The Big Ten is a joke, as Michigan is the only hope left for the conference at the NCAA tournament

The Big Ten is a joke, as Michigan is the only hope left for the conference at the NCAA tournament

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Another seed of the top ten down.

Another seed of the top ten down.
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Not only do numbers not lie, but they are also great resources when you need to prove a point.

Last week, Big Ten was beautiful as we waited for March Madness to start. The yearly overkill “basketball conference” was feeling good, as some of the top ten fans and media members felt it was a slap in the face that Michigan State was playing at First Four, which is an incremental play-in game.

The 11 Spartans lost to the 11th UCLA by 86-80 in overtime. It would be a precursor to what was to come. Because in just five days, the conference that was responsible for having half (4) of the first eight seeds of the tournament was reduced to one in the whole damn thing.

With the victory of No. 1 Michigan by 86-78 over No. 8 LSU on Monday night, it means that they are the last team after No. 2 Alabama defeated No. 10 Maryland, 96-77, in their second round confrontation.

The conference with the number 10 in the name had nine teams in the tournament and already has one. In addition to the losses to the state of Michigan and Maryland, here’s how the rest of the conference fared:

  • No. 2 Ohio State lost to No. 15 Oral Roberts 75-72 in the first round overtime
  • No. 4 Purdue dropped to No. 13 North Texas 78-69 in the first round
  • No. 1 Illinois was strangled by No. 8 Loyola 71-58 in the second round
  • No. 9 Wisconsin was sent home by No. 1 Baylor 76-63 in the second round
  • No. 10 Rutgers lost to No. 2 Houston 63-60 on Sunday
  • No. 2 Iowa was dismantled by No. 7 Oregon 95-80 on Monday

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Bilas is wrong. The word to describe this is “pathetic”. A week ago, we wondered if this would be the year that the Big Ten finally appeared, as it has been 21 years since a conference team won the NCAA Tournament when the Spartans did it in 2000. Since then, the Big Ten has made 16 appearances in the Four Finals. The Wolverines are the conference’s only hope of reaching 17.

Since 2011, the highlight of the beginning of the college basketball season has been the Championship Classic, an annual series featuring four of the country’s best programs in Duke (ACC), Kentucky, (SEC), Kansas, (Big 12) and Michigan State (Big Ten) play with each other on three-year rotation.

Well, as it is supposed to be an event for “champions”, I think it’s time for the Big Ten to be removed.

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