2007 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT PREDICTION
FINAL 2006-7 BIG TEN STANDINGS
     Avg
Wins AC DH GH PH JH RL JS NS BS BT BV Place Season
Seed Conf W-L W-L
Ohio State 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1.55 1  Ohio State   15-1  27-3
Wisconsin 2 3 3 7 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2.45 2 Wisconsin  13-3  27-4
Indiana 0 4 6 2 5 5 6 6 4 3 8 3 4.73 3 Indiana  10-6  20-9
Illinois 2 5 5 6 4 7 7 3 8 6 3 6 5.45 4 Illinois  9-7 21-10
Purdue 1 7 7 8 8 8 9 7 5 5 4 8 6.91 5 Purdue  9-7 20-10
Iowa 0 6 8 4 3 4 5 8 6 8 7 7 6.00 6 Iowa  9-7 17-13
Michigan State 1 1 1 3 6 1 3 4 3 4 6 4 3.27 7 Michigan State  8-8 21-10
Michigan  1 8 4 5 7 6 4 5 7 7 5 5 5.73 8 Michigan   8-8 20-11
Minnesota 0 9 9 9 11 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 9.27 9 Minnesota  3-13  9-21
Penn State 0 11 10 11 9 11 10 9 10 11 11 9 10.18 10 Penn State    2-14    11-18
Northwestern 0 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 10.45 11 Northwestern   2-14  13-17
 
AC DH GH PH JH RL JS NS BS BT BV  
   Total 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
SCORING:  11 points for each win by your #1 pick, 10 points for each win by your 2nd pick etc.
Note that top five teams get a first round bye.
INSTRUCTIONS:  Pick teams in order of  the number of wins you think each team will win in the
2007 Tournament.  Put the place under the place column by each team.  Record above and right.   
You can e-mail me your picks listings the teams in the order you picked them from 1 to 11  
Big Ten tourney backet is at link below: 
http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mbasketball-2007tourney.pdf
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DEADLINE:  Wednesday, March 7, 2007.  First game is on Thursday, March 8th
SCORING:
Wins AC DH GH PH JH RL JS NS BS BT BV  
Ohio State 30 30 33 33 30 33 33 33 30 30 30 Ohio State
Wisconsin 18 18 10 20 18 20 20 20 22 22 22 Wisconsin
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indiana
Illinois 14 14 12 16 10 10 18 8 12 18 12 Illinois
Purdue 5 5 4 4 4 3 5 7 7 8 4 Purdue
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iowa
Michigan State 11 11 9 6 11 9 8 9 8 6 8 Michigan State
Michigan  4 8 7 5 6 8 7 5 5 7 7 Michigan 
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota
Penn State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penn State
Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northwestern
  Total 82 86 75 84 79 83 91 82 84 91 83
Place 8 3 11 4 10 6 1 8 4 1 6
AC DH GH PH JH RL JS NS BS BT BV  
Predictors:  AC- Andrew Coates,  DH- Dick Hammerstrom, GH- Gerry Hamilton, 
PH- Phil Hensley, JH- Jim Henning , RL- Randy Lang,
JS- Jim Slagle, Ohio, NS- Nelson Slagle, BS- Bob Stanley,  BT- Bob Thomas
and BV- Blake Vasquez
RESULTS:  1st Round: Michigan 49 Minnesota 40,  Mich St 62 Northwestern 57, Illinois 66 Penn State 60.
2nd Round: OSU 72 Michigan 62, Purdue 74 Iowa 55, Wisconsin 71 Michigan St 57, Illini 58 Indiana 54 OT
3rd Round: OSU 63 Purdue 52, Wisconsin 53 Illinois 41.    Final: OSU 66  Wisconsin 49
BOB THOMAS AND JIM SLAGLE CO-CHAMPS IN 2007 BIG TEN PREDICTS
      Bob Thomas and Jim Slagle were co-champs in the 2007 Big Ten Predicts.  Jim Slagle was the only
predictor to have the top 3 teams correct and Jim and Bob were the only ones to have Illinois as high as 3rd.
Five of 11 predictors correctly picked Ohio State to win the Tourney.