Purdue lost an inexcusable first round game to seeded North Texas. Ohio State had the same fate with Oral Roberts, a seed. Illinois and Iowa both had embarrassing second round routs by Loyola-Chicago and Oregon, respectively. Had they lost, the Big Ten would have tied the record for most Tournament losses by a conference prior to the Sweet 16 round. That is not the kind of recognition the Big Ten was hoping or expecting to receive when heading to Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago.
More SEC Rumors ». More Big Ten News ». More Big Ten Rumors ». View all Big Ten Sites. The Pac has five teams advancing and the Big East four. For the second NCAA tourney in a row, 11 conferences sent multiple teams. Before , that hadn't happened since There were automatic qualifiers from 31 conferences, down one from the usual 32 after the Ivy League opted out of the season.
That meant an additional at-large berth. Big Ten teams Michigan and Illinois are No. Minnesota won once before losing, and Tubby Smith lost his job.
Wisconsin returned to the Final Four but lost by one to Kentucky. The Wildcats got their by ending Michigan's season in the regional final. Tyus Jones beat the Badgers in the title game. Wisconsin got there by dispatching undefeated Kentucky. Michigan State came up one W short of joining them in the Final Four.
Minnesota and Maryland lost in the first round, but five other Big Ten teams won at least one game. Michigan and Wisconsin lost tight games in the Sweet 16, while Purdue was blown out by Kansas. Home All Sections. Log In Welcome, User. Coronavirus Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth St. How to read our graphs Each graph below represents a single year of NCAA tournament play, dating back to
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