B1G Tournament pairings through Jan. 21: Gophers return to Weakling Wednesday

Update #3, the halfway point for the Gophers. Huge game for the Gophers on Tuesday vs. Northwestern if they want to avoid Weakling Wednesday.

All times are Central. All Weakling Wednesday, 2nd-round, and quarterfinal games will be televised by BTN.

Wednesday, Feb. 28 (Weakling Wednesday)
#12 Rutgers (2-6) vs. #13 Iowa (1-7), 4:30
#11 GOPHERS (3-6) vs. #14 Illinois (0-7), 7

Thursday, March 1 (2nd Round)
#8 Wisconsin (3-4) vs. #9 Penn State (3-5), 11
#5 Nebraska (5-3) vs. Rutgers/Iowa winner, 1:30
#7 Maryland (4-4) vs. #10 Northwestern (3-5), 5:30
#6 Indiana (4-3) vs. GOPHERS/Illinois winner, 8

Friday, March 2 (Quarterfinals)
#1 Ohio State (8-0) vs. Wisconsin/Penn State winner, 11
#4 Michigan (6-3) vs. Nebraska/Rutgers/Iowa winner, 1:30
#2 Purdue (8-0) vs. Maryland/Northwestern winner, 5:30
#3 Michigan State (5-2) vs. Indiana/GOPHERS/Illinois winner, 8

God, that's depressing. Maybe after all the turmoil and travel they can get back to somewhat on track against Northwestern. Too bad our one game for the week isn't Thursday instead of the earlier rotation of the week. Still a decent team there for this year's BIG if a couple of them stop pouting, stop playing hero ball, and start putting the ball in the basket.

Mulligan said:

Still a decent team there for this year's BIG if a couple of them stop pouting, stop playing hero ball, and start putting the ball in the basket.

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Agree 100%.

It starts with the senior captain.

The game against Ohio State will have prepared the Gophers well for playing in front of 16,000 empty seats.