The pillow fight is on in the Big Ten West, where every team has at least one conference loss, no team is ranked and identifying a frontrunner is risky business
The pillow fight is on in the Big Ten West, where every team has at least one conference loss, no team is ranked and identifying a frontrunner is risky business
The fun of being nationally ranked is fine, but the reality of the Big Ten men’s basketball season is something quite different.
Illinois took its No. 13 ranking to Rutgers Sunday afternoon and lost, 91-88. Michigan State took its No. 4 label to Northwestern Sunday night and got taken down, 79-65.
“Other leagues have good teams,” Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said Monday, “but every team in our league is really good.”
Iowa dropped a spot to No. 4 Monday after its 99-88 loss to Gonzaga Saturday in South Dakota. It’s no time to exhale. The Hawkeyes know all too well that they can’t just show up and mow down unranked Purdue Tuesday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.