Big Ten Tournament Pairings: Gophers 75% of the Way To Finish Line

https://bigten.org/documents/2018/9/10/2019_Big_Ten_Tournament_Bracket.pdf

Barring a lot of crazy results down the stretch, the Gophers are pretty much locked in to the #7, #8, or #9 seed. Perhaps the #10 seed if things really go south.

Wednesday, March 13 (Weakling Wednesday)
#12 Indiana (4-11) vs. #13 Penn State (3-12), 5:30 CT (BTN)
#11 Nebraska (5-11) vs. #14 Northwestern (3-12), 8 (BTN)

Thursday, March 14 (2nd Round)
#8 GOPHERS (7-8) vs. #9 Illinois (6-9), 11:30 (BTN)
#5 Wisconsin (10-5) vs. Indiana/Penn State winner, 2 (BTN)
#7 Ohio State (7-8) vs. #10 Rutgers (5-11), 6 (BTN)
#6 Iowa (9-6) vs. Nebraska/Northwestern winner, 8:30 (BTN)

Friday, March 15 (Quarterfinals)
#1 Michigan State (12-3) vs. GOPHERS/Illinois winner, 11:30 (BTN)
#4 Maryland (11-5) vs. Wisconsin/Indiana/Penn State winner, 2 (BTN)
#2 Michigan (12-3) vs. Ohio State/Rutgers winner, 6 (BTN)
#3 Purdue (12-3) vs. Iowa/Nebraska/Northwestern winner, 8:30 (BTN)

Couldn’t think of a worse draw if the season were to end today. Illinois then Sparty...Yuck.

So the last time we played in the 8 v 9 game against Illinois in Chicago this happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO0m998SZ-A

dannygopher9100 said:

So the last time we played in the 8 v 9 game against Illinois in Chicago this happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO0m998SZ-A

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On the bright side, the Gophers followed that loss with their only NCAA Tournament win since 1997.