Big Ten Tournament links

by GopherNation on Mar 10, 2010 4:00 PM CST in Gopher Basketball

(updated with more links)

The Gophers are set to face Penn State tomorrow, here are a handful of links to get you ready.

Gametime - 6:30
TV - Big Ten Network
Opponent - 11-Penn State (fear this game)

Big Ten Network's tournament page. Bracket is here.
ESPN Insider Bubble-watch has each team's magic number. For the Gophers, that number is 3.

Wins over Butler, Ohio State and Wisconsin have kept Minnesota's chances alive to date. Unfortunately, a first-round foe of Penn State will earn them nothing. Even ousting Michigan State may not be enough to lock down a bid. Add Purdue to the win streak, though, and three wins will definitely make the Gophers golden.
Basketball Prospectus takes a look at the B10 Tournament.
SBN's Tournament coverage is comprehensive as always. Black Shoe Diaries also has a little primer as Penn State hopes to make some noise in the next few days.
Iowa's Quad City Times gives us 10 things to watch in this weekend's tournament.
Bucky's 5th Quarter with some analysis on the B10 season ending awards.
The Lansing State Journal's Big Ten Tourney analysis. They unofficially declared DJ Swat as the league's best defensive player.
Tubby called it a travesty that DJ Swat wasn't even on the Big Ten's All-Defensive team.
Ohio State's, The Lantern previews the B10 Tourney. They accurately call three-point shooting one of our biggest strengths and inconsistency

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I did the SBN preview

I’ll be on site with a press pass covering all the games, as will Joe from Hail to the Orange. Here is my Hammer & Rails preview.

A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance

HammerAndRails, SBNation's Boilermaker Blog

by BoilerTMill on Mar 10, 2010 4:15 PM CST reply actions

Fear this game is right. The Gophs need to jump out early and put their foot on PSU’s throat early and not let up. I don’t want to get into a close final 5 minutes versus Battle and Babb.

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by Gopher Bandanna Guy on Mar 10, 2010 11:25 PM CST reply actions

Who got a worse first round opponent

Gopher 6 seed VS PSU 11 Seed
Illinois vs Wisconsin

How did Iowa end up with a better record than Penn State?

by tc_brent on Mar 11, 2010 9:55 AM CST reply actions

Minnesota got the worst 1st rnd opponent

as a 4/5 seed you know you’ll be in for a tough game, but you earned the first round bye. Kind of like as the 6 seed, if you assume that you win the play-in, you know you’ll have a battle facing the 3 seed.

But as the 6 seed, your 11 seed shouldn’t be this good (or this hot).

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Mar 11, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions