2019-20 Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release
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2019-20 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Asst. Commissioner/Communications: Adam Augustine • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 608-215-4391 • Twitter: @B1GMBBall Asst. Director (Secondary MBB Contact): Shannon Malone • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 125 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 972-804-8675 • Twitter: @B1GMBBall 2019-20 STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE Conference Games All Games Tue., Feb. 18 W-L PCT H A Strk PF PA W-L PCT H A N L10 Stk. T25* PF PA *RV/RV Illinois at #9/9 Penn State ..........6:30 p.m. FS1 #7/7 Maryland 11-3 .786 7-0 4-3 W8 66.9 63.0 21-4 .840 14-0 4-4 3-0 W8 8-2 4-0 71.5 62.2 *Purdue at -/RV Wisconsin ..........................7 p.m. ESPN #9/9 Penn State 10-4 .714 5-1 4-3 W8 74.5 71.6 20-5 .800 13-1 5-3 2-1 W8 8-2 4-1 77.5 67.4 *Northwestern at #7/7 Maryland ..................8 p.m. BTN #20/20 Iowa 9-6 .600 7-0 2-5 W1 76.5 74.9 18-8 .692 12-1 4-5 2-2 W1 7-3 5-3 78.2 71.7 RV/RV Rutgers 9-6 .600 8-0 1-5 W1 67.7 64.8 18-8 .692 17-0 1-6 0-2 W1 6-4 3-3 70.5 61.7 Wed., Feb. 19 RV/25 Michigan State 9-6 .600 6-2 3-4 L1 69.5 64.5 17-9 .654 10-3 4-4 3-2 L1 4-6 3-4 75.1 64.1 *RV/RV Michigan at RV/RV Rutgers ............7 p.m. BTN RV/RV Illinois 8-6 .571 5-2 3-4 L4 64.8 63.6 16-9 .640 12-3 4-5 0-1 L4 6-4 1-6 73.0 65.2 *Indiana at Minnesota .................................9 p.m. BTN -/RV Wisconsin 8-6 .571 5-1 3-5 W2 65.1 63.9 15-10 .600 11-1 4-6 0-3 W2 6-4 4-3 66.4 61.8 #25/24 Ohio State 7-7 .500 5-2 2-5 W2 68.2 66.9 17-8 .680 13-2 3-5 1-1 W2 6-4 3-2 71.5 61.4 Thu., Feb. 20 RV/RV Michigan 7-7 .500 4-3 2-4 W3 74.6 71.9 16-9 .640 10-4 2-5 4-0 W3 5-5 4-4 76.2 68.1 *#25/24 Ohio State at #20/20 Iowa...............7 p.m. ESPN Purdue 7-8 .467 5-2 2-6 L2 66.3 65.5 14-12 .538 10-3 3-7 1-2 L2 5-5 4-5 68.6 62.1 *RV/25 Michigan State at Nebraska .......8:30 p.m. FS1 Indiana 6-8 .429 5-2 1-6 L1 67.9 72.1 16-9 .640 13-3 1-6 2-0 L1 4-6 3-3 72.7 68.2 Minnesota 6-8 .429 5-2 1-6 L2 65.9 67.8 12-12 .500 10-3 1-8 1-1 L2 4-6 2-5 69.8 65.9 Nebraska 2-12 .143 2-5 0-7 L10 69.6 77.6 7-18 .280 5-8 0-9 2-1 L10 0-10 0-5 71.4 76.3 Sat., Feb. 22 Northwestern 1-13 .071 1-6 0-7 L9 61.6 71.9 6-18 .250 4-9 1-8 1-1 L9 1-9 0-5 64.8 69.0 *RV/RV Michigan at Purdue ........................2 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 * Top 25 in either AP or USA Today/Coaches Poll Sun., Feb. 23 BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. *#9/9 Penn State at Indiana .......................... Noon FS1 • Tuesday night’s Big Ten action features RV/RV Illinois at #9/9 Penn State at 6:30 p.m. ET on FS1, Purdue at -/RV *RV/RV Rutgers at -/RV Wisconsin ..............1 p.m. BTN Wisconsin at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and Northwestern at #7/7 Maryland at 8 p.m. ET on BTN. *Minnesota at Northwestern .......................3 p.m. BTN *#7/7 Maryland at #25/24 Ohio State ...........4 p.m. CBS • The Big Ten lists 10 teams in the top 40 of the NCAA NET Rankings: Maryland (No. 7), Michigan State (No. 13), Penn State (No. 17), Ohio State (No. 18), Michigan (No. 26), Iowa (No. 28), Rutgers (No. 30), Wisconsin (No. 31), Purdue (No. 33) and Illinois (No. 38). Mon., Feb. 24 *Nebraska at RV/RV Illinois .........................8 p.m. BTN • Overall, nine Big Ten programs are ranked or receiving votes in a poll this week: Maryland (No. 7 Associated Press/ No. 7 USA Today Coaches), Penn State (No. 9/9), Iowa (No. 20/20), Ohio State (No. 25/24) and Michigan State Tue., Feb. 25 (RV/No. 25). This week marks the 10th week in a row at least fve Big Ten teams have been ranked in the Top 25. *#20/20 Iowa at RV/25 Michigan State .........7 p.m. ESPN2 Additionally, Michigan, Illinois, Rutgers and Wisconsin are among others receiving votes in one of the polls. • Maryland is 14-0 at home, equaling the best start at Xfnity/Comcast Center (also accomplished in 