2011 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT PREDICTIONS

The fourth annual Big Ten basketball tournament predictions will start March 10th. Pick all 11 teams in order of the

number of games you think they will win. You will get 11 points for each victory by the team you picked 1st, 10 points

for each for each victory for the team you picked 2nd, etc. Most points win. The top five teams get a bye and the

other 6 teams play in the first round. Team finishing 6th plays 11th seed, 7th seed plays 10th seed, and 8th seed plays

9th seed on Thursday in Indianapolis. Winners then play seeds 1, 2 and 3 with 4 & 5 seed playing each other on

Friday. Semi-finals are Saturday and finals Sunday. All games in Indianapolis.

See the paper or the internet for the pairings. Big Ten standings are below:

|------CONFERENCE-------| |--------OVERALL--------|

STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA

--------- --- --- -- -- --- --- -- --

Ohio State.......... 16-2 .889 74.5 64.1 29-2 .935 77.9 59.7

Purdue.............. 14-4 .778 72.5 64.3 25-6 .806 73.2 61.0

Wisconsin........... 13-5 .722 67.9 62.4 23-7 .767 69.4 59.1

Illinois............ 9-9 .500 68.5 65.5 19-12 .613 71.8 65.4

Michigan............ 9-9 .500 64.7 66.7 19-12 .613 66.5 62.8

Michigan State...... 9-9 .500 64.7 67.2 17-13 .567 69.1 66.9

Penn State.......... 9-9 .500 63.2 64.2 16-13 .552 64.2 63.9

Northwestern........ 7-11 .389 66.4 71.1 17-12 .586 71.9 68.0

Minnesota........... 6-12 .333 63.7 65.7 17-13 .567 69.1 66.7

Iowa................ 4-14 .222 65.2 72.8 11-19 .367 67.4 68.1

Indiana............. 3-15 .167 64.9 72.3 12-19 .387 70.0 68.4

See Link below for the tournament bracket:

To make your prediction, just e-mail me your teams listed 1-11. Or if you want

to send me a form, mark the teams above 1-11.

NAME: _________________

DEADLINE: March 9^th

Slag

3-6-11