Plenty of teams still in the Big Ten race
All we know for certain is that the Big Ten will get several teams in to the Dance this season. What’s still up in the air is how many teams will share the Big Ten championship trophy. MSU is one of five teams that Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press believes can still win the title. Snyder does what noone else seems to be willing to do, he predicts the conference’s eventual co-champs.
Even the coaches out of the race refuse to make a pick for the Big Ten title.
With two weeks left in the regular season, the conference has whittled itself to five contenders — Iowa (9-4), Ohio State (8-4), Wisconsin (8-4), Illinois (8-5) and Michigan State (7-5).
For all the scheduling oddities, the Big Ten got it right down the stretch, pitting the powers against each other in the final two weeks.
Iowa plays Saturday at Illinois, and Wisconsin finishes at Iowa. MSU hosts three of the other four contenders — Ohio State tonight, then Wisconsin and Illinois.