetine]

2/7

USC at Purdue.....PURDUE

2/8

Oregon at Michigan State.....MICHIGAN STATE
Wisconsin at Iowa.....WISCONSIN
Michigan at Indiana.....MICHIGAN
Penn State at UCLA.....UCLA
Illinois at Minnesota.....ILLINOIS
Northwestern at Washington.....NORTHWESTERN

2/9

Rutgers at Maryland.....MARYLAND
Ohio State at Nebraska.....NEBRASKA


Tues/Wed/Thurs: 7-2
Season to Date: 74-32

 

[PJVegas]

Peedew
MichSteak
Wisky
Micegone
USeeLA
Illinnose
Nowestern
Maryland
Nobasket

4-3
66-36 or 68-34

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Purdue

Mich St
Wisconsin
Michigan
UCLA
Illinois
Washington

Rutgers
Nebraska

Tu/W/Th 5-4
YtD 63-43

 

[bac2therac]

All aboard choo choo

 

[BigEastPhil]

Purdue

Mich State
Wisconsin
Michigan
UCLA
Illinois
Washington

Maryland
Nebraska

YTD: 67-39
Last set : 5-4

 

[lion1983]

Not a prediction - but who to root for on Saturday: Its all about RU making the Big Ten tourney, finishing 15th or better ... and secondarily about RU getting as high a seed as possible in the Big 10 tourney.

So, who to root for Saturday, understanding RU is currently 5-7 in the league?

MSU over a currently 5-7 Oregon

Wisconsin over a 4-7 Iowa

Michigan over a 5-7 Indiana

2-9 Washington at home over a 4-8 Northwestern (we have the tiebreaker over NW, but let's get them to 9 losses).

Torn over:

3-9 Penn St at 8-4 UCLA ... does RU have a shot at tying UCLA in conference? RU is currently 3 games behind, but also has the tiebreaker having beaten UCLA. On the other hand a 3-9 PSU ... a loss puts them at 10 losses, and buried deeper, less of a threat to RU in the standings. Leaning towards rooting for UCLA over PSU - would almost certainly mean RU won't tie UCLA, but buries PSU well behind RU.

7-6 Illinois at 4-8 Minnesota ... a tough one to figure out who to root for. RU is just 1.5 games behind Illinois, and owns the tiebreaker now. But we want Illinois ot stay or get re-ranked (which makes RU's win look better), so a win by Illinois helps that, vs a loss helping RU have a schance to tie Illinois in the standings. Then there is a resurgent Minnesota - now 4-8, just 1 game behind RU ... a win gives them a real shot to pass RU in the standings, a loss puts them that much further behind. Leaning towards rooting for Illinois - makes our win look better and gives RU a better shot to stay ahead of Minny and get both a top 15 in the standings place, plus as high as possible towards the #9 seed.

 

[Bayonnebomber79]

Ive played this game before and it just drives me nuts. I now just root for RU and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[bac2therac]

Purdue won easily last night over USC 90-72

a smorgasboard of big 10 games today with 3 on big traditional networks

 

[bac2therac]

Oregon blew a big lead as Sparty looks in control

If the Ducks lose they drop to 5-8 and Rutgers moves ahead of them

 

[RAC93]

Oregon blew a big lead as Sparty looks in control

If the Ducks lose they drop to 5-8 and Rutgers moves ahead of them

Not good for Oregon, they are in a tailspin. @bac2therac regarding Oregon, I know they’re still in the NCAAs as they had huge wins early, but what seed would you estimate them at now? A 7? An 8? 9? Could they actually blow it and miss the NCAAs?

 

[RUJMM78]

Indiana on a surge to tie Michigan after a poor first half.

