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There is absolutely no way you can trust Minnesota at this juncture of the season.
Not only have the Gophers lost seven in a row, but they have not been competitive in most of those games. Six of those seven defeats were by seven points or more, and one of them came against Northwestern.
The Wildcats beat the Gophers by eight on February 25 and used that as a catalyst to win two more games to close out the Big Ten regular season.
Since it is trending in the right direction, Northwestern should be picked to cover the small spread, which is where it is at because the two programs finished beside each other in the Big Ten regular-season standings.
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The 2020-21 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament will begin this Tuesday, March 9, with the reigning conference champion Maryland Terrapins (21-2; 17-1 Big Ten) once again favored to take the crown.
Associated Press, has won the Big Ten Tournament four times since joining the conference in 2014 and finished as the tournament runner-up twice. Most recently, the Terrapins cruised to the 2020 title behind eventual WNBA draftee Kaila Charles, standout freshman and tournament Most Outstanding Player Ashley Owusu and a havoc-inducing defense.
While the Terrapins’ defense isn’t as ferocious this time around they’re allowing 93.7 points per 100 possessions, compared to just 76.3 last season their offense has more than made up for it, leading all of NCAA Division I with 121.8 points scored per 100 possessions. Six players, including Owusu and greatly-improved sophomore Diamond Miller, average double-figure scoring for Maryland,