The Big Ten was loaded with star power this season, which makes it all the more disappointing that so many of its teams made early exits
with Wisconsin on Feb. 20. Let us all remember that Howard can, in fact, coach, after orchestrating a defensive masterclass against Colorado State, but also that extreme variance can happen to anyone, after Tennessee made just two of 18 threes as it fell to Michigan on Saturday. The Wolverines now draw a much older Villanova team that led Ohio State for the entire 40 minutes on Sunday, and a win would lead to an undesirable matchup with Arizona or Houston.
The best hope for the Big Ten to plant its flag at the Final Four has probably always been Purdue: Its occasionally leaky defense has looked like a yellow flag for prognosticators but held Yale to 56 points and mostly prevented Texas from working the ball inside. Purdue and its three best players create unique and constant problems for the opposition.
The Boilermakers are now the top remaining seed in an eminently winnable region whose No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed were already ousted. They enter this week heavily favored against plucky No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s,. On the other side lies tough-but-beatable North Carolina, which nearly blew a 25-point lead to Baylor, and UCLA, which may be without top player Jaime Jaquez Jr., who injured his ankle Saturday.
The seeds sure haven’t mattered much, but for what it’s worth, there are three Big 12 teams, three ACC teams and two Pac-12 teams left. But caring about any of that is certainly not a prerequisite to enjoying the basketball that remains. There are all sorts of theories swirling about why the Big Ten hasn’t delivered on its reputation in recent years. Frankly, it’s really hard to win games in the tournament.
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