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Coaches Think There Could Be 7 or 8 Big Ten Teams in NCAA Tourney

Closed Published January 6th, 2009 on FanHouse

Filed under: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Big Ten, March Madness, NCAA Basketball Coaches

I’ve been trying to impress upon the FanHouse readers for a little while that the Big Ten is back to being a strong conference this year, but it seems to me the coaches are getting a bit ahead of — or maybe too proud of — themselves for it being early January.

Illinois coach Bruce Weber said as many as seven teams will play in the tournament. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo predicted as many as eight.

Alright, guys, step away from the microphone.

In order for a conference to get eight bids, there’s going to have to be a ton of unusual circumstances. First of all, the top eight teams are going to have to basically win every single game over the bottom three. With Indiana and possibly Iowa, I could see that. Northwestern, though, has enough potential to win four or five conference games. Second of all, the teams must all have built stellar non-conference resumes, and Penn State, to name one, did not.

Coaches Think There Could Be 7 or 8 Big Ten Teams in NCAA Tourney originally appeared on Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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