Big Ten Football & Basketball Blog

The 2009 Big Ten Tournament tips off on Thursday and the pairings for the event have been announced. Thursday’s games feature the #8 seed Northwestern Wildcats facing the #9 Minnesota Golden Gophers at noon on the Big Ten Network with #7 Michigan facing #10 Iowa at 2:30 on ESPN2 and finally #6 Penn State facing #11 Indiana at 5 pm on ESPN2. On Friday, #1 Michigan State faces the Northwestern/Minnesota winner at noon and #4 Wisconsin takes on #5 Ohio State at 2:30 pm, both on ESPN, and the final two games of the night will be televised on the Big Ten Network as #2 Illinois faces the Michigan/Iowa winner and #3 Purdue faces the Penn State/Indiana winner. Games continue at 1:40 and 4 pm on Saturday with the semifinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament on CBS and finally the Big Ten Championship on Sunday at 3:30 pm on CBS as well.

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The 2009 Big Ten Basketball Tournament is just around the corner, and with each game played in the Big Ten, the seeding and overall picture becomes a bit more clear. Michigan State remains in control with a 2-game lead in the loss column at 12-3 with only Illinois and Purdue, both 11-5 in Big Ten play, in striking distance. Penn State and Wisconsin are both 8-7 with Minnesota, Michigan & Ohio State at 8-8 and Northwestern at 7-9 nipping at their heels. The #10 seed will go to Iowa which is now 4-12 in Big Ten play and Indiana will take the #11 seed at 1-14 in the conference.