Can Purdue come up with yet another Big Ten title, despite missing Zach Edey from last year’s team? The Boilermakers took a big step in that direction in January, when they whacked Michigan by 27 in West Lafayette, the first of four straight wins for Matt Painter’s team.
Opportunities like this don’t come every day for anyone. In the Big Ten, they’re a little more likely to happen because the league has so many good teams. But for Ohio State, this week is all about opportunity.
North Carolina seems to be spiraling at the wrong time. Hubert Davis doesn’t seem to have an answer, and the natives in Chapel Hill are getting restless.
Texas Tech is playing with house money in this game. The Red Raiders have absolutely nothing to lose here, given that Houston has been blowing everyone off the map. The Cougars sit 9-0 in the Big 12, and they’re likely to land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Auburn has played some incredible basketball this season. A loss at Duke remains the only blemish on the Tigers’ mark, as Bruce Pearl has a legitimate contender for the national championship.
Facing Alabama at home wasn’t the boost that Mississippi State needed. Now the Bulldogs get the slower-paced version of the Crimson Tide in Missouri.
Is Tennessee going through a swoon, or are the Volunteers about to pick it up?
That’s the big question with the Volunteers after their first home loss of the season.
Indiana’s a blue blood on history, but the Hoosiers haven’t really been an elite program since Bob Knight retired. These days, the Hoosiers are compared to how they match up with Purdue.
It’s a testament to how deep the Big Ten is that Nebraska has dropped six in a row, sits 17th in the league and can still realistically talk about making the NCAA tournament.