All the games are officially done in the Big Ten regular-season and we now know what the seeds will be and when the matchups will occur. With Wisconsin’s loss to Nebraska coupled with Illinois’ win over Iowa, the Illini secure the No. 1 seed while the Badgers are the No. 2 seed. Purdue (3) — and amazingly — Rutgers (4) round out the teams that receive a double-bye.
As far as Ohio State goes, everything would have fallen its way to get that double-bye as well as the No. 4 seed, but it somehow couldn’t find a way to beat a Michigan team that was without its best player, had its head coach suspended, and should have gotten at least a little boost from playing at home on Senior Day.
Because of that, OSU gets the No. 6 seed and will have to play late on Thursday night against the winner of a first-round matchup involving Minnesota and Penn State. The complete and official bracket is below thanks to the Big Ten Network.
Officially official 👀
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— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 7, 2022
All games through the quarterfinals will take place on the Big Ten Network, so you can sit down and keep it all on one channel for three days before we get into the semifinals on Saturday.
Let the madness begin.
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