Hello and welcome friends to another edition of This B1G Week. Well, the schedule is officially getting wacky. Multiple programs (Penn State, Michigan State, and Nebraska) have all had outbreaks within their programs causing several games to be rescheduled. After going through the entire non-conference play with games only being canceled based on the non-Big Ten teams it looks like things are catching up with the league. Hopefully, everyone gets and stays healthy and we can have things off the court go just as well as they are going on the court.
Big Ten Game of the Week
Saturday - 4 pm - CBS - Ohio State @ Wisconsin - Ohio State is red hot in their last few games. Wisconsin had an up and down week having been blown out by Michigan and following it up by beating Rutgers.
Actual Rankings
B1G Picks
Nonconference Game of the Week
Monday - 9 pm - ESPN - Kansas @ Baylor - Kicking things off with some Monday night basketball is a top ten matchup in the Big 12. Baylor had their first game this year that they won by less than double figures and Kansas is coming in being typically as strong as they are.
Team of the Week
Team of the Weak
Minnesota Golden Gophers - Michigan looked unstoppable earlier in the week when they played Wisconsin, then they went to Minnesota. The Gophers handled the Wolverines on Saturday and handed them their first loss of the season.
Team of the Weak
Northwestern Wildcats - Of the teams that haven't had to go on pause, Northwestern is probably the coldest team. The 'Cats were the hottest team in the Big Ten starting off 3-0 but have lost their last five games including two this past week.
Actual Rankings
- Michigan - 6-1 - 11-1
- Iowa - 6-1 - 12-2
- Wisconsin - 5-2 -11-3
- Ohio State - 5-3 - 11-3
- Purdue - 5-3 - 10-5
- Illinois - 5-3 - 9-5
- Minnesota - 4-4 - 11-4
- Indiana - 3-4 - 8-6
- Rutgers - 3-5 - 7-5
- Northwestern - 3-5 - 5-6
- Michigan State - 2-4 - 8-4
- Maryland - 2-5 - 7-6
- Penn State - 0-4 - 3-5
- Nebraska - 0-4 - 4-7
B1G Picks
Tuesday
6:30 pm - BTN - Purdue @ Ohio State
Grant's Pick: Ohio State, Troy's Pick: Ohio State
7 pm - FS1 - Maryland @ Michigan
Grant's Pick: Michigan, Troy's Pick: Michigan
8:30 pm - BTN - Penn State @ Illinois
Grant's Pick: Illinois, Troy's Pick: Illinois
Wednesday
9 pm - BTN - Northwestern @ Wisconsin
Grant's Pick: Wisconsin, Troy's Pick: Wisconsin
Thursday
7 pm - BTN - Rutgers @ Penn State
Grant's Pick: Rutgers, Troy's Pick: Rutgers
9 pm - FS1 - Indiana @ Iowa
Grant's Pick: Iowa, Troy's Pick: Iowa
Friday
7 pm - FS1 - Michigan @ Purdue
Grant's Pick: Michigan, Troy's Pick: Michigan
Saturday
Noon - Fox - Illinois @ Michigan State
Grant's Pick: Michigan State, Troy's Pick: Illinois
2 pm - BTN - Maryland @ Minnesota
Grant's Pick: Minnesota, Troy's Pick: Minnesota
4 pm - CBS - Ohio State @ Wisconsin
Grant's Pick: Ohio State, Troy's Pick: Wisconsin
7 pm - BTN - Northwestern @ Penn State
Grant's Pick: Northwestern, Troy's Pick: Northwestern
Sunday
Grant's Pick: Rutgers, Troy's Pick: Indiana
Grant's Previous Week Pick Record: 5-3
Grant's Total Pick Record: 94-27
Troy's Previous Week Pick Record: 4-4
Troy's Total Pick Record: 95-26
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