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As Nebraska, Northwestern, and Michigan State tiptoe around the bubble, can a seventh Big Ten team crash the Dance?

Bracketology for Purdue, Indiana, Northwestern, Maryland, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska: NIT, projected seeds, brackets, and more.

Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana: Who’s on the bubble, who’s in the NCAA Tournament? Plus seed projections for Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, Iowa.

I’m generally cool with Northwestern hanging onto that 6-seed, and with the upset of Michigan they shouldn’t fall to a 7—no idea on if UCLA is good as the 3-seed in their region, but staying away from the 1s and 2s for as long as possible is a good way to see a Sweet 16. See above for Michigan. I’m sure falling from 5 to 6 isn’t ideal, but the only functional difference appears to be an average P5 school instead of a mid-major champion. To be honest, I’d take the P5 grab-bag over ...

Big Ten Bracketology: Of Rutgers, wisconsin, and...Sparty?!...who do you rank highest? NIT Bracketology: An ESPN wet dream, a case for Penn State Conference Tournaments: Bids on the line tonight! Well, it’s that time again: with the Big Ten Tournament on the horizon and the Horizon League Tournament looming big tonight, we need another confusing round of Big Ten Bracketology. And, thankfully, Related The Case for a 1-Seed In light of those upsets, REFS, and general shenanigans, I wanted ...

Given the last week, I’d probably slide the Iowa Hawkeyes into the Baylor regional and knock the Bucks down a peg. Identical records, the Hawkeyes leading in NET and Kenpom and Sagarin, oh my...there doesn’t seem to be a reason that Iowa wouldn’t eventually slide up into the higher of the 2-seeds. Unless there’s a loss, my answer is just to reshuffle these four teams above as the 3-4-5-6 overall seeds. Keeps them out of each other’s way, is probably an accurate representation of how...