My picks:
Iowa over Illinois (pretty sure I could make a solid pick up team and beat Illinois)
IU over PSU
Minnesota over NW, which probably puts NW out of the tournament
Purdue over Nebraska
MSU over Iowa
Wisc over IU, which is really just a toss-up and mostly based on their reg season head-to-head win. I could easily see IU winning.
Michigan over Minnesota
OSU over PU
MSU is definitely going to have to adjust to losing Dawson. Iowa is a sneaky, sneaky team too, but I think they’ll get by them and lose their second game no matter who it’s against. Well, maybe not if it’s against Penn State.
I’ll be rooting like hell for IU over Wisc. That said, I think if MSU plays IU we win by 12. If we play Wisc it’ll be something like 24 – 19 with 3 minutes left, both teams will be in the double bonus, and the final will be 44 – 38. I’d like to play UM in the final, partly to beat them again, and partly because I think we have a better chance than against OSU. We’ll see. Most fun sports time of the year, right now.
March 5, 2012 at 11:06 pm
My picks:
Iowa over Illinois (pretty sure I could make a solid pick up team and beat Illinois)
IU over PSU
Minnesota over NW, which probably puts NW out of the tournament
Purdue over Nebraska
MSU over Iowa
Wisc over IU, which is really just a toss-up and mostly based on their reg season head-to-head win. I could easily see IU winning.
Michigan over Minnesota
OSU over PU
Wisconsin over MSU
OSU over Michigan
OSU over Wisco for the championship.
March 5, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I’ll go:
Iowa over Illinois
Indiana over Penn State
Minnesota over Northwestern
Purdue over Nebraska
Iowa over Michigan State (just to mix it up)
Indiana over Wisconsin
Michigan over Minnesota
Ohio State over Purdue
Indiana over Iowa
Ohio State over Michigan
Ohio State over Indiana
/yes, I’m a homer, but the games are in Indy and I can see Michigan State struggling against Iowa.
March 5, 2012 at 11:17 pm
MSU is definitely going to have to adjust to losing Dawson. Iowa is a sneaky, sneaky team too, but I think they’ll get by them and lose their second game no matter who it’s against. Well, maybe not if it’s against Penn State.
March 5, 2012 at 11:28 pm
there is a 93 percent chance my picks get blown up on day 2.
March 6, 2012 at 11:14 am
I’ll be rooting like hell for IU over Wisc. That said, I think if MSU plays IU we win by 12. If we play Wisc it’ll be something like 24 – 19 with 3 minutes left, both teams will be in the double bonus, and the final will be 44 – 38. I’d like to play UM in the final, partly to beat them again, and partly because I think we have a better chance than against OSU. We’ll see. Most fun sports time of the year, right now.
March 6, 2012 at 11:20 am
Banking on beating Iowa/Illinois?