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[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

We have just 4 weeks left in the Big Ten regular season

It’s time to do an updated Tier Ranking of the conference based off what their goals should be rest of season

Who can win the Big Ten? Who should move onto March? Who is on the bubble? Who’s done?👇
https://t.co/XIASHjccqP

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IM BACK! My annual Love/Hate list for March Madness is live!

🏀Four no.1-4 seeds I HATE & four no.5 seeds or higher I LOVE
🤬A no.2 seed, an SEC team & two Big Ten Schools I’m fading
❤️Who KenPom has wrong, a Cinderella, a tourney champ & BYU or VCU run?

https://t.co/mard32JUwM

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After going 0-3 in close games (5pts or less) in non-con, Michigan is now 8-1 in close Big Ten games after their 75-73 win over Purdue. Michigan’s only close loss was from a buzzer beating halfcourt shot from Dawson Garcia.

Meanwhile, Purdue is now 3-3 on the year in close games

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Tier I Big Ten Title Favorites:
Michigan, Michigan State & Purdue

Boilers play Wolverines tonight. Round 1 in Mackey was over before the first TV timeout. Can Michigan return the punches this time?

All 3 teams have difficult final stretches with 2-3 games vs the other Top-2

[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

We have just 4 weeks left in the Big Ten regular season

It’s time to do an updated Tier Ranking of the conference based off what their goals should be rest of season

Who can win the Big Ten? Who should move onto March? Who is on the bubble? Who’s done?👇
https://t.co/XIASHjccqP

[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

MASSIVE week in Big Ten Play as we finally start to get the Top 7 teams playing each other in a loaded final stretch

no.7 Purdue at no.20 Michigan
UCLA at Illinois
no.25 Maryland at Nebraska
no.16 Wisconsin at no.7 Purdue
no.11 Michigan State at Illinois

Who’s winning the🏆?

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New AP Poll dropped and now Saturday’s Auburn at Alabama rivalry clash will be no.1 vs no.2.

Post Super Bowl means it is officially College Basketball’s time to shine and it doesn’t get better than this

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

Can't wait to be at our first 1 vs. 2 game since Tennessee-Memphis in 2008! 🍿

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If Michigan State wants to get where they want to go (Big Ten Title, Final Four) , they’ll need a star…

Jase Richardson today
29 PTS
9-13 FG
5 REB
0 TOs

The freshman won them the game against Oregon & kept them on pace in the Big Ten Title race. Spartans need him to keep it up

[FOX College Hoops @CBBonFOX]

Jason Richardson is HYPED after this play by his son, Jase 🔥

@MSU_Basketball x @JaseRich4

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Rick Pitino has St John’s ranked in the Top 12 in the AP Poll for the first time in 25 years & is all alone in 1st place of the Big East

But here is St. John’s schedule this week:

vs. no.11 Marquette on Tue
@ no. 19 UConn on Fri

Will Rick be able to hold onto 1st place?

[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

It’s the IU Purdue Rivalry game tonight

3905 combined wins
88 All Americans
50 Big Ten Titles
76 March Madness appearances
11 Final Fours
6* National Titles

It’s Crimson vs Old Gold
Woody vs Painter
Hoosiers vs Boilers

The best Big Ten rivalry tips at 8ET & Mackey will be LOUD

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High School commits to USC since Musselman took over last summer:

Class of 2024
4⭐️ Isaiah Elohim
4⭐️Jalen Shelley

Class of 2025
5⭐️Alijah Arenas
4⭐️Elzie Harrington
4⭐️Jerry Easter

[Joe Tipton @JoeTipton]

NEWS: 5⭐️ Alijah Arenas, On3’s No. 10 overall recruit in the 2025 class, has committed to USC, source tells @On3Recruits.

The 6-5 Shooting Guard and son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas chose the Trojans over Arizona, Kentucky, and Louisville.

Story: https://t.co/T3N6CtWwlD

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That was one of the best halfs of any team in CBB this season.

Michigan goes 1-16 from 3pt, has just 12 2pt FGA, but also 10 TOs.

Purdue leads 51-26 over Michigan at half.

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Iowa has lost 3 straight & is firmly outside the March Madness bubble. Penn State had lost 4 straight before righting the ship against Rutgers

11 of the 16 games these two have played have been decided by 10pts or less. Hawkeyes & Nittany Lions both desperately need a W

9ET FS1

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HUGE Big Ten showdown in West Lafayette

6-1 Michigan visits 7-2 Purdue each a game back from MSU. Boilers look to bounce back from OSU loss. Dusty May gets his 1st visit to Mackey

Purdue has won 3 straight over Wolverines, but they had won 6 of 7 vs Painter before that
8 ET FOX

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That was the best half Great Osobor has played in a Washington jersey

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Last 60 minutes from #iubb

Mgbako - 8pts (3-12)
Rice - 20pts (8-18)
Galloway - 2pts (0-7)
Carlyle - 11pts (5-17)
Goode- 7pts (3-10)

92 total points
Outscored by 53 points
Out-rebounded by 17 boards

Not a serious team

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Big Ten Teams in the AP Poll

12) Michigan State
13) Oregon
17) Purdue
19) Illinois
20) Michigan
24) Wisconsin

With 6 selections, the Big Ten has the 2nd most ranked teams behind the SEC with 9.

[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

@John_Fanta So you move up Michigan State, Oregon, & Michigan in your top 25 but Purdue won two games by a combined 54 points (including beating your no.24 team this past week by 36) and doesn’t move?

Not even above Ole Miss who they’ve beaten head to head?

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Since the Auburn loss, Purdue has won 5 straight games each by 18+ points.

Four of those games have been in Big Ten play & Purdue’s point differential thru those 5 games is +111pts

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Auburn without Johni Broome (ankle) just held South Carolina scoreless for the last 5 minutes & 18 seconds to sneak out of Columbia with a win and retake the no.1 ranking.

This Auburn team can win on both ends of the court.

[Jordan from The Floor Slap @JordanFloorSlap]

Purdue is 4-1 in Big Ten play
Illinois is 4-1 in Big Ten play
Purdue is 2-1 on the road
Illinois is 2-1 on the road
Purdue lost at Penn state, Illinois blew them out
Illinois lost to Northwestern, Purdue blew them out

Illini & Boilers meet in the final game of the year