Big 10

[NAHSTE]

I've watched the Big10 all my life. They used to have great players in teams in the 80's and early 90's....Glen Rice, Steve Alford, Big Dog, Flying Illini, Fab Five, Calbert Chaney, Shawn Respert, etc. It seems like after the mid-90's the Big10 stopped getting "superstar" players. They became more of a plodding league with guys like Brian Cardinal, Reggie Evans (Yuck!), every Michigan State & Wisconsin team, etc.

Its not the most entertaining brand of bball. I mainly watch the Big East now (though I still watch the Illini).

Yeah, aside from the 3-guard Illini team from a few years back that had Dee Brown 2, Luther Head and Deron Williams, I haven't really been eager to watch a Big 10 team in years. I can get up for random college basketball games for great teams, or even exciting ones, but there just hasn't been a reason for me to watch B10 basketball since then.

 

[Vinsane]

I miss the days of Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd, for one. The Big Ten since the turn of the millennium has been like Senser said a conference that plods along until the tournament and may have one or two surprise teams and the usual run by Michigan State. The conference top to bottom is not as talented and only looks "tough" because they beat up on one another.

Switching focus to March I'm not sure how many teams the Big 10 will field or how far they will go. If I had to pick right now I'd say three make it to the sweet 16 (Purdue, Mich St., Ohio St.) one makes it to the elite eight (Mich St.) and none to the final four.

 

[Bear Pand]

I'm watching MSU-IU right now and it's been a terrible game. IU went 10 minutes without a FG. That shouldn't even be possible.

But teams like Purdue Ohio State and MSU (when they aren't playing shit teams) are worth watching.

Purdue - Ohio State tomorrow is as good as most Big 12 or Big East matchups.