2015-16). The Wed., Feb. 26 Terps last went undefeated for an entire season at home in the fnal season of Cole Field House in 2001-02 (15-0). *RV/RV Rutgers at #9/9 Penn State .............7 p.m. BTN *#7/7 Maryland at Minnesota .......................9 p.m. BTN • Maryland’s Anthony Cowan Jr. was named Big Ten Player of the Week after two Terrapin wins, averaging 18.5 points and six assists. The senior posted 24 points in a come-from-behind win at Michigan State. The Terps were Thu., Feb. 27 down seven points with three minutes to play, Cowan Jr. scored the fnal 11 points of a 14-0 run, including three *-/RV Wisconsin at RV/RV Michigan ............7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 3-pointers, to guide the Terps to the win. Maryland has won eight straight Big Ten games, its longest since joining the league and longest overall since 2001-02 when winning the NCAA Championship. *Indiana at Purdue ......................................7 p.m. FS1 *RV/RV Illinois at Northwestern ...................8 p.m. BTN • Michigan State’s Cassius Winston became the Big Ten’s all-time leader in assists on Friday, Jan. 17 in a 67-55 win *#25/24 Ohio State at Nebraska ..................9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 versus Wisconsin. The senior guard tallied four assists, giving him 817 for his career and breaking the all-time record of 816, previously held by Mateen Cleaves. RECENT RESULTS • Iowa's win over Michigan on Friday, Jan. 17 set a regular-season college basketball record on FS1, drawing 685,000 viewers and making it the most-watched regular-season college basketball game in FS1 history. The record broke the Wed., Feb. 12 previous best of 683,000 viewers for Michigan State vs. Iowa last season. *RV/RV Ohio State 72, RV/RV Rutgers 66 • The Big Ten won eight of the 14 matchups in the 21st annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge this season including Purdue's *RV/RV Michigan 79, Northwestern 54 69-40 win over No. 5/2 Virginia, the defending NCAA Champion. It marked the sixth time the Big Ten captured the Challenge, and frst since 2015. Overall, the ACC has won 12 times and the Challenge has been tied three times, Thu., Feb. 13 including last season. The Big Ten also won the Gavitt Tipoff Games, 5-3, in eight contests vs. the Big East. *Indiana 89, #21/17 Iowa 77 • All 14 Big Ten teams will play one conference home game and one road contest between Dec. 6 and Dec. 18. Big Sat., Feb. 15 Ten teams will compete in a 20-game conference schedule for the second time, playing seven teams both home and away and six teams once (three home and three away). In playing 20 conference games, the Big Ten reduced non- *RV/RV Ohio State 68, RV/RV Purdue 52 conference inventory by 28 games and home non-conference games by 25, increased road games by 1, decreased *#13/13 Penn State 77, Northwestern 61 neutral site games by 4 and decreased sub-250 ranked opponents by 30. *Wisconsin 81, Nebraska 64 *RV/RV Rutgers 72, #22/23 Illinois 57 • The 2020 Big Ten Tournament will be held from March 11-15, and will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in *#9/9 Maryland 67, RV/25 Michigan State 60 Indianapolis for a record 11th time since its inception in 1998. The Big Ten Tournament remains in the Midwest for a four-year span as it was played at the United Center in Chicago in 2019 and will be played Indianapolis in 2020 and Sun., Feb. 16 2022 and in Chicago in 2021. Media credential application is now open and can be found at offce.bigten.org/media. *RV/RV Michigan 89, Indiana 65 BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL: BY THE NUMBERS *#21/17 Iowa 58, Minnesota 55 92 - Wins in the NCAA Tournament by conference teams 12 - For the 12th consecutive season, the Big Ten had since the 2011 event, an average more than 10 wins per year. multiple teams in the Sweet 16. 53 - Final Four appearances by current Big Ten teams, 7 – Teams advanced to the 2019 NCAA Round of 32, Rankings: AP/USA Today including nine in the past 11 seasons.