 

[RUblackshirt2006]

I don’t know, I got no dog in this but refs and Tom Izzo and his status, the whole thing is broken. I’ll explain

Oregon pulls ahead in the 2nd half and Michigan State clearly fouls the Oregon but Izzo blows a gasket and gets tee’d up. Oregon couldnt get a call after that, ball goes out on Michigan St, doesn’t matter they get the ball. They foul, calls stop. They get touched they get the call. It’s really unfair and like I said I have no love for Oregon, just how I see it

 

[RAC93]

I don’t know, I got no dog in this but refs and Tom Izzo and his status, the whole thing is broken. I’ll explain

Oregon pulls ahead in the 2nd half and Michigan State clearly fouls the Oregon but Izzo blows a gasket and gets tee’d up. Oregon couldnt get a call after that, ball goes out on Michigan St, doesn’t matter they get the ball. They foul, calls stop. They get touched they get the call. It’s really unfair and like I said I have no love for Oregon, just how I see it

That’s why you take occasion technical fouls, ESPECIALLY in home game. Pike never gets teed up, rarely, wish he would get teed up more as sometimes a tech can wake up your team and home crowd. One or two times a year in a home game it can be warranted.

 

[knightfan7]

I don’t know, I got no dog in this but refs and Tom Izzo and his status, the whole thing is broken. I’ll explain

Oregon pulls ahead in the 2nd half and Michigan State clearly fouls the Oregon but Izzo blows a gasket and gets tee’d up. Oregon couldnt get a call after that, ball goes out on Michigan St, doesn’t matter they get the ball. They foul, calls stop. They get touched they get the call. It’s really unfair and like I said I have no love for Oregon, just how I see it

I thought it was a poorly ref'd 2nd half (didn't see the 1st). There were some really strange fouls called on both. First it was MSU till Izzo exploded, then it was against Oregon. It was prett obvious to me.

 

[RUblackshirt2006]

The foul call he got crazy about was very clearly a foul on Michigan State. Isn’t it a little embarrassing to be screaming about something in front of thousands of people live and on tv that you are dead wrong about? At least pick something iffy

 

[Salvi's Headband]

Two good results for Rutgers with Indiana and Oregon losing.

 

[bac2therac]

Not good for Oregon, they are in a tailspin. @bac2therac regarding Oregon, I know they’re still in the NCAAs as they had huge wins early, but what seed would you estimate them at now? A 7? An 8? 9? Could they actually blow it and miss the NCAAs?

I think 19-12 and they are definitely in

8-12 in league

18-13 7-11 I still like them...remember Wisconsin tanked last year

8 Quad 1 wins

Seeding taking a hit with each loss..but its not like any real bad losses

 

[RAC93]

Two good results for Rutgers with Indiana and Oregon losing.

Great results all week for RU, Iowa lost and Penn State looking like they lose again. Rutgers in much better shape to make the Big 10 tournament than they were around a week ago.

 

[RAC93]

The foul call he got crazy about was very clearly a foul on Michigan State. Isn’t it a little embarrassing to be screaming about something in front of thousands of people live and on tv that you are dead wrong about? At least pick something iffy

I hear what you’re saying, but it almost doesn’t matter what call you get the tech from. The point is to wake up/fire up your team and crowd and to then get some make up calls to come your way for your players.

 

[knightfan7]

The foul call he got crazy about was very clearly a foul on Michigan State. Isn’t it a little embarrassing to be screaming about something in front of thousands of people live and on tv that you are dead wrong about? At least pick something iffy

I didn't think it was obvious at all. Neither did one of the TV guys.

 

[RUblackshirt2006]

I didn't think it was obvious at all. Neither did one of the TV guys.

Not for nothing but tv guys are weird, they seem to always want to play both sides. More than refs missing calls commentators are way worse with some of their comments after the fact with the video in slo mo

 

[bac2therac]

Penn State housed by UCLA 78-54

 

[RUJMM78]

Two good results for Rutgers with Indiana and Oregon losing.

Also Penn State and Minnesota .

 

[knightfan7]

Illini crushed Minny at Minny 95-74

 

[shields]

Penn State has two players out.

 

[RAC93]

Another favorable result for Rutgers as Northwestern loses to fall to 4-9. There are now 11 teams in the Big at .500 or below in the conference standings, who knows who finishes in the bottom 3 and who knows who sneaks into the top 9, very wide open right now.

 

[bac2therac]

recap

Purdue 90 USC 72

Michigan State 86 Oregon 74
Wisconsin 74 Iowa 63
Illinois 95 Minnesota 74
Michigan 70 Indiana 67
UCLA 78 Penn State 54
Washington 76 Northwestern 71

Maryland 90 Rutgers 81
Nebraska 79 Ohio State 71